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Guiraud died on June 5, 1909 at her home in Garo, Colorado and is buried with her husband at the
Fairplay cemetery. Five of her ten children were alive at the time of her death. After her death, $ 80,000 (equivalent to $ 2,712,889 in 2023) in gold was reported to have been stored in her cellar.
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established a station at Garo, the town grew to include stores, businesses, a church, a school, and an opera house. Also in 1879, Guiraud filed a water rights suit, which became a landmark case, establishing her "right of prior approbation" of the water.
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established a station at Garo. The railway also transported livestock and hay to Denver. At its height, the town had a school, mercantile, church, hotel, saloons, sawmill, livery, blacksmith, and an opera house.
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case. Guiraud established that her family had used the water since they settled the land, and due to the "right of prior approbation", she won the case after several years at court.
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The date of death is based upon a June 6, 1909 newspaper announcement of her death. There is another source that reported that she died one week later on June 12, 1909
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