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Mayer, Adolph, 1873 or 1874-1960

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Leopold Mayer was born in Alsace-Lorraine and immigrated to New York when he was 11 years old. In 1859 at the beginning of the Colorado gold rush, he began a 70-day walk to Auraria, Colorado from Leavenworth, Kansas. He went into the general merchandise business and served on the “second” Denver City Council. In 1880, the Mayer family went to Saguache, Colorado, where he became a banker and rancher. He served as a state representative while in Saguache and moved back to Denver in 1893 and died at the age of 88 in 1926.

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Leopold Mayer, 1838-1926

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Identifier: B111.07.0007.0004
Abstract Leopold Mayer was born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1838 and immigrated to New York in 1849. In 1859, he came to Denver and went into the general merchandise business. He also served on the second Denver City Council. In 1880, the Mayer family went to Saguache, Colorado, where Leopold Mayer became a rancher and later founded a bank and a dry goods store. He served as a state representative while in Saguache. Leopold and his family moved back to Denver in 1893 and he died in 1926. The file contains...
Dates: 1838-1926

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