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(COLORADO.) Map of South Pueblo, Pueblo County, Col. Ter. Lithographed map filling the verso of an 8 1/2x11 inch piece of letterhead issued by the Central Colorado Improvement Company, the recto side with a holograph letter by Thomas C. Parrish as Secretary and Treasurer of the company, to J. M. Albertson, informing him that no work is available, but discussing plans of the South Pueblo Colony enterprise and the possible need for assistance in the future. South Pueblo, CO, 25 August 1874
The Central Colorado Improvement Company was incorporated in Colorado in 1872. It was one of a number of small coal and iron companies looking to exploit Colorado's mineral wealth. In this letter, Parrish mentions the beginning of a road from South Pueblo to Granada, the terminus of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. This would provide the means for transporting coal and iron to Eastern markets. Like any company establishing itself in the unpopulated West, the company was looking for workers and settlers to man the mines and other works. The map on the verso of the letterhead helps give the impression of well managed plans for the development of the town, with tracts laid out for future development. The Improvement Company merged with two others in 1880 to become the Colorado Coal and Iron Co.
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