This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XY.2ADE/488.1 Message Board Post: Colin, I'm no legal eagle so could very well be wrong ; I wouldn't think he'd need a license except perhaps for the telegraph. And I don't know who that would be through. The Boulder County Clerks Office has an online index to their records - http://icris.co.boulder.co.us/documentSearch.jsp . It's just an index, lists titles only and sometimes they get cut off. If you find a record you'd like to see you can write them for a copy. Or perhaps SKS can get one for you. I scanned it quickly ; not sure I caught everything and Lewis is a common name. I saw a lot of activity for a William C. (W.C.) Lewis (and 1 with him for a Laura M. Lewis - his wife?) between 1878 and 1885. But nothing later ; did they move ? And in the late 1890s there was a Willam A. Lewis (sometimes just William Lewis) who was apparently a coal miner. Didn't see anything about a license ; no incorporation papers ; most were things like chattel mortgages and deeds. Hope this helps David