People

: Henry Gillespie; He was one of the leading mine owners in Aspen, Colorado. He was superintendent of the Sparr Gold and Silver Company as well as part stockholder. Also, he was the owner and operator of the Molly Gibson silver mine, where a very large piece of silver was discovered and put on display for a time at the Colorado State Museum in Denver. On top of that, he owned the El Jebel Ranch, which was four miles from Basalt. He died of fever along with his son after they went to British Guinea in order to research the purchase of silver mines in the interior. Great Uncle of Dudley W. Mitchell.

: Henry Harkins; Henry Harkins, unfortunate participant in the Bloody Espinosas saga. Harkins had set up a sawmill near Colorado Springs in 1863 with his partners. They later found him murdered with no clues and he was buried at Dead Man's Canon near Fort Carson, Colorado. Harkins was the first in a trail of killings committed by brothers Felipe and Vivian Espinosa, who, after murdering at least 33 people, were shot and killed by Tom Tobin.

: Henry Herrick; He and his wife Maggie Herrick were settlers in the Kannah Creek, Colorado area. In 1883, she left her him during a domestic squabble, and went to her parents’ house in Albuquerque. She later returned, only to find Henry in a carriage with a woman named Margaret Thompson. Maggie shot and killed Margaret, whom Henry had employed as a housekeeper. Accompanied by Sheriff Martin Florida, Maggie went to retrieve livestock that belonged to her, but she rode on ahead of the sheriff, and was shot and killed by Henry. He escaped from jail. He was represented by Robert Cobb, who later represented her husband, and who also worked as the probate judge in charge of administering the estate.

: Henry Jens; He was a German immigrant who came to the United States in 1884, when he was about 9 years old. The 1900 US Census shows him living in Nebraska with siblings and parents Jurgen and Eva M. Jens. By 1910 he was living in Clifton, Colorado. With his wife Bessie (Kettle) Jens, he owned the Locust Ranch, a fruit farm at what is now the intersection of E and 32 Roads.

: Henry Kitchen; According to George Watts, who was born in Hayden, Colorado, Kitchen owned a livery stable in town in the early to mid-Twentieth century. He was known as a local character.

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