Orion W. "O.W." Daggett
Marriages
Harriiett D. Patterson - November 4, 1903
Burial Details
Obituaries
0 . W . Daggett Responds to Death s Call
PIONEER AND BOOSTER OF EAGLE COUNTY DIES AT HIS HOME IN RED CLIFF—WAS AN OUTSTANDING PERSON OF STATE .
By Evelyn Campbell O.W . Daggett, oldest pioneer in Red Cliff , passed away April 16 , 1942 , 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 1807, when he went to Fulford , as postmaster and store operator.
On November 4 , 1903 , he was united in marriage fto Miss Harriett 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 employin the Eagle river canon . In 1921 he in the Eagle river conon . In 1891 he 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 qf 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 deposits , 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 Baj ^ C ^ ony of Boston . , Surving 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.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page page 8 - April 24, 1942
......... Another old timer answered the last call on Thursday , when O . W . Daggett passed away at his ^ ome in Red Cliff . Mr . Daggett was one of the early pioneers of Gypsum valley . He was laid to rest by the side of his wife and two childern , who had preceded him in death , in Cedar Hill cemetery in Gypsum Sunday.......
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 4 - April 24, 1942
