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Day in the Life

Jun 7, 1883

Journal Entry

June 07, 1883 ~ Thursday

7 We arose and found ourselves in Denver we went
to the American Hotel & took breakfast After which
BMr W. N. Babcock general Agent of Chicago and
North Western Rail Road From Colorado, Brought
3 carriages and took all the company through the
Main streets of Denver which has a pop of 65000
inhabitants it is a large fine City sustained and
Built mostly by the Mining interest. We visited the opera
House a fine building finished inside with polished chery
wood I found all the street cars drawn By one horse
The rail Road Depo is a fine building. At 2:30 we took
cars and rode to Pueblo whare Capt Brown wintered
with a part of the Mormon Battalion distance from Denver 130 miles
we changed cars at Pueblo we took sleeping Births
I had an upper Birth and a Bad night & did not sleep

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Brown, James
1801-1863
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Colorado
Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado

Jun 7, 1883