Horace Tabor - Wikipedia
Horace Austin Warner "Haw" Tabor (November 26, 1830 – April 10, 1899), also known as The Bonanza King of Leadville and The Silver King, was an American prospector, businessman, and Republican politician.
Matchless Mine - Colorado Encyclopedia
The Matchless Mine, in the Leadville Mining District, is one of the most famous mines in Colorado. In the early 1880s, it produced millions of dollars in silver for its owner, Horace Tabor. The mine is perhaps best known as the home of Horace Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor.
Augusta and Horace Tabor: Founders of Leadville, Colorado
Apr 1, 2013 · Horace and Augusta Tabor were pioneers in the truest sense of the word. Surprisingly, their opposing personalities were responsible for their ability to succeed. Horace Tabor took risks while his wife remained cautious and frugal.
Leadville Colorado Mining History - Mining History Association
The Matchless Mine on Fryer Hill in Leadville was the source of wealth for Horace A. W. Tabor. In the 1870’s, Tabor and his wife, Augusta, ran a general store in Leadville. He grubstaked the prospectors who discovered the Little Pittsburgh Mine, a rich silver producer.
babydoe.org - Horace Tabor Biography
For, much as she loved Horace, her view of what life should be like when one is middle-aged and fabulously rich diverged irreconcilably from his by the close of the heady 1870s. Horace's fame brought him the attention of many; some of whose intentions were honorable, and some not.
Horace Tabor - Colorado Encyclopedia
Silver deposits around Leadville made Horace Tabor (1830-99) into one of the wealthiest mining moguls in Colorado history. Clockwise from top left, this nineteenth-century sheet features images of Tabor's house, a portrait of Tabor, the Tabor Block office building, and the Tabor Theater.
The Wild, True Tale of Baby Doe Tabor - Central City Opera
Sep 18, 2020 · Central City Opera commissioned an opera in 1953 based on the first famous love triangle in Colorado history between Silver King Horace Tabor, his wife Augusta and the beautiful Baby Doe. And that opera is almost as good as the true story of the Tabors.
Leadville Colorado Mining History - Mining History Association
It provided Horace A. W. Tabor with the start of his fortune and his subsequent success at the Matchless Mine. By 1880, the population of Leadville had jumped to 40,000. For over 100 years, Leadville was one of the major U. S. mining districts.
Leadville Colorado - Western Mining History
In February of 1878, an election was held and Horace Austin Warner Tabor (often referred to as H. A. W. Tabor) became the first mayor of Leadville. H. A. W. Tabor was a local store keeper that had been one of the original pioneers of the area in 1860. He left the area in the early 1860's as placer mining declined but returned in 1868.
Colorado Silver Boom - Wikipedia
The Matchless Mine in Leadville, originally owned by Horace Tabor, known as "The Silver King". The Colorado Silver Boom was a dramatic expansionist period of silver mining activity in the U.S. state of Colorado in the late 19th century.