Saguache County Listings - 1883 Colorado Business Directory http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/saguache/directories/1883cbd.txt Transcribed and contributed by Marta Norton 30 May 2001 1883 Colorado Business Directory Saguache County, CO County Seat - Saguache County Judge - C.A. Allen County Clerk - F.P. Bertschy County Treasurer - O.P. Arthur County Sheriff - W. A. Bronaugh County Assessor - James Grier County Surveyor - H. Foreman County Coroner - J.W. Brown County Sup't Public Instruction - C.S. Cornelius No. of Military Polls. - 715 No. of Acres of Land - 15,839,400 Value of Land with Improvements - 418,491.00 Miles of Railroad - 4,702 Value of Railroad - 373,477.97 Merchandise Value - 8,900.00 No. of Cattle - 11,687 Value of Cattle - 205,058.00 No. of Sheep - 17,745 Value of Sheep - 28,790.00 Total Valuation - 1,593,912.97 BONANZA - Mining town in Saguache County, Kerber Creek District. Daily mails. Daily stage to Villa Grove, Sedgewick, Saguache. Distances: Saguache, 35 miles; Poncha Springs, 40; Sedgewick, 2. Population, 500. Bonanza Business Directory Anderson, Charles - Secondhand Goods Blackburn, Dale & Tucker - Attorneys Boss Mammoth Mine - Dennison & Hughes Managers Bonanza Enterprise - Weekly Newspaper Brown & Liston - Meat M'k't Canon House - T.K. Lloyd Colmar, M. - Liquors, Cigars, Queensware &c. Colorado News Co. - George Hanley Manager Dofflemyer, I.J. - Barber Decker Bros. - Druggests Dennison, C.W. - C.E. and U.S. Dep. Min. Surveyor Dobson, H.R. - Livery and Feed Ellis, Geo. W. - Attorney Empress Josephine Mine - Housel & Son Mgrs. Foreman, C.W. - C.E. and U.S. Dep. Min. Surveyor Furbush, W.H. - Assayer Gulley Bros. - Meat Market Hagan, R.K. - Attorney Hewes, J.M. - Druggest Henderson, C.S. - Gen'l Mdse Hene, M.C. - Saloon Hunt, Jos. - Stoves and Tinware Hutchinson & McArdle - Hardware and Furniture Jones, W.B. - Physician Kelly Smelter of Bonanza Kelly & Co., O.W. - Smelters and Miners McMullen, L. - Surveyor Mineral Hill M. Co. - J. Robar Supt. Minor, G.G. - Attorney and Notary Moat, Robt. - Blacksmith Newcomb & Co. - C.H., Gen'l Mdse O'Hara, P.M. - City Marshal Paxton, S.K. - Postmaster Pollock & Wilson - Boots and Shoes Ramsey, J.R. - Physician Robar & McKay - Blacksmiths Roby, J.F. - Assayer Ross, F.A. - Notary Story, S.C. - Saloon Thacher, C.B. - U.S. Dep. Min. Surveyor Thompson, C.A. - Saloon Tinsley & Howard - Saloon Tucker, Geo. - Attorney Wathen, J.F. - Hotel White, Norman P. - Notary and Mining Broker CLATONIA - Post office in Saguache County, 7 miles west of Villa Grove. Daily stages to Villa Grove, Bonanza and Saguache. Davis, Tom - Saloon and Restaurant Ducker & Blonker - Groceries Jones, D.L. - Postmaster John A. Logan - Mining Company King & Co. - J.W., Meat Market COCHETOPA - Mining Camp in Saguache County, 44 miles west of Saguache. Cochetopa Town Co. Sanderson, Mrs. B.E. - Postmistress COTTON CREEK - Post office in Saguache County, 22 miles east of Saguache. Voelkel, Robert - Gen'l Mdse COTTONWOOD CAMP - New mining camp, 30 miles east of Saguache and 7 miles south of Crestone. Whitney's Stump Mill CRESTONE - Mining camp in Saguache County, 30 miles east of Saguache and 30 miles south of Villa Grove. Tri-weekly stage to Villa Grove. Elevation, 8,500. Adams, G.H. - Real Estate Crestone, G.M. & M. Co. Gold Legion M. & M. Co. Gold Prize M. & M. Co. Hanka, Frank - Balcksmith and Wagonmaker Major, A.H. - Postmaster Major & Co. - A.H. Gen'l Mdse Mooney, R.A - Saloon Townsend, J.L. - Carpenter White, W.E. J.P. EXCHEQUER - Mining Camp in Saguache County, Kerber Creek district, 3/4 miles above Bonanza. Arkansas Mine - D. Howard, Supt. Cooper, Thos. - Saloon Eli, Jos. - Boot and Shoe Mkr. Exchequer Mine - S.F. Rathvon, Supt. Rathvon & Co. - Gen'l Mdse Whale Mine - S.G. Coombs, Sup't. HAUMANN - Post office in Saguache County, on D. & R. G. Railroad, 30 miles northeast of Saguache, and 10 miles from Villa Grove. Daily mail. Colorado Coal & Iron Co. - R.F. Fairchild, Supt. Jewell & Hurt - Gen'l Mdse Jewell, S. -Postmaster IRON CAMP - See Haumann ORIENTAL - Mining Camp in Saguache County, 20 miles northeast of Saguache, and 4 1/4 miles from Villa Grove. Population in mining season, 150. Bertschy, P.H. - Gen'l Mdse Ragland, T. - Blacksmith Rogers, S.V. - Hotel Thomas, M. - Saloon SAGUACHE - County seat of Saguache County. Daily mails and stages to Villa Grove, Bonanza, Del Norte and Gunnison. Population 800. Saguache Business Directory Allen, C.A. - Attorney Allen, E.F. - Attorney Allen, Geo. F. - Painter Arthur, O.P. - Attorney Bennett, W.J. - Flour Mill Bingel & Co. - Liquors Bradley, W.R. - Jeweler Bronaugh, W.A. - Sheriff Camper, Jas. - Bakery Coffman & Cox - Hardware Cook, Robt. - Livery Coxe, John H. - Bookseller and Stationer Day, R.B. - Surveyor Decker, L.H. - Drugs Exchange Hotel - Mrs. Lorey Gibbs, G.A. - Gen'l Mdse Gibbs & Dennis - Furniture and Undertakers Gotthelf & Mayer - Gen'l Mdse Green, H.J. - Barber Groening, F. - Drugs Hausam, John - Butcher Heimberger, D. - Physician Hickey, Thos. F. - Boots and Shoes Hunter, W.A. - Boots and Shoes Jeep, Geo. - Blacksmith Jones, P.M. - Gen'l Mdse Jones, R.H. - Lumber Lampe, Albert - Civ. Eng. Lockwood House - Jas. Lockwood Michod & Piguet - Hardware and Furniture Miles, F.W. - Painter Miles, Geo. - Editor Advance Moore, Geo. - Surgeon Mountfield, Thos. - Books and Newspapers Mountfield, Mrs. T. - Millinery, etc. New England House - A.C. Haskell Noland & Co. - N.A., Drygoods Noland, Mrs. N.R. - Millinery O'Neil, John - Saloon Piper, G.W. - Livery Rouse, Peter - Lunchroom Saguache Advance - Weekly Newspaper Saguache Chronicle - Weekly Newspaper Saguache County Bank - Chas. Tarbell, Cash. San Luis Valley Bank - J.H. Redman, Cash. Schwanbeck, Louis - Notary and Postmaster Shoultz, Henry - Blacksmith Smelcer & Hawkins - Saloon Stanley, R.M. - Carpenter Stivers, Wm. - Attorney Sutler, Sam - Blacksmith Sutler, Mrs. - Milliner Townsend, F.M. - Carpenter Tucker, John - Carpenter Tucker, S.H. - Carpenter Uhl, Geo. - Attorney Van Allen, Miss - Millenery Woodard, E.H. - Saddlery VILLA GROVE - Small town in Saguache County, on Saguache extension of the D & R G Railroad. Branch railroad to Iron Camp. Distances: To Bonanza 16 miles; Oriental 4 1/2 miles; Iron Camp 9 miles; Claytonia 8 miles; Sedgwick 14 miles. Villa Grove Business Directory Atwood, T. - Civ. Engineer and Surveyor Barton, J.S. - Painter Braley, J.C. - Stage Line Carstarphen, G.B. - Banker, Notery and Gen'l Mdse Christensen, S.P. - Barber Critchet, W. - Builder Drayton, T.F. Jr. - Attorney Frey, Henry - Blacksmith Harrison, H.H. - Saloon Henderson, E.M. - Bakery and Restaurant Hern, E.F. - Boots and Shoes Howard, T.C. - Blacksmith McKinney, W.B. - Prop. Villa Grove Dispatch, weekly newspaper Nile & Lott - Gen'l Mdse Norris & Pringle - Saloon Roy & White - Livery Smith, J.P. & Geo. - Dry Goods and Clothing Standish, Miles - Liquors and Cigars Thompson, Frank - Painter Thurston, J. - Postmaster Western Hotel - Mrs. Bassett Wilkins & Williams - Restaurant Zeibig, Aug. - Blacksmith =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.