at 14th and Arapahoe. In 1871, their daughter Anne was born. She played a key role in the development of the Central City Opera, Civic Center Park, the Denver Public Library, and the Denver Art Museum. John's daughter, Josephine, married Samuel Hitt Elbert. She died as a young woman and Evans built the Evans Memorial Chapel in her memory. In 1868, John Evans and Samuel Elbert purchased land near Evergreen, Colorado for a summer retreat and ranch called Evans–Elbert Ranch. Evans was in poor health in the last year of his life and his wife became the executor of his estate in November 1896. He died in Denver on July 2 or 3 in 1897. Legacy John Evans' daughter, Josephine Evans Elbert, was married to Samuel Hitt Elbert, the sixth Governor of Colorado Territory from 1873 to 1874. Mount Evans is named in Evans honor, and Mount Elbert is named in honor of his son-in-law. The name may soon be changed to Mount Blue Sky after the indigenous Arapaho people. In 1963, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. During the 21st century, Evans's legacy came under renewed scrutiny for his beliefs regarding Native Americans. Colorado State Historian David Halaas said, "When it came to Indians, Evans believed they didn’t have souls, that they were heathen savages, they were infernal—all words that he used to describe Indian people." See also History of Colorado Law and government of Colorado List of governors of Colorado Territory of Colorado University of Denver Northwestern University Notes References External links Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Study Act of 1998 The Governors of Colorado @ Colorado.gov Biography of John Evans @ Colorado.gov 1814 births 1897 deaths Colorado Mining Boom Evanston, Illinois Governors of Colorado Territory Colorado Republicans Northwestern University faculty People from Waynesville, Ohio People of Colorado in the American Civil War University of Denver people Physicians from Indiana American people of Welsh descent University and college founders Illinois Republicans 19th-century American politicians Methodists from Illinois Converts to Methodism Methodists from Indiana Methodists from Colorado Founders of schools in the United States