1932 LETTERHEAD SALIDA COLORADO, FRANTZHURST RAINBOW TROUT CO.

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1932 LETTERHEAD SALIDA COLORADO, FRANTZHURST RAINBOW TROUT CO.   ORIGINAL.
1925 TO 1950
ADDRESS: MT SHAVANO TROUT AND FUR FARM
LARGEST COMMERCIAL TROUT FARM IN AMERICA
WRITTEN TO: P G PARVIN, STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER
BRANCHES IN COLORADO SPRINGS & CASCADE COLORADO, LARAMIE WYOMING
Frantzhurst operated from 1925 to 1950. The trout farm in the beautiful Rocky Mountains had an attractive rustic cabin building.  The personality of the place and the quality of the fish attracted attention from national press and many celebrities came to visit. The fish were shipped all over the country.
"In the 1930s, the Frantzhurst Rainbow Trout Company of Salida shipped their product fresh in wooden boxes covered with ice by truck and refrigerated railway car. Two million pounds of rainbow trout went annually to clubs, hotels and restaurants from coast to coast who found its “firm white flesh” as good as advertised. The company employed about 30 people and was second only to the Royal Gorge Bridge in attracting tourists to this area."
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