Ben Bolt
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Eliza A. Bolt
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Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - March 10, 1922
Another Pioneer Laid Away
Last Monday the remains of Ben Bolt were laid to rest beside the body of his wife in the Minturn cemetery, he having died of heart disease at his home in Green River, Utah, recently.
The deceased was a native of England, and a pioneer of Colorado and Eagle county. He came to Boulder in 1872, and was continuously a resident of this state until about four years ago. Together with his brother, S. F. Bolt, he settled in this county on a ranch above Minturn just below the Eagle river canon about thirty-five years ago. There the two brothers established a beautiful home, generally known as Bolt's Lakes, tho the brothers themselves called it Echo Lakes. There they made their home until in 1917 the Empire Zinc company bought the place, intending at the time to establish their mining headquarters on Battle Mountain in the adjoining flats.
The deceased lost his wife about this time, and it was soon after the sale of their home that he and his brother went to Utah. There they have variously followed mining and the mercantile business until death claimed Ben. He was 73 years of age at the time of his death.
Ben Bolt helped make the history of Eagle county, as in the prime of his life he was active in all the affairs of the county, and his passing will be remarked with regret by all the early settlers of the county, to few of whom but he was well known.
