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    Frederick Walker Pitkin (August 31, 1837 – December 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the second Governor of the state of Colorado from...
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    Originally named Quartzville, it was renamed to honor Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin. Pitkin is about 28 miles northeast of Gunnison, Colorado. According...
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    largest city is Aspen. The county is named for Colorado Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin. Pitkin County is included in the Glenwood Springs Micropolitan Statistical...
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    extradition request for Holliday and arranged for Colorado Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin to deny Holliday's extradition. Holliday spent the few remaining...
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    "Frederick Walker Pitkin". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023. "Frederick W...
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    Show James B. Olcott, turfgrass farmer and influential citizen Frederick Walker Pitkin, governor of Colorado from 1879 to 1883 Richard Plepler, television...
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  • Pitkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frederick Walker Pitkin, Governor of Colorado from 1879 to 1883 Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, writer...
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    Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado 1876 Succeeded by Frederick Walker Pitkin Preceded by Job Adams Cooper Republican nominee for Governor of...
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    subsequently forced to distant reservations at the orders of Gov. Frederick Walker Pitkin. Some Indians remained in the region until the 1920s. In 1886,...
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    Colorado 1882 Succeeded by Alva Adams Political offices Preceded by Frederick Walker Pitkin Governor of Colorado 1883–1885 Succeeded by Benjamin Harrison Eaton...
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    Republican Frederick Walker Pitkin defeated Democratic nominee John S. Hough with 53.28% of the vote. Major party candidates Frederick Walker Pitkin, Republican...
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    Independence Pass (Colorado) (category Landforms of Pitkin County, Colorado)
    reserved for the Ute people. Prospectors who defied governor Frederick Walker Pitkin's order crossed the pass on July 4, 1879, giving it its current...
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    (New Haven) Constance Motley (New Haven) Ralph Nader (Winsted) Frederick Walker Pitkin (Manchester) Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (New Haven) Abraham A. Ribicoff...
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    people as a result of the Colorado Silver Boom. Pitkin County, named for then-Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin, was established in 1881. A small courthouse...
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    John Long Routt 14,154 51.53% Won Y 1878 Frederick Walker Pitkin 14,308 49.98% Won Y 1880 Frederick Walker Pitkin 28,465 53.28% Won Y 1882 E. L. Campbell...
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    nominee Frederick Walker Pitkin defeated Democratic nominee William A. H. Loveland with 49.98% of the vote. Major party candidates Frederick Walker Pitkin, Republican...
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  • Guard Amasa J. Parker Jr., former New York Assemblyman and Senator Frederick Walker Pitkin, 2nd Governor of Colorado Jeanine Pirro, former Westchester County...
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    2007–2009, graduated from Colorado State University Pueblo in 1994 Frederick Walker Pitkin, second governor of Colorado from 1879 to 1883 John E. Rickards...
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  • Sampson (R) George C. Corning (NP) Thomas M. Patterson (D) 1878 1879 Frederick Walker Pitkin (R) Horace Tabor (R) Norman H. Meldrum (R) Charles W. Wright (R)...
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    counties, all operate under Dillon's Rule except the two that are home rule (Pitkin and Weld). Counties are important units of government in Colorado since...
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    plowing a field they used to graze and race horses. In addition, Frederick Walker Pitkin, the recently elected Governor of Colorado, had campaigned on a...
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  • an Abenaki word meaning "branch of the river." Pitkin County Colorado Named for Frederick Walker Pitkin, who was Governor of Colorado at the time of the...
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  • (proprietor) Pitcher, New York – Lt. Gov. Nathaniel Pitcher Pitkin, Colorado – Gov. Frederick Walker Pitkin Pittsboro, North Carolina – William Pitt, 1st Earl...
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    boiling water on herself while she was extremely intoxicated. Tabor Lake in Pitkin County, Colorado, at the base of Tabor Peak. He was a prominent silver baron...
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  • Allen, U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1837 to 1849 (born 1803) July 16 – Frederick Langenheim, pioneer of panoramic photography (born 1809 in Germany) July...
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  • February 12 – John L. Lewis, labor union leader (d. 1969) February 14 – Frederick J. Horne, admiral (d. 1959) February 16 – Frank Burke, baseball player...
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  • Bell, film scenarist, novelist and editor (died 1968) April 3 – Walter Walker, U.S. Senator from Colorado in 1932 (died 1956) April 12 – Imogen Cunningham...
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  • California: George Clement Perkins (Republican) Governor of Colorado: Frederick Walker Pitkin (Republican) Governor of Connecticut: Charles B. Andrews (Republican)...
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  • California: George Clement Perkins (Republican) Governor of Colorado: Frederick Walker Pitkin (Republican) Governor of Connecticut: Hobart B. Bigelow (Republican)...
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    January 14, 1879 – January 9, 1881 (did not run) Republican 1878 Frederick Walker Pitkin — George B. Robinson (d. 1880) Died before taking office Republican...
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