Young men pose at a storefront in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; lettering, advertisements, boxes and flour bags read: "Rifle Flour Mills," "Member of Federated Cereal Mills of America," "Flavo Rifle Flour," and "Vitacreme Breakfast Wheat."
The election was held August 19, 1861. Data was taken from Poll Books Volumes 1, 2 and 3. These books area also on microfilm at the Colorado State Archives, 1313 Sherman St. Room 120, Denver, Colorado 80203.