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(Town of Ouray) 1880 INDEX
Ouray, CO 1880 Federal Census Transcription
Transcriber's Notes:
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Colorado in 1880.
The Ouray County in 1880 consisted of 2 districts 91 and 92 with different enumerators.
These gentlemen rode their horses to the many mining camps of the day.
While the Ouray enumerator Mr. Joseph Van Dorn was collecting names from several camps,
local citizens in the City Ouray added an additional 200+ names.
These souls were day miners who did not have true dwelling, only a tent or cave as a residence.
They would come into town on weekends and stay in bars, saloons, the few hotel or rooms
that existed, or in the houses of 'Ill Fame'.
These records may be found on pages 171D-172D.
In the Rico Precinct the pages are not in continuous sequence, but all the names and data
are listed, so for example you might find a father on line 50 of a certain page, and expect
the wife or children to be on the next page. This is not always true.
Jack Murray, Transcriber
Hailey, Idaho 1-15-2000
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