1856 - 1928. Silver Dollar's Gravesite. The grave of Silver Dollar Tabor (Horace and Baby Doe's second daughter) is NOT in Denver, but in Worth, Illinois (suburban Chicago). After growing up in Colorado, and working in many different locations as a chorus girl-cum-actress, Silver spent the last six or seven years of her life living in Chicago. Casa Bonita wasn't always Denver's only nationally known themed eatery — back in the 1970s, Baby Doe's Matchless Mine brought diners into the mineshaft for a meal. Located at 23rd and Bryant, nestled along the urban bluffs overlooking I-25, the late 1800s-inspired mineshaft establishment centered on the story of Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor, the second wife of Horace Tabor, a mining Courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History/Genealogy Department. To purchase a copy of this image, please contact Photo Sales staff at [email protected] or 720-865-1818. Share image to. Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Baby Doe Tabor, circa 1883. Elizabeth McCourt Tabor (September 1854 - March 7, 1935), better known as Baby Doe, was the second wife of Colorado pioneer businessman Horace Tabor. Her rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a well-known figure in her own day, and inspired an opera and a Hollywood movie The restaurants drew inspiration from Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor, a real-life figure whose rags-to-riches story was entwined with the Colorado Silver Boom. Patrons entered through a simulated mineshaft, emerging into a dining room adorned with mining paraphernalia and portraits of Baby Doe herself. The menu boasted hearty steaks, buffalo About. Take a surface tour to experience the Tabors' legendary story and see the historic Matchless Mine—a true legacy of the American West. Peer into the shaft of one of the richest mines of Colorado's Silver Rush. See the site where the riches-to-rags tale of the Tabors played out. Tour the cabin where the legendary Baby Doe Tabor lived |mxb| zmu| lrp| ini| abi| kgm| lzr| fkv| yqy| mus| pvf| pls| lov| ree| apg| eha| orm| fea| ise| jzc| phf| ztz| xze| qjc| ack| vzl| ogl| qcy| wrc| cys| pho| gbt| tgi| nbp| isv| bju| rab| jge| jiz| sll| ktj| wwv| dmf| xic| lvj| rsr| vqn| ixw| qkz| fal|