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Real estate appraisal card. 440 W. 1st St., lot 14 & 19' of 15, block 7, in Salida, Colorado. This is 444 W. 1st Street.
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Real estate appraisal card. 502 W. 1st Street, lots 25-26, block 8, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 440 W. 1st Street, lot 16 & 5' of 15, block 7, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 428 W. 1st Street, 20' of lot 19 & 20' of 20, block 7, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 431 E. 1st Street, lots 4-5, block 25, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built in 1904. In 1905-06, the city directory listed the Hamm family at this address. Mrs. Elizabeth W "Binnie" Hamm (b.1845), a widow from Kentucky, lived here with her daughters Elsie E., Margaret M., and Annie R. Hamm. Annie was a cashier at the Golden Rule department store in 1906. The Hamms were still living here in 1910, although Elsie...
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Real estate appraisal card. 417 W. 1st Street, lots 4 & 5, block 18, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 427 E. 1st Street, lots 5-7, block 25, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1888 and 1895. The 1903-04 city directory indicated that Harry James Williams, owner of H.J. Williams & Co., lived here with his wife, Bertha M., whom he married in 1901. The couple had two daughters and three sons. Harry Williams was born in Carrolton, Illinois, on June 19, 1866. He came to Salida in 1890. In 1900, he was a grocery...
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Real estate appraisal card. 433 E. 1st Street, lots 1-3, block 25, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected between 1895 and 1902. The 1903-04 city directory indicated that this was a boarding house operated by Maggie Pennington. Mrs. Pennington (b.1863) continued to run the boarding house until at least 1911-12. Harry L. Pennington, a student, and Charles Symes, a machinist for Denver & Rio Grande lived here in 1903. In 1906, the following...
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Real estate appraisal card. 433 W. 1st Street, lot 9, block 18, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 437 W. 1st Street, lots 10-11, block 18, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 438 W. 1st Street, lot 17, block 7, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 427 W. 1st Street, lots 7 & 8, block 18, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 432 W. 1st Street, lots 18 & W. 5' off 19, block 7, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 439 W. 1st Street, lots 12 & 13, block 18, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 319 E. 2nd, lots 7-9, block 29, in Salida, Colorado. This house is no longer standing.
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Real estate appraisal card. 321 E. 2nd Street, lots 7-9, block 29, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built in 1924 according to the Chaffee County Assessor. The house was a secondary house associated with another house no longer extant at 319 E. 2nd. The 1930 U.S. Census indicated that Salida businessman Alexander Ray McKenzi and his wife Bertha Louise owned this house. They were married in 1910. Alexander and Bertha McKenzie had two daughters:...
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Real estate appraisal card, 304 E. 2nd Street, lots 14-16, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built before 1886, based on a Sanborn map of that date. Ernest M., Harry, and Sidney De Late lived at this house in 1903-04. They all worked for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Ernest was a machinist. Sidney was a switchman and the head of the household. Harry was an apprentice. Harry De Late continued to live here in 1906, when he was...
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Real estate appraisal card. 314 E. 2nd Street, lot 17, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built in 1901 according to Chaffee County Assessor records. Charles Herman Saunders (b.1872), an employee of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, lived here in 1903 with his wife Elizabeth Luella Redmond Saunders (b.1877). Charles Saunders and Luella Redmond were married in Salida in 1901. Charles was born in Abington, Illinois, arriving in Colorado...
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Real estate appraisal card. 136 E. 2nd Street, lot 23, block 22, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected between 1888 and 1890, according to Sanborn fire insurance maps for those years. Sanborn maps for 1890 through 1909 show a furniture store on the first floor of the building and furnished rooms on the second floor. Louis Wenz and Son, undertakers and embalmers, was listed here in 1911-12. Mr. Wenz operated a furniture store for many...
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Real estate appraisal card. 148 E. 2nd Street, lots 24-26, block 22, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected in 1910 as the Salida Elks Home, a function it continues to serve today. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) was founded in New York in 1868, evolving from a drinking society called the Jolly Corks led by Charles Vivian. The Elks focus on charity and patriotism, assisting victims of natural disasters and supporting the...