Emil Fischer
Fischer (1838 or 1839 in Dresden, Saxony – September 23, 1898 in Silverton, Colorado) published six detailed maps of the San Juan area of southwestern Colorado between 1883 and 1898. A surveyor's son, he came to America around 1872. He moved to Durango in 1880 when the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway to the San Juan attracted widespread attention, then to Silverton.
Emil Fischer
- Born
- 1838
- Died
- 1898
- Occupation
- cartographer
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Fischer (1838 or 1839 in Dresden, Saxony – September 23, 1898 in Silverton, Colorado) published six detailed maps of the San Juan area of southwestern Colorado between 1883 and 1898. A surveyor's son, he came to America around 1872. He moved to Durango in 1880 when the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway to the San Juan attracted widespread attention, then to Silverton.
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Born in 1838, died in 1898.
Emil Fischer (1838–1898) was a cartographer.
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- 1.Montezuma Journal, Cortez, Colorado, September 30, 1898, page 4
- 2.Freda Carley Peterson, The Story of Hillside Cemetery, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, Volume 1, A-L, Revised (Silverton, CO: San Juan County Historical Society, 1966), p. F-10
- 3.Note attached to image of Fischer’s 1886 map on rare-map dealer Barry Ruderman’s website
- 4.Daily Journal, Telluride, Colorado, September 26, 1898, page 1
- 5.E-mail from Barry Ruderman, August 12, 2014
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