Submitted by Jeff Smith (not verified) on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:14pm.
I believe West Colfax was just "Colfax" in the nineteenth century. My book, Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel, has accounts of Colfax between 1889-1894 as "The Colorado Monte Carlo" due to the migration of the gambling dens to that location during anti-saloon and gaming reforms.
I am looking forward to learning the history of the seven neighborhoods.
City of Colfax
I believe West Colfax was just "Colfax" in the nineteenth century. My book, Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel, has accounts of Colfax between 1889-1894 as "The Colorado Monte Carlo" due to the migration of the gambling dens to that location during anti-saloon and gaming reforms.
I am looking forward to learning the history of the seven neighborhoods.
Jeff Smith website blog