Morse H. Coffin biographical sketch, 1898.

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Morse H. Coffin biographical sketch, 1898.

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A two-page biographical sketch.

2 p.

Boulder Public Library

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Boulder Public Library

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Coffin, Julia Dunbar

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Coffin, Morse H., 1836-1913

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Morse H. Coffin was born in Roxbury, N.Y., September 20, 1836. At the age of 21 he was began managing his father's farm in Illinois, but in 1859 he crossed the plains with two friends and arrived in Boulder on July 18th. He first whip-sawed lumber for Low, Goss & Pell, providing the lumber for the first frame house built in Boulder County (built by H.C. Norton). In the spring of 1860 he began farming 160 acres on the St. Vrain, three miles east of Longmont and ultimately owned 360 acres. Mor...