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Horace Austin Warner Tabor , 1830-99, American prospector, known as Silver Dollar Tabor, b. Holland, Vt. From the Matchless Mine at Leadville, Colo., he gained tremendous wealth by mining silver, and he spent money lavishly in Leadville and Denver. He became (1878) the first mayor of Leadville, served (1878-83) as lieutenant governor of Colorado, and sat in the U.S. Senate for about one month to complete an unexpired term (1883). He lost most of his fortune and at his death begged his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, 1862-1935, known as Baby Doe, to hold the Matchless Mine, which he believed would again yield wealth. She was found frozen to death in a shack near the mine, where she had lived alone for many years. Douglas Moore's opera The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) portrays the love affair of Tabor and Baby Doe.
Bibliography: See G. L. Hall, The Two Lives of Baby Doe (1962); D. A. Smith, Horace Tabor: His Life and the Legend (1973).
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BOOM AND BUST, FAMILY-STYLE TABOR SAGA BECAME A COLORADO LEGEND.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Meadow, James B. March 16, 1999 700+ words ...and one storybook life. He was Horace Austin Warner Tabor, Colorado's ``Silver King...inextricably weaves the lives of Horace with Augusta (the woman he jilted...even notoriety - seemed to be Horace Tabor's destiny. His early years... |
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Magazine article from: Mining Engineering Southworth, Dave July 1, 1998 700+ words ...to the region that spring were Horace Austin Warner Tabor and his wife, Augusta. H.A...meals. Like most of the men, Horace prospected the surrounding hills...the vicinity. In April 1878, Horace Tabor grubstaked prospectors August... |
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History in the Sky - Leadville, a former silver-boom camp, offers visitors the...
Magazine article from: World and I Voynick, Stephen August 1, 2000 700+ words ...Quincy Block, Tabor Opera House, Tabor Grand Hotel, and many others...riches, so, too, did storekeeper Horace Austin Warner Tabor. In 1878, Tabor grubstaked two...into a bonanza in silver, making Horace Tabor and his wife, Augusta... |
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A Silver Lining And Its Cloud; Opera `Baby Doe' Mines Old Scandal
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post David G. Kanzeg January 12, 1997 700+ words ...City, Colo., Minneapolis and Austin. Though never done at the Metropolitan...the second wife of Colorado Sen. Horace Austin Warner Tabor. (The current Willard Inter...enough for the New York tabloids. Horace Tabor was born in 1830 on a modest... |
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Baby Doe battled poverty, demons.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) March 18, 2006 700+ words ...Harvey Doe. Baby Doe. Mrs. Horace Austin Warner Tabor. Under whatever name, she was...former U.S. senator H.A.W. Tabor died, broke and bankrupt, in...became a hermit at the Matchless, Horace's pet mine. It had produced... |
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The ghosts of Leadville.(Western Wanderings; touring Leadville, Colorado)
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