BLACKHAWK, COLORADO

1861

In the Colorado Territorial election, an "L. Peabody" was listed as having voted at the "Lake Gulch Quincy City" precinct. Lake Gulch is located about one mile south of Blackhawk in Gilpin County. The  only other Peabody voting was a "John Peabody" in a precinct in Georgia Gulch. The presumption is that "L. Peabody" was indeed Lelon Peabody, and this suggests that he was not in the Breckenridge area until a later date.