Who Was Denver's "Mullen"?

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Am interested to know if Mr Mullen had any interests in flour or bean elevators / warehouses in southwest Colorado - specifically Dove Creek. There is currently a bean elevator in Dove Creek that has in it's pedigree: Colorado Milling and Elevator Company. Did he have any association with either the Peak or Midland Brands of beans? Could he have had any business interests with a Mr. Owens or a Mr. Simpson from Colorado Springs?

I'm writing a piece on the bean industry.

Thanks.

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The statement: "After Mullen's death, his daughters established the Mullen Home for Boys in his memory.." is a little bit deceiving. J.K. and Catherine started the project to open a home for orphaned boys, but both died before the project was completed. Their daughters (and husbands) completed the project....the home is now known as Mullen High School. Also, yes, J.K. and Catherine had 5 daughters, but you failed to mention that Anna died at the age of four....

Thank you for your comments, Katherine. The format of our blog posts calls for brevity and doesn't always allow for the capture of a story's interesting details. Comments like yours really add so much to the story. Thank you!

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I am moving into a farmhouse, that is reputed to be a Mullen homestead.
The property is just north of Mullen High School.
The story is, the house and hundred year old barn ( which I saved despite a large fire)
sat at the center of a large dairy farm.
Love to know more about this history.

The address is 3425 S Knox Ct

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I have alot of record keeping and stuff about jk mullen owning the flour mills in denver most of it is like minutes for the meetings they held also old shares that were wrote out by john schultz and blank shares all original alot of stuff about milling in oklahoma territory would you like to read this stuff

Hi Susan,

DPL's Western History and Genealogy department holds two archival collections related to J. K. Mullen, including the John K. Mullen & Oscar Malo Collection (WH259) and the J.K. Mullen Foundation Records (WH1201). Both collections have finding aids (accessible through the links above), which are detailed guides to the collections include folder-level inventories. If you would like to view the collections, you're welcome to visit us during construction on the first floor of the Central Library, Sunday through Thursday, 1pm-5pm. If you have something specific you would like scanned and sent to you, please note the collection title, box number, and folder number and send the request in our contact form (https://history.denverlibrary.org/contact-us). We can scan and send up to 50 pages of archival material per customer.

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