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Capital City / Henson Creek Reduction Co. Cover [153484]

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Capital City / Henson Creek Reduction Co. Cover [153484]
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This item SOLD at 2022 Jul 21 @ 11:03UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Capital Creek post office opened in 1877 and closed in 1920. This was mailed five years after the opening of the post office. Postmark is blurred at top (readable) and dates Aug. 15, 1882. Capitol City was founded in 1877, originally named Galena City. At its peak, the city boasted around 800 citizens and its founders wished it had become the capital of Colorado. Today only the post office, a structure called "Lee's Smelter Stack", some rubble buildings, and a few brick kilns remain. The Henson Creek Reduction plant was completed about the time of this cover and the superintendent reported he was in 'ecstasy.' [Carbonate Chronicle, 1883)

Date: 1882
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Capital City
Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection