The Cobalt Souvenir and Cook Book was organized by the Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church of Cobalt, credited as the Ladies of the Presbyterian Church. The Presbyterian Church held it’s first service in 1905, one year after the town of Cobalt had been established during the Cobalt Silver Rush. The silver rush began in 1904, after high amounts of silver had been found in 1903 by rail workers looking for timber in the area. In 1907, the Presbyterian Church purchased a plot of land, that would act as the permanent site for the church. In 1908, the Presbyterian Church would publish the Cobalt Souvenir and Cook Book, their first and only publication. The church would then sell the cookbook as part of a fundraising event. The money was used as a “community booster,” which aided in the development of the growing town of Cobalt, and it was most likely used to aid in paying for the Church’s new building. Due to the nature of Cobalt’s shallow silver veins however, Cobalt’s silver ran low very  quickly, and people began to leave Cobalt rapidly. Come 1914, attendance at the church would drop to 40%. To deal with the declining attendance, the Presbyterian Church merged with the Methodist Church of Cobalt, becoming the Cobalt United Church. Still, this merger was not enough to stop the declining attendance rate. The United Church is no longer active due to this, and has shut down, but the building is still standing and under private ownership.