Motherlode of Names

River Portal was the East Portal for the building of the Gunnison Diversion Tunnel.  Not everyone that worked on the entire tunnel project lived at River Portal.  My family wasn't the only family listed as living here on the 1910 census.  Maybe your family / your ancestors lived here too?  Even if they weren't from Colorado they may have come here seeking employment.  Maybe you'll discover a connection to this wonderful but little known tunnel as well.  So here are the surnames listed at River Portal on the 1910 census.  I'll tell you more about some of the individuals involved with this project later.

I'll list the names in order of their household number.  Some were families and others bunked together in groups.

1.  Lines

2.  Bryan

3.  Warren & Speckman

4.  Lyall

5.  Quarles 

6.  Comstock

7.  Matzke

8.  Noonan 

9.  Dougherty 

10.  Benston (or Bunston?)

11.  Groves 

12.  Engelking 

13.  Riley & Carey

14.  Belcher

15.  Dawson

16.  Kinyon 

17.  Mason 

18.  Dougherty & Dixon 

19.  Williams 

20.  Dougherty 

21.  Lacher 

22.  McGillis, Winnet, Graham, Chambers, Moser, Blight, Gilbert

23.  McNeil, McIntyre, Brsell (?), McDonald, Rose, Pettit

24.  Collier, Briggs, Diegnan, Haller, Workman, Kelson, Adamson, McCandless, O'Brien, Cate

25.  Lindhard, Morgan, Hicks, Pryor

26.  Hansen, Venstron, Payne, Patterson, Hambledon, Straigel;

27.  Irvine, Nichols, Krebs, Hill, Tisdall, Burns, Killian, Turini, Jensen, Moberg, Giroux, Collison

28.  Shields, Chuoski, Salogub, Erikdsen, Brecht, Colsict, Berry, Fisher, Woodring

29.  Cheney, McGuire, Williams, Haney, Eastwood, Mullaney, Cosgrove, Barker, Funk, Kerr  

Whew!  About 95 surnames!  I hope some of you will recognize some of yours in this group.