CANCELED: The Woods Investment Company

Following the presentation by Victorite Gray Horton, guests will go on their own to the historic Gold Coin Club on Diamond Avenue for a tour of the 1899 building constructed by the Woods as part of their Gold Coin Mine.

In 1892 the area now known as Victor, Colorado, was a fledgling gold prospector’s dream. Winfield Scott Stratton had barely claimed the Independence Mine the summer before and word was out that there was gold on the back side of Pikes Peak. Warren, Harry and Frank Woods made their way to Victor that year, founded the town, and began what was to be a large but short-lived enterprise. Their business interests, though long since sold to other ventures, still make up a large part of downtown Victor.