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The town of Elkhorn, Colorado, south of Eagle, Colorado.
In 1912, George Guenon found some rock samples around Horse Mountain that promised silver and showed them to Ocar Kempf. Kempf staked the area behind Guenon's back and a rush to prospect was started. "Rows of cabins, houses, a saloon, and a boarding and rooming house were built on land belonging to Charles Zartman. A mine, named for Mrs. Kempf --the "Lady Bell"--became the main scene of...
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Walter Hyde cabin at Gold Park, which is up Homestake Creek, south of Gilman.
Walter was born on September 4, 1872, in Fairplay, Colo. In the early 1880s, the Hyde family settled at the mouth of Lake Creek. Water was a prospector and was a miner in Utah for many years. In the 1930s, he lived in Gold Park, mining in that region. When his health deteriorated, he spent most of his time in Red Cliff. He died in Denver in 1942.
His sisters were Laura...