Hahns Peak 1900s Photos and Stories
1900: ABOVE: an early 1900’s photo of Hahn’s Peak, courtesy of Joan Miller, a descendent of early Hahn’s Peak residents, Helen and Charles Blackburn.
Below (left) Helen Blackburn in Hahn’s Peak during the 1900’s (see quote below that speaks of Helen Blackburn), photo courtesy of Joan Miller.
Below (right) The Blue Jay Mine, once owned by Charles Blackburn, photo courtesy of Joan Miller. .
Edna* had a beautiful (Christmas) tree this year and a good program.
Santa Claus came in with a lot of bell ringing and Dean stayed close
to mamma. He didn’t know if he liked the old man or not, until Santa
gave him an orange, a popcorn ball and a sack of candy and nuts.
Helen Blackburn, Anna Vestly, and Gerty Bedell were the most
popular girls when the dancing started.” From God’s Mountain: The
Last of the Hahn’s Peak Homesteaders by Rose Wheeler, 1973,
published by the Steamboat Pilot.
*Edna is school teacher, Edna Trullinger, and a sister to my mother’s
(Catherine Hartt Keffeler’s) aunt Etta (Spragg) McCarger.
Hahns Peak 2001 Photos and Stories
The 2001 photos on this page are courtesy of Joan Miller, who is a descendant of Hahn’s Peak pioneer, Charles Edward Blackburn. Thanks for the great photos, Joan!
HAHN’S PEAK
Something happened on this mountain –
violent and prehistoric.
It was volcanic, says the fountain
of crystal under my hammer, and epic
In spans of earth time and moulten masses
cooling among the stars. What remains
is me saying, “nothing passes
entirely. Crystals and old refrains
are shaped like mountain peaks and free
from time. Nothing passes entirely.”
Joanna Stevenson Sampson, July 9, 1964
and published in Historic Hahn’s Peak,
Stevernson, (1976).
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