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The Geology and Flora of the Rocky Mountains.
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Prof. N. L. Britton and W. C. Davis, of a special surveying party who have been collecting fossil
specimens in various parts ot the new west for a geological museum, arrived in Denver yesterday and
registered at the St. James.
Prof. Britton is acting as aid to the government geological survey,
and Mr. Davis and others have been acting as assistants.
The party have been on the Union Pacific road as far as Evanston, Wyoming,
and have collected a great number of plants which have been sent to Dr. J. S. Newbury,
of Columbia College, N. Y.
They propose to continue the work in those parts of Colorado where fossil plants are most found,
such as localities around Golden, Golddust and Floresant.
The new west has been found to be quite rich in fossil remains.
Belts of rocks on the eastern and western side of the Laramie range show many fine specimens
of fossil plants.
The collections made by the party show that in former times,
this whole western country was covered with vast forests of trees,
allied to those of the present day, but of different species.
These forest rivaled in extent and grandeur anything known in the present age.
These fossil leaves and ferns are found, for the most part,
in shales and sandstones accompanying coal beds.
The coal of the Rocky mountains is composed in a large degree of the debris of these ancient forests.
The collections thus far made by the party have been confined to rocks of the tertiary age,
but similar fossils exist in the rocks of the preceedirig geological epoch — the cretaceous. These fossils of cretaceous period are found in the sandstones of the Dakota group, so called,
of Kansas and Nebraska. These cretaceous plants are of great geological interest,
as they indicate the first appearance of the flora which now covers the earth’s surface.
— Daily . News, 20th.
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Silver World (Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado), Volume 8, Number 18, November 4, 1882, pg. 1
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1883
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
North Table Mountain.
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July 21, 1883. A landslide on the south side of North Table Mountain
near the Valley Smelter caused damage to the Church Ditch and
the railroad. Subsequent movement was reported on July 28 and
August 4 of 1883 (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
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August 11, 1883. Small flood on Tucker Gulch washed out roads (VanHorn, 1972).
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1884
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Irma, 1884
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Irma Heminway Shaw Photo taken 1884. Born August 11, 1881. Galliton, MO Mother of Paul Schweich. "Heminway" was the last name of a conductor on a train. who got milk for Irma, when she was a baby, We are not sure of the spelling of Heminway. stopping the train at a dairy, When asked what she could do in return, he said "Does she have a middle name?" When told No, the conductor said give her a middle name the same as my last name. Father was a Stationmaster at Galliton, MO. He would also be the telegraph operator. So they could ride the train for free.
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Literature Cited:
- Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1884.
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Dr. N. L. Britton made some remarks, illustrated by a series of specimens, on the subject of
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Observations on the Geology of the Vicinity of Golden, Colorado.
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Discussion.
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The President referred to the immense collection of the fossil plants which had been made at Golden,
by Prof. Lakes,
and purchased for the museum at Cambridge, Mass.
Many of the plants, chiefly of the upper series and Tertiary age,
have been studied by Lesquereux,
who has published a large volume on the subject.
Nevertheless, all these studies have covered only the beginning of the extensive flora which is represented at this locality.
Palms must have abounded there in great numbers,
variety, and large size,
the country having once been overgrown by a vast forest of these trees.
There were also other trees,
some yet to be identified,
e. g., one unknown conifer, of which a trunk,
twelve feet in diameter,
in now standing at Florissant,
in the vicinity of Golden.
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1887
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David Whitmer, 1887
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A Dying Mormon
Richmond, Mo., Jan 23 -- David Whitmer, the last of the three witnesses to the truth of the book of Mormon is now in a dying condition at his home in Richmond. Last evening he called the family and friends to his bedside and bore his testimony to the truth of the book of Mormon and the bible. He is past 83 years of age. Mr. Whitmer is an old citizen of this town and known by every one here as a man of honor, having resided here since the year 1838. He is not and never has been a believer in polygamy. He left the Mormon church in 1838, on account of their departure from the faith as he believes. His mind is still clear, and he has no pain whatever, but is gradually sinking, and death is expected at any hour.
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
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July 14, 1887. A cloudburst caused floods in Tucker Gulch, Dry [now
called Van Bibber], and Ralston Creeks. At Glencoe [now covered
by waters of Ralston Reservoir] Ralston Creek was 150 feet wide
and swept away the Post Office (VanHorn, 1972).
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1891
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1891: Birth of Peter Paul Pawluk
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1893
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Other articles:
• Field Notes:
12 April 1945;
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November 17, 1893: Birth of Anna Korolewicz, the date as given on her death certificate.
The death certificate also gives Westanice, Austria as the place of her birth. Westanice, Austria is not found in Google or Google Earth.
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1894
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1895
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1896
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
North Table Mountain.
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May 16, 1896. Another landslide occurred on the Gulf Railroad opposite
the Carpenter place [on the south side of North Table Mountain] (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Clear Creek.
Cressmans Gulch (lower).
Mount Vernon Canyon.
Tucker Gulch (lower).
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July 24 and 25, 1896. Widespread floods on these dates were reported
in the papers issued on August I and 8, 1896, and mentioned in
the paper of May 21, 1898. Floods occurred in Mount Vermon Canyon,
Cub Creek, Clear Creek, Tucker Gulch, Crismans [now called
Cressmans] Gulch, and Ralston Creek. Great damage was sustained
in Golden, and by the bridges and railroad tracks up Clear Creek
Canyon. Six deaths resulted, three in Golden and three in Mount
Vernon Canyon (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Chimney Gulch.
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July 25, 1896. Heavy rain the previous week washed out the Gulf
Railroad tracks at Chimney Gulch [southwest of the campground,
and across Clear Creek, at Golden] (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Clear Creek Canyon.
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August 15, 1896. In Clear Creek Canyon two men, who were working
on the railroad, were injured by a falling rock and three others
were injured by being buried in a landslide (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Beaver Brook.
Clear Creek Canyon.
Guy Gulch.
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August 22, 1896. A rockslide in Clear Creek Canyon 3 miles west of
Golden near Guy Gulch delayed the train, and 100 feet of track
was washed out near Beaver Brook (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
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September 5, 1896. Two men, while working on the railroad, were
injured by dirt and rock caving ori them. No location is given (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
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September 12, 1896. A small flood occurred on Tucker Gulch (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Golden Gate Canyon.
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September 19, 1896. A man showed the editor a bottle of crude petroleum
and water he had recovered from a crevice in some rocks near
Golden Gate Canyon. [This started Golden's first oil boom and
within a month a well was being drilled in the vicinity of the brickyard
north of town-subsequent issues of the newspaper indicate
that it was a dry hole.] (VanHorn, 1972).
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1897
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
South Table Mountain.
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June 5, 1897. Another landslide on. the Agricultural Ditch just west
of Rees Easely's [South Table Mountain] (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Golden.
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July 10, 1897. The railroad is building a 350-foot bridge at the slide
1 1/2 miles below Golden (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
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August 7, 1897. A small flood occurred in Tucker Gulch (VanHorn, 1972).
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1898
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1899
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Clear Creek Canyon.
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April 8, 1899. A rockslide in Clear Creek Canyon derailed a Colorado
and Southern locomotive (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
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July 22, 1899. A flood occurred on Ralston Creek (VanHorn, 1972).
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Literature Cited:
- Van Horn, Richard, 1972.
Locations:
Golden Gate Canyon.
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August 12, 1899. A rockslide at the mouth of Golden Gate Canyon
damaged the road (VanHorn, 1972).
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