A. Arbour, Esq.
Cabinet card: the founder of Arboursville, in the Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado — A. Arbour, Esq. Circa 1885.
Crofutt’s GRIP-SACK GUIDE TO COLORADO, 1885: “Arborville, Chaffee county, is a small mining camp, five miles west from Maysville, and 18 miles from the town of Salida. Mining and stock-raising are the principal occupations of the people. Population, 150 ….” Page 68.
Cabinet card photograph: main street into Arboursville, #489. Photographer not identified; however, possibly George Mellen. Circa 1885.
Cabinet card photo: #490, Office of the Monarch P. G. & D. R. R., Arboursville, Col., circa 1885.
Arboursville was known to support some mining and smelting from the Monarch Mining District in the 1880s; however, the most prosperous business was purported to be the dancehall and brothel.
Price: $1,500.00