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Charles Adams (Colorado Indian agent)

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Returning to Colorado with the change in presidential administrations, Adams became engaged in the manufacture of glass, and mining and mineral water development. He died on August 19, 1895, in the Gumry Hotel disaster in
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of the Uncompahgre Utes. This friendship was useful in helping him negotiate the release of five captives (three women and two children) taken by the Utes in 1879 after the Meeker Massacre, as part of the
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in 1880. Background: Woretsiz and General Charles Adams are standing. Front from left to right: Chief Ignatio of the Southern Utes; Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz; Chief Ouray and his wife
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when a boiler in the basement of the hotel exploded, destroying the building and killing more than 20 people. He is interred in the
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officer, US Indian agent, diplomat and businessman. In 1879 he secured the release of five hostages taken captive by the
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Adams dropped the Schwanbeck surname sometime around 1870, when he married Margaret Thompson Phelps.
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Karl Heinrich and Maria J. Mackman Schwanbeck. His family immigrated to the United States after the
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From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries
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During these years, Adams established good relationships with
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In 1880, Adams was appointed the United States minister to
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Schwanbeck fought as a young man in the late years of the
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Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896.
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Index

Charles Adams (disambiguation)
Anklam
Kingdom of Prussia
Denver, Colorado
United States Army officer
Diplomat
United States Army
White River Utes
Meeker Massacre
Bolivia
Anklam
Province of Pomerania
Kingdom of Prussia
cabinetmaker
Revolutions of 1848
Germany

Washington, D.C.
Chipeta
American Civil War
Colorado Territory
brigadier general
Colorado Militia
Indian Agent
Ute Tribe
Uncompahgre Utes
Chief Ouray
White River War
Bolivia
Chile

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