Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor

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Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor was a famed 19th-century American socialite and mining heiress whose dramatic rise from poverty to wealth and subsequent fall from fortune became a legendary tale of Colorado’s silver boom and bust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
mining heiress
socialite
associatedWith Leadville silver mines
Matchless Mine legend
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
culturalDepiction subject of books about Colorado history
subject of plays and operas about the Tabor story
ethnicGroup American of European descent
hasCharacteristic great wealth during middle life
poverty in early life
poverty in later life
hasLegend that she remained loyal to the Matchless Mine even after losing her fortune
industry silver mining
influenced later portrayals of Western mining heiresses in literature and drama
popular stories about the Colorado silver era
knownAs Baby Doe
linked to: Baby Doe Tabor
knownFor being a prominent figure in Colorado high society during the silver boom
legendary rags-to-riches-to-rags life story
movement Gilded Age high society
narrativeRole American folk-legend figure of the silver boom era
notableFor Colorado silver boom and bust
dramatic rise from poverty to wealth
fall from fortune
occupation homemaker
socialite
partOf history of Colorado mining
history of the American Old West
placeOfActivity American West
Colorado
residence Denver, Colorado
Leadville, Colorado
Matchless Mine, Colorado
sexOrGender female
significantEvent later years spent in poverty at the Matchless Mine
loss of fortune after the collapse of silver prices
marriage to Colorado silver magnate Horace Tabor
spouse Horace Tabor
timePeriod 19th century
Colorado Silver Boom

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Matchless Mine significantPerson Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
The Ballad of Baby Doe subject Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
subject linked to: The Ballad of Baby Doe (opera)
The Ballad of Baby Doe character Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
subject linked to: The Ballad of Baby Doe (opera)
Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor knownAs Baby Doe Tabor
subject linked to: Elizabeth
linked to: Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
Elizabeth McCourt Tabor alsoKnownAs Baby Doe Tabor
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Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt alsoKnownAs Baby Doe Tabor
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Harvey Doe spouse Baby Doe Tabor
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Lillie Tabor mother Baby Doe Tabor
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Lillie Tabor hasRelative Baby Doe Tabor
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Silver Dollar Tabor mother Baby Doe Tabor
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Baby Doe cabin associatedWith Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
Baby Doe cabin namedAfter Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
Willow Song characterSungBy Baby Doe Tabor
subject linked to: "Willow Song"
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Letter Aria character Baby Doe Tabor
subject linked to: "Letter Aria"
linked to: Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
Letter Aria basedOnCharacter Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor
subject linked to: "Letter Aria"
linked to: Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor