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'''John Cleveland Osgood''' (March 6, 1851 – January 3, 1926) was a self-made man who founded the [[Colorado Fuel and Iron]] Company but has been referred to as a [[Robber baron (industrialist)| |
'''John Cleveland Osgood''' (March 6, 1851 – January 3, 1926) was a self-made man who founded the [[Colorado Fuel and Iron]] Company but has been referred to as a [[Robber baron (industrialist)|robber baron]].<ref>[http://www.redstonecolorado.com/history.html "The Redstone Story re-lives the industrialization of the West"] Redstone, Colorado website, history</ref> He also created [[Redstone, Colorado]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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===Early life=== |
===Early life=== |
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Osgood was born in [[Brooklyn]], but moved with his father to [[Burlington, Iowa]] at age 6. He had a younger sister, Julia,<ref name=NYT3>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F0061FFB3A5A15738DDDA00A94D9415B888CF1D3 "Miss Julia Osgood Killed by an Auto"] New York Times, November 29, 1908</ref> and a brother, Charles.<ref name=NYT4>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB061FFD3C5911738DDDA10994D1405B8985F0D3 "J. C. Osgood reaches Denver"] New York Times, September 18, 1899</ref> After his father died in 1859, he was sent to [[Providence, Rhode Island]] to live with family and attend school. At age 14, he was on his own, working in the office of a cotton mill where he gained business knowledge. He left for [[New York City]] at age 16 and clerked for a Produce Exchange Commission firm while attending night school. After three years there, he returned to southeast Iowa as cashier of the White Breast Fuel Company, then learned the banking business as cashier of the First National Bank of Burlington. At age 26, he took over the White Breast Fuel Company.<ref name=NYT /><ref name=JSTOR>Scamehorn, H. Lee: [http://www.jstor.org/pss/40168131 "John C. Osgood and the Western Steel Industry"] Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer, 1973 Pages 133-148</ref><ref name=MPS>Simmons, R. Laurie and Whitacre, Christine; {{PDFlink|[http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/crforms_edumat/pdfs/638.pdf Historic Resources of Redstone Multiple Property Submission]}}, [[History Colorado]], March 1989, pp. 13–14. Retrieved February 12, 2012.</ref> |
Osgood was born in [[Brooklyn]], but moved with his father to [[Burlington, Iowa]] at age 6. He had a younger sister, Julia,<ref name=NYT3>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F0061FFB3A5A15738DDDA00A94D9415B888CF1D3 "Miss Julia Osgood Killed by an Auto"], ''New York Times'', November 29, 1908</ref> and a brother, Charles.<ref name=NYT4>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB061FFD3C5911738DDDA10994D1405B8985F0D3 "J. C. Osgood reaches Denver"], ''New York Times'', September 18, 1899</ref> After his father died in 1859, he was sent to [[Providence, Rhode Island]] to live with family and attend school. At age 14, he was on his own, working in the office of a cotton mill where he gained business knowledge. He left for [[New York City]] at age 16 and clerked for a Produce Exchange Commission firm while attending night school. After three years there, he returned to southeast Iowa as cashier of the White Breast Fuel Company, then learned the banking business as cashier of the First National Bank of Burlington. At age 26, he took over the White Breast Fuel Company.<ref name=NYT /><ref name=JSTOR>Scamehorn, H. Lee: [http://www.jstor.org/pss/40168131 "John C. Osgood and the Western Steel Industry"] Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer, 1973 Pages 133-148</ref><ref name=MPS>Simmons, R. Laurie and Whitacre, Christine; {{PDFlink|[http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/crforms_edumat/pdfs/638.pdf Historic Resources of Redstone Multiple Property Submission]}}, [[History Colorado]], March 1989, pp. 13–14. Retrieved February 12, 2012.</ref> |
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===Colorado=== |
===Colorado=== |
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[[File:Redstone Inn.JPG|thumb|right|Bachelor's dormitory]] |
[[File:Redstone Inn.JPG|thumb|right|Bachelor's dormitory]] |
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A school was constructed to educate the children of workers, and the ''Redstone Club'' was completed in 1902 at a cost of $25,000 (${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|25000|1902|r=-3}}}} in modern dollars{{Inflation-fn|US}}). It contained reading rooms stocked, according to a [[New York Times]] article, "with papers in different languages, the best of the weeklies and magazines".<ref name=NYT /> A library, a small theatre, and a bathhouse were also part of the structure. The latter permitted workers to shower or bathe and change clothes after work.<ref name= |
A school was constructed to educate the children of workers, and the ''Redstone Club'' was completed in 1902 at a cost of $25,000 (${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|25000|1902|r=-3}}}} in modern dollars{{Inflation-fn|US}}). It contained reading rooms stocked, according to a [[New York Times]] article, "with papers in different languages, the best of the weeklies and magazines".<ref name=NYT /> A library, a small theatre, and a bathhouse were also part of the structure. The latter permitted workers to shower or bathe and change clothes after work.<ref name=NYT>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A13F63A591B728DDDAE0894D1405B828CF1D3 "THE NEWEST FIGURE IN FINANCE; Remarkable Career of J.C. Osgood"] New York Times, September 7, 1902</ref><ref name=INN>[http://redstoneinn.thegilmorecollection.com/ "History of the Redstone"] The Historic Redstone Inn website</ref><ref name=RCAhistory>[http://www.redstonecolorado.com/history.html "History of Redstone"], Redstone Community Association website, accessed March 28, 2010</ref> |
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[[File:Osgood-Kuhnhausen House.JPG|thumb|left|[[Swiss chalet style]] cottage]] |
[[File:Osgood-Kuhnhausen House.JPG|thumb|left|[[Swiss chalet style]] cottage]] |
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Other community facilites included an irrigated garden with a couple of acres available to each employee to grow vegetables, a public barn for worker's livestock, and a washhouse for laundering clothes and linens.<ref name=NYT /><ref name=MPS /> |
Other community facilites included an irrigated garden with a couple of acres available to each employee to grow vegetables, a public barn for worker's livestock, and a washhouse for laundering clothes and linens.<ref name=NYT /><ref name=MPS /> |
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[[File:Osgood Castle.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Cleveholm Manor, aka Osgood Castle]] |
[[File:Osgood Castle.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Cleveholm Manor, aka Osgood Castle]] |
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===Castle=== |
===Castle=== |
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A dominant feature one mile from Redstone is [[Redstone, Colorado#Cleveholm|Cleveholm Manor]], commonly called "Redstone Castle" or "Osgood Castle", an opulent 42-room [[Tudor-style]] mansion that Osgood built for his second wife, [[Sweden|Swedish]] Countess Alma Regina Shelgrem. Construction of the 24,000 |
A dominant feature one mile from Redstone is [[Redstone, Colorado#Cleveholm|Cleveholm Manor]], commonly called "Redstone Castle" or "Osgood Castle", an opulent 42-room [[Tudor-style]] mansion that Osgood built for his second wife, [[Sweden|Swedish]] Countess Alma Regina Shelgrem. Construction of the 24,000 ft<sup>2</sup> residence, which was designed by New York architects Boal and Harnois, began in 1897 and was completed in 1901 at a cost of $50,000<ref name=NYT /> (${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|50000|1902|r=-3}}}} in modern dollars{{Inflation-fn|US}}).<ref name=NYT2>Madigan, Nick: [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C1EFD3D540C7B8CDDA00894DC404482&scp=4&sq=John%20Cleveland%20Osgood&st=cse&pagewanted=1 "Town Comes To the Aid Of Its Castle"] New York Times, September 8, 2004</ref> |
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[[File:Osgood Gamekeeper’s Lodge.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Gamekeeper’s Lodge]] |
[[File:Osgood Gamekeeper’s Lodge.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Gamekeeper’s Lodge]] |
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The Castle was part of a {{convert|72|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate that also included servants' quarters, a [[gamekeeper]]'s lodge, a [[carriage house]], and a [[greenhouse]].<ref name=INN/><ref name=RCAhistory/><ref>[http://www.allaspen.com/attractions/redstone_castle.php Redstone Castle], AllAspen.com website, accessed March 28, 2010</ref> Two [[gatekeeper]]'s lodges were built, one each on the north and south boundaries.<ref name=MPS /> There was a kennel for the dogs, and the stable could shelter 25 horses, as well as cattle, hogs, and chickens. The adjacent game preserve had abundant deer, elk and [[bighorn sheep]]; a stocked pond was available for fishing.<ref name=NYT /> |
The Castle was part of a {{convert|72|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate that also included servants' quarters, a [[gamekeeper]]'s lodge, a [[carriage house]], and a [[greenhouse]].<ref name=INN/><ref name=RCAhistory/><ref>[http://www.allaspen.com/attractions/redstone_castle.php Redstone Castle], AllAspen.com website, accessed March 28, 2010</ref> Two [[gatekeeper]]'s lodges were built, one each on the north and south boundaries.<ref name=MPS /> There was a kennel for the dogs, and the stable could shelter 25 horses, as well as cattle, hogs, and chickens. The adjacent game preserve had abundant deer, elk and [[bighorn sheep]]; a stocked pond was available for fishing.<ref name=NYT /> |
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===Stock fight=== |
===Stock fight=== |
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To combat unionization, he used violence to intimidate union organizers and members, imported unskilled immigrants, hired ethnic or racial groups that disliked each other, became influential in local and state governments, and colluded with other mine operators.<ref name=EH /> |
To combat unionization, he used violence to intimidate union organizers and members, imported unskilled immigrants, hired ethnic or racial groups that disliked each other, became influential in local and state governments, and colluded with other mine operators.<ref name=EH /> |
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After he started the [[Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster|Victor-American Fuel Company]], his stays at Cleveholm became infrequent. His principal residence became New York City, but he travelled frequently, spending time at [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]] and cruising to Europe. |
After he started the [[Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster|Victor-American Fuel Company]], his stays at Cleveholm became infrequent. His principal residence became New York City, but he travelled frequently, spending time at [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]] and cruising to Europe. Cleveholm was boarded up in 1913.<ref name=MPS /> |
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Cleveholm was boarded up in 1913.<ref name=MPS /> |
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===Strike=== |
===Strike=== |
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There was a general mine strike throughout Colorado from 1913-14. By this time, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. controlled CF&I, but for the most part, he was an absentee owner. |
There was a general mine strike throughout Colorado from 1913-14. By this time, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. controlled CF&I, but for the most part, he was an absentee owner. |
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The three largest mining companies involved, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Victor American, and [[Rocky Mountain Fuel Company|Rocky Mountain Fuel]], had a joint committee for establishing policy concerning the strike, but Osgood was the dominant voice. Osgood organized a publicity campaign to discredit the workers and union. He pressured Colorado Governor [[Elias M. Ammons]] to deploy the National Guard to the mines. Following the strike, he used his influence to persuade the judiciary to prosecute strikers. The reforms proposed by Rockefeller were delayed at Osgood’s |
The three largest mining companies involved, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Victor American, and [[Rocky Mountain Fuel Company|Rocky Mountain Fuel]], had a joint committee for establishing policy concerning the strike, but Osgood was the dominant voice. Osgood organized a publicity campaign to discredit the workers and union. He pressured Colorado Governor [[Elias M. Ammons]] to deploy the National Guard to the mines. Following the strike, he used his influence to persuade the judiciary to prosecute strikers. The reforms proposed by Rockefeller were delayed at Osgood’s insistence. Rockefeller speculated that Osgood was trying to embarrass Rockefeller into selling his ownership of CF&I back to Osgood.<ref name=EH>Doetsch, Ethan: [http://eh.net/book_reviews/redstone-ludlow-john-cleveland-osgood%E2%80%99s-struggle-against-united-mine-workers-america "From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America"] Economic History Assn, June 3, 2009</ref> |
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[[File:Ruins of Ludlow restored.jpg|thumb|right|Burned tent city, where women and children died]] |
[[File:Ruins of Ludlow restored.jpg|thumb|right|Burned tent city, where women and children died]] |
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Based on principle, the mine operators steadfastly refused to negotiate with the union or agree to government arbitration. Over the course of a year, frustration and anger on both sides grew and led to the [[Ludlow Massacre]] in 1914.<ref name=EH /> |
Based on principle, the mine operators steadfastly refused to negotiate with the union or agree to government arbitration. Over the course of a year, frustration and anger on both sides grew and led to the [[Ludlow Massacre]] in 1914.<ref name=EH /> |
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The [[Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster|Hastings Mine disaster]] |
The [[Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster|Hastings Mine disaster]] occurred in 1917, killing 121. |
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===Death and afterward=== |
===Death and afterward=== |
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Cleveholm Manor and the gamekeeper's cottage are both independently listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places|National Register]] as [[Osgood Castle]] and [[Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge]], respectively. As of 2004, the Castle still contained 75 percent of its original furnishings.<ref name=ACHP2004>[http://www.achp.gov/casearchive/casesspg04CO.html Colorado: Transfer of Ownership of Redstone Castle, Redstone], [[Advisory Council on Historic Preservation]], June 1, 2004</ref> |
Cleveholm Manor and the gamekeeper's cottage are both independently listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places|National Register]] as [[Osgood Castle]] and [[Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge]], respectively. As of 2004, the Castle still contained 75 percent of its original furnishings.<ref name=ACHP2004>[http://www.achp.gov/casearchive/casesspg04CO.html Colorado: Transfer of Ownership of Redstone Castle, Redstone], [[Advisory Council on Historic Preservation]], June 1, 2004</ref> |
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The historic |
The historic dormitory in Redstone, which is independently listed on the National Register as [[Redstone Inn]], is now operated as a [[resort]] inn, offering year-round accommodations.<ref name=INN/> |
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Many of the cottages are still used as homes.<ref name=INN |
Many of the cottages are still used as homes.<ref name="INN"/><ref name=RCAhistory /> |
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The [[Redstone Coke Oven Historic District]] was established, and several dozen ovens will be stabilized, with a few completely restored.<ref>Urquhart, Janet: [http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20110530/NEWS/110539993 "Redstone coke ovens return to former glory"] Aspen Times, May 30, 2011</ref> |
The [[Redstone Coke Oven Historic District]] was established, and several dozen ovens will be stabilized, with a few completely restored.<ref>Urquhart, Janet: [http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20110530/NEWS/110539993 "Redstone coke ovens return to former glory"] Aspen Times, May 30, 2011</ref> |
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==Notes/Further reading== |
==Notes/Further reading== |
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* F. Darrell Munsell, ''From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America'' Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2009. xi + 392 pp. |
* F. Darrell Munsell, ''From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America'' Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2009. xi + 392 pp. ISBN 978-0-87081-934-6. |
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*Sylvia Ruland, ''The Lion of Redstone'' Johnson Books, 1981. 116 pp. |
*Sylvia Ruland, ''The Lion of Redstone'' Johnson Books, 1981. 116 pp. ISBN 978-0-93347-255-6 |
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==References== |
==References== |
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|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=John C. Osgood |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Industrialist |
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Industrialist |
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|DATE OF BIRTH=1851 |
|DATE OF BIRTH=March 6, 1851 |
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|PLACE OF BIRTH=Brooklyn, New York |
|PLACE OF BIRTH=Brooklyn, New York |
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|DATE OF DEATH=January, 1926 |
|DATE OF DEATH=January, 1926 |
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|PLACE OF DEATH=Redstone, Colorado |
|PLACE OF DEATH=Redstone, Colorado |
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[[Category:People from Brooklyn]] |
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[[Category:People from Colorado]] |
[[Category:People from Pitkin County, Colorado]] |
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[[Category:Progressive Era in the United States]] |
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Revision as of 07:23, 12 March 2012
John C. Osgood | |
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![]() Colorado Industrialist | |
Born | |
Died | January 3, 1926 | (aged 74)
Occupation | Industrialist |
Spouse(s) | 1st ??? 2nd Alma Regina Shelgrem 3rd Lucille |
Parent | Samuel Osgood |
John Cleveland Osgood (March 6, 1851 – January 3, 1926) was a self-made man who founded the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company but has been referred to as a robber baron.[1] He also created Redstone, Colorado.
Biography
Early life
Osgood was born in Brooklyn, but moved with his father to Burlington, Iowa at age 6. He had a younger sister, Julia,[2] and a brother, Charles.[3] After his father died in 1859, he was sent to Providence, Rhode Island to live with family and attend school. At age 14, he was on his own, working in the office of a cotton mill where he gained business knowledge. He left for New York City at age 16 and clerked for a Produce Exchange Commission firm while attending night school. After three years there, he returned to southeast Iowa as cashier of the White Breast Fuel Company, then learned the banking business as cashier of the First National Bank of Burlington. At age 26, he took over the White Breast Fuel Company.[4][5][6]
Colorado
In the winter of 1882, Osgood was sent to Colorado to research that state's coal resources for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. He visited every mine in the state and absorbed every detail. Colorado had been a state for less than six years, and few people besides John Osgood had the vision to see the possibilities of coal. He began to obtain huge tracts of coal land, and formed the Colorado Fuel Company in 1887. The business grew quickly, and five years later, they merged with the Colorado Coal and Iron Company to form the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I), the largest in the state. The Bessemer iron works at Pueblo, Colorado became the headquarters of the new company.[4][6]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/CF%26I_Main_Office_Building.jpg/220px-CF%26I_Main_Office_Building.jpg)
Miner strikes in 1894 and 1901 were costly to CF&I, and they were mining three quarters of the state's coal in 1892.[7] Osgood testified at a committee hearing of the Colorado General Assembly following the 1901 strike. He insisted that management knew what was best for the miners and labor unions were a threat to the United States.[8]
Osgood decided to try welfare capitalism, which was becoming a popular program to eliminate the need for unions and improve the company image. In theory, contented workers are more productive and don't strike. The system provided for and controlled all the worker's needs.[8] To address healthcare needs, CF&I built a modern hospital in Pueblo for use by their employees throughout the state.[4][6]
Redstone
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Old_coke_ovens%2C_Redstone%2C_CO.jpg/220px-Old_coke_ovens%2C_Redstone%2C_CO.jpg)
Osgood established Redstone, Colorado in the late 19th century as a company town. 249 coke ovens were built to turn coal into coke. The Crystal River Railroad was constructed to facilitate transportation of the coal from the mines at Coalbasin just over four miles to the west, and the coke to the foundries in Pueblo.[9]
Redstone became Osgood's experiment in welfare capitalism. Worker housing in mining towns was typically primitive; most were poorly built shacks. Osgood constructed 84 Craftsman-era Swiss chalet style cottages (for married workers) and a 40-room dormitory (for bachelors), all with indoor plumbing and electricity.
A school was constructed to educate the children of workers, and the Redstone Club was completed in 1902 at a cost of $25,000 ($880,000 in modern dollars[10]). It contained reading rooms stocked, according to a New York Times article, "with papers in different languages, the best of the weeklies and magazines".[4] A library, a small theatre, and a bathhouse were also part of the structure. The latter permitted workers to shower or bathe and change clothes after work.[4][9][11]
A saloon was also part of the Club, with card tables and pool tables, but specific rules were strictly enforced. To avoid drunkenness, the "No treating" rule prohibited buying rounds of drinks. The only gambling allowed was penny ante poker and dime wagers on pocket billiards.[4]
Other community facilites included an irrigated garden with a couple of acres available to each employee to grow vegetables, a public barn for worker's livestock, and a washhouse for laundering clothes and linens.[4][6]
Castle
A dominant feature one mile from Redstone is Cleveholm Manor, commonly called "Redstone Castle" or "Osgood Castle", an opulent 42-room Tudor-style mansion that Osgood built for his second wife, Swedish Countess Alma Regina Shelgrem. Construction of the 24,000 ft2 residence, which was designed by New York architects Boal and Harnois, began in 1897 and was completed in 1901 at a cost of $50,000[4] ($1.76 million in modern dollars[10]).[12]
The Castle was part of a 72-acre (29 ha) estate that also included servants' quarters, a gamekeeper's lodge, a carriage house, and a greenhouse.[9][11][13] Two gatekeeper's lodges were built, one each on the north and south boundaries.[6] There was a kennel for the dogs, and the stable could shelter 25 horses, as well as cattle, hogs, and chickens. The adjacent game preserve had abundant deer, elk and bighorn sheep; a stocked pond was available for fishing.[4]
Stock fight
A collier strike at other Colorado mines left CF&I financially weakened, and Osgood successfully defended a takeover bid by John W. Gates of Chicago.[4] However, billionaire John D. Rockefeller and heirs of Jay Gould eventually won a stock war in 1903.[7]
Osgood had lost control of CF&I, but he still owned the town of Redstone and Cleveholm. The new CF&I management was unsupportive of social programs, and Osgood was forced to abandon his experiment, devoting no time to the endeavor, and no subsequent social programs were ever attempted.[8] To combat unionization, he used violence to intimidate union organizers and members, imported unskilled immigrants, hired ethnic or racial groups that disliked each other, became influential in local and state governments, and colluded with other mine operators.[8]
After he started the Victor-American Fuel Company, his stays at Cleveholm became infrequent. His principal residence became New York City, but he travelled frequently, spending time at Palm Beach and cruising to Europe. Cleveholm was boarded up in 1913.[6]
Strike
There was a general mine strike throughout Colorado from 1913-14. By this time, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. controlled CF&I, but for the most part, he was an absentee owner.
The three largest mining companies involved, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Victor American, and Rocky Mountain Fuel, had a joint committee for establishing policy concerning the strike, but Osgood was the dominant voice. Osgood organized a publicity campaign to discredit the workers and union. He pressured Colorado Governor Elias M. Ammons to deploy the National Guard to the mines. Following the strike, he used his influence to persuade the judiciary to prosecute strikers. The reforms proposed by Rockefeller were delayed at Osgood’s insistence. Rockefeller speculated that Osgood was trying to embarrass Rockefeller into selling his ownership of CF&I back to Osgood.[8]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ruins_of_Ludlow_restored.jpg/220px-Ruins_of_Ludlow_restored.jpg)
Based on principle, the mine operators steadfastly refused to negotiate with the union or agree to government arbitration. Over the course of a year, frustration and anger on both sides grew and led to the Ludlow Massacre in 1914.[8]
The Hastings Mine disaster occurred in 1917, killing 121.
Death and afterward
Osgood married three times, but fathered no children. He and Lucille, his third wife, returned to Redstone in 1925 when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Osgood died at Cleveholm in 1926 and his ashes were scattered throughout the Crystal River valley. Lucille tried to transform the estate into a resort, but the worldwide depression of 1929 doomed that plan.[6]
Cleveholm Manor and the gamekeeper's cottage are both independently listed on the National Register as Osgood Castle and Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge, respectively. As of 2004, the Castle still contained 75 percent of its original furnishings.[14] The historic dormitory in Redstone, which is independently listed on the National Register as Redstone Inn, is now operated as a resort inn, offering year-round accommodations.[9] Many of the cottages are still used as homes.[9][11] The Redstone Coke Oven Historic District was established, and several dozen ovens will be stabilized, with a few completely restored.[15]
Notes/Further reading
- F. Darrell Munsell, From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2009. xi + 392 pp. ISBN 978-0-87081-934-6.
- Sylvia Ruland, The Lion of Redstone Johnson Books, 1981. 116 pp. ISBN 978-0-93347-255-6
References
- ^ "The Redstone Story re-lives the industrialization of the West" Redstone, Colorado website, history
- ^ "Miss Julia Osgood Killed by an Auto", New York Times, November 29, 1908
- ^ "J. C. Osgood reaches Denver", New York Times, September 18, 1899
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "THE NEWEST FIGURE IN FINANCE; Remarkable Career of J.C. Osgood" New York Times, September 7, 1902
- ^ Scamehorn, H. Lee: "John C. Osgood and the Western Steel Industry" Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer, 1973 Pages 133-148
- ^ a b c d e f g Simmons, R. Laurie and Whitacre, Christine; Template:PDFlink, History Colorado, March 1989, pp. 13–14. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ a b "Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp" Baker Library at Harvard Business School, Lehman Brothers Archives Online]
- ^ a b c d e f Doetsch, Ethan: "From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America" Economic History Assn, June 3, 2009
- ^ a b c d e "History of the Redstone" The Historic Redstone Inn website
- ^ a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ a b c "History of Redstone", Redstone Community Association website, accessed March 28, 2010
- ^ Madigan, Nick: "Town Comes To the Aid Of Its Castle" New York Times, September 8, 2004
- ^ Redstone Castle, AllAspen.com website, accessed March 28, 2010
- ^ Colorado: Transfer of Ownership of Redstone Castle, Redstone, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, June 1, 2004
- ^ Urquhart, Janet: "Redstone coke ovens return to former glory" Aspen Times, May 30, 2011