Antonito
City Directory 1911


Twenty-nine miles south of Alamosa on D&R.G. Railway. Sheep raising and general farming are principal industries here. Fine potatoes are grown here and pea growing is an important industry. The town is lighted by electricity and has a fine gravity system of waterworks. The water comes from running springs. There are two papers, two hotels, a good bank and a new opera house with a seating capacity of 500. Population is 700.

Town officials:
P.H. Joyce, mayor
A. Ewald, magistrate
D.J. Frazey, Clerk
D.W. Carroll, treasurer
Emil Koch, W.H. Smith, W.F. McClure, A.M. Richardson, W.D. Carroll, Thomas Eagan, Trustees.
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Adams, Clifford (Carson Natl. Forrest)
Alfaro, Jose & Virginia (Photographer)
Anderson, Fred & Anna (Plumber)
Anderson, James W. & Pearl (Laborer)
Anderson, Stella
Bacca, J.F. (physician)
Bardsley, J.W. & Elsie (saloon)
Barela, Jose (rancher)
Barlow, Edward R. (clerk)
Barlow, Wm H. & Frieda (gen mdse)
Baros, Daniel & Epifania (ranch hand)
Barton, Frank (rancher)
Beers, Robert W. & Winifred
Beers, Robert H. & Catherine A. (livery)
Barthelson, May (bgdh)
Boyd, Captain
Brown, R.K. (attorney)
Broyles, Mrs. Nellie A.
Carmean, A.L. (teacher)
Carmean, Charles C. (tailor)
Carroll, Walter D. & Ella (Irrigated farm lands)
Carruth, Charles A. (postal clerk)
Carry, Carl & Margarita (laborer)
Chacon, Aurelio & Clarita (ranch hand)
Chacon, Luis O. (meats)
Chacon, Pedro (barman)
Chavez, Augustine (El Popular)
Chavez, Augustine & Ascencion (laborer RR)
Chavez, Clara
Chavez, Eliza (teacher)
Chavez, Mrs. Francesquita
Chavez, Herman (warehouse man RR)
Chavez, Jose V. (ranch hand)
Chenoweth, Steven H. & Lillian M. (jeweler)
Colleton, William (prop. Hoffman Bar)
Conray, E.G. (postal clerk)
Corry, John J. & Margaret A. (physician)
Cortez, Jose M. & Placida (ranch hand)
Cowell, Samuel (brakeman)
Cress, Delwin (carpenter)
Daniels, James (butcher)
Davidson, G.W. (Engine Watch RR)
Davis, R.Wallace & Jennie (carpenter)
Deal, Perry (carpenter)
Deal, Quincy M. (carpenter)
De Herrera, Eliseo (clerk)
De Herrera, Jose Maria & Perfilia (laborer)
De Herrera, Marco & Lucita (laborer)
De Herrera, M. Antonio (rancher)
Doty, N.B. (livery)
Du Bor, Mrs. Annie (hotel)
Du Bor, Florence
Du Bor, J. Rex & Ennis F. (clerk)
Duran, Eusebio (laborer)
Duran, Salvador & Madelina (driver)
Eagan, Thomas L. & Catherine A. ( Foreman RR)
Eagan, William & Elizabeth A. (Foreman RR)
Enright, Ethel (teacher)
Esmay, I. Bliss & May (clerk)
Esmay, Loua E. (dressmaker)
Esmay, Mrs. Martha
Esmay, Rose (teacher)
Espinoza, Enriques (laborer)
Espinoza, Fernando & Madelina (laborer)
Espinoza, Jose Gabriel (ranch hand)
Espinoza, Mrs. Pablita
Edwald, A. (painter)
Edwald, Adolf Jr. (painter)
Edwald, Minnie
Faris, Robert B. (supt of schools)
Fettes, Carl (rancher)
Fettes, Joseph & Rose (rancher)
Fowler, J. Arthur (student)
Fowler, Silas G. & Lettie H. (carpenter)
Frazey, J.G. & Lena H. (prop. The Antonito Ledger)
Fresquez, Daniel & Josephine (ranch hand)
Gale, Clinton F. & Mary M. (physician)
Galloway, Guy O. (tele. Operator RR)
Garcia, Adolfo (rancher)
Garcia, Benito (porter)
Garcia, Celistino & Sidelio (rancher)
Garcia, Egarmo & Lunicia (laborer RR)
Garcia, Emilio & Onofre ( laborer)
Garcia, Fidel (propr. The Exchange Bar)
Garcia, Jose Ignacio (rancher)
Garcia, Pablo (laborer)
Garcia, Juan C.
Garcia, Lafayette (rancher)
Garcia, Leofredo & Maximianna (bartender)
Garcia, Melquedes & Pola (bartender)
Garcia, Ramonito & Veneta
Garcia, Solomon A. & Elena (bartender)
Goldstein, Harry
Gonzales, Donaciano E. & Josephine (saloon)
Gonzales, Mrs. Josephine (Telephone operator)
Goodge, Sidney S. & Mary A. (sawyer)
Green, Ed A. (wool buyer)
Green, Edward (clerk)
Groff, Florence E. – widow of Lewis
Gullahorn, Jack T. & Laura
Haley, Pearl T. & Willa (conductor RR)
Hall, Harry C. & Louise (super Carson Natl. Forrest)
Hallet, George (bricklayer)
Hammond, William
Harper, Walter (blacksmith)
Harris, Lee A. (forest ranger)
Harrison, Brigham H. & Agnes M. (meats)
Haslett, Sam (bartender)
Heintz, Jesse (waiter)
Hickox, Claude A. (inspector)
Hill, Mrs. Mary E. (stenographer)
Hodge, Wm. P. (barber)
Hurst, William H. (shoemaker)
Hyndman, W.H. (conductor RR)
Jacks, S.J. (engineer RR)
Jacobs, George (rancher)
Jaramillo, Candido (driver)
Jaramillo, Euphemia
Jaramillo, Jose J. & Beatrice (laborer)
Johnson, Mrs. Minnie L.
Jordan, Henry F. & Agnes J. (wool grower)
Joyce, Mrs. Elizabeth M. (manager of The Lyric)
Joyce, Elizabeth P. (postal clerk)
Joyce, Patrick H. & Elizabeth M. (Foreman RR)
Kenworthy, Bowden L. (Clerk Carson Natl. Forrest)
King, John W. & Ella E. (miner)
Koch, Emil & Jennie (grocer)
Koenig, Joseph (rancher)
Larson, Andrew & Nettie (bicycles)
Larson, Norma
Lawton, Arthur J. & Mary B. (teamster)
Lawton, Dora E.
Lawton, Ernest & Luta R. (teamster)
Lawton, J. Clymer (secretary)
Lobato, Daniel Francisco & Pula (JM Lobato & Co.)
Lobato, Jesus M. & Manuelita (JM Lobato & Co.)
Lobato, Victoriano & Refugio (JM Lobato & Co.)
Loesch, Windell & Sophie (baker)
Lopez, Carlos & Francesquita (laborer)
Lucero, Andres (foreman RR)
Lucero, J.R. (interpreter)
Lucero, Raphael & Delubina (printer El Popular)
McClure, Eugene P. & Inez (manager)
McClure, Lala (clerk)
McClure, Wm. F. (pres. Mer. Co.)
McEntire, Thomas M. & Frieda (Drugs)
McGregor, J. Kenneth (bookkeeper)
McGregor, Wm. C. & Charlotte ( Co. Sheriff)
McKinney, Mrs. Mattie
McMillan, Ross (Super. Carson Natl. Forrest)
Mair, James (clerk)
Malone, Charles M. & Lella B. (manager CO Tel. Co.)
Manlove, Leonard G. & Emma E. (agent RR)
Manzanares, Enrico & Madelina (ranch hand)
Marina, Mrs. Augustina
Marquez, Mrs. Antonia (restaurant)
Marquez, Antonio Florencio & Antonia (clerk)
Marquez, Don & Francesquita (blacksmith)
Marquez, Juan A. & Antonia (blacksmith)
Marquez, Mrs. Senobia
Marshall, E.R. (rancher)
Martinez, Antonio (rancher)
Martinez, A.F. (rancher)
Martinez, Cruz (rancher)
Martinez, Jesus S. (rancher)
Martinez, Jose (rancher)
Martinez, Juan Francisco & Marinthia (laborer)
Martinez, Juan I. (rancher)
Martinez, Juan Ysidro (rancher)
Martinez, Lucas & Felina (ranch hand)
Martinez, Luciano (rancher)
Martinez, Manuel (rancher)
Martinez, Miguel & Fedelina L. (laborer)
Martinez, Narciso & Murriel (laborer)
Martinez, Rafael & Francisca (rancher)
Martinez, Santiago (rancher)
Martinez, Tobias (rancher)
Meddings, Evelyn (teacher)
Menke, Gladys M.
Menke, J. Ella
Menke, T.D.L. & Anna A. (VP Antonito St. Bank)
Mestas, Felix (clerk)
Minamyer, Rev. Albert B. & A. Grace (Pastor)
Mitchell, William G. (clerk)
Moeller, Oscar (clerk)
Mondragon, Celedonia (rancher)
Mondragon, Jose E. & Teofila (laborer)
Mondragon, Vidal & Onecina (laborer)
Montano, Nestor & Tonita (ranch hand)
Montano, Paulita
Moon, Wm. (printer Antonito Ledger)
Moore, Charles A. (rancher)
Mora, Mrs. Vincente
Mortensen, Ina
Moyers, Curtis B. (gen mdse)
Moyers, Curtis J. (clerk)
Murphy, Edward J. (tres. Hardware store)
Neff, James B. & Blanche L. (road overseer)
Newcomb, Daniel E. (pres. Hardware store)
Newcomb, D. Edgar & Effie A. (manager)
Ortega, Dan (barn man)
Ortega, Jose (driver)
Ortega, Juan A. (laborer)
Parker, Charles
Pena, Tomas
Potthoff, Frederick D. & Josephine C. (hardware)
Potthoff, Mary J. (teacher)
Quintana, Able (laborer)
Quintana, Apolonio & Pablita (laborer)
Quintana, Claudio & Gabrilita (laborer)
Quintana, Francisco & Juanita (ranch hand)
Quintana, Jose Ramon (laborer)
Quintana, Jose Tomas (laborer)
Quintana, Ramon & Virginia M. (rancher)
Quintana, Samuel (barman)
Quintana, Tomas & Lupita (carpenter)
Rice, Robert L. & Leona M. (barber)
Richardson, Arthur M. & Ethel E. (secretary)
Richardson, Charles O. & Lydia E. (rancher)
Richardson, James L. (rancher)
Richardson, Nathaniel (rancher)
Riddle, George A. (engineer)
Riedel, George (Pres. Antonito St. Bank)
Riedel, Lute & Fannie E. (cattleman)
Rockhill, Edwin & Florence E. (cashier)
Rockhill, Florence E. (bookkeeper)
Rohder, Carl A. (meat)
Royce, Mrs. Sarah J.
Russell, George H. & Sophia O. (seeds)
Russell, H.H. (sec-tres Conejos Co-op)
Ruybalid, Luis (foreman RR)
Salazar, Bernardo (clerk)
Salazar, Pedra
Salazar, Ricardo & Josefita (restaurant)
Salazar, Salvador & Teresa (carpenter)
Sampson, Charles M. & Henrietta E. (Co. assessor)
Sanches, Delia
Sanchez, Alejandro
Sanchez, Jose Pablo
Sanchez, Reuben
Sanchez, Teofilo
Schenfeld, Bernard F. (garage)
Schenfeld, Philip F. & Eva (pool)
Schuessler, Andrew J. (dentist)
Schuessler, Maria
Scott, Paul M. (rancher)
Shupe, Clay W. (carpenter)
Shupe, Wm. A. & Bridget (contractor)
Smith, Charles E. (sheepman)
Smith, Arnold A. (dentist)
Smith, Mrs. Loretta R.
Smith, Michael (carpenter)
Smith, William H. & Agnes L. (blacksmith)
Standard, Peter J. & Florence (manager)
Starr, Frederick R. ( Tech. asst. Carson Natl. Forrest)
Stimmel, P.P. (conductor RR)
Sunde, A.R. (clerk)
Tinstman, Daniel & Anna (laborer)
Toffler, Dora
Toffler, Edward A. (tres.)
Toffler, Milton (clerk)
Toffler, Mrs. Sadie (gen. mdse)
Trujillo, Alfredo (driver)
Trujillo, Avalino & Rumaldito
Trujillo, Elinor
Trujillo, Luis & Juanita (laborer)
Trujillo, Pablo & Falice (ranch hand)
Trujillo, Rafael & Refugio (laborer)
Trujillo, Sophia
Valdez, Andres & Petrolena
Valdez, Ezekiel & Conception (barn man)
Valdez, Jose F. (laborer)
Valdez, Lucas
Valdez, Luis
Valencia, Don
Velasquez, Meliton (clerk)
Vigil, Amadio & Josefa
Vigil, Eulogio & Juanita (laborer)
Voncannon, James G. & Nancy (sawyer)
Wade, Hampton B. & Mary E.
Wade, Harry F. & Olga V. (forester)
Warshauer, Fred Jr.
Warshauer, Kurt (mech. Eng.)
Webb, Charles H. & Mary A.
Webb, Florence G.
Weldon, Charles (carpenter)
Wilson, John (bricklayer)
Wissmath, August & Emma A. (contractor)
Wissmath, William S. (contractor)
Young, Mrs. Annie L (furniture)
Young, Eva M. (student)



** Information abstracted from: F.A. McKinney’s directory of Alamosa, Conejos County & Saquache County, 1911.