Mr. Alden was proprietor of the stage station at Antelope Springs, located on the upper Rio Grande on the Antelope Park & Lake City Toll Road. He was shot and killed by Monte Moreland on April 29, 1878. Alden served as postmaster at Antelope Springs in 1877 but was replaced by Monte Moreland's mother, Mrs. Mary E. Crowley. The shooting was the result of an altercation between Mrs. Crowley and Mrs. Christina Alden in which Mrs. Alden suggested that a pretty hired girl kept by the Crowley's was intended as an enticement to customers. Mrs. Crowley responded by calling Mrs. Alden a hussy. George Alden then entered the fray, defending his wife and, as later alleged by Monte Moreland, calling Mrs. Crowley "a lying whore." Monte Moreland took up a .44 caliber pistol to defend his mother's honor; he was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary at Canon City for the murder. George Alden's body was temporarily buried at Alden Station but was removed to the cemetery at Del Norte, Colorado, in March, 1879.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Desertthorn (47408081) • [email protected]
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Desertthorn (47408081) • [email protected]
Mr. Alden was proprietor of the stage station at Antelope Springs, located on the upper Rio Grande on the Antelope Park & Lake City Toll Road. He was shot and killed by Monte Moreland on April 29, 1878. Alden served as postmaster at Antelope Springs in 1877 but was replaced by Monte Moreland's mother, Mrs. Mary E. Crowley. The shooting was the result of an altercation between Mrs. Crowley and Mrs. Christina Alden in which Mrs. Alden suggested that a pretty hired girl kept by the Crowley's was intended as an enticement to customers. Mrs. Crowley responded by calling Mrs. Alden a hussy. George Alden then entered the fray, defending his wife and, as later alleged by Monte Moreland, calling Mrs. Crowley "a lying whore." Monte Moreland took up a .44 caliber pistol to defend his mother's honor; he was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary at Canon City for the murder. George Alden's body was temporarily buried at Alden Station but was removed to the cemetery at Del Norte, Colorado, in March, 1879.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Desertthorn (47408081) • [email protected]
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Desertthorn (47408081) • [email protected]
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