Donna Nevens Collection

: Arthur Hutchinson's First Statement; John Arthur Hutchinson was one of the four sons of Major Joseph and Anabel Hutchinson, one of the first families of Chaffee County. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Arthur Hutchinson's Second Statement; John Arthur Hutchinson was one of the four sons of Major Joseph and Anabel Hutchinson, one of the first families of Chaffee County. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Biographical Sketch of Hugh Clark Boon; A biographical sketch of Hugh Clark Boon, one of the pioneers of Salida, Colorado. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Chaffee County; This narrative is taken from In Colorado's Gold Fields: The World's Most Famous Gold Camps, ca. 1899 by W.C. Calhoun, Denver, Colorado. Pub. 1900, The Quarterly Sentinel, V. 4, No. 1, January 1900, p. 63-65. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Chaffee County Assessor's Card of the Monarch Hotel; In 1878, on the western edge of Chaffee County, prospector Nicholas Creede struck ore and named his mine ‘Monarch.’ Prospectors soon came from all over to try their luck, and the town of Chaffee City was born. To lessen confusion, the town was renamed Camp Monarch in 1879, and then just Monarch. Monarch was located about a mile west of the town of Garfield and had mining camps all over. When the 1893 Silver Panic hit, the town took a hit. Today the Madonna Mine is the last vestige of Monarch. This image is from the Donna Nevens Collection.

: Cheap Charley's Clothing House in Maysville; A photograph of Maysville from the early 1880s. Visible business fronts: Cheap Charley's Clothing House, Cheap Joe's Clothing and Dry Goods Store, and The Square Dealing Clothing and Dry Goods House. This photo is part of the Donna Nevens Collection.

: Downtown Garfield; An image of downtown Garfield, looking east. This image is part of the Donna Nevens Collection.

: Early Days in Chaffee County; A biographical sketch by Hugh Clark Boon, one of the pioneers of Salida, Colorado. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Early Days in Chaffee County; T.J. Thompson's description of life in Chaffee County in the early 1870s. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Early Happenings in the Upper Arkansas Valley; John Mundlein's recollections of the upper Arkansas Valley. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Fred Bateman's History of Salida; Salida pioneer Fred Bateman, owner of Bateman Hardware, wrote his personal narrative in the 1930s. It was subsequently published in the Salida Mail in 1934. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

: Fred Bateman's Recollections; Recollections of Fred Bateman, one of Salida's pioneers and owner of Bateman Hardware. This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.

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