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Baby Doe, -1935

 Person

Biography

Citation:
found: O'Connor, R. The legend of Baby Doe, 1989: CIP t.p. (Baby Doe; the Silver Queen of the West) galley (Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known to her contemporaries and today as Baby Doe; her first husband was Harvey Doe; Elizabeth McCourt Doe; later married Horace Tabor; also called the Silver Queen of Colorado; d. 1935) OCLC WorldCat

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Peg Mudgett for Colorado Reflections

 Item
Identifier: couda-mudgett
Abstract

Peg Mudgett reminisces on growing up in Leadville, Colorado near the mines there until moving to Durango to attend college at Fort Lewis College. Reflects on life in a mining camp owned by the town smelters, learning Spanish from Mexican workers, cutting down and decorating Christmas trees, her days in school, and riding in sleighs. Describes her encounter with Baby Doe Tabor in a grocery store.

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