This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/925.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I was looking over the newspaper article from 1997 when the building was burned down, it says the building was built in about 1905. I will look for a photo of the building and let you know if I find one.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/925.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you know how old the building was? Where might I find pictures of the hotel?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/925.1 Message Board Post: The Main Hotel in Walsenburg was in the Victoria Hotel building on South Main Street. My father, Louis Bellotti, and his siblings bought the building in 1937, and, in addition to the Main Hotel, the UB Grocery and Walsenburg Music Company were also in the building. The family sold the building in the late 1980's and an arsonist burned the vacant building in the late 1990's. I do remember the name Alec Topping in relation to the building, having been a resident and perhaps was employed there.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dykes, Topping, Barkley, Bailey, Morelock, Ryan, Morrison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/925 Message Board Post: Jenny DYKES TOPPING wrote several letters to her mother, my g grandmother, from Main Hotel in Walsenberg between 1939 and 1945. Being they resided and worked at the hotel, I have the impression they were owners. Can any one confirm this?

Cadet Sir or Ma'am, ** Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. Very Respectfully, //signed// Cadet Third Class Evan Adams Cadet Squadron 6 United States Air Force Academy

BREATHING LIFE INTO ANCESTORS by Ted Pack [email protected] ["Anyone who wants to copy (this article) may do so as long as they give me credit and spell my name correctly." Ted Pack] How many times have you found an ancestor and wondered what they were like; what made them laugh, what made them cry, what made them give up the farm in Vermont and move to Kansas? What was the Civil War like, not for the generals, but for an 18-year old farm boy in the 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry? What was it like to marry at 18, move to the howling wilderness we now call Indiana, and be expected to provide for your new wife with axe, plow, and musket? It is too late to ask our pioneer ancestors, of course, but you can ask your living relatives what their lives were like, and you can write an autobiography. With luck the story will be passed down. If you write a biography of your grandparents, your grandchildren could have an idea of what life was like for them -- a span of five generations. Your children might think of you as dull; mine do. Your great-grandchildren, assuming someone finds a copy of your autobiography in an attic, might find you fascinating. Some people have a hard time thinking of anything to write, and some of us ramble along for hours at the slightest provocation. I'm the second type of person; most of my relatives are the first type. I wrote up two pages of general questions for my relatives. The questions are also on my Web site. If you answer all of the questions in complete sentences you'll have a start on an autobiography. If you answer each of them with a couple of paragraphs, you will have 30 pages of heirloom more valuable than a gold watch. You can see it at: http://www.tedpack.org/bioguide.html

This is a great site, go see if your family members are listed: PHOTOS. FamilyOldPhotos.com. More than 5,500 photos, many identified. Search by location (Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia) or by first letter of surname. http://www.familyoldphotos.com/ Karen Mitchell 2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected] Pueblo County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html

This is in response to Susan's message to watch for a certain subject line which had a virus. I get viruses all the time, but I have a "virus catcher." In other words, don't open ANYTHING unless you're darn sure you know what it is. And have a good virus program to catch things which may not need you to open. I've read that you can even get viruses from websites. Shalane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/924.2 Message Board Post: In the 1920 census,LaVeta-this is what it shows: McClure,Felix E.-44;born CO;parents born NC;general farmer wife-Elsie M.-35;Immigration-1901-Naturalization-1905;born Sweden;parents born Sweden daughter Agnes M.-12;born Montana;father born IL-mother born Sweden son-John E.-6months;born CO;father born CO,mother born Sweden. On the farm next door is the Edward Chastain family-he and wife Mildred born NC;with children Thurman,Alta,Albert & Grace. Hope this helps!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/924.1 Message Board Post: Please see all of the databases we have posted on the Huerfano County web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Click on Resources. Good luck on your search! Karen

>From Susan: I just wanted to let you know that two of us have received a message with "END genforumHTML" as the subject line. The other volunteer's virus software trapped it before it did any damage. She warned me, and I saw the header and deleted it before downloading my messages to my hard disk. If you get a message with that subject line, do not open it. Delete it immediately from your hard disk. If you hold the shift key down when you press the delete key, it usually deletes it completely instead of moving the selected message to a trash or deleted folder. Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McClure, Chastain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/924 Message Board Post: My father John E. McClure was born in La Veta on June 18, 1919. I know his father was Felix Edward McClure and that his grandfather was Oscar McClure, who married Susan Chastain. I'm fairly sure they were part of the McClures who came from Georgia in the 1860's. I'm hoping to discover more, such as where Felix and Oscar were born, the rest of the family ties, etc. I also would like to purchase the property where my father was born in La Veta. If anyone can help, please let me know. Thanks so much!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crumley, Drum, Whisenant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/284.1 Message Board Post: Cherly, Was wondering if you are a decendent of Charlotte A and Rado Drum or just being super nice and posting obits for the area? If you are a decendent, I would very much like to talk more with you. Rado Drum is the son of Lorenzo A Drum and Sarah Tulula Crumley. Sarah is my gggg-aunt, sister to my ggg-grnadfather Chappel Columbus Crumley. I would like to have more info on their family. Will gladly share what I have on the Crumley's. If interested, please email me directly at [email protected] Hope to hear from you, Melissa

This is an article that Gloria shared with me. I found it very interesting and would like to send it along to all of you. Karen Mitchell 2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected] Pueblo County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html

2d. ROOTSWEB SERVER UPGRADE CONTINUES. To improve site performance, RootsWeb is upgrading its servers. As a result there will be times when you will be unable to access various portions of RootsWeb. When you encounter such problems, just try again later. Thank you for understanding, and excuse the dust. Karen Mitchell 2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected] Pueblo County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html

Bobbi, please contact me. Karen Mitchell 2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected] Pueblo County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/923 Message Board Post: I AM LOOKING FOR A FRIEND (JUANITA VALDEZ) WHO WOULD HAVE GRADUATED IN 1954 FROM HUERFANO HIGHSCHOOL. CAN ANYONE HELP?

In a message dated 6/17/02 4:06:33 PM, [email protected] writes: << HERALD DEMOCRAT - MAY 30, 1927 AROUND THE TOWN a.. Everybody went still hunting over the weekend. Friday night the city authorities raided two buildings, seizing three stills and a quantify of mash whiskey and other equipment. Saturday morning they placed the two alleged owners of the stills under arrest. Saturday afternoon the federal men drove into town, stopping at a cabin in Jacktown where they found a 100 gallon still in operation. Besides the still, thirty barrels, part full of mash, were found together with six gallons of whiskey. The still was made if two candy buckets, turned top to top. Sheriff Harry SCHRAEDER and Undersheriff Charles OTWELL decided to do a little still hunting on their own account Saturday and visited Tennessee Park, where they found the biggest still of the season, equipped with a large gasoline burner. Three barrels of mash can be run off at one time in the still. Twenty three barrels of mash were found on the premises, together with 10 gallons of whiskey. Three empty barrels were also found, the contents of which had been poured into the still, indicating that the batch being run off was the first made at the Tennessee Park place. The Herald Democrat, as a result of the raids conducted by the city authorities Friday night, has been threatened with a libel suit. J. L. BROWNIE, said by the authorities to have been the owner of the two large stills found at 213 E. 6th ST. a little building next door to the hall formerly occupied by the W.C.T.U. early Saturday morning appeared at the newspaper office and threatened to bring suit against the paper. "If it's my still," he declared, "why don't they arrest me?" He left the office and a few minutes later met city Marshal D. J. O'NEIL and Alderman Douglas PLATT, who were looking for him, armed with a warrant for his arrest. Later in the day he was released on $300.00 bond. b.. Wages for Leadville union carpenters will be raised from 87 1/2 cents an hour to $1.00 an hour, it was decided at a meeting of Leadville Local No. 850, U.B> of C. & J. of A., held on May 20 to go into effect July 1. c.. Undersheriff SCHRAEDER narrowly escaped death or serious injury Saturday night when a revolver he had leant to a friend and which had been returned to him, fell from his pocket as he was alighting from his automobile, striking on the hammer, and exploding the cartridge. The bullet missed the sheriff by a narrow margin, all though his face burned from the explosion. d.. Two miners were seriously injured in an accidental explosion at the Greenback Mine Saturday morning, resulting from picking into a missed hole. Both men will probably lose their eye sight as a result of the explosion. >>

In a message dated 6/20/02 4:06:59 AM, [email protected] writes: << Please also post to the Lake County, Colorado site LIABLE LYNCHING IN LEADVILLE Denver, July 19. - The Republican's Leadville special says: Policeman John Carroll died yesterday from the wounds inflicted Saturday by Bakewell, chief of police, and a committee of citizens waited on the sheriff and demanded that Bakewell be delivered to them, but the sheriff refused and placed guards around the jail. The preliminary trial will be held to-night at 7:30. It is thought Bakewell will be lynched before morning. He has committed to murders before this. Denver, July 19 -- Gen. Grant in an interview said, "I can say without hesitation I will give Garfield my hearty support, there is no reason why any republican should not vote for Garfield, I know him to be a man of talent, thoroughly accomplished and an upright man. I have nothing against Gen. Hancock, but Garfield is the man for the office." He denied the report that he had complained of Conkling and Logan having deceived him. He had no letter from either of them, either before or after the convention or since his return to America. He said of all men Conkling and Logan were the last for him to find fault with, and he felt more proud of the 312 that stood by him than if he had received the nomination by unfair means. The republicans of Manitou, and special members of the state press association were presented to Gen. Grant last evening. The party will be joined by Ulysses, jr., and Fred Grant. They visit Leadville next week and then Denver. Gail Meÿer Kilgore Casa Grande, AZ

In a message dated 6/15/02 2:39:50 AM, [email protected] writes: << Rocky Mountain News - 3 November 1912 SHRIVER - .......attend the funeral of our neighbor, J. W. Shriver, to be held at his residence, 2839 Humboldt street, at 2 p.m. today. Interment at Fairmount. W. J. Dickinson, Clerk Camp No. 7 WILLIAMS - November 1, 1912, Mrs. Maggie A. Williams, at Adams Memorial, 2875 West Thirty-eighth avenue. Funeral today 2 p.m. from Welsh church, Thirteenth and Welton streets. SLADE - Radiant Chapter Eastern Star requested to attend funeral Sister Elma Slade, today, November 3. Members meet at Masonic Temple 1 p.m. sharp. Services at Kelly & Hartford undertaking parlors, 410 Fifteenth street at 1 :30 p.m. Funeral car to cemetery. Helen C. Fullman, W. M. Edna E. Campbell, Secretary KRUEGER - Funeral services for Charles M. Krueger, past exalted ruler at Elks' home, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Regulation dress. Interment at Riverside, Elks' Rest. Brothers will assemble at lodge room at 1:30 p.m. Friends invited. Thomas M. Hunter, E. R. William Wheadon, Secretary KRUEGER - The funeral of Charles M. Krueger will be held from Elks hall, Fourteenth and California streets, Sunday, November 2, at 2 p.m. Special car for friends. KELLY - Funeral services for William J. Kelly will be held from ST. Stephen's church, Twenty-sixth and Williams, Sunday, November 3, at 2 o'clock. SLADE - The funeral of Mrs. Emma M. Slade will take place from Kelly & Hartford's undertaking parlors, Sunday, November 3, at 1:30 p.m. Friends invited. Interment Fairmount. BARKHAUSEN - November 1, Joseph H. Barkhausen, age 49. Funeral 2 p.m. McGovern's undertaking parlors, 2:30 St. Patrick's church. Friends invited. KRUGER - October 27, Charles M. Kruger, aged 49 years. Remains at Charles M. Miller's funeral parlors, 800 East Colfax. Funeral at 2 o'clock Sunday from Elks' home. HODGES - October 31, Francis Hodges, aged 40 years. Funeral Sunday at 10 o'clock from Charles M. Miller's funeral parlors, 800 East Colfax. BOTSFORD - The remains of Edward P. Botsford, sent from Martin's Funebrial Lodge, Fourteenth and Lincoln, Saturday, November 2, to Pittsburg, Pa for Interment. KELLY - Flowers for William J. Kelly's funeral. Please leave at Nash's chapel not later than 1 o'clock today. In Memoriam In loving memory of Theodore Seth, who died two years ago today, November 3, 1910. Oh, by thy love and anguish, Lord; Oh, by thy life laid down, Oh, that we fall not from Thy grace nor cast away thy crown. Sarah Seth, Henry Seth and Family, Mrs. Helen Stoeker. >>