Colorado Coal and Iron Company
Colorado Coal and Iron Company was formed in 1880 when three Denver and Rio Grande subsidiaries controlled by William J. Palmer merged. These were the Colorado Coal and Steel Works Company, the Central Colorado Improvement Company, and the Southern Colorado Coal and Town Company. In 1888, Edward J. Berwind was president. In 1890 the company appointed Henry S. Grove to serve as president. Grove, a recognized "Captain of Industry" would eventually merge the company with the Colorado Fuel Company to form the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, which for many years was Colorado's largest employer and dominated industry around the state for decades. See also 
Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture

References

External links 
 Bessemer Historical Society
 Steelworks Museum
 https://web.archive.org/web/20080513082329/http://www.osm.com/LocationsFacilities/RockyMountainSteelMills/tabid/71/Default.aspx

Pueblo, Colorado
Companies based in Colorado
American companies established in 1880
Manufacturing companies established in 1880
Energy companies established in 1880
1880 establishments in Colorado