Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . aving built the first cabin in Denver is notcorrect. But whatever incorrectness there is lies in Smileys inference and notin the Larimer claim. See page 48. no LARIMER REMINISCENCES sash with a penknife. We had brought with us some8 X 10 inch glass: so our cabin had a glass window in itand was the only one in the whole country at that timewhich was so elaborately equipped. When Jack Jonescame over to visit us he advised us to darken it at nightas we were liable to be assassinated by
Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . aving built the first cabin in Denver is notcorrect. But whatever incorrectness there is lies in Smileys inference and notin the Larimer claim. See page 48. no LARIMER REMINISCENCES sash with a penknife. We had brought with us some8 X 10 inch glass: so our cabin had a glass window in itand was the only one in the whole country at that timewhich was so elaborately equipped. When Jack Jonescame over to visit us he advised us to darken it at nightas we were liable to be assassinated by Indians. Hisadvice was taken, and every night a blanket was hungover the window. Jack Jones and John Smith wereauthorities on all Indian questions, as they both hadIndian families. They had been trading with the Indiansfor many years and could speak the language. Throughliving with the Indians so long, they had learned to bealways cautious and were always in fear of an outbreak onaccount of our invading their country; and, indeed, wewere at the mercy of the Indians, who could have wipedus out of THE FIRST HOUSE IN DENVER RESIDENCE OF IN 1858 AT ISt LARIMER 5TS As for the location of our cabin: the wagon road fromthe Arkansas River, by which we had come to this localityand which ran from Mexico and Forts Rridger, Laramieand Salt Lake, came down what is now Fifteenth was on this road that we selected a place for buildingour cabin. We then laid off streets and lots to correspondwith the location of our cabin and the beaten trail. Ourcabin was the first house in Denver and was built on what LARIMER REMINISCENCES 111 was then laid off as the corner of Larimer and C streets(now 15th Street), and fronted towards the Platte Riverand was near to Cherry Creek. The illustration of this cabin, above presented, is madefrom a drawing by General F. M. Case, first SurveyorGeneral of Colorado, and is considered by those whohave seen the cabin as a very
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