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20-3510: Winfield may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Winfield, Alberta Winfield, British Columbia United States [ edit ] Winfield, Alabama Winfield, Arkansas Winfield, Georgia Winfield, Illinois Winfield, Indiana Winfield, Iowa Winfield, Kansas Winfield, Maryland ( southern Carroll County ) Winfield, Missouri Winfield (town), New York Winfield, Pennsylvania Winfield, Tennessee Winfield, Texas Winfield, West Virginia Winfield, Wisconsin Winfield Township, Michigan Winfield Township, Renville County, Minnesota Winfield Township, New Jersey Winfield Township, Pennsylvania West Winfield, New York People [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Military [ edit ] Winfield Scott Edgerly (1846–1927), United States Army general Winfield Scott Hancock (1824–1886), United States Army general and unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1852 Winfield Scott Schley (1839-1911), United States Navy admiral Winfield Scott (1786–1866), United States Army general and unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1880 Winfield Scott (chaplain) (1837–1910), United States Army chaplain Winfield W. Scott Jr. (1927–2022), United States Air Force general Winfield W. Scott III , United States Air Force general Politics [ edit ] Winfield Dunn , (born 1927) governor of Tennessee Winfield T. Durbin (1847–1928), governor of Indiana Winfield Ervin Jr. (1902–1985), mayor of Anchorage Winfield Scott Hammond (1863–1915), governor of Minnesota Winfield Moses (born 1943), mayor of Fort Wayne Winfield M. Kelly Jr. (1935–2023), Maryland politician Other [ edit ] Winfield Scott Chaplin (1847–1918), American academic administrator Winfield Scott Hastings (1847–1907), American baseball player Winfield Scott (songwriter) (1920–2015), American musician Winfield Townley Scott (1910–1968), American writer Winfield Scott Stratton (1848–1902), American capitalist Surname [ edit ] Adam C. Winfield , American soldier accused of war crimes Antoine Winfield Sr. (born 1977), American football player Antoine Winfield Jr. (born 1997), American football player, son of Antoine Winfield Sr. A. R. Winfield (d. 1887), American Methodist preacher Bert Winfield , (1878-1919) Welsh international rugby union player Charles Winfield , 1830s New York politician Charles H. Winfield (1822–1888), US congressman from New York Dave Winfield (born 1951), Hall of Fame Baseball player Gene Winfield (born 1927), American automobile customizer John Winfield (born 1944), English footballer Lauren Winfield (born 1990), English cricketer Paul Winfield (1939-2004), American actor Percy Henry Winfield , professor of law Richard Dien Winfield (born 1950), American philosopher Thomas Winfield (born 1963), American politician Commerce [ edit ] Winfield (cigarette) , an Australian brand of cigarette produced by British American Tobacco Winfield Carburetor Company, Los Angeles based maker of carburetors , owned by Ed Winfield Own-brand goods sold by

40-412: A population of 238 living in 85 of its 98 total private dwellings, a change of 6.3% from its 2011 population of 224. With a land area of 1.07 km (0.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 222.4/km (576.1/sq mi) in 2016. This Central Alberta location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Winfield Scott Stratton On July 22, 1848, Stratton

60-460: A simple life in a wooden house on Weber Street after he became wealthy. He did not seem to have long-lasting relationships with women until he had a short marriage with Zeurah Stewart. She became pregnant before their marriage in 1876. Stratton did not believe that the baby was his child and was often angry and jealous. She returned to her family and the marriage ended. He had a housekeeper for many years named Eliza, with whom he could be brusque. She

80-558: Is a hamlet in Alberta , Canada within the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 . It is located at the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 20 , approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Wetaskiwin . Winfield experiences a subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc ) that borders on a humid continental climate ( Dfb ) The average January temperature is −9.1 °C (15.6 °F), while

100-432: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Winfield had a population of 193 living in 85 of its 96 total private dwellings, a change of -18.9% from its 2016 population of 238. With a land area of 1.07 km (0.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 180.4/km (467.2/sq mi) in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Winfield had

120-507: The British retailer, Woolworths Group See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Winfield Winnfield, Louisiana Wynnefield, Philadelphia Winfield Joad, fictional character in novel and film, The Grapes of Wrath Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Winfield . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

140-470: The average July temperature is 15.5 °C (59.9 °F). However, temperatures as low as −44.5 °C (−48 °F) and as high as 34.0 °C (93 °F) have been recorded. Winters are cold and dry with a snow pack from mid-November till early-April. Summers are warm with long days; most precipitation falls during summer as rain from thunderstorms. July has the most precipitation of any month with an average of 131.1 millimetres (5 in) as rain. In

160-467: The creation and maintenance of the Myron Stratton Home . He did, though leave $ 50,000 each to his son, Harry Stratton of Toulon, Illinois and other relatives. Stratton left the bulk of his estate for the establishment of the Myron Stratton Home , for "the aged poor and dependent children." It is named for his father Myron Stratton. A bronze statue of Stratton by Nellie Walker was placed on

180-573: The grounds of his estate in 1909. Another casting of Walker's statue of Stratton stands in downtown Colorado Springs. Stratton was inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame . In 1967, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum . The actor Gene Evans was cast as Stratton in the 1964 episode, "Sixty-seven Miles of Gold", on

200-899: The land to build the Colorado Springs City Hall , Mining Exchange building, and Post Office and Federal Courthouse in Colorado Springs. He donated the money for the construction of the El Paso County Courthouse, which is now the Pioneer Museum . He paid for the construction of the Independence Building, where he had an office. He bought the streetcar system that became the Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway and spent $ 2 million improving it so that it had 36 miles of tracks and 56 cars. The line ended in

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240-546: The liver and diabetes . By the time he was 43, he was tall, thin and frail with silky white hair. His personal physician Dr. D.H. Rice traveled with him on long journeys because of his poor health. He died at his home on September 14, 1902, at 54 years of age. His body was visited by more than 8,600 people at the Mining Exchange Building the day before he was buried in southeastern Colorado Springs at Evergreen Cemetery . When he died, most of his estate went towards

260-757: The money from the sale of the Martha Washington mine to work the Independence Mine. He found a gold vein close to the surface worth $ 3 million in 1893. He earned an average of $ 1 million each year until 1899, which made him the first millionaire of the Cripple Creek Gold Rush . In 1899, Stratton sold Independence mine for $ 11 million. Stratton also had an interest in the Portland mine . Stratton invested in real estate in Denver, Colorado. He provided

280-459: The money in his estate for the Myron Stratton Home . Mr. Stratton had done for this city and the Cripple Creek district very much what Mr. Tabor had earlier done for Denver. His wise and public-spirited use of the money have entitled him to a place in the public remembrance which will endure for many years. He gave money to prospectors or others in need and he paid for schooling for a teen who

300-401: The southwest park of Colorado Springs at Stratton Park , which Stratton donated to the city. The Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway became one of the best streetcar systems in the country. The Colorado Springs Millionaires played at the city's first professional baseball stadium, which was built by Stratton. It was located at the corner of Cheyenne Boulevard and South Tejon. He donated

320-756: The winter, including working on the house of Helen Hunt Jackson and the McAllister House . In 1874, he began prospecting for gold and silver in the summers. He was unsuccessful in San Juan County, Colorado , but he started prospecting in the Cripple Creek Mining District and located the Martha Washington mine, which he sold for $ 80,000. Stratton filed a claim for the Independence mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado on July 4, 1891. He used

340-424: Was a talented violinist and provided all the laundresses in the town with bicycles. After the Cripple Creek fire of 1896, Stratton paid for food and shelter for many left homeless by the fire. He is said to have written a check for $ 5,000 to "Crazy Bob" Womack, the prospector who first discovered gold at Cripple, but was down on his luck. He gave $ 20,000 to Horace A. W. Tabor when Tabor was broke. Stratton lived

360-608: Was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana . Stratton's parents were Mary and Myron Stratton. Stratton is a descendant from the Windsor, Connecticut line of the Stratton family. Stratton's mother had twelve children; of four boys, he is said to be the only one who lived beyond childhood. In 1860, Mary and Myron had nine children aged from 22 years to six months of age: Diantha, Harriet, Anna, Winfield, Mary, Virginia, Luella, Jesse and Ada. Stratton

380-649: Was called the "suffering but faithful housekeeper Eliza" in the Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West book. He became reclusive and eccentric. He drank and read a great deal, but rarely had guests or went out socially. Stratton was fond of a quote by William Henry Channing , 19th-century religious thinker and part of the Transcendental movement: Stratton lived at 115 N. Weber St. in Colorado Springs. He had failing health due to cirrhosis of

400-518: Was the only male child at that time. Stratton learned carpentry in his father's shipyards. After he moved to Colorado, he studied geology at Colorado College and studied metallurgy at the Colorado School of Mines in 1874. In August 1872, Stratton worked as a carpenter for $ 3 a day in Colorado Springs, Colorado area. Stratton joined the Carpenter's Union, and built furniture and homes during

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