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Elizabeth Warren Timeline — Pioneer, Hospital Founder, Contractor

  • **circa 1885** — Orange Scott Warren died three years after settling in Silver City. [1]
  • **circa 1885** — Took over her husband’s insurance and real‑estate business, enlarging it. [1]
  • **circa 1885** — Became the first woman appointed a general insurance agent in the Territory of New Mexico. [2]
  • **circa 1885** — Became the first woman commissioned a notary public in the Territory. [2]
  • **circa 1901–1905** — Operated the Hotel San Vicente as a sanitarium and hotel; its meals became famous. [3]
  • **circa 1905** — Hotel San Vicente closed after a flood turned Main Street into Silver City’s “Big Ditch.” [3]
  • **circa 1905** — Entered concrete contracting after Silver City decided to replace wooden sidewalks; sent to El Paso for instruction. [3]
  • **circa 1905** — Opened a sand pit, erected a rock crusher at Bullard and College Avenue, and opened a saw mill, carpenter, blacksmith and paint shops, and a rock quarry. [4]
  • **circa 1900s** — Helped raise funds to send representatives to Santa Fe to secure a legislative appropriation for a Normal School in Silver City (later State Teachers College). [4]
  • **circa 1900s** — Member of the Women’s Club and a moving spirit in the Business and Professional Women’s Club. [4]

    • Sources

    1. Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)
      strain on her arms became a terrible ache; she trembled, the precious spot of light left its target at times, and the doctor swore tremen- dously. Four hours of time did that, the first operation in Silver …
    2. Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)
      r City’s first plate-glass was dragged across the sandy wastes by ox cart. The Indians were still on the loose when Mrs. Warren became the “man of the family,” for not until 1886 did Geronimo sub- mit to …
    3. Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)
      en entered a new bn&i-- ness. She acquired the old Timmer Hotel, a three-story brick structure containing 50 rooms, on Broadway between Hudson and Main streets. This she remodeled and re- named the Hotel San …
    4. Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)
      She opened a pit of excellent sand, erected a rock crusher at Bullard and College avenue, then opened a saw mill, and carpenter, black- smith and paint shops, and a rock quarry. To the success of this venture…
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