Eben Smith, the Glossary
Eben Smith (December 17, 1832 – November 5, 1906) was a successful mine owner, smelting company executive, railroad executive and bank owner in Colorado in the late 19th century and early 20th century.[1]
Table of Contents
51 relations: Aeolian Company, Arizona, Bakersfield, California, Black Hawk, Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, California, Colorado, Colorado Labor Wars, Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894, David Moffat, Denver, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Eight-hour day, El Paso, Texas, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Erie, Pennsylvania, Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado), Florence, Colorado, Gilpin County, Colorado, Gold cyanidation, Horace Tabor, Iowa, Isthmus of Panama, James Joseph Brown, Jerome B. Chaffee, Leadville miners' strike, Leadville, Colorado, Lockout (industry), Los Angeles, Margaret Brown, Mexico City, Mine Owners' Association, Nevada County, California, Oregon, Palmer Lake, Colorado, Peritonitis, Pike's Peak gold rush, Pitkin County, Colorado, Placer County, California, Placer mining, Red Cliff, Colorado, Rochester, New York, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Sierra County, California, St. Joseph, Missouri, Teller County, Colorado, Utah, Wanamaker Organ, Waterford, Pennsylvania, ... Expand index (1 more) »
- People from Colorado Territory
Aeolian Company
The Aeolian Company was a musical-instrument making firm whose products included player organs, pianos, sheet music, records and phonographs.
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States.
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Black Hawk, Colorado
Black Hawk is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States.
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Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is a home rule city in and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Colorado
Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Colorado Labor Wars
The Colorado Labor Wars were a series of labor strikes in 1903 and 1904 in the U.S. state of Colorado, by gold and silver miners and mill workers represented by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM).
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Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894
The Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 was a five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
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David Moffat
David Halliday Moffat (July 22, 1839 – March 18, 1911) was an American financier and industrialist, who was one of the original pioneers of Denver, Colorado. Eben Smith and David Moffat are 19th-century American railroad executives and People from Colorado.
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Denver
Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company.
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Eight-hour day
The eight-hour day (also known as the 40-hour week movement or the short-time movement) was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses of working time.
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El Paso, Texas
El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.
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Erie County, Pennsylvania
Erie County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)
Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 1890 and is Denver's second oldest operating cemetery after Riverside Cemetery.
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Florence, Colorado
The City of Florence is a statutory city located in Fremont County, Colorado, United States.
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Gilpin County, Colorado
Gilpin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado, smallest in land area behind only the City and County of Broomfield.
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Gold cyanidation
Gold cyanidation (also known as the cyanide process or the MacArthur–Forrest process) is a hydrometallurgical technique for extracting gold from low-grade ore by converting the gold to a water-soluble coordination complex.
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Horace Tabor
Horace Austin Warner "Haw" Tabor (November 26, 1830 – April 10, 1899), also known as The Bonanza King of Leadville and The Silver King, was an American prospector, businessman, and Republican politician.
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Iowa
Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.
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James Joseph Brown
James Joseph "J.J." Brown (September 27, 1854 – September 5, 1922), was an American mining engineer, inventor, and self-made member of fashionable society.
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Jerome B. Chaffee
Jerome Bunty Chaffee (April 17, 1825 – March 9, 1886) was an American entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado.
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Leadville miners' strike
The Leadville miners' strike was a labor action by the Cloud City Miners' Union, which was the Leadville, Colorado local of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM), against those silver mines paying less than $3.00 per day.
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Leadville, Colorado
Leadville is a statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States.
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Lockout (industry)
A lockout is a work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Margaret Brown
Margaret Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist.
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Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
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Mine Owners' Association
In the United States, a Mine Owners' Association (MOA), also sometimes referred to as a Mine Operators' Association or a Mine Owners' Protective Association, is the combination of individual mining companies, or groups of mining companies, into an association, established for the purpose of promoting the collective interests of the group.
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Nevada County, California
Nevada County is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Palmer Lake, Colorado
Palmer Lake is a Statutory Town in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
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Peritonitis
Peritonitis is inflammation of the localized or generalized peritoneum, the lining of the inner wall of the abdomen and cover of the abdominal organs.
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Pike's Peak gold rush
The Pike's Peak gold rush (later known as the Colorado gold rush) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States that began in July 1858 and lasted until roughly the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861.
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Pitkin County, Colorado
Pitkin County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado.
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Placer County, California
Placer County (Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.
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Placer mining
Placer mining is the mining of stream bed deposits for minerals.
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Red Cliff, Colorado
Red Cliff (sometimes spelled Redcliff) is a statutory town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
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Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Monroe County.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Sierra County, California
Sierra County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.
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St. Joseph, Missouri
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Teller County, Colorado
Teller County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.
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Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Wanamaker Organ
The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world, based on the number of playing pipes, the number of ranks and its weight.
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Waterford, Pennsylvania
Waterford is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Western Federation of Miners
The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) was a labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mines of the western United States and British Columbia.
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See also
People from Colorado Territory
- A. J. Sampson
- Antoine Janis
- Augusta Tabor
- Barney Ford
- Baxter B. Stiles
- Charles Autobees
- Charlie Utter
- Chief Niwot
- Eben Smith
- Ebenezer T. Wells
- Edward J. Sanderlin
- Edward W. Wynkoop
- Eliza Pickrell Routt
- Enos T. Hotchkiss
- Francis M. Case
- Frederick J. Bancroft
- George W. Clayton
- Henry Calvin Thatcher
- Henry M. Teller
- Hiram J. Brendlinger
- Horace M. Hale
- Indiana Sopris Cushman
- Jacob Schueler
- James B. Belford
- Jim Baker (frontiersman)
- John Wesley Prowers
- John and Elizabeth Tallman
- Joseph E. Bates
- Lawrence N. Greenleaf
- Lean Bear
- Lewis Northey Tappan
- Margaret Gray Evans
- Mary Miller (Colorado businesswoman)
- Moccasin Bill Perkins
- Montague Leverson
- Nathan Meeker
- Pat Desmond
- Richard Sopris
- Richens Lacey Wootton
- Rufus Clark
- Samuel Hartsel
- Sarah Milner Smith
- Tom Sharp (trader)
- Victor A. Elliott
- William J. Barker (Denver mayor)
- William M. Clayton