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Orion Wainwright "O.W." Daggett

Image of Orion Daggett
Birth Date: January 4, 1861
Death Date: April 16, 1942
Age at Death: 81

Marriages

Harriett D. Patterson Daggett - November 4, 1903

at Gypsum, Colorado

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Gypsum, Colorado

Obituaries

Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - April 24, 1942

Orin [sic.] W. Daggett, oldest pioneer in Red Cliff, passed away April
16, 1942, at the age of 81. He was born at Monitor, Ind., January 4, 1861, and was
educated in the Lafayette public school. Mr. Daggett came to Colorado in 1882, and was
one of the first to homestead land in the Eagle river valley. He owned and operated the
Red Rock ranch and the Daggett store in Gypsum until 1897, when he went to Fulford, as
postmaster and store operator. On November 4, 1903, he was united in marriage to Miss
Harriet D. PATTERSON of Pittsburgh, Pa., in Gypsum. Three years later he and his
family moved to Red Cliff. For a time he operated the Red Rock Store, and later was
employed in the Eagle river canon. In 1921 started publication of the Holy Cross Trail,
and continued the publication of that paper until 1940.
Mr. Daggett was an outstanding western slope leader in promotion of highways over
Loveland and Shrine routes. It was he, with his untiring effort, who took up the first
subscription list that made the all year maintenance of Tennessee Pass possible. He was
an authority on water diversion, conservation and wild life; a former owner of mining
property on Battle Mountain; author of a work on Pioneer Men of Western Colorado; also
treatises on universe and ore despots, and was a leader in the establishment of Eagle
County High School at Gypsum. He was a member of the Sons of American Revolution,
Colorado Mountain Club, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Boston.
Surviving are four daughters - Mrs. Elizabeth CORREY of Mansfield, Conn., Mrs.
Eleanor NESBITT of Questa, N.M., Mrs. Emma Lou PALMER of Denver, Miss Harriett
DAGGETT of Red Cliff. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Red Cliff Community Church with
interment at the Cedar Hill cemetery in Gypsum. Friends of the community and county
extend sympathy to the bereaved family.

Who's Who in Colorado, 1938 page 427-436

By Alice T. Bacon, "Eagle County."
Daggett, Orion Wainwright: Editor
b Monitor, Ind, Jan 4, 1861; ed Lafayette Ind pub sch; m Harriet Dravo Patterson, Nov 4, 1903 in Gypsum; d Mrs Elizabeth P Couey, Mrs Eleanor d Nesbit, Harriet B, Mrs Emma Lou Palmer; 1882-1894 ranching, stock raising Red Rock Ranch, Gypsum, Colo; 1882-1918 first homestead claim in Eagle River Valley; 1894-1897 owner, opr O W Daggett Store, Gypsum; 1897-1906 O W Daggett Store, Fulford, Colo; 1906-1915 owner, opr Red Rock Store, Red Cliff; 1915-1918 opr Empire Zinc Mill; 1921 founded Holy Cross Trail, editor to date; outstanding western slope leader on promotion of highways over Loveland and Shrine Pass routes; 1928 brought about first all year maintenance of highway over continental Divide via Tennessee Pass; former owner numerous valuable mining properties on Battle Mt; early leader in campaign to conserve beaver and other wildlife in US; author of work on pioneer men of western Colo; also treatises on universe & ore deposits; early leader in est Eagle Co HS; Sons of Amer Revolution, Colo Mt Club, Massachusetts Bay Colony of Boston; hobbies, promotion Mt of Holy Cross, soil conservation, water diversion & cons, prospecting; res, Red Cliff; office, Holy Cross Trail.

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