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n April Charles T. Duell, bookkeeper of the mine at Almy, was appointed postmaster.3 He never served in this capacity, but handed the office over to E. S. Whittier, the pioneer merchant of the place, who opened a store between Eighth and Ninth on Front Street. Mr. Whittier later moved to the corner of Tenth and Front Streets, where the Gottstein building was later put up. He continued as postmaster until 1878, when the keys were handed over to A. A. Bailey.
About this time a meat market was opened by a man named William Crawford. William Thompson, who had been running a store and saloon in the coal camp of Almy, formed a partnership with him in 1872, and a few years later Harvey Booth and E. S. Crocker joined them in the market and in a ranch near Woodruff. One of the inexplicable mysteries of the west was the strange fate that befell two members of this firm. On the 26th of February, 1893, William Crawford came to town to attend a dance, put up his horses in a barn, and was never seen again, nor was any clue found as to his fate. Two years later to a day Harvey Booth was found murdered in the barn belonging to the company, and though every effort was made to ferrit out the crime and to bring the murderer to justice, it was never accomplished.
Mr. Booth is survived by his wife whose maiden name was Julia B. Anderson, and who came to Evanston from Canindagua, New York, to teach school. The eldest son, Harvey, is a successful civil engineer in Montana. James and the daughter Emily live in Southern California, as does the mother.
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