ALDEN, Elisha 3 -at age 18 accompanied parents to Canada; a short time later left parental roof and went to Springfield, MA where he worked in a factory; also employed in a factory at Wilbraham, MA -after 5 years returend to Canada -m. in 1840 after which he engaged in farming -1855, migrated to MN and opened a meat market in Louisville, MN -1858, moved to St. Cloud, MN where he pur- chased and cultivated farm land -1860, formed one of Colorado's pioneers leaving MN 12 March 1860 and crossed the