Silvia McDowell

Silvia McDowell was born in Casey, Illinois in 1882, but she was mostly raised in Ouray, Colorado. Most of her adult life was spent in Denver, where she worked as a registered nurse. Silvia was married twice, first to a man named Lindsey, then to Earl M. Cavnah.

In 1956, after being widowed for a few years, Silvia joined her brothers in Centralia, Washington. She died in Oct. 1957.

Rose McDowell

Printed: Superior Finish, Brumfield, Ouray, Colo.

Rose M. McDowell was born in 1880. Her first husband, Hugh Carney, was a miner in Ouray, Colorado. His fate is unknown. Husband number 2, Demmit Miller, died as a result of drinking bad booze at party in Denver during Prohibition or so the story goes. Husband number 3 was Harry Nash, a coal or oil company executive, they say.

Details on her life are rather sketchy. They say she had some association with Mamie Eisenhower's father, John Sheldon Doud. She died in 1951 and is buried in Centralia, Washington.

Postcard - Denver, Colorado

"The Civic Center is adjacent to the main business district and at the foot of Capitol Hill and the State Building. Here are the Public Library, the Greek Theatre, Voorhies Memorial, and many interesting statues. Across the Civic Center from the Capitol is the new City and County Building recently completed at an approximate cost of $5,000,000."

1930s