. The great West: a vast empire. A comprehensive history of the trans-Mississippi states and territories. Containing detailed statistics and other information in support of the movement for deep harbors on the Texas-Gulf coast /by Dana. e was one ofthe principal organizers of the Board of Trade, and was the first presi-dent of that institution, afterwards consolidated with the DenverChamber of Commerce. He was the most prominent organizer of theNational Mining Exposition of 1882, was one ot the directors andtreasurer of that great enterprise, and was made trustee for the bond-holders. Mr.
. The great West: a vast empire. A comprehensive history of the trans-Mississippi states and territories. Containing detailed statistics and other information in support of the movement for deep harbors on the Texas-Gulf coast /by Dana. e was one ofthe principal organizers of the Board of Trade, and was the first presi-dent of that institution, afterwards consolidated with the DenverChamber of Commerce. He was the most prominent organizer of theNational Mining Exposition of 1882, was one ot the directors andtreasurer of that great enterprise, and was made trustee for the bond-holders. Mr. Cornforth is a fluent speaker, and upon almost every publicoccasion he is called upon, and to his credit it can be said, he generallyresponds, and has something to say worth listening to; he is frequentlyquoted by the press of the country. He is well informed upon almostall subjects pertaining to the welfare of Colorado. He was a delegateto the Fort Worth Deep Harbor Convention in July last, and subse-quently to the Inter-state Deep Harbor Convention held in is a large stockholder in the New Mexico Mica Mining Company,has large property interests in Denver, and owns a handsome residencein a fashionable quarter of the J. E. FREEMAN,President Chamber of Commerce, Aspen, Colorado. See Sketch on next page. J. E. FREEMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBEE OF COMMERCE, ASPEN, COLORADO. THE gentleman whose picture is on the preceding page is a native ofthe State of Vermont. The first thirty-six years of his life werespent in that state, with the exception of four years, which were de-voted to the service of the United States in the late rebellion. Afterreaching manhood, he devoted his time to farming, manufacturing andmerchandising. Becoming dissatisfied with the quiet and slow methodsof business matters in the East, he turned his attention to other fieldsof operation, and gradually worked westward, until April, 1880, foundhim among the few early pioneers crossing the range o
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