Nicholas Creede and the Amethyst Vein
Mary F. Schroder
5.5" X 8.5", 64 pages, $12.99
photos. notes, bibliography
Bonanza Books, PO Box 611, Creede, CO 81130

Who Was Nicholas Creede?

As it turns out, he was many things. He had two identities, one as William Harvey that took him from his birthplace in Indiana to the Rockies as a wanted man and eventually an Indian Scout with the U.S. army. He is better known as Nicholas Creede, the man who claimed one of the  richest silver lodes in Colorado. But who was he really? And with all his wealth, why did his life end so unhappily? This is his story. The true story.

Mineral County Miner article from July 8, 2004.

Mary Fowler Schroder was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, and attended Regis College in Weston, Mass-achusetts. After spending four years in Ecuador and two in Argentina, she received her education degree from the College of Santa Fe. She taught in the Santa Fe Public School System until 1984 when she and her husband, Dr. William Thomas Schroder, moved to Creede, Colorado. While there she wrote “Table Talk,” a popular column that appeared in the newspapers of the San Luis Valley Publishing Company. In 1989, she became chairman of the Centennial Book Committee of the Creede Historical Society, which produced four books commemorating the first 100 years of Mineral County. She herself is the co-author of Ribs of Silver, Hearts of Gold and co-editor of Lizzie Boudrie, Dance Hall Girl. While researching the centennial books, she became interested in the gaps she found in the life story of Nicholas Creede. This book is the result of her independent research.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS  

  1. The Indian Scout

  2. The Prospector

  3. The Amethyst Boom

  4. The Wasons

  5. Disaster at the Amethyst

  6. Dorothy

  7. The Rose Garden

  8. Appendix: Notes

  9. Appendix: Bibliography 

 
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