| Horace Tabor, grub stake, Baby Doe, Tabor Grand Opera House
Horace Tabor
Born: November 26, 1830 in Vermont
Died: April 10, 1899 in Denver, Colorado
Horace Tabor was a general store owner, stone cutter, postmaster, mayor, grubstake and share owner of gold, silver, and copper mines
Horace Tabor went from a merchant to a millionaire overnight in Leadville, Colorado with silver mines
In 1878, Horace Tabor was elected as lieutenant governor of Colorado and moved to Denver to live out his dreams
Horace Tabor constructed the Tabor Grand Opera House in Denver
In 1883, he divorced his wife, Augusta and married Elizabeth McCourt better known as Baby Doe
Horace Tabor was elected to a short one month term to the U.S. Senate in 1883. Never regaining his political clout after his divorce Horace Tabor and began to succumb to failures and bad luck by the bushel basket full
With failing businesses and his silver mines played out, the financial crisis of 1893 left Horace Tabor pulling an emptying cart. The final blow came to Horace Tabor with the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1893
Horace Tabor 's life story was from rags to riches to rags
Deeply in debt Horace Tabor was gifted a postmaster's job of Denver in 1897
Horace Tabor died in poverty |
