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Steve Whitlock · (This post was last modified: 07-06-2019 04:10 PM by Steve Whitlock.)

(07-06-2019 03:39 PM)Steve Wrote:
(07-05-2019 11:25 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote: "There are several cemeteries in Leadville, one which has a marker with J.W. Booth. It would not surprise me if John Wilkes Booth the assassin of Abe Lincoln is buried in Leadville. If you just shot the President of the United States would you stay in a tobacco barn for two days until U.S. troops came to get you? I'd be in Leadville, CO!!! As a matter of fact if you go to the second floor of the Delaware Hotel, there are paintings of people who lived in Leadville, CO. but there is one which looks awfully suspicious!!! J.W. Booth. We'll also be visiting the Mining Museum and where Doc Holliday shot and killed his last man on the front steps of the Heyman Hotel."

Steve W. -
Who said this, or where does the above quote come from?

Virginia Elizabeth McCrea is not the former Virginia F. Ashburn because she appears in city directories in 1952, four years before Ashburn was married.

This might be the Find A Grave record for Ashburn's husband:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/

I also found this article on page 1 of the 30 Dec. 1908 Grand Valley News of Garfield Co. Colorado about John Wilkes Booth suing Arapaho Co. Colorado, claiming slot machines aren't gambling devices:

Now Arapaho Co. isn't near Leadville or Colorado Springs (where this JWB lived for a short time before returning to Leadville), so it seems strange that he'd be a party to a lawsuit in this county. To add to this strangeness the District Attorney for Arapaho Co. and the surrounding areas at this time was named John Wilkes Booth Smith (born c.1869 in Alabama, apparently to fans of the assassin) who led the Petersburg gambling raids in August 1908. So I guess we can't be completely sure that it's not some mistake with the name referring to the DA for some reason. The DA JWB Smith lost his reelection campaign later in 1908.

Here is the whole article from which I excerpted a paragraph for J.W. Booth:

WALK THE STREETS OF HISTORICAL LEADVILLE, CO. AND BEYOND
Don E. K.
Hosted by Don E. K.

From HITTIN' THE COLORADO TRAILS
Public group

Canceled
Saturday, April 18, 2015
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Needs a location
Details

This mountain town is untouched by modern-day development — the kind of place where the lady on Main Street with the kayak over her shoulder throws a neighborly nod your way and the corner barista welcomes customers by first name.

In the late 1800s, prospectors rushed to extract more than $4 million in gold from Leadville’s hills in just five years. Today the one-stop-light community is a 70-square-block National Historic Landmark known for Victorian architecture and an impressive number of museums.

We'll experience the fortunes and figures that built one of America’s richest mining towns at the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum. Often called the Smithsonian of the Rockies, exhibits include a model mining-town railroad, a walk-through replica of an underground hard rock mine and prospector’s cave, and the Gold Rush Room, which displays artifacts from each of the 17 U.S. states that hosted significant gold rushes.

Continue down Harrison Avenue past specialty shops, treasure hunt at The Delaware Hotel, where the lobby doubles as an antique emporium and guest rooms are decorated with collectibles from around the world.

The essential stops on the Historic Walking Tour, is the 132-year-old Tabor Opera House, the Matchless Mine and the Baby Doe Tabor Cabin. Elizabeth Doe Tabor walked back and forth several times a day trying to sell what she had left to survive so I believe if she was in her 80's we should be able to manage a 2+ mile round trip to her home. There are several cemeteries in Leadville, one which has a marker with J.W. Booth. It would not surprise me if John Wilkes Booth the assassin of Abe Lincoln is buried in Leadville. If you just shot the President of the United States would you stay in a tobacco barn for two days until U.S. troops came to get you? I'd be in Leadville, CO!!! As a matter of fact if you go to the second floor of the Delaware Hotel, there are paintings of people who lived in Leadville, CO. but there is one which looks awfully suspicious!!! J.W. Booth. We'll also be visiting the Mining Museum and where Doc Holliday shot and killed his last man on the front steps of the Heyman Hotel.

Sometime during the day I would like to carpool, take a drive up near Twin Lakes and do some photo-shooting. You will have several of the 14ers standing right in front of you including: Mt. Elbert the highest 14er in Colorado and second highest peak on the United States Continent. Her sister Mt. Massive right next to her and La Plata down the road. But there are more, I just don’t know which ones they are.

When we get back from a short road trip to Twin Lakes, I would like to have lunch/dinner at the Golden Burro which is the highest restaurant on the Continental United States and then go over and have some drinks at the Silver Dollar Saloon which is the highest Saloon on the Continental United States.

I do believe you’ll have a good time visiting the highest city on the continent. If there is more you would like to see please leave your idea in the comment section and I’m sure we’ll fit it in some way.

Directions to Leadville, CO. Take westbound I-70 to the Copper Mountain/Leadville exit up Fremont Pass. If you miss this exit you'll have one exit you can turn around and head back. If you miss this exit you're on your way to VAIL!!!

We'll meet at the visitor center on Harrison across the street from the justice center.

I hope you have yourself a great day!
Don
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I can't add anything to the slot machine lawsuit.

(07-06-2019 03:39 PM)Steve Wrote:
(07-05-2019 11:25 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote: "There are several cemeteries in Leadville, one which has a marker with J.W. Booth. It would not surprise me if John Wilkes Booth the assassin of Abe Lincoln is buried in Leadville. If you just shot the President of the United States would you stay in a tobacco barn for two days until U.S. troops came to get you? I'd be in Leadville, CO!!! As a matter of fact if you go to the second floor of the Delaware Hotel, there are paintings of people who lived in Leadville, CO. but there is one which looks awfully suspicious!!! J.W. Booth. We'll also be visiting the Mining Museum and where Doc Holliday shot and killed his last man on the front steps of the Heyman Hotel."

Steve W. -
Who said this, or where does the above quote come from?

Virginia Elizabeth McCrea is not the former Virginia F. Ashburn because she appears in city directories in 1952, four years before Ashburn was married.

This might be the Find A Grave record for Ashburn's husband:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/

I also found this article on page 1 of the 30 Dec. 1908 Grand Valley News of Garfield Co. Colorado about John Wilkes Booth suing Arapaho Co. Colorado, claiming slot machines aren't gambling devices:

Now Arapaho Co. isn't near Leadville or Colorado Springs (where this JWB lived for a short time before returning to Leadville), so it seems strange that he'd be a party to a lawsuit in this county. To add to this strangeness the District Attorney for Arapaho Co. and the surrounding areas at this time was named John Wilkes Booth Smith (born c.1869 in Alabama, apparently to fans of the assassin) who led the Petersburg gambling raids in August 1908. So I guess we can't be completely sure that it's not some mistake with the name referring to the DA for some reason. The DA JWB Smith lost his reelection campaign later in 1908.

FM Steve, Charles Wilson Asburn Jr (Not Ashburn) is supposed to be the father of Virginia McCrae. Stage name is Charles Levine or La Vine. The link you sent for a Find a grave memorial for Virginia's possible husband only goes to a place asking for input of name, etc, not to his memorial.

I'll take a closer look for the Virginia McCrae you referred to in 1952. I know there was more than one, but when I checked before, if the same one, her maiden name was McCrae. As I said I'll look again. It's also possible that Virginia was adopted and her real maiden name was Lee. If so I have a possible line on that.