Frank Mayer (Colorado)
| Frank H. Mayer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 28, 1850 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | February 12, 1954 (aged 103) Fairplay, Park County Colorado, USA |
| Resting place | Fairview Cemetery in Salida, Colorado |
| Residence | Park County, Colorado |
| Occupation |
Multiple occupations, including: |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Monroe Mayer (married 1877–1921, her death) |
Multiple occupations, including:
Buffalo hunter
United States Army colonel
Frank H. Mayer (May 28, 1850 – February 12, 1954) was a frontiersman of the American West. He was a United States Army colonel, a buffalo hunter from 1872 to 1878, and as the U.S. marshal in Buckskin Joe in Park County in central Colorado. He spent his later years in Fairplay, the county seat of Park County.
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayer moved with his family in 1855 to Pennsylvania, where he spent his boyhood engaged in hunting, fishing, and firearms. He once said that his life goal was to see as many gunshops as possible, and that he did.
At thirteen, Mayer became a drummer boy in the Union Army, in which his father was an artillery officer. Mayer claimed to have witnessed several major battles including Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1862 and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863. He claimed as well to have been a witness to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, Virginia.
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