CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-12-26

north side of that block. There was
a large fag-pole in front of MUIR
rays saloon. For long time this
was the only saloon in Canon City,
and that building has been used as
such continuously since with he ex-
ception of short time when the city
was dry. Humphrey & Topping ran
a grocery where Kaye & Davis are
now, and d. G. Peabody occupied the
corner building with stock of dry
goods 1t was here that Mr.. George
W. Bethel started his business career.
On the south side of that block the
fronts of the buildings which were
there then have all been remodeled
and changed. On he corner where
Mrs Hurley's millinery parlor now is
there was little frame building. but
it and the one next to it were moved
away several years later. 1t seems
to me- said Judge Waldo, that
right next Fred Skeel had his stage
express office. The next building in
that block was the old Canon house
which has since been covered up by
the Central hotel building; Baker &
Biggs' building, the one where Smith
Mercantile house is and what is now
Reide's bakery were standing in 70.
The upstairs was used by Murray &
White who ran the City hotel in op-
position to Mrs. Sheetz who had
charge Of the Mcclure house. The
corner where the Fremont County
bank is then contained frame house
which was the residence of Mr.. Nc
Clure. Across the street on the same
side is where Uncle Jimmie Clelland
a solid and prominent Old citizen, kept |
his store Englemsn & Co. ran a
dry goods store east of this; next be-
low that was blacksmith shop which
was used in 1878. and in 1879 4
and 1880 as an Office building for
County Treasurer Dolly. Next was
C. K Mscklin's store where Whipple
is now, and next WAS the building
now used by Ragsdale & Sons. Where
Pattons store is there was little bit 1
Of a place. and where Shaeifer hail is /
there was livery stable owned by
Ed Canning. a corner Of which Major
Locke occupied as law Office. The
building on the corner where Keables'
drug store is was then standing. but
it was originally only about half its
present length and built of stone:
this stone part has been covered with
brick This building has the distine-
tion of being the first scboo, house n
Canon City: later it was used ss a
saloon by Jim Smith who operated il
for many years.
Across the street commencing Ut
the Palace drug store is where the
Sanderson house YVES. In 1877 Nur-
ray & White moved to this place and
had their office where Harding's how
are. They also got control Of the
Mcclure house and operated both.
They built bridge across Fourth
street from one building to the other.
DR. Craven's ofkce was where Miss
Bern Y rs now. although in different
building The Baptist church next,
then came Dolly & Goodwns office,
and then the Perry house where the
Robson building is.
Above Third street is. where the
post office WAS. and Judge Waldo had
an Office upstairs in the Rockafellow
building. The judge relates with a
smile how he tried to get years
lease on the room at that time from
MIR. Rockafei'ow. but the latter said
he might sell il at any time and did
not wish to be encumbered with
lease. The reason the Judge smiled
was because Mr.. Rockafellow still
owns the building. not having sold it
yet. Where the Canon Steam laun-
dry is there was once stage Office.
and next to it in the same building
was at one time saloon. McGee &
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