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Augusta Tabor

by | Oct 4, 2016 | True West Blog

Augusta Tabor’s life with husband Horace wasn’t easy.  They struggled from the 1850s through early 1880s, trying to make their fortune.  Augusta was a laundress, landlord, cook, banker, and more.  She milked cows—in addition to being a wife and mother. Horace finally made it rich at Leadville, CO, in 1878, but wealth divided the couple—he loved to spend money, Augusta wanted to save it.  And t


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