Colorado Coal and Iron Company was formed in 1880 when three Denver and Rio Grande subsidiaries controlled by
William J. Palmer merged. These were the Colorado Coal and Steel Works Company, the Central Colorado Improvement Company, and the Southern Colorado Coal and Town Company. In 1888,
Edward J. Berwind was president. In 1890 the company appointed Henry S. Grove to serve as president. Grove, a recognized "Captain of Industry" would eventually merge the company with the Colorado Fuel Company to form the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, which for many years was Colorado's largest employer and dominated industry around the state for decades.
Pueblo, CO, retrieved February 20, 2010
See also
Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture
References
External links
Bessemer Historical Society
Steelworks Museum
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080513082329/http://www.osm.com/LocationsFacilities/RockyMountainSteelMills/tabid/71/Default.aspx
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