A Digital Walking Tour of Salida

: 124 E Street; Real estate appraisal card. 124 E Street, lots 1-3, block 22, in Salida, Colorado.

: 124 E. 2nd Street; Real estate appraisal card. 124 E. 2nd Street, lot 20, block 22, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected between 1888 and 1890, according to Sanborn fire insurance maps. The 1890 and 1893 maps identify this building as a dwelling. In 1893 it is shown as a doctor's office. The 1898 through 1914 maps show this as a dwelling. An office was shown in the building on the 1929 and 1945 Sanborn maps. The 1903-04 through 1922 city directories list the office and residence of Dr. Jessine M. Hartwell at this address. Manuscript returns for the 1920 Census revealed that Dr. Hartwell was then sixty-six years old and a native of Massachusetts. She listed her occupation as homeopathic physician. In 1961, an engineering and surveying firm was housed in the building: Robert Harrison and Associates. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 124 F Street; Real estate appraisal card. 124 F Street, lots 1-4, block 21, in Salida, Colorado.

: 125 E. 2nd Street; Real estate appraisal card. 125 E. 2nd Street, lots 6 & 7, block 31, in Salida, Colorado. According to Sanborn fire insurance maps, this building was constructed between 1890 and 1893. Maps and city directories from 1893 through at least 1951 show that the building was divided into two parts on the first floor, generally addressed as 125 and 127 E. 2nd Street. A variety of businesses were located in this building over the years, with no long-term tenants. In 1893 and 1898, the west section housed a millinery while the east part was used as a dwelling. The 1904 Sanborn map showed a wallpaper store at number 125 and a second hand store in number 127. Ramey Brothers (painting, paperhanging, and wall paper) was listed at 125 in the 1903-04 city directory. The proprietors were Cornelius E. and George L. Ramey. The 1905-06 city directory lists the Chaffee County Machine Shop at 125 E. 2nd Street. Charles Briggs was the owner of the firm, which manufactured novelties and all kinds of machinery and repaired safes, cash registers, and bicycles. Mrs. Adelia Wilson offered furnished rooms on the upper floor, which was known as the Burrington Block. Mrs. Meda Mahan, a dressmaker, lived and pursued her trade on the upper floor. In 1909, a sewing machine store (the Singer Sewing Machine Company) was in number 127. The office of George E. Baldwin, justice of the peace, was located in number 125 in 1909 and 1911-12. The Salida Wall Paper Company occupied number 127 in 1911-12. A.H. Nordstrom and Mrs. Mary Henri were the owners, with Julian Henri as the manager. The 1914 Sanborn map reported an office in number 125 and a wall paper and paint store in number 127. The wall paper store of John 0. Pearce was housed in number 127 according to the 1922-23 city directory. In 1927-28 the shoe repair store of F.P. White was housed in number 127. The 1929 Sanborn map, showed two unidentified stores. In 1930-31, Bernard Bement offered furnished rooms (presumably including the second floor), and W. Val Benedict's shoe repair shop was in number 127. The 1951 city directory showed the Chandler Fixit Shop at number 125 (Clyde C. Chandler, owner) and Jack's Barber Shop at number 127 (Jack Merica, owner). The addresses are not listed in the 1961 city directory; this building having become part of the Salida Mountain Mail newspaper operation by that time. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 126 Lower D Street; Real estate appraisal card. 126 Lower (or North) D Street, lots 1-3, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. This house was previously two separate houses, both of which dated to before 1886. The houses were addressed 126 and 130 N. D Street. The houses were joined together between 1890 and 1904. Joseph Warren Fisher lived here from 1903-4 until at least 1905-06. He worked as a clerk for D.A. Dupar, a mercantile company. Born in Wisconsin in 1844, Mr. Fisher died in February 1907. His wife found him dead in bed of heart failure. As a small child he had moved to Missouri. He had lived in Salida for 26 years by the time of his death. His obituary noted that he was a man closely identified with the growth of Salida and that he had been closely affiliated with various mercantile houses of the city for most of the time he had lived there. When he first arrived in Salida, he was a grain merchant. He had also been on the police force for many years and was described as a " fearless officer." He left behind a wife and a daughter at the time of his death. Also living here along with the Fishers in 1906 were five engineers: John Carr, Edward Greenman, and Charles Christensen, who worked at the Salida Smelter, Reuben W. Gutchall, and Frank Jewell. A conductor, Grant Kelker, also lived here in 1906. Harry E. and Huldah Long lived here in 1911-12. Mr. Long worked as a brakeman for D&RG. Harry was born in Illinois in 1882 and Huldah was born in Kansas in 1884. By 1913-14, Richard and Kezia Hughes lived here. They were both born in Wales, Richard in 1846 and Kezia in 1850, although they did not meet until they had both arrived in the U.S. Richard immigrated in 1866 and Kezia a year later, in 1867. They were married in Dover, New Jersey in 1870. They came to Colorado in 1879, where Richard worked as a coal miner in Coal Creek. The Hughes had six children, including one son, Tom Hughes, who became a star baseball pitcher for a Boston team. They moved to Salida in 1898 where Richard worked for D&RG railroad until he retired a few years before his death. Richard who was closely identified with the early history of the region, died in 1923, and was described as "one of Salida's most beloved citizens." Kezia died four years later in 1927, at which point she had lived in Salida for twenty-nine years. Joseph C. and Laura H. MacKeen lived here in 1931. Both of them were Canadian-English and became naturalized U.S. citizens in 1905. They married on 10 September 1910, in Leadville. Joseph MacKeen was born in 1887 and Laura MacKeen was born a year later, in Nova Scotia. The couple had three sons: George, Harold and Joe, and one daughter, Ruth, all of whom were born in Colorado. Joseph MacKeen died in August 1949 in a mining accident in Garfield, Colorado. Laura MacKeen died in March 1977. In 1951, this was the residence of Mrs. Cora E. Davis and Mrs. Betty Maxey (widow of Floyd). A Chaffee County Assessor appraisal card indicates that Jessie Marmet was a previous owner of this house, followed by John Marmet. H.R. Martinez, et al, were later owners. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 126 Lower F Street; Real estate appraisal card. 126 Lower (or North) F Street, part of lots 1-4, block 5, in Salida, Colorado. The current building represents only a small portion of the original building which was erected between 1890 and 1893. The 1890 Sanborn map shows a different, smaller, one-story saloon on this parcel. By 1893, the current building is shown, although it was originally much smaller a much-larger two-story building. The building is shown housing a saloon until 1909. The 1903 city directory indicates that this building was known as the Vail Block. In that year, the building housed Sam Romeo Saloon (Romeo also lived here) and furnished rooms operated by Mrs. Mary C. Witham. In 1905, the Louis Dalla Saloon was listed here and by 1909 it had changed to the Silver Dollar Saloon, operated by Nick Muto and Anton Presta. It was subsequently a billiard parlor and confectionery, then a restaurant, and by 1930, it was the New Grand Cafe, operated by Sim Wong. In March of 1948, the building was gutted by fire. It was then rebuilt and became Stancati Liquor in the 1950s. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 127 D Street; Real estate appraisal card. 127 D Street, lots 14-16, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected between 1888 and 1890. The building was historically addressed 125-27 and later 127-29 D Street. Several people lived here in 1903: Myrda Gray; Stanley A. Pawl, a clerk for Crews Mercantile Company; Henry H. Schafer, a watchman for D&RG; and Jesse Vetter, a machinist for D&RG. In 1911-12, Frank A. Bates, a driver for the Salida Market lived here. Fred W. Manherz (b.1880), a barber from Pennsylvania working at 108 E. 1st also lived here. A machinist for D&RG, Horace Westgate, also lived here. Mr. Westgate (b.1865) was born in England and emigrated to the U.S. in 1887. His wife Grace, was born in Kansas in 1873. They had a daughter, Genevieve. In 1920, John A. Fry and his wife Eola E. lived here, with two grandchildren: Thelma Fry and Keith L. Stewart. John Fry was born in 1859 in Indiana and Eola Fry was born in Wisconsin in 1866. Charles A. and his wife Freda M. Fry also lived here by 1920. Charles, an inspector with D&RGW, was born in Wisconsin in 1880. Freda was born in Colorado in 1886. John A. Fry also lived here with Charles and Freda by 1922, although in 1920, the Census listed him living at 127 D St with his wife and grandchildren. By 1930, Mrs. Anna Summers, the widow of Charles Summers, lived here, along with her son, Arthur (b.1895). Mrs. Summers was born in 1870 in Ohio. She and her parents lived in Kansas, Breckenridge, and Cripple Creek before she moved to Salida in 1907. She married Charles Summers in Cripple Creek. The couple had three children: Ruby, Robert, and Arthur. Mrs. Summers was working as a janitor in an office building in 1930. She passed away in 1938, when she was described as "well known in Salida." In 1930, Robert H. and Leona E. Doering also lived here. The Doerings were both born in Colorado, Robert in 1906 and Leona in 1907. They were married in 1927. Robert worked as a machinist for the railroad. Their son Arthur also lived here. Leona's mother, Katherine E. Heller, a widow, also lived here in 1930, as did Leona's brothers and sisters: George A., Nellie G., James B. and Robert. Katherine Heller moved to the United States from England in 1890, becoming a naturalized citizen. In 1951, the building included more than two units. The Blue Moon Beauty Salon, owned by Fern Blodgett, operated here. Mary Bazz also lived here in 1951. Robert E. Winslow, who worked in real estate, insurance and loans, was a resident. Harold and Evelyn McCormick also lived here in 1951. Harold was a truck driver for Rio Grande Motor Way. In 1965, Fern McClure (formerly Fern Blodgett?) owned and operated the Blue Moon Beauty Salon at this address. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 127 E. 1st Street; Real estate appraisal card. 127 E. 1st Street, lot 7, block 22, in Salida, Colorado. The 1890 Sanborn map shows a two-story frame restaurant on this site, while the 1893 map is labeled "ruin of fire." The 1898 map shows a one-story rectangular building indicated as a vacant store. The January 1, 1903 Salida Mail records that the Salida Mail added a second story to its business building at a cost of $2,650 in 1902. The upstairs offices housed professionals, according to the city directory of 1903-04, such as William N. Keller and John F. Roe, both physicians. A history of the newspaper was published in the October 17, 1955 edition of the Mountain Mail. The Mountain Mail, founded by M.R. Moore and H.C. Olney, began publication in South Arkansas on June 5, 1880, just a month after the D&RG had reached the settlement. Governor Hunt, representing the Salida Town Company, offered Moore and Olney a lot in town to establish a newspaper. They rented type and presses previously used by the Cleora Journal. The paper changed from weekly to daily and its name became the Salida Mail on January 20, 1882. The masthead slogan was "Colorado produces millions of silver and silver is King." In 1883, W.W. Wallace (formerly of Coal Creek) purchased the newspaper. H.C. Crawford and J.F. Erdlen acquired the paper in 1884; Erdlen stayed with the paper for 20 years, but Crawford's interest was sold to A.J. Truesdell (from Minnesota) less than a year later. In March 1888, the publication was a semi-weekly and cost $2.50 per year. The publishers had created a semi-weekly in 1885. C.F. Brown purchased Truesdell's interest in July 1888, and Brown sold his part of the business to Erdlen in 1890. In 1903, Erdlen sold the Mail to L.A. Hollenbeck and T. "Ed" Jarrett. Jarrett, due to poor health, transferred his interest to his mother, Sarah E. Jarrett, in March 1904. In June 1904, Hollenbeck sold his interest to Mrs. Jarrett and M.M. Smith, who had been a railroad employee for 20 years. In 1904, the Mail Publishing Co., with Smith as president, became owner of the paper. John Erdlen became publisher again in 1905 after S.J. England. and then Sarah Jarrett acquired the paper. Jarrett sold her interest to Mrs. Frances Fuller in the same year, with the operating firm known as England and Fuller. In 1906 E.A. Newton, formerly of the Alamosa Courier, became publisher and A.M. Hubert of the Mail served as editor. Newton sold his interest to John M. O'Connell of Denver, who became editor, in 1915. The Mail became a daily again in 1936. In 1948, O'Connell retired, selling to Leigh M. Abbey, of Kansas, who had also purchased the Salida Record and consolidated the two newspapers. Abbey sold the newspaper to George E. Oyler in 1951. George Oyler subsequently changed the name back to The Mountain Mail. The Mail was listed at this address in the 1909 city directory, but the 1911-12 city directory listed the newspaper (issued on Tuesdays and Fridays) at 211 F Street. The 1914 Sanborn map showed a book and stationery store in the front two-story part of the building and a printer's shop at the rear. In 1922, Coe Branch, a furniture dealer, was operating here. The Coe Furniture Company was also listed here in the 1927 and 1930-31 city directories. Braswell Auto Parts (Frank Braswell, owner) was located at this address in 1951. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 127 F Street; Real estate appraisal card. 127 F Street, part of lots 14-17, block 22, in Salida, Colorado. In 1888, this site was vacant. This building appears on the 1890 Sanborn map, divided into two businesses: a grocery (127) and a clothing and notions store (131). A cobbler shared part of the grocery store space. The same businesses, minus the cobbler, were shown on the Sanborn maps of 1893 and 1898. The 1903 city directory indicates that the grocery store was known as the E.R. Alexander Mercantile Company. Edwin R. Alexander was president and Mrs. Mary E. Alexander was secretary of the firm, which sold groceries, crockery, queensware, and kitchen furnishings. In 1899, the company had improved its storeroom and erected an iron warehouse. The other business in the building back then was the Golden Rule store, which Burr Fisher had opened in Salida about 1891. In 1899, C.H. Ramsey, (Fisher's brother-in-law) acquired control of the business. The store was advertised as the 'Cheapest house to buy dress goods, silks, notions, underwear, shoes, carpets, draperies, linoleums, etc.' A specialty of the store was the ladies' suit and shirtwaist department. The Golden Rule stores were the first modern dry goods chain stores in the country. The first store was opened in 1889 in Longmont, Colorado, and it became a model for more than 100 other stores. James Cash Penney was one of the first operators of a Golden Rule store and later founded his own department store chain, J.C. Penney's. The Golden Rule store moved to the Adilas Building (219 F) by 1905. The Golden Rule store was replaced in this building by Dayton J. Kramer's jewelry store. Kramer, jeweler, optician, and Denver & Rio Grande watch inspector, had been called 'the leading jeweler' in Salida in 1900. The jewelry firm had been founded in 1882 by William Carpenter and expanded rapidly. In 1894, D. J. Kramer assumed the management of the business and purchased it about 1900. Fine loose and mounted diamonds, gold and silver jewelry, cut glass, musical instruments, optical goods, and Mexican art leather goods were among the specialties of the store. The grocery store and jewelry store were shown on the Sanborn map of 1914. Alexander Mercantile and Kramer Jewelry were listed here in the 1922 and 1930 city directory. By 1943, Stanford and Raimon Cook were operating the Gambles store here, offering appliances, paint, hardware, furniture, bicycles, kitchenware, and other items. Gambles closed in 2009. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 128 E. 1st Street; Real estate appraisal card. 128 E. 1st Street, lots 19 & 20, block 4, in Salida, Colorado.

: 128 F Street; Real estate appraisal card. 128 F Street, lots A & B, block 21, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected in 1890 by E.W. Hively. On 30 December 1890 the Salida Mail reported: "E.W. Hively has erected a large two story brick building on F Street, between the post-office and Alger-Disman building. This block is 50 by 75 feet. The front is of pressed brick with red sandstone trimmings. On the first floor the front is plate glass with iron pillars." The building included three spaces for stores on the first story, which were all occupied as soon as the building was completed. The second story featured a large hall and fourteen rooms designed for offices. The cost of the building was approximately $8,000 and it was called "a very handsome and well appointed structure." Edwin W. Hively was an influential businessman and civic leader of Salida. Hively was born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1854. He learned to be a tinner as a young man. In 1879 he moved to Colorado, settling first at Monarch, where he mined and had a grocery business. He worked in a hardware store in Canon City and then moved to Salida in 1882 and was partner in another hardware store, Hively, Young & Co. Hively erected two brick business buildings in Salida, this one and another known as the Hively-Mandeville Block. He operated a limestone business and a real estate and insurance business. Hively was active in promoting the construction of an opera house, was involved in the erection of the St. Clair Hotel, and was a stockholder in the creamery. He also served as town treasurer. He was married to Emma Beeler of San Antonio, Texas, and they had two children. The Hivelys left Salida after the death of their daughter, Camille, and Edwin Hively died in California in 1920. He had sold this building to J.W. DeWeese in 1918. The first businesses in the building were a clothing store (126 F St.) and a dry goods and boot and shoe store (132 F St.). These businesses were also shown on the 1898 Sanborn map. In 1902 D.T. Wycoff operated a drugstore in 126 F Street. D.T. Wycoff had been in the retail drug business in Colorado since 1887, working in Walsenburg before moving to Salida about 1900. His drugstore was described as "carefully fitted up with the best of oak fixtures. He carries at all times a full line of fresh drugs, medicines, perfumes, soaps, toilet articles, cigars, etc., and also a well selected stock of the standard and popular novels, stationery, etc." By 1903, 126 F housed the drugstore of J. Victor Yeoman (drugs, toilet articles, cigars). Samuel W. Sandusky's dry goods operation was in 132 FIn 1903. The firm was the successor to the dry goods store started in 1881 by L.W. and D.H. Craig and the 1885 firm of Craig & Sandusky. S.W. Sandusky became the sole owner of the business in 1891. In 1900 Sandusky's was described as the second oldest mercmtile business in the city. "Here can be found everything the female heart can desire in the way of dry goods, both staple and fancy, and at prices that compare more than favorably with the charges in the big eastern department stores." The upstairs offices in 1903 housed a variety of professionals: Jones and Craig insurance agents; Salida city offices of the attorney, physician, and treasurer; Leroy A. Hollenbeck, lawyer and editor of the "Salida Mail;" Charles S. Kramer, dentist; Finla McClure, mayor and city physician; Albert B. Miller, lawyer and city attorney; Dr. Oliver T. Parker; and Jessie L. Sornburger, stenographer. In 1909 the Howell Drug Co., which featured a soda fountain, was operating in 126 F and the Merchant's National Bank (James J. McKenna, president; J.W. Haight, vice president; D.H. Craig, cashier) was In 132 F. In 1914 a harness company was indicated in 132 F on the Sanborn map. After J.W. DeWeese purchased the Hively Block from Edwin Hively he subsequently sold it to Stancato. The 1922-23 city directory listed the Howell Drug Co. in 126 F and the Salida Harness Co. (Ernest A. Hall and Marcus W. Lazell) in 132 F. The same businesses were listed in 1927-28. The 1930-31 directory listed Shay Drug Co. (James Shay, prop.) in 126 and Lenora's 5 Cents to $1 Store in 132 F (Saul Sharoff, manager). Current owner, P.J. Bergin reports that the upstairs offices were turned into rooms for railroad workers during the 1930s. The 1945 Sanborn map indicated that a drug store still occupied the north corner space, while three other stores comprised the rest of the first floor. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

: 128 W. 1st Street; Real estate appraisal card. 128 W. 1st Street, lot 22, block 5, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected between 1888 and 1890, according to Sanborn fire insurance maps. The Sanborn maps for 1890 through 1929 show the building divided into two narrow storefronts, with the east one numbered 126 W. 1st and the west one 128. A saloon was located in the east storefront (number 126) in 1890. The storefront was vacant in 1893 and 1898. An assay office was located here according to 1904 through 1914 maps. Louis C. DuBois (1903-04), Stanley B. Weld (1905-06 and 1911-12), W.L Philbin (1909), and Ernest K. Giffen (1922-23) had their offices in this space. Mr. Philbin came to Salida in 1905 as an assayer for the smelter and later opened his own assay office. He later ran a retail shoe business, and, in 1927, operated the Rainbow Hotel. An unspecified store was housed here in 1929. The west storefront held a restaurant in 1890 and 1893. The space was vacant in 1898. A barber shop was located here in 1904 through 1914. Barbers at this location included: Nathan R. Samuels (1903-04), Nicholas P. Warren (1905-06), Chris Mason (1909), and Mason and Son (Chris C. and FrankL.). In 1922-23, Hugh D. McKelvey had his jewelry store here. An unidentified store was in this storefront in 1929. The 1945 Sanborn map shows a restaurant occupying the entire space of the building. The 1951 and 1961 city directories list Leo Cafe at this address. Emil Leo was shown as the owner in 1951 and Mrs. Flora Leo in 1961. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

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