| Birth: | Apr. 11, 1846
Indiana, USA | | Death: | Dec. 21, 1934
Colorado Springs
El Paso County
Colorado, USA | 
buried with wife Lizzie C.
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HOWBERT IRVING 1846 22 DEC 1934 T-058
HOWBERT LIZZIE C. 1854 16 JUN 1922 T-058
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Headline: City lost real pioneer when Howbert died [NEWS]
Date/Pub/Sec: 12/19/1993, Gazette, G4:1 [FULL TEXT]
Notes: (Peek at the Past column, first printed Dec 22, 1934)
People: Irving Howbert
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Irving Howbert was an early pioneer of the Pike's Peak Region. Irving Howbert came to the area with his family at the age of fourteen. From 1868 to 1879, he served as Clerk of El Paso County. In this position, he signed the legal papers incorporating Colorado Springs. Irving Howbert was active in politics. He developed a municipal water supply for our city and helped organize the first gas company. Howbert had many business interests including mining and railways. He built the Colorado Springs Opera House with his silver mine profits.
(From (http://www.d11.org/howbert/about.htm)
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Evergreen Cemetery
Colorado Springs
El Paso County
Colorado, USA
Plot: T-058 |
Created by: HEE (inactive)
Record added: Nov 01, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16414989 |
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Headline: Obit and funeral [NEWS] Date/Pub/Sec: 12/22/1934, Gazette, 1 [ORDER FULL TEXT] People: Irving Howbert [7] Headline: Writings [NEWS] Date/Pub/Sec: 12/22/1934, Gazette, 3 [ORDER FULL TEXT] People: Irving Howbert [8] Headlin...(Read more)
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