George W. Stryker papers. 1950-1956.

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George W. Stryker papers. 1950-1956.

This folder contains a page of newspaper clippings, 1953 and 1956, and pages of Stryker's handwritten notes for biographical sketches of Boulder (Colo.) pioneers of his acquaintance, which he wrote in ca. 1953.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7462517

Boulder Public Library

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Boulder Daily Camera.

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Camera 11 June 1962: "Virtually all records have been photographed by a process called microfilming... this work has been done in cooperation with the Colorado State Archives and Records Service." From the description of Boulder County (Colo.) Clerk and Recorder, clippings 1943-1969. 1943-1969. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 711986598 Born 12 February 1824 in a log cabin in New York, Chauncey Stokes began helping his father in the carpentry trade at age 16. As...

Stryker, George W., 1874-1956.

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Austin, Ira, 1807-1893.

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Colo. pioneer businessman, born May 30, 1807 in Bristol, N.Y. He married Harriet Benjamin (b.1810) in 1831. The couple had three children: Schulyer D. (ca.1837-1901), Julia E. (ca.1843-1922), and Helen A. (ca.1848-1926). Austin and his family moved to a farm in Will County, Ill. (1838-1860). He journeyed alone to Placerville, Calif. as a gold prospector (1849-1850) before returning to Ill. Austin travelled to Colo. (1860), where he set up a mill in Gilpin County and also went into coal mining, r...