Notebook - Images from the Past
Page by Bob Leathers
Notebook Image from the Past
1878: The Parrott and Burris Gang -
The Murder of Lawmen Bob Widdowfield and Tip Vincent
The Murder of Lawmen Bob Widdowfield and Tip Vincent
Old Carbon's Dutch Charlie (Image by Bob Leathers. Dec. 2023)
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The South Country. Elk Mountain.
Early Wyoming Ranch at Mill Creek near Elk Mountain ( T. H. Butler, UPCCEM February 1927)
Image from the Past - 1927 Medicine Bow Crossing at Elk Mountain
UPCCEM February 1927 (Picture from T. H. Butler of Hanna)
More at: The South Country - Elk Mountain
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Ludlow Massacre
1914 April 20: One of the most horrific events to affected Hanna's history was the Ludlow Massacre. The massacre occurred in Ludlow, Colorado .
Woody Guthrie Ludlow Massacre
Shared from YouTube
Shared from YouTube
The video begins by picturing the "Death Special" built by the coal company's private security.
Over 100 years ago, the Rocky Mountains were the source of a vast supply of coal. At the peak, 16,000 people were employed and that accounted for 10% of all employed workers in the state of Colorado. It was dangerous work; in just 1913 alone, the mines claimed the lives of over 100 people. There were laws in place that were supposed to protect workers, but largely, management ignored those, which led to Colorado having double the on-the-job fatality rate of any other mining state. It was a time of company towns, when all real estate, housing, doctors and grocery stores were owned by the coal companies themselves. This led to the suppression of dissent as well as overinflated prices and an extreme dependence on the coal companies for everything that made life liveable. In some cases, workers couldn't even leave town, and armed guards made sure they didn't. Also, If any miner or his family began to air grievances, they might find themselves evicted and run out of town. (Unworthy.com 2015)
- More at: Ludlow Massacre
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Image from the Past - 1927 Roundup at Mill Creek Near Elk Mountain
UPCCEM January 1927 (Picture from T. H. Butler of Hanna)
- More at: Elk Mountain
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Hanna Old Timers Fishing on the Medicine Bow River
UPCCEM November 1926 (Picture from T. H. Butler of Hanna)
- More at: The South Country - Elk Mountain
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The murder of lawmen Bob Widdowfield and Tip Vincent
The Carbon coal miners sought revenge for the murder of local lawmen Bob Widdowfield and Tip Vincent by the outlaw gang lead by "Dutch Charlie" Burris and "Big Nose George" Parrott. The miners were also angry that the outlaws were after their mine payroll. The murder of lawmen Bob Widdowfield and Tip Vincent in 1878 is a long and complex story. It stretches out over sixty years.
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