Spencer Penrose: Builder and Benefactor

by Joyce B. Lohse

Joyce B. Lohse?s seventh Colorado biography covers the larger-than-life story of Spencer Penrose?mining magnate, developer, philanthropist, and so much more. Born in Philadelphia in 1865 to a patrician family, he was the fourth of seven sons. Following a lackluster career at Harvard, he started a business in New Mexico and eventually joined the Colorado real estate business of Charley Tutt, a childhood acquaintance. The business owned the C.O.D. Mine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865411905
• ISBN13: 9780865411906
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Filter Press, LLC
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"