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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: <br />Information from Historian Bridget Bacon <br />This was first the home of Samuel and Mattie Barrett, then the home of the Samuel and <br />Olive Atkin family for about seventy years from about 1915 until 1984. Both Samuel <br />Barrett and Samuel Atkin worked as coal miners in the Louisville area. <br />Atkin Family, Owners 1915 -1984 <br />By 1915, Samuel Atkin purchased 1101 Grant as the result of a foreclosure. Samuel <br />Atkin's parents, William and Margaret Atkin, were some of Louisville's early settlers from <br />England. The family was living in Louisville by the time of the 1885 Colorado State <br />Census. The Louisville directory for 1916 listed Samuel Atkin as being the foreman of <br />the Rex Mine and his father, William, as being the superintendent of the Rex Mine. <br />1101 Grant - 1948 Assessor's Photo <br />2 <br />