Cowenhoven Block - Aspen, CO
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N 39° 11.325 W 106° 49.114
13S E 342940 N 4339298
Before Aspen, Colorado was known as Aspen, it was named Ute City and H.P. Cowenhoven's building held the Ute City Bank.
Waymark Code: WMYDX9
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2018
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The NHRP form has not yet been digitized, so this information has been gleaned from many sources.
H. P. Cowenhaven was born in Prussia on 20 Mar 1814. He arrived in Colorado on Jun 27, 1859. B. Clark Wheeler and Charles A. Hallam, as agents and co-partners of David Hyman of Cincinnati arrive in Ute City. They purchase several mining claims. Wheeler surveys town site and renames it Aspen, forming his own town company. DRC Brown and H.P. Cowenhoven arrive in 1880 after a difficult 3-week wagon trip from Leadville over Taylor Pass. H.P. Cowenhoven was the first merchant to set up in town and he and his wife Margaret helped establish the town’s reputation as a cultural hub when they founded its first literary society. Cowenhaven was involved with the Ute City Bank as it is listed as a secondary name on the NRHP index. Another mining report lists a Cowenhoven tunnel and audits on Smuggler Mountain, which suggests he also had mining interests. The Sherman Act of 1893 caused the silver market to collapse and Aspen fell on hard times. Cowenhoven died in Aspen on Jan 22, 1896.
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