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| Name | William H. Doe |
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Idaho Springs, Colorado , United States |
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March 06, 1818
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| Died | August 06, 1884
(66 years)
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
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| Info | William Harvey Doe, merchant and mining entrepreneur, was born in Clinton County, New York, on March 6, 1818. Although he had an early interest in shipbuilding and was apprenticed as a ship’s carpenter, he never pursued the trade. His family later moved west to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where Doe became a merchant. His lumber business in Oshkosh was prosperous until 1859, when it was destroyed by fire. In 1860, Doe joined thousands of others traveling to the area later known as Colorado to search for gold. He and a partner purchased the Gunnell Mine for $3,500 and managed it successfully. Some years later, it sold for $84,000. During his first stay in Colorado, Doe helped to found Central City, but did not settle there permanently.
After a brief stay in New York City, Doe returned to Oshkosh and re-entered the lumber business. At this time, he turned his attention to politics and in 1866, was elected and served in the Wisconsin Assembly. He was also Wisconsin’s representative to the Paris Exposition. He was later elected mayor of Oshkosh. In 1876, Doe’s lumber business was again destroyed by fire.
Lured back to Colorado in 1877, Doe returned and was later joined by his family including his son and his son’s new bride, Baby McCourt Doe. He opened an assay office in Central City, but soon moved to Idaho Springs where he made his home. In 1880, he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives. He was chosen Speaker for the 1881-1882 biennium. Doe later became the president of the First National Bank of Idaho Springs. He died on August 6, 1884 in Pueblo.
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