Joyce B Lohse
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt was born in 1854 in Wisconsin. She moved west, married a man named Harvey Doe, and came to be called "Baby" by the miners in Central City, Colorado. After attracting the attention of wealthy "Silver King" Horace Tabor of Leadville, she began a very public affair with Tabor ending with marriage in a private ceremony in 1882. A lavish lifestyle followed but ended abruptly after fifteen years with loss of the Tabor fortune in...
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
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Description
Joyce Lohse has written a book impressive for its detailed knowlege of many important events in Colorado History. Included are numerous fascinating maps, documents, and pictures, which she has unearthed in years of exhaustive research. Interesting to anyone who wants to learn more about early Colorado, this book chronicles a formative period which should never be forgotten.