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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Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
mining heiress
socialite
associatedWith Leadville silver mines NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Colorado NERFINISHED
residence Denver, Colorado NERFINISHED
Leadville, Colorado NERFINISHED
Matchless Mine, Colorado NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
timePeriod 19th century
Colorado Silver Boom NERFINISHED

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Matchless Mine significantPerson Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
The Ballad of Baby Doe (opera) subject Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
subject surface form: The Ballad of Baby Doe
The Ballad of Baby Doe (opera) character Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
subject surface form: The Ballad of Baby Doe