COLLECTION NAME:
Colorado Coal Project
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UCBOULDERCB1~76~76
Colorado Coal Project
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Collection Name:
Colorado Coal Project
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Colorado Coal Project
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false
Title:
The Dick family of Walsenburg, Colorado
title
The Dick family of Walsenburg, Colorado
Title
false
Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
creator
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
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false
Creator URI:
creator_uri
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00101170
Creator URI
false
Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
creator
McMahan, Ronald L.
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false
Creator URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94033808
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false
Subject:
Coal mines and mining
subject
Coal mines and mining
Subject
false
Subject URI:
subject_uri
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/865355
Subject URI
false
Subject:
Dick, George
subject
Dick, George
Subject
false
Subject:
Ford, Robert, 1862-1892
subject
Ford, Robert, 1862-1892
Subject
false
Subject URI:
subject_uri
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/24184
Subject URI
false
Subject:
Huerfano County (Colo.)--History
subject
Huerfano County (Colo.)--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Walsenburg (Colo.)
subject
Walsenburg (Colo.)
Subject
false
Subject URI:
subject_uri
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81133755
Subject URI
false
Subject:
Huerfano Agency Company
subject
Huerfano Agency Company
Subject
false
Subject:
Family-owned business enterprises--United States--History--20th century
subject
Family-owned business enterprises--United States--History--20th century
Subject
false
Subject:
Dick, James B.
subject
Dick, James B.
Subject
false
Subject:
Interviews
subject
Interviews
Subject
false
Subject URI:
subject_uri
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423832
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false
Description:
An account is given of three generations of a Colorado family. James B. Dick emigrated from Scotland in 1859, and his parents followed in 1881. He worked as a miner in Pennsylvania and then settled in Walsenburg, where he eventually became active in city, county, and state politics. He owned a wholesale liquor and cigar store until the Prohibition and then went into banking and the coal mining business. He set up the Huerfano Trading Company, which ran stores at mine camps. Later the Huerfano Agency Company sold coal to state institutions and neighboring states. His son, George, was made General Manager of the Operation of Mines. He was still young and learned on the job, traveling to mines, talking with miners, and transporting payroll. The mining business collapsed as natural gas became preferred and rail rates went up. Around 1970 they lost their customers and closed the mines.
description
An account is given of three generations of a Colorado family. James B. Dick emigrated from Scotland in 1859, and his parents followed in 1881. He worked as a miner in Pennsylvania and then settled in Walsenburg, where he eventually became active in city, county, and state politics. He owned a wholesale liquor and cigar store until the Prohibition and then went into banking and the coal mining business. He set up the Huerfano Trading Company, which ran stores at mine camps. Later the Huerfano Agency Company sold coal to state institutions and neighboring states. His son, George, was made General Manager of the Operation of Mines. He was still young and learned on the job, traveling to mines, talking with miners, and transporting payroll. The mining business collapsed as natural gas became preferred and rail rates went up. Around 1970 they lost their customers and closed the mines.
Description
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Description Type:
summary
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summary
Description Type
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Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
publisher
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Publisher
false
Contributor:
Dick, George
contributor
Dick, George
Contributor
false
Date:
1979-11-21
date
1979-11-21
Date
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
application/pdf
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application/pdf
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false
Identifier:
narv_coloradoCoal_transDick.pdf
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narv_coloradoCoal_transDick.pdf
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/k4340m86r8mg
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false
Language:
English
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English
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Coverage (Spatial):
Colorado (United States, North America) (first order administrative divisions)
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Colorado (United States, North America) (first order administrative divisions)
Coverage (Spatial)
false
Coverage (Temporal):
1859/1979
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1859/1979
Coverage (Temporal)
false
Coverage (Spatial):
Huerfano County (Colorado, United States, North America) (civil)
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Huerfano County (Colorado, United States, North America) (civil)
Coverage (Spatial)
false
Coverage (Spatial):
Pennsylvania (United States, North America) (first order administrative divisions)
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Pennsylvania (United States, North America) (first order administrative divisions)
Coverage (Spatial)
false
Coverage (Spatial):
Scotland (United Kingdom, Europe) (country)
coverage__spatial_
Scotland (United Kingdom, Europe) (country)
Coverage (Spatial)
false
Coverage (Spatial):
Walsenburg (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
coverage__spatial_
Walsenburg (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Spatial)
false