William H. Baldwin was born in Massachusetts in 1835 according to the 1870 census. The obituary published in the Gazette speculated that he might have been born in Queen's County Ireland in 1827. This latter speculation can't be corroborated through facts.
The title "Judge" was bestowed on him as he was the judge of sheep at the Territorial Fairs. He was the town drunk in a town that was supposed to be free of billiard halls, saloons, and bawdy houses. Never the less there were billiard houses in Colorado Springs and William Baldwin frequented them.
Judge Baldwin was an owner of the area known as Templeton's Gap. He raised large herds of sheep in the area but the alcohol got the best of him and his pocket book. In 1873 his herd was estimated to be over 1000 head valued at about $4. per head.
William had lived all over the world. He had lived in South America before coming to Colorado and had been "scalped" down there in a skirmish with a local tribe. He avoided a second scalping when he was attacked by a war party travelling south, east of Colorado City on September 3 1868. Stories differ as to whether the group was Cheyenne or Arapahoe.
On November 3, 1873 Judge Baldwin met his untimely end. Much mystery surrounded his death. He was found at the bottom of a well in the slaughter house of Green and Stitzer on the east side of town. His pockets were turned out and his wallet was missing. It was deemed an accident. He died a pauper with no family here.
The title "Judge" was bestowed on him as he was the judge of sheep at the Territorial Fairs. He was the town drunk in a town that was supposed to be free of billiard halls, saloons, and bawdy houses. Never the less there were billiard houses in Colorado Springs and William Baldwin frequented them.
Judge Baldwin was an owner of the area known as Templeton's Gap. He raised large herds of sheep in the area but the alcohol got the best of him and his pocket book. In 1873 his herd was estimated to be over 1000 head valued at about $4. per head.
William had lived all over the world. He had lived in South America before coming to Colorado and had been "scalped" down there in a skirmish with a local tribe. He avoided a second scalping when he was attacked by a war party travelling south, east of Colorado City on September 3 1868. Stories differ as to whether the group was Cheyenne or Arapahoe.
On November 3, 1873 Judge Baldwin met his untimely end. Much mystery surrounded his death. He was found at the bottom of a well in the slaughter house of Green and Stitzer on the east side of town. His pockets were turned out and his wallet was missing. It was deemed an accident. He died a pauper with no family here.
William H. Baldwin was born in Massachusetts in 1835 according to the 1870 census. The obituary published in the Gazette speculated that he might have been born in Queen's County Ireland in 1827. This latter speculation can't be corroborated through facts.
The title "Judge" was bestowed on him as he was the judge of sheep at the Territorial Fairs. He was the town drunk in a town that was supposed to be free of billiard halls, saloons, and bawdy houses. Never the less there were billiard houses in Colorado Springs and William Baldwin frequented them.
Judge Baldwin was an owner of the area known as Templeton's Gap. He raised large herds of sheep in the area but the alcohol got the best of him and his pocket book. In 1873 his herd was estimated to be over 1000 head valued at about $4. per head.
William had lived all over the world. He had lived in South America before coming to Colorado and had been "scalped" down there in a skirmish with a local tribe. He avoided a second scalping when he was attacked by a war party travelling south, east of Colorado City on September 3 1868. Stories differ as to whether the group was Cheyenne or Arapahoe.
On November 3, 1873 Judge Baldwin met his untimely end. Much mystery surrounded his death. He was found at the bottom of a well in the slaughter house of Green and Stitzer on the east side of town. His pockets were turned out and his wallet was missing. It was deemed an accident. He died a pauper with no family here.
The title "Judge" was bestowed on him as he was the judge of sheep at the Territorial Fairs. He was the town drunk in a town that was supposed to be free of billiard halls, saloons, and bawdy houses. Never the less there were billiard houses in Colorado Springs and William Baldwin frequented them.
Judge Baldwin was an owner of the area known as Templeton's Gap. He raised large herds of sheep in the area but the alcohol got the best of him and his pocket book. In 1873 his herd was estimated to be over 1000 head valued at about $4. per head.
William had lived all over the world. He had lived in South America before coming to Colorado and had been "scalped" down there in a skirmish with a local tribe. He avoided a second scalping when he was attacked by a war party travelling south, east of Colorado City on September 3 1868. Stories differ as to whether the group was Cheyenne or Arapahoe.
On November 3, 1873 Judge Baldwin met his untimely end. Much mystery surrounded his death. He was found at the bottom of a well in the slaughter house of Green and Stitzer on the east side of town. His pockets were turned out and his wallet was missing. It was deemed an accident. He died a pauper with no family here.
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