Main Street Fairplay Hotel during the early 1900s

Item

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Dublin Core

Title

Main Street Fairplay Hotel during the early 1900s

Subject

Historic buildings; Cities and towns; Businesses; Hotels

Description

Front St. Fairplay House is site of John Hoover shooting Thomas Bennett because of water dispute. Citizens became angry that Judge Thomas Bowen found Hoover guilty of manslaughter instead of murder. Hoover was taken to courthouse by mob and hung from 2nd floor window.

Source: Isaac S. Smith Family, 2006

Type

image

Is Part Of

Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection

Identifier

ph002575

Format

Image/jpeg

Relation

Park County Local History Archives

Source

Photographic postcards; Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection; Fairplay folder; no. 2575

Date

1900-1920

Coverage

Colorado (state); Park (county); Fairplay (inhabited place)

Citation

“Main Street Fairplay Hotel during the early 1900s,” Park County Local History Digital Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, https://pclha.cvlcollections.org/items/show/301.

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