I have always wanted to know how Annie and Will met. How does a young woman from Knoxville, who went to school in Philadelphia, meet a young man from St. Louis? What if they met in Washington, D.C. in 1874 when Will was there to interview for a position on the Newton-Jenney Expedition and Annie […]
Bowman vs. Patrick
With mining comes lawsuits. That’s just the way it is. Will was a party to several lawsuits in his mining career. Sometimes he brought the suit and sometimes he was the defendant. But the one lawsuit that lasted the longest and had the most effect on his life was Bowman vs. Patrick. The story starts […]
Who Was Marie Patrick?
A couple months ago I wrote about Julia Brownlow and explored who she was since the only indication of her existence was a letter addressed to Eliza Brownlow. Now I am exploring Marie Eubank Patrick, the second wife of William F. Patrick (2). Anne Brownlow Patrick died in July 1893 at her mother’s home in […]
Who Was Julia Brownlow?
The Letter St. Louis Mo. Jan. 8th 89 No. 2637 Pine Street My dear Mrs. Brownlow, You will no doubt be surprised at receiving this letter from me, the grand daughter of your deceased husband, Col. Parson Brownlow. I have been intending to write to you for a long time. I will not enter into […]
Annie’s Wedding Dress
My grandmother, Dorothy, donated her mother-in-law’s wedding dress to the Healy House museum in Leadville, CO, in the early 1960s. Since then, the Healy House collection was transferred to the general collection of History Colorado (formerly the Colorado Historical Society). By the time the dress got to Denver, they had very little information about the […]
