Details
Title

George W. Teal collection

Date

1825-1973

Call Number

BHS 145

Contents

8 boxes.

Description

This collection consists of photographs and documents pertaining to George W. Teal Sr. and his family. The Boulder Historical Society donated an additional box of 47 photographs to be added to this collection as Box 8. They include family portraits (many taken in Grand Junction, Colo.) and views of an unidentifed mill. This box is not yet cataloged.

History

The Teal family consisted of several of the most notable mining and civil engineers of Boulder County's history. The patriarch, George W. Teal Sr., born and reared in Manchester, England, arrived in Colorado in 1871, settling in the English "colony" of Georgetown with his family where he was superintendent of the Terrible mine. In 1881 he supervised the Caribou mine and in 1884 he was elected a Boulder County Commissioner. His sons, of which George W. Teal Jr. is the most noted, continued in his legacy.
Born in Manchester, England and educated at Cornwall and the School of Mining in Freiberg, Germany, George W. Teal Jr. played a major role in progressive mining by serving as partner, manager, surveyor, and consulting engineer for several mining companies within and without Colorado. In 1887 he was elected U.S. deputy mineral and land surveyor. From 1891-1898 he served as Boulder County surveyor and during his term, in 1894, married Francisca C. Price. In 1898 he was appointed "city engineer of the town of Boulder". And in 1928 he assumed the office of Boulder City Manager, an appointment he held until the time of his death. As one of Boulder's leading civil servants, George W. Teal Jr. is recognized for the eventual purchase of the City Hall site at 14th and Walnut, and the construction accessing Silver Lake's water supply.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Subjects

Teal family

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.

Pages

Conger Mine tram cars
Conger Mine tram cars: Album page 15
Call Number 145-5-4o
Date undated
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Photographs, two of which are of the Conger Mine tram cars "during Big Snow, Dec. 5, 1913." The third photograph is of a group of people and identified as "Manzana Land Grant, 100 miles S.E. of Albuquerque, New Mexico."

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Red Signe Mine
Red Signe Mine: Album page 17
Call Number 145-5-4p
Date undated
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Photograph of the buildings at the Red Signe Mine and a foot bridge across a creek.

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Fishing Trip
Fishing Trip: Album page 18
Call Number 145-5-4q
Date undated
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Photographs that all appear to have been taken at a single unidentified location. There are several log and wood frame structures with porches (ten are identical and constructed in a row). One of the photographs is a close-up of five men (one of whom is George W. Teal Jr.) sitting on a porch with a large number of fish strung between the posts.

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Fishing Trip continued
Fishing Trip continued: Album page 19
Call Number 145-5-4r
Date undated
Contents 9 photographs.
Description Photographs that all appear to have been taken at a single unidentified location, the same as found on album page 18. Three of the snapshots are of men and boys (one of whom is George W. Teal Jr.) fishing in a creek.

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Coal Lands in Routt County
Coal Lands in Routt County: Album page 20
Call Number 145-5-4s
Date 1925
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Photographs that join together to become a panoramic view of a hill with buildings at its base. Written on the scrapbook page was "Coal Lands owned by Geo. W. Teal in Dunkley Canon, Routt Co., Colo. Photos taken Sept. 1925."

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Loose photographs in album
Loose photographs in album
Call Number 145-5-4t
Date [1900]
Contents 8 photographs (6 views).
Description These photographs were found loose in the album. They include views of Livingston Mine, Potato Patch strike, an unknown mountain house and outbuildings. Also are photographs of the Red Signe mine, James Cowie with fake beard and George W. Teal Jr.

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George W. Teal's books
George W. Teal's books
Call Number 145-6
Date 1872-1935
Contents 1 box.
Description Books, notebooks and documents belonging to George W. Teal Jr.

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Oversize Documents and Photographs
Oversize Documents and Photographs
Call Number 145-7
Date 1896-1940
Contents 1 box.
Description Collection of oversize documents and photographs collected by the Teal family.

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