OURAY COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT
18 February 1886 Incorporation of the Town of Portland
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OURAY COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT 18 February 1886 Incorporation of the Town of Portland |
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| The election notice and subsequent incorporation of the Town of Portland Colorado. Page 1 is 25" long and serves as an election notice for the incorporation of the town. It states that the election will be held at the school house at Portland on March 13, 1886. It is signed by the four commissioners of incorporation and also signed by Ouray County Judge W H Lyman sp? and endorsed with a court seal. Page 2 is 39" long and includes a list of the 58 "married" electors who voted in the election and also includes sworn statements by the election judges and clerks. The remaining three pages are 11" long and include a list of questions asked voters; the official, signed talley list of the election. Thirty one voted for incorporation; tweny seven voted against it. The last page is a signature page for incorporation by the election judges. This information was kindly donated by David Koch. Thanks David! | |||||||||
| 1 | W.D. Hawy/Havey | ||||||||
| 2 | J.W. Overman | ||||||||
| 3 | W.A. Gipson | ||||||||
| 4. | A.W. Pickering | ||||||||
| 5. | W.T. Overman | ||||||||
| 6 | Simon Oliver | ||||||||
| 7 | T.A. Gober | ||||||||
| 8 | John Hogan (Sworn) | ||||||||
| 9 | J.L. Wheeler | ||||||||
| 10 | A.K. Jackson | ||||||||
| 11 | W.B. Fielund | ||||||||
| 12 | M.D. Pickering | ||||||||
| 13 | G.P. Wood | ||||||||
| 14. | L. Townsend | ||||||||
| 15. | Roswell A. Hotchkiss/Hotchkins | ||||||||
| 16 | J.L. Silvers | ||||||||
| 17 | Edward Brinckmann | ||||||||
| 18 | John Weaver | ||||||||
| 19 | Calvin M. Strayer | ||||||||
| 20 | L.S. Wheeler | ||||||||
| 21 | J.O. Gorman | ||||||||
| 22. | S.A. Hillis | ||||||||
| 23. | F.M.Virden/Virdes | ||||||||
| 24. | James B. Chambers? | ||||||||
| 25. | R.W. Moffat | ||||||||
| 26. | W.H. Strout/Stout | ||||||||
| 27. | Chas H. Warren | ||||||||
| 28. | W.P. Parmenter | ||||||||
| 29. | Preston Hotchkiss (Sworn) | ||||||||
| 30. | J.L. Wilson | ||||||||
| 31. | L.B. Clements | ||||||||
| 32. | W.H. Walker | ||||||||
| 33. | Thomas Oneal | ||||||||
| 34 | Albert Belgrove | ||||||||
| 35 | W.W. Johnson | ||||||||
| 36 | R.D. Blumberg (Sworn) | ||||||||
| 37. | G.F. Jocknick | ||||||||
| 38. | William J. Breeden | ||||||||
| 39. | Cut off - can't read | ||||||||
| 40. | Cut off - can't read | ||||||||
| 41. | A.D./B. ?? | ||||||||
| 42. | Robert Portens | ||||||||
| 43. | T.H. Bellmyer | ||||||||
| 44. | D.J. Gaines | ||||||||
| 45. | James Ho??? | ||||||||
| 46. | Cut off - can't read | ||||||||
| 47. | T.H. Foreman | ||||||||
| 48. | Benj Rosiag | ||||||||
| 49. | A.T. Goln/Golrs | ||||||||
| 50. | G.B. Gregory | ||||||||
| 51. | J.P. Steel | ||||||||
| 52. | W.H. Jones | ||||||||
| 53. | George Baug? (can't read the rest) | ||||||||
| 54. | Alexander Young | ||||||||
| 55. | Thomas Virden | ||||||||
| 56. | Alex Lay | ||||||||
| 57. | Alexander Kelley (Sworn) | ||||||||
| 58. | Blair Hicks (Sworn) | ||||||||
| Election Judges | |||||||||
| A.W. Pickering | |||||||||
| J. W. Overman | |||||||||
| L.S. Wheeler | |||||||||
| W.A. Aifman/Aifmon | |||||||||
| Simon Oliver | |||||||||
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