tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post7125570504612845874..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: The Trail From Michigan to ColoradoJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-37950706273687736862012-05-03T16:08:11.421-07:002012-05-03T16:08:11.421-07:00http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15462220/person/266...http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15462220/person/266457759/fact/9224903049<br />I found John living with his son Thomas in Denver in 1903. Nope they are not the Flannigans doing the laundry. I know because all the descendants of John HATE doing laundry...but seriously I had a lot of trouble finding John too. This is the only directory I am sure of because John's son was Thomas C. and there they are at the same address! YAY!Connie Lee McKay Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403523156576872955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-1933086718738542172012-05-03T13:48:58.643-07:002012-05-03T13:48:58.643-07:00Glad you mentioned the railway link between Leadvi...Glad you mentioned the railway link between Leadville and Colorado Springs. This could have connect-the-dots potential. J. J. Hagerman was not only a businessman in the Springs, but before that he had been instrumental in setting up the mines in and around Norway, Michigan, according to the city's historical page on their website. There is no connection that I can find, so far, but I imagine he must have been a persuasive businessman, judging from his bio.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-64287008723677935432012-05-03T05:51:43.270-07:002012-05-03T05:51:43.270-07:00Now that was a nail-biter!
I wonder if he made th...Now that was a nail-biter!<br /><br />I wonder if he made the steam at the laundry after retiring from the railroad (or whatever he was "off" doing).<br /><br />Being a "railroad buff", I looked to see what the Midland Ry was and where it went. The Colorado Midland Railway started in Colorado Springs, went to Leadville and then points west. It went through a long tunnel at the continental divide (the Hagerman Tunnel named after the owner of the railroad) and after bankrupcy in 1891, it went through the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel, 9,394 feet in lenght.<br /><br />Perhaps John helped them dig these tunnels with his "mining roots"?Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com