First governor, first lady
Subtitle: John & Eliza Routt of Colorado
By: Joyce B. Lohse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Filter Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Palmer Lake, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Routt, John Long, 1826-1907.; Routt, Eliza Pickrell, 1839-1907.; Governors -- Colorado -- Biography.; Governors' spouses -- Colorado -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado.; Colorado -- Biography.; Colorado -- History -- 1876-1950.
Genres: Biography.
Description: John Long Routt was born in 1826 in Eddyville, Kentucky. He married Hester Ann Woodson in 1845 in Bloomington, Illinois. They had five children. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. Hester died in 1872 and John married Eliza Pickrell, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Pickrell and Mary Ann Elkin, in 1874 in Decatur, Illinois. They had one daughter. John was appointed territorial governor of Colorado in 1875. He also served as state governor and mayor of Denver City.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.