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Two Colorado Saloon Letterheads: White Pine and Trinidad [155481]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Saloon/Brothel Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
Two Colorado Saloon Letterheads: White Pine and Trinidad [155481]
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Lot of 2 different. 1) Office of AD Clark, proprietor Crawford House and Horseshoe Saloon. Choice Liquors and Cigars Always on Hand. Vignette of a horseshoe. Dateline White Pine, Colo. April 12th, 1889. Message from Clark to the Continental Divide Bank in Salida regarding checks. 10.5 x 8" Folds, punch holes. The Horseshoe Saloon was twenty-five by fifty feet and contained a pool table and five round tables for gambling and was one of the centers of attraction in the camp in 1883. White Pine is now a ghost town in Gunnison County. It was a silver mining camp that started in 1878. By 1883, there were a 1,000 miners in the camp. The town was largely abandoned after the Silver Panic of 1893. The area also had problems with avalanches. 2) The Arcade Saloon Company, Proprietors of The Arcade, Corinado Bar and The Falstaff. Robert Branagh, President and Manager. Dateline Trinidad, Colo. 190-. Letterhead appears to have been used for internal bookkeeping, with pencil notations on the front and back. 8.5 x 11" Folds.

Date: 1889-1900s
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State: Colorado
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Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection