Victor Family Stories

Seven Generations in Victor, Colorado & The Mining District--The Way It Was" as
recalled by Eleanor Musser Baker (1920-2003) and her mother, Sadie Musser
Memories of
Rudy Balke City of Victor’s Benefactor by Chuck Clark
The Rudy Balke Trust was established in 1964
to provide for the needy of Victor and surrounding area.
It continues to this day because of the strong foresightedness
and generosity of Kenneth Geddes
the attorney who carefully managed the Trust and never charged
for his services.
Rudy Balke legacy lives on, touching many lives throughout the
district.
Rudy Balke was instrumental in helping the Victor Improvement Association
establish the Victor Museum.
James and
Frank Burke Family
Victor Diehl
Ken
Geddes
Richard Grater
Myron House
Joseph Lesher
Mary Alice Orazen
Memories of
Edward Franklin Page
Cemetery Marker
Mary Quinn
Joseph Askins Quinn
Birth Certificate
Mary Quinn
Obituary
Carol Roberts, Goldfield
The Lowell Thomas and Ryan Families
Winfield Scott Stratton
The Woods, founders of Victor
Francis Wayland
Harry W Yoemans and Minnie Katherine Kirby, dated 6/28/1899. Harry was
Jan. 26, 1904 at the Independence Mine, along with 14 others. On the night of
January 26, 1904, when non-union replacement workers were coming off shift in
the Independence Mine, the cage that they were riding in had a serious mishap.
The cage was drawn into the sheave wheel at the top of the shaft. The cable that
supported the cage was severed, and the cage fell. Fifteen miners fell into the
shaft, 1500 feet deep.
After Harry died in the mining accident, his wife Minnie took her
daughter, Gertrude, born in Victor in 1901, to California to live. Soon
there after, Minnie died, and Gertrude was sent to Ft Collins to be raised by an
aunt and uncle.
From Ronald Moucka, great-grandson of Minne.
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