The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-12-11
The Family Skeleton
DID you KNOW THAT

III loOf IL was iHiS tti that tht
big Sand Creek fight took place in
the southern part of the state. Pre-
vious to this notable battle the SOL
diers at For; Lyons found themselves
without mounts. so they had orders to
commander every animal they could
get their hands on. They came into
the Upper Arkansas and practically
wiped the territory clean of horse
flesh Osborn Warforo was one of
the victims. Just previous to the
soldier raid he had driven 10 Denver
With a load of corn. One OF his horses
during the first night after arrival got
into the corn and ate Itself TO death.
Warford then had to sell the corn and
some skins he had along in order to
get another horse. The horse cost
him $500. He drove down here and
hadn't been back over three days
when the soldiers came along and
/ took his animals.
The old frame Touring mill, which
was constructed across from the G. i.
Rockafellow nome on West Main
street in 1868, was burned 10 the
ground in 1868? A fine stone mill was
erected in its place and this burned
also several years ago while the Peer
less Touring mills had 1t. This struc-
ture was never rebuilt.
The hanging bridge. which has be-
come famous in scenic way through
out the nation. was completed in 1881?
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Canon City was organized in 1872,
and the first edifice was built between
Fifth and Sixth streets on Main. in
1873. A corral. with popular camp
house, was located close by
! In the early days Canon City was a
mecca for cowboys. especially al
roundup time? a picture taken in
/ 1879 shows a bunch of cowboys on
the corner of Fifth and Main streets
preparing for a roundup. II was In
/ 1879 that A. w Dennis had photo
! graph gallery on the corner of Fifth.
and a Chinese laundry was located
I Just across the street George T.
I Wood occupied building near this
! corner with grocery store. Among
/ the cowboys in the picture was II. a.
Beckham and a J. Green.
The young men OF the first gradu-
ating class of Canon City high school
in 1884 included Clyde c.. Dawson.
George Brewster. Henry Topping
Frank II. McGee and James L. Coop
er? There were only two girls in the
class and they We're Minnie Rickard
I and Ada Ellis.
James r Locke was a cadet at the
Canon City military school. That is
probably where he learned to walk so
straight. 4 picture taken OF the orig
inai Canon City band and cadets in
1882. shows Mr.. Locke as big as life.
also Col. Sawyer and Commandant A.
c. Dickinson In the band is TO be
seen Adama Wacker with big bass
drum and Albert Walters with his
horn. Samuel bradbury is also seen
( in the picture.
/ The railroad used TO run down River
street? For many years in the early
( s0s traces OF this roadbed could be
seen The track was laid about 1877
or 1878. and was put down on a sun
j day so as to prevent an Injunction be-
/ ing served for putting the track in the
street This roadbed however. was
of short duration and was laid later
7 in the right-of-way where the ID. C Il.
q. track is now A picture was taken
of the west end of River street in
1873 showing the old roadbed In
the picture are to be seen Clyde G..
I Dawson and Harry catlin on horse
back. Needless TO say they were
just young striplings of boys then.
The first school house erecfpd in
Canon City was in 1874? This build
, ing stood on the top OF Smelter Hill
on South Fourth street. an,i was later
occupied as the smelter Office. A pic
ture taken in 1880 shows Frank Prem
t.ss as one of the teachers. Others
in the picture were Mrs. c. $. (Mc.
Ray Rogers, Mrs. Ida tCatlin) Ford,
Mrs. Beulah tMcRay) Lane. Helen
Logan. Orion Locke. E A. Bradbury
and George +. Fuller. all pupils.
In 1874 a winter. cold and severe.
was experienced IN this valley. and I
The Indians located in this vicinity
were slowly starving because of their
inability to kill game on account OF
the snow and cold? II was necessary
to feed them. so Gov. Hunt came here
and issued them -four and meat ra-
tions. II was often as low as 30 be-
low zero that winter and the Indians
had hard time of II. as did also
many OF the whites.
The first stone wall around the pen-
ifentiary WAS erected in or about
1875? Before that time. for awhile
there was no obstruction, and then
later wooden stockade was CON