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3 unusual facts about David Moffat


Blooming Grove United Church of Christ

The only major change to the interior of the church came in 1902, when locally-raised industrialist David Moffat bought a pipe organ in memory of his father's service there as choirmaster.

David Moffat

Mines belonging to David Moffat were involved in at least two significant strikes: the Cripple Creek strike of 1894, and the more widespread strikes of 1903.

In 1855 he made his way to Des Moines, Iowa and became teller in the bank of A. J. Stevens & Company.


Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company

As a result, Evans, together with other local business leaders, including David Moffat, William Byers (founder of the Rocky Mountain News), Joseph E. Bates, Bela Hughes, Walter Cheesman and Luther Kountze partnered with East Coast investors to form a railroad company that would link Denver and the Colorado Territory with the national rail network.


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