MISC: Weld County, Colorado - William B. Coston - General Ledger, 1895 - 1896 http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/weld/history/wbcweld1.txt Transcribed by Lee Zion Wed, 23 Oct 2002 ---------------------------------- William B. Coston was born in 1870 in Nodaway Co. Missouri and arrived in Wray, Colorado in 1886 with his blacksmith father, Alonzo Coston. In the summer of 1895 Will and his wife moved to Greeley where Will apprenticed with a local photographer and a surveyor. In 1898, he and his wife moved back to Wray where they remained and operated a studio from 1898 into the 1950s. William B. Coston died in 1967. --------------------------------- William B. Coston - General Ledger 1895 - 1896 Weld County Photograph Plate Index 1895 Lagrange school - Greeley Oct plates 1, 2, 3, 4 1895 Powers wedding anniversary - Greeley Dec 5 plates 5, 6 1895 Skating at Greeley Dec 25 plate 7 1896 H. English - Greeley Jan plate 8 1896 Miss Steck's School - Greeley Jan plates 9, 10 1896 West 4th street school Greeley Jan plates 15, 16 1896 Severance Post Office Jan 24 plate 19 1896 Pleasant Valley School - Greeley Jan plates 20, 21 1896 Crystal Mt. Range Feb 16 plate 25 1896 Severance bicycles Feb 29 plate 26 1896 Hotchkiss School Mar plate 27 1896 Powers Group Mar 21 plates 28, 29 Accounts 1895 Johnson Sep To work 3 days 6.00 " by cash 6.00 1895 Sep 23 Turned 3 horses in pasture Oct 5 Took two " out 19 put the two " in 19 took one horse out 1896 Aug 25 Turned team of horses in pasture west of town Sep 2 took team out of pasture 7 10 turned team in 17 took one horse out 7 23 took other horse out 6 Oct 3 turned team in 4 took team out 1 28 turned team in 29 took team out 1 Nov 17 turned team in Dec 17 took team out 30 The team was in 49 days amounting to 3.26 1895 Barber Oct 9 To four days work 5.00 19 " work 4½ days 5.50 26 " " 6 " 7.50 29 By cash 5.00 To work 3 days 3.75 Nov By cash 11.75 21.75 21.75 1896 Geo. Haymaker Sep 30 To surveying 6.00 Received payment 6.00 1896 Chas. Cole Aug to 16 days work 16.00 Sep by 1950 lbs wheat 12.40 " by 100 lbs oats 0.60 " by coupon book 1.00 " by cash 2.00 Oct by potatoes 0.45 to work 8.00 1896 Benson July to surveying 5.00 Sep 30 by work 2.00 1896 Orla Abbott to 2100 lbs hay 4.25 by cash 4.25 1896 Photograph expenses Jan for dry plates 1.50 " Aristo paper 0.65 " cards 0.75 " developing chem 0.55 2.90 " gold 0.55 " candles 0.10 4.00 " envelopes 0.05 30 " card mounts 0.15 " Aristo paper 0.15 " rubber tryhe 0.24 " card mounts 0.60 5.29 Feb 1 " burnishing 0.65 4 " Aristo paper 0.15 7 " card mounts 0.15 8 " Aristo paper 0.20 " developing chemicals 0.30 11 " cards 0.15 13 " cards 0.10 " paper 0.15 " gold 0.55 1.75 21 " express 0.70 7.19 " paper 0.40 22 " hypo 0.10 " envelopes 0.25 26 " borax 0.05 13 " dry plates 0.15 8.50 Mar 3 " paper 0.15 1 " dry plates 1.50 23 " paper 0.15 30 " " 0.15 Apr 7 " " 0.40 " developer 0.50 " paper 0.30 1896 H. English Jan to 6 pictures 1.20 Jan by cash 1.00 Feb 27 by cash 0.20 Shells school Jan to 22 pictures 4.40 28 by cash 2.50 Mar 11 by cash 1.90 11 to 3 pictures 0.60 11 by cash 0.60 Miss Stecks School Jan to 10 pictures 2.00 Feb 8 by 2 pictures 0.40 by cash 1.60 Bradfield Jan 31 to 6 pictures 1.15 Feb 4 by cash 1.15 Brown Jan 31 to 6 pictures 1.20 Feb 4 by cash 1.20 Gipson School Jan to 11 pictures 2.20 by cash 0.20 Feb 4 by cash 0.60 by cash 1.40 Mar 7 two pictures cash 0.40 1896 Brown Feb 8 to two pictures 0.50 by cash 0.50 Brown School Feb 8 to 16 pictures 3.20 26 by cash 2.60 by 3 pictures 0.40 Pleasant Valley School Feb 8 to 15 pictures 3.00 11 to 2 " 0.40 12 by cash 3.40 26 to 1 picture 0.20 by cash 0.20 Mountain Rock Feb 16 to 15 pictures 3.00 by cash 3.00 Severance Post Office Feb 14 to 6 pictures 1.20 by cash 1.20 Feb 29 Severances bicycles #26 to 6 pictures 1.20 Mar 21 by cash 1.20 Hotchskiss School #27 Mar 20 7 pictures 1.40 28 cash 1.40 Rhodimer and wife Mar 28 12 pictures cash 2.25 Gake(?) boys Apr 7 Kimbrel 0.60 " 1.00 Lawrey 0.60 0.60 Apr Arkins store 6 pictures cash 1.25 End of Weld County accounts..... Ledger continues with Yuma County accounts =================================================== 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.