Horace bought a block-long mansion in Denver for Lizzie, with 100 peacocks kept on the lawn, and built Denver's Tabor Grand Opera House. Gossip and rumors of Baby Doe's "scandalous" past persisted, and she was never accepted into Denver's exclusive high society. Even so, she continued to support and donate office space for the Suffrage cause. At this time, the Tabors were one of the five wealthiest families in the country. By their accounts, they had a happy home and were in love. Engraved silver coins were given out to announce the birth of their first daughter, Lillie; their younger daughter was named Rose Mary Echo Silver Dollar Tabor, and called Silver Dollar.

Tabor's mines, including the Matchless, brought in millions in silver for years, until 1893 when the US moved to a gold standard and the value of silver (and the Tabors' fortune) came crashing down...

(continued in part 4)