Real estate appraisal card. 315 E. 1st Street, lots 9 & 10, block 24, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built between 1882 and 1888. In 1903, Melvin J. and Margaret J. Ruland occupied this house. They had two sons, Elmer (14) and Myron J (20). Mr. Ruland was born in 1856 in New York. Mrs. Ruland was born in 1864 in Iowa. Mr. Ruland was employed as an engineer for the Denver & Rio Grande, until his death at the age of 46, on November 1, 1903. Mrs. Ruland continued to live by herself at this address. She died of heart trouble in Denver in April 1909, at the age of 45, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery beside her husband.
The 1911-12 city directory lists Carl P. and George E. Hale at this address. Carl Hale was employed as a clerk for the railroad. He died after being accidentally killed in Ollie, Montana, at age 32, on August 8, 1918. George Hale worked as a carpenter. Also living here was Mrs. Laura E. Proctor, for whom no occupation was listed. Born in 1839, she passed away in 1921. In 1922, Fred and Helen Critchley lived here. Mr. Critchley, worked for the D&RG, as a machinist. Born in 1875, Mr. Critchley emigrated from England in 1913, while Mrs. Critchley (b.1888) left Ireland in 1910. The Critchleys had two children: a daughter, Katherine and a son, Jack. Katherine was born in 1906 in Ireland and Jack was born in Canada in 1913. Mrs. Critchley's father, John Walsh, an 80-year-old widower, lived here as well. By 1930, the Critchley family had moved to 719 Dodge Street.
By 1931, Manford I. and Margaret A Chappell lived here. Mr. Chappell worked for the D&RGW, as a conductor. Frank and Esther Ronald lived here in 1951. Mr. Ronald was a clerk for the Denver & Rio Grande Western. He was born in 1916 in Marble, Colorado, and came to Salida as a boy with his parents, Charles S. and Lela Ward Ronald. Frank Ronald attended Salida schools, graduating from Salida High School in 1935. He married Esther Durand in 1937. Mrs. Ronald was born in 1919 in Salida and died in Bryan, Texas, in 1980. The couple had a son, Norman, and a daughter, Jean.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
