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Scottish Prospectors

Postby Bridie » Sun May 06, 2012 7:14 pm

A friend of mine in Colorado sent me this picture of a place not far from where he lives called Rico.

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I discovered that the name of the street where this was taken is South Glasgow Avenue. Done a bit of research and reckon it was called after John Glasgow a prosperous prospector.
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/johnglasgow.html
This piece talks about early adventures in mining in Colorado and mentions prominent names
http://nmgs.nmt.edu/publications/guideb ... _p0093.pdf

"As early as 1860 Gus Begole prospected the Dolores River valley and located some galena lodes near the site of Rico. The area remained inactive until Sandy Campbell, James Buchanan and William (Adobe) Brown came into the region. John Glasgow, Bob Snyder and Ed. Robinson followed and in 1869 a party on a prospecting trip from Santa Fe penetrated the area. Jack Eccles, Joe Fearheller, Tom Sager, Tinker Brown....

.....The party of prospectors returned to Fort Defiance in August and reported their discoveries to E. N. Darling. Mr. Darling and his party were surveying boundaries of the Ute Indian Reservation and the Territory of New Mexico for the United States Government...."

I assume some of these people were of Scottish descent.
Whats the history re Scottish settlers and prospectors in the mid West - anyone know any interesting stories?
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Re: Scottish Prospectors

Postby fatweegee » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:12 pm

loving the sandstone building very suitable for Glasgow
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Re: Scottish Prospectors

Postby robertpool » Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:32 am

looks a little bit like the 'Oasis' aka 'Bar Budda' aka The 'Crow Bar' nightclub, Clydebank

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The 'Crow Bar' (formally known as the 'Oasis'), Dumbarton Road, Clydebank. August 2009
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Re: Scottish Prospectors

Postby Dexter St. Clair » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:19 am

Gold diggers in Clydebank. Over to you hungry joe.
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Re: Scottish Prospectors

Postby Doug » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:14 am

hi Bridie. great story and pic. if you take oot the hills it could be partick
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Re: Scottish Prospectors

Postby Bridie » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:02 am

Good connection with the red sandstone buildings.
Great pic Robertpool -can I send that over to my friends in Colorado?
Wow the building is called the Dey Building built in 1892 in a Romanesque Revival style and it was and still is a saloon. :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dey_Building

Folks over there are curious about what kind of world and details the early Scottish settlers/prospectors would have left behind.
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Re: Scottish Prospectors

Postby robertpool » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:34 pm

no problem Bridie :)
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Re: Scottish Prospectors

Postby Bridie » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:04 pm

robertpool wrote:no problem Bridie :)

cheers robert :D
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