Mr. Baker at the urgent request of
his father then returned to Denver. That
gentlemen had homesteaded and pre
empted 320 acres of land. This land is
now in the heart of what is known as
West Denver, being the well known
Baker’s addition. Mr. Baker has up to
date sold all but 90 acres of the original
320 and from them realized about $1,100,-
000. He is now the general manager of
the Denver, Apex & Western railroad, in
which Senator Tabor and ex Gov. Evans
are also largely interested, and the gen
eral manager of the Jones patent vesti
bule car company, which owns several
valuable improvements upon the Pullman
patents. He has one son and one daugh
ter, the latter of whom was born in Chey
enne. Mr. Baker is 50 years of age, hale
and hearty and finds great pleasure in his
reminiscences of the early days which he
spent in Cheyenne when his highest am
bition was to be a first-class newspaper
man at the head of a first class paper.
HANGED IN EFFIGY.
Laramie’s Mayor’s Treatment at the
Hands of Local Enemies.
