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{w;­·­|andinLouisvilledirectoriesas{w­·Ò­u|œRecordsshowthathecametothe <br />UnitedStatesintheearly1900s.HeleftbehindinHungaryawifewho,forreasonsnot <br />known,neverjoinedhimintheU.S.By1910,RestaswaslivinginGunn,Wyoming, <br />whereheworkedasacoalminer.Sheridan,Wyoming,wasthenhisplaceofresidence <br />untilthe1930s.HecametoLouisvilleinabout1935(atatimeduringtheDepression <br />when[šÒz­ÝzŒŒ;x­miningindustrystillhadsomeavailablejobs)andcontinuedtoworkas <br />acoalminer.A1942professionalphotooftheminersattheCentennialMineincludes <br />theimageofRestas.The1949directoryforLouisvilleindicatesthathewasworkingat <br />theMonarchMineatthattime. <br />TheBoulderCountyAssessorcardforthisproperty,filledoutin1948,showsthatthe <br />houseat1131Sprucewasbuiltin1942.TheLouisvilledirectoryfor1943confirmsthat <br />Restaswaslivingtherebythattime. <br />ThisneighborhoodofLouisvillewashometoatleastfournativesofEasternEurope.In <br />additiontoSteveEvanoff,whowasborninBulgaria,andJoeRestas,whowasbornin <br />Hungary,therewerethefollowingtwopeoplewhowereborninBulgaria:AlexVasiloff, <br />wholivedat1117SprucefollowingtheEvanoffs,andGeorgeMalchoff,whoalsolived <br />onSpruceStreetinEastLouisvillewithhisfamily. <br />Thefollowingimagesarefromthe1948CountyAssessorcardforthisproperty,atthe <br />timeoftheownershipandresidencybyJoeRestas,andshowthehousein1948 <br />followedbythegroundlayout.TheCountyAssessorcardshowsthattheoriginalliving <br />areawasonly266squarefeet.Thislivingareaconsistedoftworooms,akitchenanda <br />bedroom.Themarkingsinredpencilindicatethebathroomandclosetthatwereadded <br />intheearly1950s,bringingthesquarefootageto350. <br />