TERRITORIAL DAUGHTERS OF COLORADO SOUTHERN CHAPTER

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Lectures and Events

The Great War Hits Home

November 11th, 2 p.m.

Presented by Western Fremont Historical Society

100 years ago the “Great War” was the main topic of conversation

all over the country. Our program will address the importance on

Western Fremont County's economy, the veterans buried in our

cemeteries, how local kilns were used to support the war effort

etc. Join us and we welcome your sharing your stories, artifacts

and pictures. Members no charge. Non-members $5.00 For more

info:719-207-6015 or 719-942-3409

Location: Howard Hall, 5510 Cty Rd 45, Howard, CO

Fort Garland Museum Fundraiser

December 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

The biggest fundraising event for the Friends of Fort Garland.

Come enjoy a great get together with food, fun, door prizes and a

silent auction.

Call Fort Garland Museum at 719-379-3512 for more information

or reservations.

Location: Fort Garland Museum, 29477 CO-159, Fort Garland,

CO

November Birthdays

Betsy Denney—Nov. 13

In this issue:

• TDC T-Shirts

• November Birthdays

• Lectures/Events

• Article Submission

•2018 Meetings

•Chapter News

•Bylaws Update

•Henry Moore Teller

•November Calendar

2018 meetings

April 21—Colorado Springs Area

May 19—Walsenburg area, Southern Chap Elections

June –State Meeting Denver Chap.

July 21— La Veta Area

Aug 18—Canon City Area

Sept 22—San Luis Valley Area

October 20—Pueblo Area

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Territorial Daughters T-Shirts

Margaret Stiles Storm has designed a wonderful T-Shirt for us. The T-

Shirt has an embroidered TDC emblem on the upper left front. The back

has a screen print of the Spanish Peaks. Prices vary by T-Shirt size. If

interested please contact Margaret or territorialdaughters@gmail.com

November 2017

WANTED: History Articles

Please submit articles on Southern

Colorado History and Genealogy for

the newsletter and website to territori-

aldaughters@gmail.com. Newsletter

articles should be about 1 page. No

limit on length for the website. Pic-

tures can be included.

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Southern Chapter News

Bylaws– The Southern Chapter Bylaws have been updated. All changes were approved by a

vote at the October 21st meeting. A printed copy will mailed to all Southern Chapter members

after the first of the year. Electronic copies were emailed to everyone on the email list. See the

new Article IV on dues below.

Special Event– We will be planning a fun get together for January or February. Watch your

email and website for more information.

The Southern Chapter voted in new version of the Chapter Bylaws at the October 21, 2017, meeting. The following is the new Article IV section concerning dues. This was the section with the major changes.

ARTICLE IV

DUES

Section 1.

STATE DUES: The annual dues of the state level organization of the TDC are one dollar

($1.00) to be collected and sent for each member in one check to the state treasurer no later

than April 1 of each year. State Newsletter fees for each member are $1.75 (printing and

mailing), which will be sent at the same time as dues. Total is $2.75 per member to State.

Section 2.

CHAPTER DUES: Local chapter dues shall be $20.00 for each member. Of this, $2.75 will

be sent to State. The remaining $17.25 stays at the local level for dues (local general fund).

Billing notices and return receipts from the treasurer.

Section 3.

The total amount per member is $20.00 and must be paid to the treasurer by April 1st of each

year. Upon non-payment of dues for two (2) years, that member will be dropped from the

TDC roster. To be reinstated, member must pay current year’s dues, plus a $10.00 re-

instatement fee.

Section 4.

If there is any change of member status, the member must request the change in writing, to the treasurer. This includes financial inability to pay dues, moving to another chapter or no longer able to participate. If assistance is not requested Section 3 will be imposed.

November 2017

Henry Moore Teller

Henry Moore Teller (1830-1914) was born in Granger, New York to John and Charlotte Moore Teller in 1830. Teller worked as a teacher to earn money to put himself through law school. He moved to Illinois and practiced law for three years. He helped establish the Republican Party in Illinois and attended the Republican Conven-tion of 1860 that nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Republican Party presidential candidate. Teller moved to Central City, Colorado in 1861. He married Harriet Bruce and had a daughter (Emma) and two sons. Teller served as one of the first U.S. Senators from Colorado. He served from 1876 to 1882, when he was appointed the U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Chester Arthur. He served as Secretary of the Interior until 1885, when he returned to being Colorado Senator. Teller served as U,S, Senator for Colorado until 1909. He switched parties to the Silver Republicans then to the Democrats during his tenure in office. Teller was a contro-versial senator since he supported use of sil-ver to back U.S. currency and for his dealings with the Ute Indians. Teller died in Denver in 1914. Teller County was named for Henry Moore Teller.

His daughter Emma Teller Tyler attended Wellesley College before marrying Dr. George Tyler in Washington D.C. The Tyler's made their home in Denver Colorado. Emma was an early member of the Territorial Daughters of Colorado. Dr. Tyler was instrumental in im-proving the Department of Health for the State of Colorado.

For more on Henry Moore Teller see: https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/henry-teller

November 2017

Henry Moore Teller in 1902. Photo

from the Library of Congress digi-

tal collections

Emma Teller Tyler was an early Territorial

Daughter of Colorado member. Photo from

Findagrave.com

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

29 30 31 1 2 3 4

Halloween

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

The Great War, How-

ard, CO

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Betsy Den-

ney’s birthday

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Thanksgiving

26 27 28 29 30 1 2

Friends of Fort Gar-

land Fund Raiser,

Fort Garland

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Meeting and Event details available on the website, or by contacting The Southern

Chapter at territorialdaughters@gmail.com

November 2017