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The Drumm's Map of 1909 shows empty lots for all of Block 10 with the Corrigan Addition to the west <br />and the Nicholas Stout farm to the south. <br />Charles G. Smith (1883-1961) was born in Pennsylvania and his wife Edna Avis (1884-1973) was born in <br />Kansas. However, the Smith family originated from Trimdon, County Durham, in England and Charles <br />grew up there until his family returned to the U.S. and settled in Louisville in 1904. It is notable that <br />several other Louisville families also came from the Trimdon, County Durham region. Louisville's earliest <br />English residents were coal miners and are credited with bringing English coal mining methods and <br />culture to Colorado. Charles G. Smith also worked as a coal miner in Louisville. More can be read about <br />English families that came to Louisville from Trimdon and "Coffee Pot Row" in the Fall 2012 Louisville <br />Historian. <br />From 1921-1927, Charles and Edna Smith, with their seven children, resided at 633 McKinley with the <br />remainder of Block 10 and the two blocks of the Corrigan Addition undeveloped. <br />Charles G. and Edna Avis (middle front row) and their seven children. <br />