Emma H. Fairhurst papers, 1866-1950.

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Emma H. Fairhurst papers, 1866-1950.

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The papers focus primarily on life in Ward from 1866 to 1950. The collection includes family mining records, legal documents, and correspondence pertaining to Ward and Boulder County. Among the lodes owned or discovered by the Fairhurst family were: Extension (1881), Golden Sceptre (1900), Graphic (1875), Cold Springs (1909), Golden Eagle (1891), and Jaybird (1906) in the Magnolia District and the Blackhawk Boy in Ward. Albert Fairhurst also had stock in the Idaho Mines Co., the Big Five Mining Co., and the Mineral Park Mining and Reduction Co. Many of these various business interests were handled by Emma Fairhurst after her husband's death in 1920. The collection also includes a Hauberg family history, photographs, a small amount of material on Colorado social and political history from 1900-1950, and some Colorado tourism information. There is also a collection of correspondence, constitutions and bylaws for various fraternal organizations including the I.O.O.F., the Masons, the Ladies Aid Society, and the Women's Civic Improvement Club.

18 linear ft. (10 boxes, 3 oversized)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7282895

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Men's benevolent and fraternal organization. From the description of Independent Order of Oddfellows records, 1843-1901. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794006 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North America is a fraternal organization which originated in England. The I.O.O.F. became independent from the English Old Fellows Order in 1834 after lodges were established in New York and Baltimore. Charity Lodge No. 6 was established in Stockt...

Fairhurst, Emma H. (Emma Hauberg), 1865-1950

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Emma Hauberg Fairhurst was born February 2, 1865, in Port Byron, Illinois, to Marx D. and Margaret Frels Hauberg. She came to Caribou, Colorado, in 1890 where she found employment and stayed until the mining slump of 1892. She then moved to Ward and married Albert L. (Bert) Fairhurst, son of William (Guy) Fairhurst, a prominent Ward miner and investor. Emma Fairhurst shared in the temporary prosperity that the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad brought to the community and participated in the de...

Fairhurst family.

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Hauberg family.

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Fairhurst, Albert L.

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