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Title A name given to the resource Obituaries for Ada Paxson and Arthur Stevens Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1942-08-27 Subject The topic of the resource Genealogy Obituary Paxson, Ada 1874-1942 Stevens, Arthur 1869-1942 Description An account of the resource An obituary for Ada Paxson and Arthur Stevens as taken from the Flagler News in 1942. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Flagler News Language A language of the resource English Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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Title A name given to the resource Obituaries for Gustaf Bergman and Glenn Bushnell Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1942 Subject The topic of the resource Genealogy Obituary Bergman, Gustaf 1885-1942 Bushnell, Glenn 1894-1942 Description An account of the resource An obituary for Gustaf Bergman and Glenn Bushnell as taken from the Flagler News in 1942. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Flagler News Language A language of the resource English Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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Title A name given to the resource Obituary for Albert Polzin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1942-12-10 Subject The topic of the resource Genealogy Obituary Polzin, Albert 1851-1942 Description An account of the resource An obituary for Albert Polzin as taken from the Flagler News in 1942. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Flagler News Language A language of the resource English Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary for C. W. Smith Description An account of the resource An obituary for C. W. Smith as taken from a hand written letter dated 1955. Subject The topic of the resource Smith, C.W. 1858-1955 Obituary Genealogy Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hand written letter Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text/PDF Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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Title A name given to the resource Obituaries for Israel Broadsword, Catherine Finegan and Emory Hoard Description An account of the resource An obituary for Israel Broadsword, Catherine Finegan and Emory Hoard as taken from the Burlington Record in 1952. Subject The topic of the resource Broadsword, Israel 1847-1952 Finegan, Catherine 1886-1952 Hoard, Emory 1885-1952 Obituary Genealogy Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hand written letter Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text/PDF Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Obituaries 1950 https://kccarchives.cvlcollections.org/files/original/17/483/Families-H1.pdf 68ac81036a489051a5264bc3303bea90 PDF Text Text outstanding softball pitcher and in 1932 led Seibert to the district basketball tournament. Jay (#3) followed in his older brother's footsteps by excelling in everything he undertook. Ventan (#4) died at an early age in the influenza and diphtheria scourge of the early 1920's. Robert (#5) was the youngest of the boys and carried on the Guy tradition in grand style. Then, "Lo & Behold," along came a girl Ada May (#6). She was the baby for many years and Hanison even reserved a seat on the school bus for her. Today in 1986, there are four of the Guy family left. Leroy is retired from thorobred horse training and lives in Phoenix. Garland is retired from Ford Motor Co. after 35 years of service and is really enjoying life by raising, breeding and racing thorobred horees in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Robert lives in Lag Vegas, Nevada, and baby Ada May and her husband, Merle, live in Phoenix where they slso race horses in Arizona & New Mexico. The Guy family has cnrne a long way from Grandpa & Grandma Jeffries and the Hotel and Poolhall in Seibert, Colorado. by Ada May Midgett GUY - WEMMER FAMILY filing the final papers it was discovered they were not yet 2L, the legal age to file a homestead claim, and they had to relinquish these claims. They then helped their father on the ranch until they were 21. At that time Francis turned the ranch over to his sons and moved to Eads, Co. where he opened a general merchandise store which he owned and operated until his retirement, then moving to Canon City, Co. In 1916 Jerry and Mabel (Pugh) were married and they and Jess continued the ranching operation. In the crash of "29" they lost the ranch. At this time Jess moved to Westcliffe, and later to Canon City where he owned and operated a green house. Jerry remained in the area, farming at various locations in the north part of Kit Carson County until in 1938, when he bought the old John Knodel homestead in the Settlement from the Federal Land Bank. In 1948 he retired and sold the farm to his son David, moved to Stratton, where he lived until his death in L977 at the age of 91. Eight children were born into the family. Richard of Bethune Colo., Jane (Bandimere) of Arvada, Colo., David of Stratton, Colo., Leona (Chapman) of Mesa, Arizona, Margaret (Chapman) of Mesa, Arizona, Pauline (Berver) of Silver City New Mexico, Joanne (Wolfl of Monte Vista, Colo., and Roberta (Kindred) of Spokane, Wash. Mabel passed away on April g, 1986 at the F246 age of 92 years and 9 months. by David Guy HALL FAMILY r.247 We, Robert and Maxine Hall, moved from southeastern Kangae in May 1948, to a farm 15 miles east of Fountain, Colo., known as the Hanover District. In Sept. of that year, our son James Michael (Mike) was born. In May of 1950, we moved to Flagler, Co. where farming prospects seemed much better. We beca-e acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Wright of Flagler and he rented us some farm ground. We lived on the corner three fourths of a mile northwest of Flagler, where the oil road turns to the north. This house was owned by Guy Spear of Liberal, Kansas. He was the manager of the Baughman Land Company. He rented us more ground to farm. Our daughter, Vicki Sue, was born in March 1955. We bought a lot at the north edge of Flagler, from Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Huntzinger and built a quonset on it. In 1959, Mr. Spear wanted to sell the house and have it moved. We bought it and Hnm61 $1t"* helped us move it over to the lot where the quonset was. We remodeled it and are residing there at this time. Our son Mike, graduated in 1966 as class Valedictorian of the Flagler High School. He went on to the college at Boulder, Colo. and then to Medical School at Denver General in Denver. In June L972, he married Kathy Lorince, daughter of Delin and Tony Lorince of Arriba, Colo. Mike served in the Air Force in Washington, D.C., and their daughter Michelle Delin was born there, in March 1975. About two years latcr Mike was trans- GWYN - FISTIER FAMILY ferred to San Antonio, Texas. Later, he moved to Colorado Springs where they reside In 1906, the J.A. "Gus" Gwlrn family came at this time. Their son, Mathew Lorince, was born in April 1979. Mike is an Anesthesiologist at Penrose Hospital. Our daughter, Vicki, graduated as Saluta- they homesteaded on the SW 1/r -23-8-50. In 1918, they returned to Nebraska. In 1921, the youngest son, James Gwyn, returned to School. She went to college in Greeley, Colo. where she majored in Special Education. After graduating in June of 1977, she married F246 to Flagler from Decatur, Nebraska, where Flagler where he worked for the late C.J. Farr. On October L6, t924, he was married to lda Fisher. They lived on several places along the Republican River. In L942, they returned to their own place which was land Jim had bought from his father early in 1924. Their children were: Albert, born November 7, torian of her 1973 class at Flagler High Robert Sanderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sanderson Sr. of Greeley. She began teaching at Madison Elementary. She got her Masters Degree in 1985 and is still residing and teaching at Madison, in Greeley. by Mrs. Robert llall 1927, and Margie, born September 10, 1929, on the original A.C. Fisher homestead, where their mother was born. Agnes was born Jess and Jerry Guy. No one is sure oftheir age in this photo but a good guess would be 18 months to two years. They were born August 30, 1886. In the late 1800's Francis and Matilda (Wemmer) Guy moved from the Wichita, Kansas area, along with their three children, daughter Myrtle (1884), twin song Jess and Jerry (1886), and their possessions in a covered wagon, possibly the last covered wagon coming to this area. They settled first at Laird, CO. then sometime later moving to a ranch north and east of Kirk, Co. When Jegs and Jerry turned 18, they each filed for a homestead north and west ofJoes, Colorado. After proving up their claim and August 8, 1932, in a eod house on the Wm. Kneis homestead. The family struggled along in the thirties - eating beans, going to town with the team and wagon - selling a few eggs, a dab of home churned butter to buy necessary groceries. Mr. Chas. Blake, the grocer, of Seibert provided a small sack of candy as a treat for the kids. In February of 1957, Jim and Ida traded their ranch for property in town and moved to Flagler. Jim passed away in December, 1959. Ida still lives in Flagler, enjoying her family and busy with her many hobbies. by Ida R. Gwyn HALL. GREENWOOD FAMILY F248 My parents, Winford (Wink) Scott Hall and Julia Boletta (Letta) Greenwood of Stratton, Colorado were married January 10, 1912 in Kit Carson County. They were early settlers of the county having homesteaded land as early as 1906. Winford was born May 31, 1882 in Knox County, Missouri. He was the son of William Graves Hall and Beatrice Maud Scott. His father was from Indiana and mother from Kentucky of Scotch-Irish ancestors. Boletta was born September 8, 1894 in Franklin County, Nebraska. She was the daughter ofTheodore Greenwood and Laura Delilah Haskins. Theodore and Laura were originally from Wisconsin. They moved to �County, Colorado where they stayed until about 1928 moving to Barry County, Missouri and then to Barton County, Missouri. They continued to be a farming family. Winford and Boletta had 4 children: Faye Winifred (Johnson), Portland, Oregon, Frances Dee (Daniel), Springfield, Missouri, Ray Alney, East Carbon, Utah and Alice Lee (Varner), Willard, Miesouri. Winford Scott Hall died April 7, 1975 and Julia Boletta (Greenwood) Hall died November 5, L977; both are buried in Clear Creek Cemetery in IIANSEN, JOIIN AND CORA F260 Greene County, Missouti. My parents had to work hard but had a very interesting life. At times when we would travel across Kansas by automobile they would point out places where they had spent the night in a covered wagon as they made two trips by wagon. One summer just after they were married they followed a threshing machine around the country during harvest season. My father hauled water for the steam engine and mother and another girl had the cook shack. They certainly had a long exciting life together celebrating 63 years of marriage before my father died in 1975. Winford Scott and Julia Boletta Hall - 50th by Alice Hall Varner Wedding anniversary' LXiz. IIALL, CLAUDE II. FAMILY F249 John and Cora Hansen, 1948 1917, Sod house of neighbors. Winford Hall standing behind man holding child. Julia Boletta Hall setting behind their two girls, Francis and Faye. Nebraska about 1886 staying there until about 1900 when they moved to Smith County, Kansas. Theodore and Laura moved to Kit Carson County about 1908 and homesteaded land south of Stratton. Theo- dore and Laura had five children: Frances Maud (Burggraff), Julia Boletta (Hall)' Harry Howard, Laura Ellen (Lowe), aod Russell Lyman. Laura Delilah Greenwood died November 10, 1934 and Theodore Greenwood died May 11, 1937. They are both buried in the cemetery at Burlington, Colorado. Winford Hall first came west from Missouri about 1906 in search of adventure and his goal to homestead land which he did. He filed his homestead affidavit with the Land Office at Hugo, Colorado on September 20, 1906 for 160 acres in Section 29, Township 10S. He moved on to the land in February 190? and farmed 35 acres the first year, 45 acres in 1908, 80 acres in 1909, 90 acres in 1910,95 aqes in 1911. In 1909 he filed for an additional 160 acres and proved claim to the land in 1912. The improvements made on the first 160 acres was a sod house 12x16 ft., sod and frame stable 16x40 ft., adobe henhouse 8x10 ft., frame buggy shed 8x12 ft., well, pump, windmill and tank, 13l miles wire fencing. Value $600.00. After Winford and Boletta were married they continued to live on the land in Kit Carson County until about 1919 when they moved to the Arkansas Valley in Bent Claude and Annie Hall along with their four children, Thomas, Goldie, Claude and Inez, resided on a farm in Clay County, Nebraska, until February 26, 1923, when they moved to a farm north of Burlington, Colorado. The farm was one mile south of the Broadsword School which the children all attended until they graduated from the eighth grade. Mr. Hall and family engaged i! farming 1320 acres of land adjacent to and near the farmstead. In 1933 they purchased a property in west Burlington and converted an unused paint shop into a residence and chick hatchery. Local poultry flocks were upgraded and the poultrymen sold eggs to the hatchery for producing the chicks. Baby chicks, ducklings, and poults were hatched for sale to growers, as well as pheasants for the State Game Commission. In 1936 Mr. Hall moved to Lakewood, Colorado, where he engaged in contracting and building homes. His son, Tom and his wife, Myrtle Kreoger Hall, remained in Burlington and operated the hatchery until 1939 when they, too, moved to Lakewood and joined his father and brother in the building business. When the building material freeze developed in World War II, the building came to a halt and the family members accepted positions with the duPont Company's Remington Arms Division to aid in the war effort. by Thomas Merlyn Ilall John Hansen and animals he made as a hobby John and Cora Hansen were maried May 9, 1906 on a cloudy, rainy day. They went 25 miles in a horse and buggy to be married in Orion, Kansas. They resided in and around Oakley, Kansas until 1911 when they moved to Cedar, Kansas where my father dug wells by hand and followed the threshing machine for a living. In 1914 they moved back to Orion, Kansas where Daddy worked on a farm. The farming was done the modern way of 1911, by horse and the walking plow. In 1928 my parents rented a farm and Daddy built a four room sod house south of Oakley, Kansas. It was in 1928 that he bought his first tractor and a Model T car. Their only means of transportation until this time was the horse and buggy. The next 6 yean saw them thru the dirty 30's. During this time their only means of heat were "Grassolines" (Cowchips). They would pick them by the wagon loads and stack them in a stack like you would bundles of feed. These were very hard times as it was for all the people in the 30's. Daddy worked asl an assessor for the county. He would do a lot of it on horse back, going from farm to �farm. One time he got caught in a dirt storm, so black that he couldn't see where he was going, so he just turned the horse, Buster, loose and he took him home. I do remember this terrible storm, guess just because Daddy wagn't home. In 1935 my parents moved to Firstview, Colorado on a farm south ofthere, where they rented a farm from J.W. Baughman. Daddy drove the school bus and Mother was the cook at the school in Firstview. She was the first cook at this school when the government put the hot lunch progrnm in the school. They received commodities and that time we paid 100 for dinner. Mother baked all the bread for the school. In 1941 we moved to Stratton. My parents purchased the Asa Wood farm southeast of Stratton. While on this farm they farmed and raised Hereford cattle. In 1948 when illness forced them to retire from farming, they moved to Stratton. They purchased the Ivan Houtz property. While living in Stratton, my father was the caretaker for the city park. The park at that time had not been taken care of and he restored it back to it's beauty. He enjoyed this so much. He enjoyed visiting with the people who came to use the park. Many times tourists would come back geveral years in a row and made sure that they would stop to visit with him. His hobby was making animals out of plywood. He made a complete set of Hereford cattle. He made a windmill that the wheel even turned. He placed these animals in the yard, which was a great attraction to many people, as they looked so real. My mother was active in the Legion Auxilary and the Ladies Aid. They celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in May of 1956. Many friends and relatives came to help them celebrate. Shortly after that bad health forced them to go to the Grace Manor Nursing Home in Burlington, Colorado. Theywere fortunate to be able to celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary before one was taken in death. My father passed away in 1968 and Mother passed away in 1971. They were blessed with 3 children, Letha, Hillis and Netha. Letha Gee lives in Denver; Hillis passed away in 1956. Netha Kindred lives in Stratton. Colorado. They had five grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. by Netha Kindred HANSEN, JOHN AND ROSIE F261 This article prepared by Lewis A. Flansen, Ann Misner, and Bernice E. Rudnik for the Centennial of Kit Carson County, Colorado. Our father, John Theodore Hansen, was born in Prasto, Denmark September 1, 1889 to Mr. and Mrs. Rasmuss Hansen. He came to America in 1906 and becnme an American citizen. Our mother, Rosie LaZetta Clark, was born to Elias Luther and Eva May Clark on June 2, 1905 in Hornell, New York. John and Rosie were united in marriage October 9, 1920 in Page, Nebraska. To this union ten children were born. After the death of their daughter, Eva May, the decision was made to leave Page, Nebraska and move to KitCarson County, Colorado. Wanting to provide a country environment for their children, they purchased a 160-acres farm one mile east and two miles south of Seibert in 1930. The children's names are IIARDIN FAMILY F262 Irene M. Hansen (Zahnter), Doris M. Hansen (Stewart), Nels R. Hansen, Hans P. Hansen, Louise E. Hansen (Harsh), Kenneth R. Hansen, Lewis A. Hansen, Anna Belle Hansen (Misner), and Bernice E. Hansen (Rud- nik). Because of ill health and bad times, Dad and Mom lost the farm in December 193?. Dad then moved to Nebraska and Mom stayed on in Colorado. She made her home in Seibert, then moved to Vona in 1941. She always enjoyed a large garden and, of course, her pet cow, which only she could milk. After manyyears of separation, Dad and Mom were divorced in 1945. Dad passed away Januar5r 19, 1958 in O'Neill, Nebraska. In 1946, Mom moved to Elsie, Nebraska for a year and a halfand worked as a housekeeper, then returned to Vona. Then on March 24. 1952, Mom married John Gray of Vona. He had been in World War I and also worked on the railroad. In later years, he took care ofthe cemetery grounds. Mom and John moved north of the schoolhouse in Vona until the school wanted to enlarge the football field. They sold the place and bought another home east of the Oasis Service Station. John had a small rat terrier dog which he took everywhere. He put a dish pan on the fender of the tractor for the dog to ride in. Mom had a passion for bright colors in her sewing and needlework and she loved to make beautiful tatted edgings for pillowcases and gifts. Then, in 1970, they moved to a retirement home in Buena Vista, but they didn't like it there and returned to Vona. John was enlarging the house and building a garage in September 1973 when he fell and broke his hip. Needing care, they moved to Grace Manor in Burlington. In December, he learned to walk again only to have a stroke and he died December 27,1973. Mom stayed at Grace Manor a short time and one day the discontented lady walked to the bus stop and went home to Vona. After several stays between daughters and nursing homes, she became ill and had surgery in January 19?8. She passed away October l9?8 and was buried in Vona. At the time of this writing, two sisters and one brother are deceased. Eva May died shortly after her birth and Doris Hansen (Stewart) burned November 11, 1945 in Stratton when she put kerosene in a hot coal stove. Kenneth Hansen was killed in Korea July 20, 1950. Irene is now a retired widow living in Syracuse, Kansas. Hans and his wife are now retired and living in New Jersey. Nels and his wife are farming in Walback, Nebras- ka. Louise is working at a nursing home in LaJunta, Colorado. Lewis and his wife are now retired and living in Northglenn, Colorado. Ann and her husband are farming north of Seibert, Colorado. Bernice and her husband are operating a paint and repair service in Burlington, Colorado. by Bernice Rudnik A.V. and Christine Hardin with great-grandsons, Steven and Kris Barber. Alton and Christine Hardin met in White Hall, Wisconsin; they were united in marriage July 21, 1906. In May 1907 on the ?th they came to Colorado where they homesteaded on a place west of Smelkers which is some eighteen miles southwest of Stratton. His parents, a brother Ralph and wife Anna, all came together. They brought two carloads ofhorses, machinery and house- hold goods. His parents put up a sod house. Part of them slept and ate there, but A.V.'s had a tent at first. They did not have any good sod, so Alton dynamited some rock on their place and built a two room rock house. Later they had to go to Goodland, Kansas, where A.V. got a job in the round house. They rented out their land to Ed Lowe, father of Art Lowe, who had lived neighbors to them in Augusta, Wisconsin. Faye was a baby then . . a very wee baby who needed a doctor's care if she was to live, so Christine and A.V. had two reasons for moving to Goodland. Because she was a skilled dressmaker and millner, Christine found much work also in Goodland. Every year they had to break out ten acres of sod on the claims, so Alton would come home every so often on the train from Goodland, riding in the engine and scooping coal for his ride. When his brother and father preempted their claims and paid one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, Mr. Hardin sent his horses back to Wisconsin as he thought they were not getting enough to eat. While he worked in Goodland, the depot there was a two-story affair, had some apartment, a dining room and a regular hotel within the depot building. In 1912 they witnessed the "big blizzard" that caused the death of so many cattle. The Lange outfit had about seven thousand head and lost most of them. Walter Harrison also lost most of his. Harrison and his helper got lost in the blizzard and cnme to Hardins' fence, followed it to their house, and came in and stayed all night. Lange had an angle fence from Cheyenne Vvslls nlmegl to Hardin's house, but after the blizzard the fence didn't stay long. The wires were cut loose and left laying on the ground. [t was at this farm home that they reared their two children, �Jess and Faye. This was their home for most of forty years. That stone part of their homestead is still standing. When the Hardins came to Stratton it had but recently been renamed from "Claremont" to "Stratton;" the name "Claremont" had not yet been removed from the depot. The forty-odd years in eastern Colorado were not always happy years for the usual hardships of pioneering confronted them, and the cycle of drouth and years of abundance that is a characteristic ofthis part of the United States had to be weathered. They always felt that the drought of the 1930's was the most severe trial. The Hardins owned the first automobile in their community,a 1916 Overland, which made trips to town less strenuous especially for Mrs. Hardin who learned to drive the car. A.V. and Christine saw many changes in Eastern Colorado, especially in Stratton which had very few buildings when they arived. Their daughter Faye and son Jess attended the Smelker School. Faye went to Vona High School, leaving in 1929 to go to California. Both children went to California, maried and raised their families. A.V. and Christine moved into town in Stratton in 1948, and again built their home which is where their daughter Faye now resides. A.V. always went to help the neighbors work on windmills. In his last years he was often seen sitting in his back yard grinding files and making knives for his friends. On Sunday, July 22,1956, an open house was held at the American Legion Hall in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. A.V. fell and broke his hip and passed away in a nursing home in February, 1963. He is buried in Stratton Cemetery. Faye carne to take care ofher father, and when he was gone she remained to care for her mother. Chris- tine spent many hours making beautiful afghans which she gave to her cloee friends for wedding gifts. She always made all her own dresses, sewed for Faye and often for others who appreciated her dressmaking skills. A.V. and Christine both loved to dance. Christine continued to go to dances until her death at the age of95. She is buried along side her husband. by Faye Mohr sorority meetings filled the rest of their time. Daughters Joan Todd and Jean Andersen, both won 4-H trips to National 4-H Congress at Chicago in their foods projects. We enjoyed many good meals as they were learning their skills. After both were in college at Colorado State University, we planned a trip to ward off the empty nest syndrome. Visiting our Capital at Washington D.C., museums and theater at New York City, we found another dimension. In the spring of 1963, John had a survey done to determine the feasibility of another bank in this area. The need for a banking facility was indicated and John chartered the First National Bank at Burlington. In August the charter was approved by The Comptroller of Currency and with a lot of work the bank was ready and open for business in October of 1963. The need was there and with the support of the local stockholders, the F253 Our bumper sticker should read "Native" as both John and Norrene Harker were born in Eastern Colorado. John was born only three miles from where he established the headquarters for his farm which is twenty miles north and three miles east of Burlington. Eugene L. and Shirley Harker were his parents. They were from Missouri Valley, Iowa. Norrene was born at Holyoke, Colorado and raised near Arapahoe. She is the daugh- ter of Wilbur and Mildred Summers. The Arapahoe High School was attended by both John and Norrene and twenty years later by both of their daughters. Their life was adventuresome with ranching and raising wheat. Then the many social activities of church, school, 4-H, trapshooting, lodge and In 1882, Harrison married Miss Mary E. Knight of Bolivar, Missouri, and to them were born four children, Myrta, Millard, Carl (thats me) and Mary. In about 19fi), father moved to Wallace Co., Kansas, not far from Sharon Springs and Weskan, and in time acquired land, some on each side of the Kansas-Colorado line, about twenty miles south of Kanorado, where he carried on his cattle business, partly in Kansas and partly in Colorado. During the spring and summer of 1911, the grass didn't even green up on the surrounding range. So father decided that something had to be done concerning cattle pasture. In the late summer he rode west up into Colorado board ofdirectors, the main street businesses, until he found some wonderfully good grass the ranchers and farmers, the totals of the bank have continued to grow year by year. In about 20 miles southwest of Stratton. He located a homesteader who had become dissatisfied with the lot of homestead life, 1968, the Kit Carson State Bank was offered for sale by Don Collins to John. The transac- tion was made with John C. Clark also purchasing an interest and operating the bank as CEO. After his death in 1975, Bruce and Jean Andersen purchased his shares and now operate the bank. Another honor in banking was John's when he was elected President of the Colorado Bankers Association in May of 1976 after having served on the Board of Directors for four years. The bill for the electronic transfer of funds became an Act after many weeks of meetings during John's year of service. In the spring of 1977 , we made a move from the farm to the new home we had built on the golf course north of town. We still are not in town but so much closer. This is really nice for the business and social activities we are involved in. The Pink Ladies, Heart Fund, Woman's Club and Ladies Golf have all made claims on my time. Thirty years of living on the farm and also still being engaged in wheat production, has given us a real appreciation of the land and the tremendous capabilities of agriculture in these wonderful United States. Now with the loss of exports, a whole new set of problems must be dealt with. Our faith in God, in the land and in the fine young people of our country is the very substance that will be needed for the changes that lie ahead. HARKER, JOHN AND NORRENE and started for Kansas. They arrived at the Doc Hayes ranch near Russell, Kansas, in the fall of 1877, where they both took up homesteads, began farming some and getting started in the cattle business. As it is written in Psalms 128, we are blessed with grandchildren. Joan and Doug Todd live on a ranch at Rexford, Kansas. They have three children, Jay Todd, Jeff Todd and Jody Todd. Jean and Bruce Andersen at Kit Carson, Colorado have two sons, Aaron Andersen and Seth Anderson. With many successes in their own activities, they have already shown their capabilities and will be contributing citizens wherever their future plans will take them. by John E. and Norrene Harker HARRISON A. \ry. F264 A.W. Harrison was born near Birmingham, Ohio, in 1856. In 1877, on becoming of age, he and a neighbor boy between them bought a team of horses, harness and a light wagon and bought his relinquishment, got immediate possession, rode back home and moved his family and 600 head of cattle to their new home in October of 1911. It looked like a good deal, the cattle were filling up on the big grass and the free range was elmost limitless. Along in the late November, big snow storms began. Twelve to fourteen inches covered the ground and with it ca-e gale winds that whipped the snow into furious blizzards almost every day. There was six inches of grass under the snow but it didn't do a cow any good down there as they can't paw it out like a horse does. There was no other feed available in the country as the few homesteaders barely raised enough for their own use. At last father managed to buy a stack of feed from a neighbor, paying $75.00 for a couple of tons of cane, which was badly needed for horse feed. And so the winter continued, new snow being added every few days and blizzard conditions existing whenever the wind blew, which was often. Finally, an attempt was made to plow the snow off the grass with an A shaped snow plow made of lumber and pulled q'ith four horses. Some days they had a fair degree of success and the cattle would follow the plow and get some grass that was uncovered in this way. But on windy days the snow plow tracks would fill up with snow shortly after they were plowed out. Two car loads of cotton cake had been ordered earlier and had been delivered to Stratton, but it was a man sized job to buck the deep snow and blizzards everyday to and from Stratton. Father hauled it all himself with a four horse team and wagon, as it was impossible to hire a disinterested man to make the trip. It was a trip to Stratton one day and back the next, 20 miles each way. There were few fences and no lanes in those days and the road to Stratton was an angling cross country trail almost the entire distance. On some days when night would catch him before he got home and the trail would be completely covered with drifting snow, he would lose his way and wander until he would find some neighbor's place where he could spend the night. On one occasion when he had lost his way but was still continuing to travel in what he thought was the general direction of home, his team stopped suddenly and �dozed a few winks between rounds. On awakening he found that a large chunk had been chewed from his coat tail and about four feet of his bullwhip was missing. Despite the very gtrenuous life of the early settlers here and the tragic and discouraging results of their efforts, a great many of them made astonishing comebacks, continuing on in the only life and buginess that they knew. A.W. Harrison continued in his cattle operation at the old ranch site until 1928 at the age of 72. He and mother retired to an easier life at Colorado Spring, Co. by J. Carl Harrison HARRISON, E. E. F266 Elmer Ellsworth Harrison, the son of William and Anna Hanison, was born at The Building of the Rock Island Railroad two and one haU miles west of Vona, taken in 1887. Forman Bill of Roy Leapar standing on the track. E.H. Haynes, old time regident of Vona helped in the construction of the railroad near Bethune. Mrs. Jack McConnells grandfather, Albert Bradghaw was also in the crew. would not move any further regardless of his urging. He went around in front of the horses to see if he had come to a fence, but instead of finding a fence, he fell off a bank into the snow beneath which he was unable to see, but his horses could see. Some nights on losing the road he would get in deep drifts and he would have to leave his load until the next day. On one such occasion he traveled toward the only lightthat he could see and eventually arived at the homestead of A.V. Harden where he stayed until morning. ' At last father got the cake all hauled but cake alone with no filler wasn't sufficient feed for cattle. There was no way of getting the cattle to the railroad to move them out to feed and no way of getting enough hay to them if intended planting to corn and feed, and which was not fenced. The neighbor was it could have been bought. So before the snow melted off in the spring some time in March, father had lost more than half of his herd. father had lost 365 head of cattle, mostly big It kept one man busy skinning cattle most of the winter. The store keeper in Vona (Newt Howell) and others in Stratton used to say of father that he would bring in a wagon load of cow hides and take out a wagon load of supplies. Those starving cattle would eat anything that they could chew, such as harness straps, rope, soft posts, gunny sacks, rags, and clothing. They even chewed the twist off each others tails or horses tails if they could get them. In the spring, after the bone yard had rotted away, we found a great many hair balls as big as baseballs and smaller, that had formed in the stomachs of the cattle. In the spring of L912, father was notified taken somewhat aback when father offered to furnish posts and wire and help him fence his 40 acres and he could work out the cost of material working for father at his odd spare time on the ranch. The neighbor being somewhat belligerent before his call on father refused the offer, but when he reported at the next Association meeting, the offer that father had made him in regard to fence, the rest of the members of the Association quickly realized that they had nothing to fear of a man of that caliber, so their Farmers Protection Association just simply fell apart from that time on. Before grass came in the spring of 1912, steerg. Harrison had plenty of shed room for his cattle, but considering the outcome that wasn't too good an idea as the cattle with nothing to eat spent most of the time in the shed. The ground floor of which soon was llamped up into about a foot of sticky mud not fit for them to lay down in. After standing up constantly for a week or two, some of the weaker or tired ones would lie down. Then because they were so tightly crowded in the shed there would be 15 to 20 in a pile unable to get up because of the jam. So usually some on the bottom of the pile would be dead before we could get them all up. It became necessary for a man to stay up with the cattle at night constantly walking back and forth in the shed to keep them from piling up. by registered letter from his new homesteader neighbors that they had organized "The Farmers Protection Association" and in the event that his cattle trespassed on any member'g land, that he (Harrison) would be sued for domages by the Farmers Protection Association and assess their own estimate of Eventually we decided to try shutting them out of the shed at night, only to experience damages. Shortly after the letter arrived, a near neighbor, one of the Association members, made a personal call on father to give personal warning not to let his cattle trespasg on his forty acres of plowed land that he never stood up again. This tragic heart-breaking experience oc- Racine, Wisconsin on August 19, 1863. His father and mother were married at Maisey, l{ampton, England, on November 15, 1853 and sailed from Liverpool bound for the United States in the sailing ship, The Adriatic, on May 10, 1854. They arrived at New York on July 4th and from there they traveled overland to Racine, Wisconsin where the family lived until 1873. In that year they moved to Clay Center, Nebraska. On February 5, 1888 he married Mary Josephine Yarnell. They moved to Dundy County Nebraska where he had filed a timber claim and planted five acres of trees. For the benefit of better schools, Mr. Harison, with his family, moved to Burlington, Colorado in the fall of 1897 and purchased the Montezuma Hotel which he operated for several years. During this time he carried mail on a Star Route from Burlington to Goff, the home of J.T. Jones, thence to Lansing, the Lee Yount Ranch, and from there to Yale, the home of Sam Schaal Sr., a distance of 45 miles, using horses and a spring wagon or top buggy. In four years he missed only one trip because of snow. He served two terms as president of the school board, and was justice of the peace for ten years. In 1906 he filed on a homestead four miles south of Burlington which he improved and farmed until he proved up on it, and moved back to Burlington in 1909. During this year, Mr. Harrison and members of his family moved to Gypsum, Kansas, where he spent some months, considering it to be beneficial to his health. In the fall they moved back to Burlington. Elmer and Mary Harrison had five chil- dren: Ella Harrison O'Brian, Ethel, and Gertrude Harrison Punshon of Boulder, and two sons, Ben and Hobart. The Harisons were active members of the Methodist Church. a worse condition. The cattle driven from the wet would lie down on the snow and ice in the corral in temperatures around zero a good bit of the time, and would freeze their legs from their knees down and consequently they casionally had a humorous happening. One of the hired men who was assigned to keeping the cattle on foot at night, got sleepy and HARTMAN FAMILY F256 Ed and Eda Hartman moved from Blue Hill, Nebraska, to Colorado in 1925. They bought a half section of open prairie eleven and one half miles south west of Stratton. They moved a team of horses nnmed Dick �HARTMAN - VANCE FAMILY F268 A big snow in 1930 near the Hartman farmetead. SOth Anniversary of Herman and Augusta Hartman, married Sept, 11, 1919 in Stanton, NE. Taken Sept. 11, 1969 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bur- lington, CO. also. The family name 'Hartmann' became 'Hartman'when Herman choge the drop the second n. Four children were born to this union: Hilda, Regina, Cecilia, and Ewald. Hilda died when one year old of indigestion. Due to the asthmatic condition of Regina, the September 11, 1954 when Ed and Eda Hartman won first prize as a bride and gtoom in a Stratton Day parade. and Dan, some bales of hay, and their furniture on the Rock Island train. Ed and Eda with their children, a daughter Louise, and a son Howard, followed in a Model T car. The furniture was surrounded with bales of hay in the yard in all kinds of weather while the house was being built by an uncle. I do not recall where the folks lived until a room in the house was finished enough to live in, but Howard and I went to stay with our aunt and uncle, Jennie and Louie Waechter, so we could go to school which was at Green Knoll. Later we attended Grandview. After the house was built, a cave was dug and a barn was built. Ed and Eda broke the farm ground with Dick and Dan. Eda worked in the field right along with her husband Ed. They cut across the prairie to get groceries from Stratton. Sometimes they went with a wagon pulled by Dick and Dan, sometimes in the Model T. Sunday School was started in the Grandview country school and they attended regularly. They saw many hardships when the great drought had set in with the crop failures that followed and the dust storms becoming more frequent. Then came the grasshoppers. Ed and Eda loved to be in Stratton parades. In 1954 they won first prize by dressing like a bride and groom in their old buggv. Their daughter, Louise, married Norman Smith in 1938 and they had three sons, Dean, Doyle and Denis. Howard never married and helped farm at home. by Louise Smith HARTMAN FAMILY F267 August Herman Hartman was born 3-91888 in Stanton Co., Nebraska. He was one of fifteen children. He maried Augusta Mathilde Maria Boldt 9-11-1919 in Stanton. She was born 8-10-1897 and raised in Stanton fanily doctor advised them to move to Colorado. They were farmers in Stanton Co. so sold their farm equipment and animals. Being Lutherans, they located a Lutheran Church in Colorado and in 1938 the Hartmans with their three children made their way to Stratton, Colo. in a 1929 Model A pulling a small trailer house containing all their possessions. The pastor of the Statton church advised them to live in Burlington because of more jobs being available there. In 1942 they bought a house at 193-13th St. in Burlington. Herman worked for Ernest 1973 Beet harvest at Ewald Hartman Farm 10 miles S.E. of Burlington. The Hartmans enjoyed playing cards and belonged to card clubs. Ewald Hartman and Yvonne Vance were married November 28, 1948 at the Burlington Methodist Church by Rev. Henry Beatty. We had both graduated from Burlington High but it wasn't until after Ewald returned from serving his country in World War II in the U.S. Air Corps as a B-17 flight engineer and I had graduated from business school in 1947 that we started dating. Ewald, with the help of his Dad and mine, built a little house southwest of the Burlington Court House where we lived for ten years. Two of our children were born while living there; Joedy Allen 1950, and Jana Lou 1953. Ewald worked for various local farmers during this time. His dream of having a farm of his own became a reality when we had the opportunity to move to and eventually purchase the Bob Schleusener place 6 miles east and 5 miles south of Burlington. The 1950s had been anything but a profitable time for local farmers. The drought caused terrible dirt storms and many had left the area but that didn't dampen Ewald's enthusiasm. So, March 5, 1958 we moved to the farm with 50 chickens, 5 milk cows, and a few pieces of used equipment. It wasn't easy but In the 1950s when Bonney Dam was being we never missed a meal, were never cold, had built, Augusta furnished room and board to young men who worked on the dam. g1t" considered them "her boys". Regina worked as a waitress and later left Burlington and moved to Mesa, Arizona all the necessities and each other. Our third child, Julie Kae was born in 1959. It turned out to be a good time to get into Lucke on a ranch NE of Burlington until 1946. He then farmed for himself on a small scale till 1961 when he retired. Augusta worked as a cook at Shanks Cafe and later as a clerk at Red Front Grocery in the early 40s. Ewald also counted eggs and carried out groceries. Herman and Augusta enjoyed their work in the Trinity Lutheran Church where Augusta taught Sunday School, served as alter committee for years, and was active in Ladies Aid. She always asked newcomers at church for Sunday dinner. She was a very active member of the Kit Carson Co. Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and spent hours making or mending gowns, sheets, and other supplies. where she died of cancer in 1978. Cecilia graduated from Burlington High School and worked as a telephone operator until marrying J.D. Piner and moving to Cedar Creek, Nebraska. Ewald also graduated from BHS. He was active in football and basketball sports. He served in World War II as a B 17 flight engineer, cnme home and married Yvonne Vance. They still farm and ranch 10 miles southeast of Burlington. Herman died in July 1979 at the age of 91. Augusta is a resident of Grace Manor Care farming for things started upward in the 60s. Irrigation was starting up big and in the fall of 1962 we put down our first well. Sugar beets - a frustrating crop to say the least were good to us. But, we had a big snow in October 1969 and much of the crop was frozen in the ground before the harvest was complete. During the warmer, thawing days we \ilere able to get a few loads out each day until we finally succeeded in wallowing the last beets out of the mud and hauled to the huge piles on the ground at Peconic Receiving Station on December 23. But all the beets - could be in the piles rotted before they processed. What a terrible loss to everyone in the county. The cattle kept us afloat that Center. by Ewald Hartman year; diversification paid off. We battled the problems that went with hiring and housing migrant labor and raised beets for 20 years. �I drove a truck for twelve. Ewald served as a director, sec.-treas., and president of the Kemp Beet Growers Assoc. from 1971 to 1976. We stood helplessly watching as the hail destroyed our wheat or corn crops through the years but the successful ones always outnumbered the lost ones. The children learned how to work and helped with whatever needed to be done. Ewald did well for himself and took pride in his farming. Our son, Joedy, seemed destined to be a farmer-rancher also. We worked together watering our crops with gated pipe until replacing the pipe with circle sprinklers in 1980. We also had time to play. We were both 4H leaders when all three of our children were very active ghnmpions. We both taught Sunday School and headed the youth group in our younger years at Trinity Lutheran Church where I played the organ for 35 years while Ewald served on all the various boards and Elder. Ewald enjoyed playing in the softball and bowling leagues and served on the board of Fellowship of Christian Athletes several years. I have enjoyed sewing for years and we both enjoy golf and bridge with our friends. Our annual 4th of July barbeque for the Hartman and Vance families at the farm has become a tradition. Have missed only 2 or 3 in the past 27 yeats. Another tradition - all granddaughters come to our house during the first week of December to help trim our Christmas tree. They have supper with us, help with the trimming, and stay overnight in sleeping bags across the living room floor. Fun for all! All three of our children graduated from Burlington High. They were very active in school and sports and we followed all activi- ties everywhere. Julie was an all-stater in basketball and clothing grand champion at Colorado State Fair. October 22,t985 Ewald had double bypass heart surgery. Joedy married Susan Hitchcock, built a new home on the section and is engaged in farming. They have three daughters: Jennifer Lynn, Renee Dian, and Kelly Ann. Jana married Vince Schreivogel. They own and operate "Vince's Chevrolet, Olds, Cadillac, Inc." (formerly Sim Hudson Motor Co.) in Burlington. They have three daughters: Jessica Dawn, Andrea Jae, and Lanie Jo. Julie is finishing her masters degree in Exercise Science at C.S.U. and will marry Donald Anderson of Otis, Colo. June 7, 1986. by Yvonne Hartman HARTZLER, ALFRED JEROME F259 Alfred Jerome Hartzler bought a farm three and a half miles east of Flagler and moved there in 1916. He developed the farm by opening up small springs along the Republican River and planting trees. He stocked the ponds along the river with fish. His livelihood csme from farming and livestock. He and a group of Flagler citizens developed the Crystal Springs Park with private funds. He was a charter member of the i Threshing in days long past. Flagler Farmers Union and its first president. Even with his failing health, he was retained as honorary president of this organization until his death on December 31, 1939. He was born February 13, 1859. He homesteaded in Sherman County, Kansas in 1887 and raised his family there. His son Melven Hartzler taught school in Flagler as high school manual training instructor about 1917 and 1918. His daughter Millie Gattshall taught school in Kit Carson County south of Flagler at Fairview in 1918, 1919 and 1920. She was at West Fairhaven in 1923 and at Sunny Slope in 1951 through 1954. Evidence of the efforts of Alfred Hartzler are still to be seen on his farm in spite of nearly fifty years of neglect and misuse since his death. Duane Loutzenhizer who owns the land today is a great-grandson. by Wallace Gattshall HARTZMANN MITCHEM FAMILY F260 Jacob Hasart, my great-great-grandfather, was born in 1865 in Germany. He immigrated to Russia with his parents during the rule of Catherine the Great. They remained true Germans and could not accept the Russian way of life. He came to America in the late 1800's. While living in Russia, he married Magdalena "Lena" Weisshaar. She was born in 1867 and was only 15 when she married Jacob. Jacob and Lena, with their son Tobias, went to Independence, Missouri, after crossing the ocean. From there they went to Cope, Colorado, then to Idalia. From Idalia they went to Lawrence, Kansas. They came back to Colorado to homestead on land north of Stratton. This area was called the Russian German Settlement. This was where Germans that had immigrated to Russia settled. Jacob and Lena had three more children: Lena, John, my great-grandfather, and Jacob. Jr. "Jake". Tobias died when he was a teenager. Magdalena died in 1943. Jacob died in 1948. My great-grandfather was born in 1896. He was married to Anna Dora Adolf in 1919. Anna was born in 1900. She was the daughter of August and Kathrina Adolf. August and Kathrina were Germans who had immigrated to South Russia. In 1888, they ceme, along with their two Russian-born children Danny and Katie, to America. After living in Scotland, South Dakota, where August was a shoemaker, they homesteaded on the Russian German Settlement in 1890. They were the second family to homestead on the settlement. August was a shoe cobbler here. Anna had four brothers and two sisters: Danny Katie; August, Jr. "A.W.", who was the first white baby born on the settlement; Luella; Chris; and Gus. Anna was the young- est. Danny died in 1901 when diptheria struck the settlement. John and Anna had 2 daughters: Leota, my grandmother, and Della. Anna died in 1930 of a brain tumor. My grandmother then had to take care of the house and cook. Della was raised by A.W. and Mary Adolf. My greatgrandfather was remarried to Edith Powers in 1938. They did not have any children. They are both still living in Stratton. My grandmother was born in 1920. She mauied Verl "Buck" Mitchem in March, 1938 against the wishes ofher father. Grandpa was born in 1914 and came from Kansas when he was four years old. In his early twenties he worked for Jake Hasart for awhile, then for John. This was how he met my grandmother. They lived on a farm north of Stratton. Their first daughter Drusilla was born in September, 1938. Their second daughter Cathy, my mother, was born in August, 1940. That same year they moved to Florence, Colorado. Grandpa worked for the steel mill. Later, they moved to Canyon City where he worked in the prison. They then moved to Simla where he worked in a filling station, then to Agate where he worked on a ranch. In L947, they ceme back to live on a farm north of Stratton where Grandpa helped great-Grandpa. In 1952, they had another daughter named Bunnie. Grandma died in 1967 of a massive heart attack. Grandpa was remarried to Hazel Fisher. They both live in Burlington. My mother married Wayne Hartzmann in April, 1962. He is the son of Lester and Ruby Hartzmann and was born in February, 1940. �They moved to St. Paul, Minnesota where Mom worked in an insurance claims office, government to put in the next crop in 1937. It was some better; at least we had enough feed. Frank caught skunks, coyotes, badgers for some money to eat on, also got a job up in the sand hills picking corn. It helped some. Jack-rabbits were plentiful so helped many families to eat. The lady cooks could cook a jackrabbit so it really was tasty. Frank was 21 and Dorothy still 16 when they were married in 1934. Didn't start their family too soon almost 6 years before Coreena Mae came- along on August 10, 1940, then Carl Ray, May 4, L945, then Sharion Rose Jan. 30, 1948, then Earl Dean Oct. 10, f951 weeks after the airplane crash in - at3 an Flagler air show which killed 20 people including Frank's brother Leighton's daughter Illa Mae Harwood. and Dad worked for John Deere. They moved back to Colorado in the beginning of 1968 and settled on a farm north of Stratton. They have two children: my brother Andy, age 15, and me, age L7. Note - John passed away Aug. 25, 1986. by Anna lfartzmann HARWOOD, FRANK F26I. In 1941 in April Frank and Dorothy and Coreena moved to the place where they lived for 45 years; moved in a two room house on his father's land he had bought in 1923. They kept making more improvements; a barn and chicken house; in 1946 built on the house so they had a big house for their family. They now have sold it to Frank's niece and husband Bill and Madlyn Grimes in 1980, then the -last 80 acres to Brad their sons in 1986. Frank and Dorothy Harwood at Akron, Colorado, just after their marriage, August 21,1934. Colorado, then took a week's honeymoon and bought treats because we knew we'd be chivaried which we were. They lived one year with his father. The fall of '34 was very dry, had no rain in '34, but it clouded up that fall and lightning struck the fence where the cattle had drifted and killed 1 cow and 1 calf so only left them Dorothy and Frank had bought another 160 to go with the 320 his father had to make 480 acres and they rented other land besides. They bought in Arriba, Colo. as houses were cheaper than in Flagler, so live in Arriba and are very happy there close to stores and post office. It's so handy and are both pretty well but getting older. Earl was our only redhead. We always wondered if the plane crash could have caused it. Maybe not, but we always wondered, by Frank Harwood with 1 cow and 1 calf. They had mortgaged the two cows and two calves to buy 4 horses and some harness to farm with. I don't expect Frank and Dorothy Harwood's 50th wedding anniversary. From left to right: Coreena, Carl, Earl, Sharon, Dorothy and Frank. Frank Harwood was born December 25, 1912 in a 2 room sod house to Sam and Fanny Harwood. Frank lost his mother when very young so didn't even remember her. Frank was raised by his father and the help of sister Rachel and Leighton; Hazel was still to young to help much. When Frank was only 4 years old his father built a new LVz story frame house. Frank and his brother and 2 sisters grew up to be independent and go ahead with the chores when the father had to go to town with tenm and wagon for supplies, a big day's trip. They all worked hard but kept their head above water. His father and mother had homesteaded in 1907. Frank was born there. In 1923 his father managed to buy another 320 acres 1% miles south of the home place which was 15 miles north of Flagler, Co. As Frank grew up and we finally got a car, he started dating the girls around and in 1933 met Dorothy Stedman and they were manied in 1934, August 21. Frank sold what little wheat he had for 54 cents a bushel to get married on; had 27 dollars and 2 cows and 2 calves, a lot of love, and as much determination. He decided he had just as much right to starve a woman to death as the other boys around, so Dorothy and Frank started their life together. We spent that 27 dollars to get married in Akron, Mr. Creighton would have let them have enough money had he known the lightning was going to kill half our cattle but it was too late for him to back out. We got the flood in 1935, so raised a little corn, had feed for the livestock. Frank and Dorothy went to New York in the fall of 1935, leaving the horses and cattle with his father. Frank was able to get some work there on a dairy at 30 dollars a month, a house to live in, and 1 qt. of milk a day. The day started at 5:00 o'clock in the morning; we started milking; when that was done breakfast, then back to work at 7:00 a.m.; got t hr. for dinner; then back to work; then 5:00 p.m. milking again and other chores and supper, and at 8:00 p.m. we could go after groceries or whatever we wanted to do. Frank played for a dance with his cousins every Sat. night. They got around 80 cents a piece which bought picks and strings but had a wonderful time. Got home about 2:30 a.m. then up at 5:00 a.m. to milk again Sunday HARWOOD, SAMUEL F262 Sam Harwood and children. Frank, Leighton, Rachel, Hazel and Sam at the homestead in 1915. M morning. We came back to Colorado about Christmas time. Colorado looked pretty good; at least it wasn't so cold and icy. The next spring we moved to the Sloanker place. In 1936 we planted 100 acres of corn with a 1 row lister and horses. It was so dry the corn hardly reached the top of the ridges, then died. We had rented 320 acres. By that time we had 2 cows and 2 calves and 4 horses but we had to buy feed that winter. It just didn't rain. We had to get a $100 feed and seed loan from the Sam Harwood and children on June 1, 1947. Rachel Kyle, Frank, Leighton, Hazel Conger and Sn-. �Sa- Harwood was born in 1874 at Angelica, New York, to George and Margaret "Well," he said, "One afternoon Les and I, Bunny Sue, Russell and Vickie all decided we were going to have a picnic so we packed lunches and got on our ponies and rode off for the afternoon, boy we really thought we were something! I remember when I got my first job. I was thirteen and I hauled irrigation pipe for one of the neighbors and I got five dollars a day but didn't manage to keep a dime of it. It always got spent somehow. When I went to the high school we went to the State Basketball Championship. I was just a sophomore but I was thdlled to have the chance to play." "And you were Prom King," I reminded him, smiling in the darkness at the picture in my mind of a much thinner Jerry sitting next to a very pretty Prom Queen, both wearing Harwood. As a young man of 22 he moved to Hubell, Nebraska, bought 40 acres, had a 2 room house, batched there 4 years, then sold. At the geme time he met Fanny Shook. They were married and moved to Agra, Kansas, where they had bought 80 acres. Two children were born there; Leighton in 1902 and Rachel in 1906. They lived there 4 years. Then he heard of homest€ad land in Colorado so in 1907 he took a homestead of 160 acree, 15 miles north of Flagler, went back to Kansas and came back in a covered wagon alone. He built a 2 room sod house and small barn, drove back to Kansas, finished the work there, loaded their household goods, and headed for Colorado again to live, the wife and 2 children coming on the train with other goods. He had a tubler well down for water. Everything was very hard. He broke some sod and got some feed planted for stock and some corn. About 2 years later the government allowed them to homestead another 160 a. if it joined the other land which they did; this made 320 acres. There was plenty of open range, so all crop land had to be fenced to keep range cattle out. In 1910 another child was born Hazel a girl, - along. and in 1912 Frank came - was still very hard. Fanny became Everything sick in 1913, the last of the year, and never improved, only got worse, and died in 1921. Sam raised the 4 children with the help of the older ones. In the spring of 1917 and that fall he built a ftame house which he lived in until leaving the farm in 1946. The children were all raised in that house. Many times things were very hard but he was able to save his land, and in 1923 he bought another 320 aetes lr/z miles south of the home place. His son Frank and wife lived on that land after they were married in 1934. Sam moved to Flagler in 1946 and passed away in 1956. Sam's children all married and raised their families nearby. Times were hard. A team of wagon or buggies was the mode of travel in those early days. He raised corn and hogs, feed and cattle, horses to farm with. Also raised barley, wheat, corn and oats. He'd shuck corn most of the winter. Sam died with cancer of the prostrate in 1956 at the age of 82. He had remarried in 1933 after the children were all gtown, but this wife also died of a bursted appendix in 1934 so he stayed single the rest of his life. by Dorothy Harwood HASART - SPELTZ FAMILY F263 The year was 1984, Jerry and I had been married all of two months and it was early in the spring and this had been a late winter with lots of snow and the rains had begun. Early one particular evening in June, Jerry and I sat watching TV when a subtitle ran across the screen warning of a tornado north of Vona. "That'g awful close," Jerry observed, "let's go see if we can see it." "Where are you going?" I asked. foil covered cardboard crowns. The only Jerold and Beth EIIen Hasart, married April 7, 1984. "To the bedroom, maybe we can see something from the west and north windows if the lightning flashes." He got up and turned off all the lights in the house as well as the TV. Then he took my hand and led me to our extra bedroom and there he sat next to the north window and I sat by the west window. With each strike of lightning I would look out to the horizon for any ominous cloud formations that looked threatening. The silence was deafening and the darkness seemed to cover me like a blanket. Panic was beginning to form in my mind and I realized that this was not just an exercise of curiosity but a real threat to our livelihood as well as our very existence. The atmosphere was as tense as any of the barbed wire fences on the farm. Jerry seemed to sense my panic or just because he was tired of the quiet, he began to speak. "You know when I was a kid I remember inviting all the neighbors over and having weiney roasts. We burned corn cobs in a five gallon bucket to cook them." "That sounds like fun," I said, anxious for him to continue. "Sometimes Grandpa Hasad would come out in his green Ranchero and would bring us a treat usually lemon drops. The thing he loved mostwas the garden and hewould come out and spend the entire day. We grew every kind of vegetable imaginable. One year he even tried to grow peanuts. Grandpa, Les and I would work in the garden until fair time and then we spent the day before the garden show picking and sorting each vegetable exhibit until it was perfect. Seemed like we always did pretty good at the garden show at the fair. After the fair it was up to Mom to can and freeze eve4rthing and that meant lots of work for her. After the fair Grandpa was done with the garden, all except the pumpkin patch which he carefully tended until fall, his goal was one large pumpkin." "You must have had lots of good times with yourgrandpa,"Isaid. "Yes, I really miss him, " Jerry said quietly. Eager for my new husband's easy walk through memory lane to continue, I urged him on as it was calming to hear him as I watched the storm edge closer and closer to the farm that had taken three generations to build. "What else do you remember from your younger days?" I asked. evidence that this had ever happened was a very outdated pair of wingtip shoes sitting next to a stringless banjo in the closet. "You've lived a charmed life hon, hasn't anything bad ever happened to you?" I asked. "Oh sure," he replied without hesitation. It was the Friday before graduation and somehow I managed to forget my cap and gown and I was half way home when I remembered them so I turned around and headed back to town but by the time I got there all the doors were locked. Luckily I found an open window, crawled on the hood and shimmied through the window. I got my cap and gown and since all the doors were locked from the inside all I had to do was walk through the door. There was a moment of silence as I heard the distant rumble of thunder. "How about you Beth, what was growing up like for you?" Jerry asked. "Oh, much different from your life. Growing up in a large metropolitan area there were always lots of kids around. Almost every summer all the neighborhood kids got together for a picnic on top of the hill about 3/ of a mile away. We packed lunches and rode our bikes to the top where an irrigation ditch and lots of cottonwood trees where, there we ate and waded until it was time to go home. In the evenings we gathered under the street light to play kick the can and on the Fourth of July some of the neighbors would come over and light fireworks. You know, Jer, I remember one time Terry and I got in big trouble. Mom had left us off at swimming lessons and was to pick us up at 11:30. By noon we decided she had forgotten us so we started to walk home. The thing we didn't know was that both of our grandparents had come to visit and after a while Mom sent our two grandfathers to pick us up. By the time they caught up with us Grandpa Spelts was nearly as red as his Rambler, boy, he sure was mad! I'm sure he thought we'd been kidnapped and couldn't possible return without us." Suddenly the room was lit for a split second, followed by a horrible ripping sound. It was as if the sky was being torn like an old rag and then there was a huge crash. I could hear a slight patter on the window pane as the rain began. Jerry stood up and stretched. "The folks just lost their electricity, I suppose we'll be next." He sat down again to resume his vigil looking out between the drops of rain. I too sat peering out into the darkness, but in my minds eye I was years and miles away with Grandpa and Grandpa Spelts in their red �Rambler and their small camp trailer at our annual family ssmp out above the Poudre River. It's odd that our childhood memories are so sketchy and of all the camping we've done and only a few incidents are prominent. Like the mooge who stood by the roadside in Canada and the deer that resided in the city park at Jaspar (Canada). The bear that ate the leftover spaghetti from the trash can one night. As the rain becsme more intense, Jerry left the room, but his absence had escaped me as my train of thought had changed from snmping to snowmobiling. We spent two or three glorious winters snowmobiling abnost every winter weekend. During one of these trips we found ourselves at Tiger Run. It was a hunting lodge that was being converted to a ski lodge. The day had been nasty, cold and windy. By early evening the electricity was out and being too early to retire, we went to the lodge where a group of college students had gathered and were singing "Peter, Paul and Mary" songs. We all joined in and had a great time. New Year's celebrations for us during that time consisted ofhot dogs roasted on an open fire built in the snow and chempagne (pop for the kids) consumed on a mountain top somewhere. A truly unique the back of my knee. Terror seized me as I byes were said and off the couple sailed to was sure the next thing I was going to feel was somewhere near Idalia, Colorado. We do not sharp teeth ripping and tearing into my flesh. In a split second, I pointed the flashlight down only to find our blue healer pup had climbed into the pen. She had an expression on her face that seemed to be laughing and saying "gotcha." One thing I know for sure, Jerry was in absolute agreement with her. Here it is almost four years later and I have learned to work with the hogs and become a capable farmers wife overcoming lots of fears and growing to be more confident in difficult situations. We becnme the parents of a baby boy, Joshua Jacob, on March 1, 1988 and it looks like that we will have manv adventures ahead of us. by Beth Hasart HASART WEISSHAAR FAMILY F264 The "fateful" message came from America. I hadn't seen any funnel clouds yet. Jerry This letter came to the family of Jacob Christian Hasart Sr. Newly married on February 10, 1887 to Magdalena Weisshaar and with one son just over a year old this "We gotta shut those hog feeders before the doctor had told Jacob that he had experience. The storm was increasing in intensity but csme in and handed me a jacket and grabbed a flashlight. they're a mesg." "Jetry?" "Ya?" "Did I ever tell you about the time Kerry Sue brought me home from college?" ttNott "Well on the way home she started talking about this guy who went out to feed his pigs and while he was feeding them he had a heart attack and died in the pig pen and she said the pigs ate him!" I gave him my best 'please don't send me out to the wife eating hog pen'look but to no avail, I slipped on the jacket which completely covered my top and shorts. It was pitch dark out and the wind and rain felt cold against my bare legs. Our only light was the flashlight that Jerry held. At the firEt feeder I stood safely outside the pen holding the flashlight as Jerry flipped the letter brought hope and promise to them as tuberculosis and that he had one year to live unless he would leave the country. The area around the Black Sea was damp so they needed a place where the air was dry. His brother-in-law wrote that "this country could be the answer to their desires of wanting to go to a better place. Here one could hope for a better life and with hard work and the blessing from God a new beginning could be made." The thought of obtaining "land for the settling" was a dream to those whose future was very bleak due to crowding and life under Russian rule. So the decision was made to leave. Good- know which port of embarkation that they arrived, just somewhere on the east coast. They made arrangements with the railroad people to go to Idalia but they could not find it on the map so they figured that Otis, Colorado was near there. Their thoughts of this trip are mostly unknown but we do know that it took them three weeks to sail across and they came in stearage class and brought along bread and cheese to eat on the trip. One comforting thought was that they were going to be with relatives and Lena's brother, John Weisshaar, lived near Idalia. Upon arriving at Otis they hired a man with a team of thin horses and a wagon to haul their trunks and little children. Two other families came with them on this trip. They were the Kamlas who later went on to St. Francis, Kansas and the Howagners. The adults had to walk along and they were very depressed. Lena said that she was so frightened on this trip from Otis to Idalia because the man who was taking them could not speak German and they couldn't speak English. She was afraid that this man was not taking them to the right destination. They stopped at farms along the way and they were given shelter for the night in their barns. They stopped at a farm just south of what is now highway 36 justnorthof Kirk and found that this family, the Reidasels, could speak German and she was so happy to know that they were near their destination. At this time Jacob vowed that as soon as he could earn enough money they were going back! No one could live on this bleak barren land, the rabbits even died here as they found dead rabbits along the trail. It was in April that they arrived in Idalia and found the farm of John Weisshaar. They had left Russia on March 11, 1889 and on May t he took up a homestead five miles southwest of ldalia. He purchased a relinquishment and took a tree claim. They must have lived with the Weisshaars until they could build their home which was made of rock held together with adobe. That first year he broke out 20 acres and planted it all to feeder lid and locked it down. The next feeder, however was very tall and the lock had been broken. Jerry began to gather some old bricks and broken pieces of cinder block to weigh the lid down. He said that he would climb up and shut the lid and that I was to hand him the bricks and blocks. This of course meant that I would have to get inside the pen. Shear panic was welling up inside and all I could think was "I'm going to die!" I could see in my mind a tombstone that read "Here liee Beth who was dumb enough to get into a hog pen in the middle of the night." With these thoughts firmly planted in my mind I did as I was told, climbed in the pen and reflected the flashlight on the feeder as Jerry shut it. But every few seconds I would whoop and holler in hopes that it would frighten the hogs enough to stay away. We staded putting the bricks and cinder blocks on the lid and everything seemed to be going well. My screnming was working and it looked as if I was going to live to tell about it. When I felt something bump up against 'fhe liasan, ianri, Idalia, Colorado. 1903. Jacob ready to go to the field and John, Magdalena, Lena and Jake ready to leave with the horse and buggy for town. �wheat. He had obtained a pair of oxen and some implements and tools. The other set- horses and arrived in the middle of the night and he headed out across the prairie with the ing rock out of native limestone and threshed the wheat. He was able to sell his extra wheat to the miller. He also worked for J.P. Evans horses and arrived at the farm by daylight. After John and Jake were married Jacob and Lena moved to Burlington where he helped construct the "Penny" building on Main St. This building housed "Penny" Bros. Machinery and Hardware for many years. In 1930 they moved to Stratton, Colorado where they spent the remaining years of their lives. While living on the farm they were mem- tlers made fun of him for doing this. At harvest time he cut it with a hand scythe and stacked it. He proceeded to fashion a thresh- and they became very good friends. He possibly worked for others to earn the much needed cash and was able to purchase a saddle horse. Supplies were hard to get so he and a neighbor went to Burlington, a two day trip, with the team sn4 *rton. Mrs. Lehman came to stay with Lena and Toby as it was very scarry to stay alone out on the prairie. After it was dark the women heard something outside. Mrs. Lehman's son Eads thought it was Indians. They kept hearing this scratching sound and were really frightened so they decided to put on the coats and hats of the men folk and lit the lamp (there were no curtains on the windows) so the Indians would think the men were home; they stayed up all night. The next morning they gathered their courage and went outside to find that the source of all the sound was the horse. It had gotten loose and had rubbed on the house all night. Such was the life on the prairies. They saw very few Indians as they rarely bers of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Jacob helped supervise the building of the new church building in 1925-26. All the benches were made in the barn by him with the help of others. He also constructed the barns and other buildings on the home place and John's place. The frame house on the home place was built in L925-26. Jacob Christian Hasart Sr. was the oldest son of Tobias Hasart and his wife Frederika. He was born in Lichenthal, Bessarabia, South Russia on November 2, 1865. He was married to Magdelena Weisshaar on February 10, 1887. Lena was born on September 29, L867 at Lichtenthal, Bessarabia, Russia and died on May 7, L943. Jacob died on October 1, 1948. After Lena passed away Jacob went to live with his sons Jake and John. They were members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Jacob made caskets for the community. Stratton. Their children were Tobias who died in 1902. Magdelena (Lena) Kirby of Great Falls, Montana; John F. of Stratton; and Jacob C. of Burlington. All of the One winter he ran out of lumber and there children are deceased. Grandson Jim Hasart passed through and they were in small groups and bothered no one. was another death so he pulled up the flooring in his bedroom and made the casket. They stayed on the farm and survived the dry years in the middle 1890's. Their children Lena, John and Jacob Jr. were born during this time. Toby became ill with osteonyelitis and died on March 10, 1902 and was buried in St. John's United Brethren Church's cemetery. In 1904 Jake traveled to Fall River, Kansas to see a farm that was for trade. He was pleased with what he found and the trade was made with the Motsenberger family. They wanted to go where there was more rainfall so they loaded up their personal belongings, as they had made a swap for the machinery and other farm items, boarded the train and moved to Kansas. When they got there and looked around they found that the equipment that they had traded for was all gone and had been replaced with other pieces. They were heart broken as they had left good equipment back in Colorado. Jacob went to the barn and brooded for days. They made the best ofthe situation and proceeded to get to work. While in Fall River the children attended school and Jacob also attended so that he could become proficient in the English language and could figure and learn the skills necessary for the carpentry trade. The family never spoke German at home as they were in America now and they were Americans. They farmed and raised Galloway Angus cattle and were able to make a go of the farm. They lived in Kansas until 1918 when they moved back to Colorado where their boys, John and Jake were living and working. They had bought the farm land from the Fisher brothers who moved back to Nebraska. This farm is located 7 miles north and 4 miles east of Stratton, Colorado. At that time there was a trail that headed northeast across the prairie that came by the farm. When Jake cnme out from Kansas he brought some now resides on the farm northeast ofStratton along with his sons, Jerold who lives on John's farm and Lester who lives north of the home place. by Marlyn Hasart HASART, JACOB AND NETTIE F265 Jacob Hasart Sr. came to Colorado from Russia in 1889 and had settled on a farm south west of ldalia before moving to Kansas in 1903. Jake, John and Lena were born in Idalia. Jake was born on December 2L, 1897 and attended school in Kansas and then worked with a threshing crew that traveled with the harvest across Kansas in the summer. In 1917 Jacob Christian Hasart Jr. came to Colorado to help his brother who had been working for J.P. Evans and was farming 7 miles north and 4 miles east of Stratton. Jake's dad, Jacob Hasart Sr. was still living in Fall River, Kansas but had purchased several quarters of land from the Fisher brothers who wanted to move back to Nebraska. Because John and Jack were facing induc- tion to serve in World War I, their parents moved back to Colorado. Jake farmed and lived with his parents as John had purchased land from J.P. Evans just east of the home place and started his own home. Before his marriage Jake had acquired 2 quarters of land and rented the remaining farm ground. Jacob and Annette (Nettie) Adolf were married on April 27, L927 at Immanuels Lutheran Church north of Bethune. Colorado. Nettie and Jake Hasart, taken in the early 1970's in Phoenix, Arizona. Nettie Adolf was born on December 21. 1907 in Michaelsfeldt, Bessarabia, Russia. She ca-e to this country in 1908 as a baby with her parents. They established a homestead north of Bethune where she grew up and attended school at Prairie View and the German school at the church. She was the next to the last child of 11 children born to William and Margaret Adolf. She grew up learning how to work outside milking the cows as well as helping with the household chores. She also worked in other households caring for the children and helping cook when illness struck. She and Jake made their first home in the small adobe house on the home place. She brought 1 cow, a bed, and some bedding with her to start their new household. Nettie soon began to take part with the farm work by helping bring in the milk cows and helping with the milking and other chores. Jakes mother never milked and the cattle were afraid ofher so it took awhile before the cows settled down and let her milk them. That fall of 1927 they raised a good corn crop and Jake and Nettie worked side by side picking corn starting a pattern of sharing the farm work for as long as they lived on the farm. Dry land crops of corn, barley, wheat, and cattle and horse feed were raised. Jake raised work horses running about 75 head of horses and only 25 or more head of cattle during the 1920's and 30's until tractor power took over the farming work. He also bought and traded yearling horses matching up teams and training them every winter. This was difficult physical work which took lots of patience. Bus Guy came in the winters to help him break the horses to work as tesms. There were Iots of run-a-ways and lots of wagons destroyed in the process. Jake always attended the sales and bought young calves over the years. Later their cattle herd grew and replaced the horses. Jake and Nettie purchased the home place soon after they were married and moved into the frame house after Jake's parents moved to Burlington in 1928. That year on April 5, �their first boyJerald was born and died 6 days later from a difficult birth. On November 10, 1929 their second son Jimmie Lee was born and on January 24, L932 their daughter, Virginia was born. Jake and Nettie worked together bundling the children up and taking them to the field with them as they picked corn and shocked the feed. They always milked several cows and sold the cream and raised chickens, setting eggs under the old hens which wasn't easy, raising 100 or so chicks for fresh meat in the summer and had eggs to sell providing money to purchase their groceries and clothes. Later the chicks were purchased from the hatchery. In 1931 Nettie hatched 200 turkey poults from eggs set under the hens. She ended up with 75 turkeys that she sold for 100 a pound. This wasn't an easy job as turkeys are "born to die" making them difficult to raise. The "bad years" of the 30's came along with the drought and the financial collapse of the nation causing a very stringent lifestyle. They managed to stay on the farm and live even though it was difficult to raise feed for the horses and cattle. Cows were herded in the road ditches and thistles were harves- ted for food. The dust storms and grasshoppers cr-e and went leaving little behind but bare ground. The dust that came into the house was a source of constant irritation as you had to hang wet sheets over the windows and beds so one could breathe and live. Cooking was done on a cast iron stove using corn cobs as fuel. Most living was done in the kitchen until propane was available to the farm and they could heat the house with it. They purchased a Servel gas refrigerator in 1938 and it was such a help and joy to have. Nettie washed by hand and used a gan powered washing machine carrying the water over to the wash house. They didn't have running water into the house until 1942 and a bathroom wan built in 1943. Electricity came in 1947 and that was the best thing that happened for farm families. This farm was located along the route where people from the Settlement traveled to Stratton and back. This farm was used as a watering stop for the horses. It seems as if they were always short of water. At first a cistern was dug by the corral to help maintain more water supply butif the wind didn't blow developed osteonyelitis and was very ill until 1945 when he recovered. Virginia was married to Lowell Corliss in November 6, 1949 and on June 6, 1954 Jim married Marlyn Magee. Atthis time Jake and Nettie moved to Burlington, Colorado fulfilling a dre"- of Netties to live in town. She had always wanted to work in a restaurant so she soon found employment in town working until 1960. Jake came out to help with the farm work until his health declined. They were able to spend several winter months each year in Phoenix, Arizona until the middle 1970's when Jake had a heart attack. Jake passed away on April 25, 1976. Nettie has remained in the home and celebrated her 80th birthday on December 21, 198?. She is active in her womens group in church and enjoys her home demonstration club. She fills her time by crocheting and making many craft projects with the Senior Citizens group. She has made many beautiful quilts that she has given to her children. Jake and Nettie were members of Immanuels Lutheran Church north ofBethune until they moved to Burlington at which time they transferred their membership to St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Jake served on the church board of Immanuels serving as secretary and president for many years. He also served on the board of directors of the Stratton Equity Co-op and after moving to Burlington he served on the board of the Equity Co-opera- tive Exchange. by Marlyn Hasart HASART, JIM AND MARLYN Jimmie Lee Hasart was born in his grand- mother Adolfs home north of Bethune. Colorado on November 10, 1929. Jacob Hasart Jr and Nettie Adolf Hasart are his parents. Jim grew up in the farm that was Jim and his sister, Virginia spent their early years helping on the farm and attending Union school where he graduated from the 8th grade. He walked the three miles to school the first year and the next summer his small pony was bought and he rode "Tippy', to school those first several years. Jim was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church by Rev. Woebler. Jim loved the outdoors and spent summers herding the milk cows and bringing in the work horses first thing in the mornings. In the winter he set traps to catch skunks and coyotes. Some days he was late for school and the teacher didn't appreciate the aroma that was on his clothes. He remembers standing on the edge of the stock tank to climb on the horse and his foot broke through the ice filling his boot with water and upon arriving at school his boot was frozen on so he sat bv the stove to thaw the ice. His teacher liked to trade her "store bought" cookies for his homemade ones as he thought her cookies were a special treat. One day while the teacher was ringing the bell he ran by her and the bell came down and struck him on the forehead and he still has the scar. The bovs played games and some times bucked their horses out ofthe barn. Those were rough and tough times. Jim bought his first heifer calf when he was in the 8th grade. Jim stayed at home helping his parents on the farm. They raised cattle and dry land crops of milo, feed for the livestock and corn., The first tractor that he purchased was an M & M tractor on propane. His first car was the 1926 Model T that his grandad Hasart gave him. On June 6, 1954 Jim married Marlvn Vera Magee of Burlington, Colorado. They were married at Immanuel Lutheran Church during a terrible dust storm. Marlyn remembers riding in the car with the doors open so they could determine where the edge of the road was. Some people didn't make it because of the storm. Jim always said that when he got married he'd have a big "blow out" and there was! Marlyn is the last daughter of Clarence (Jack) Magee and Vera Harbison Magee Reeve. She was born in Burlington and grew up and attended school at the Burlington Public School. In 1950 her father died. In 1952 she moved with her mother to Denver or the cattle and horges came in to drink the water was soon gone. This was a constant problem for years. Household needs come last, it seemed. Their first tractor was purchased in 1936 and Jake taught Nettie how to run it so she could help pull the binder and the combine in those years. The winter of 1942 Jake had an infected throat putting him in the hospital for two weeks in Burlington and was sent to Denver. An abscess formed in the throat and this broke as they were waiting to get on the train to go to Denver. They made the trip and bhe Dr. treated him and sent him home. Jake always said he had a barley beard caught in his throat causing the problem. That winter where she lived and worked for her room and board with Dr. and Mrs. Hicks. There she attended and finished her sophmore year at East High school. That summer she went to live with her aunt and Uncle Howard and Evelyn Kite of Auburn, Nebraska attending her Jr. year at Auburn High. She returned to Burlington the summer of 1953 and finished her Sr. year in Burlington. Jim and Marlyn moved on the farm as his parents moved to Burlington. That first year was terribly dry and very little crop was raided. The 1950's were very dry with 1954 being the dryest year on record for this area. Jim baled up thistles and anything else that he could find. They sold some cattle and bought feed and determined that this was a loosing game. Jim fixed up his tractor with a homemade heat houser and went out that bhe snow and cold was bad. The windmill quit and needed fixing so Jim and Marvin Schaal had to haul water from the neighbors in banels with the horses. In the late 30's Jake and Nettie purchased more land and in 1941 they purchased 5 quarters ofland from the Federal Land Bank. Their son Jim became ill in 1943. He had F266 purchased by his grandfather, Jacob Hasart Sr. in 1917. winter to chisel up the fields that were Jim and Marlyn Hasart, June 6, 1954. blowing and finally using a lister to keep the ground from blowing. In 1955 they put in their first irrigation well �,J''' ,,.':t , ,:r. -. ';,L:, :];,irr ,r: il;r.,.,:;; 1fl '.,.. .,,i :,:. .,,. weather. In 1959 we had a terrible blizzards in the spring. It snowed for 3 days and 3 nights. The cattle had drifted south and Jim found dead cattle everywhere. We lost 25 head, mostly cows. They had smothered. We :,:i:,,:,,,&,,7 ),:,, &,i: I ,.., .:ilr:..,:i' ,,.,$,,,1::.. t:.. .:',*:, l: Y , ti:,' ; lost one fourth of our cattle herd. Two more irrigation wells, one in 1961 and the other in 1968 were developed. All the irrigation was done by ditch and siphon tubes those first years. It was a family affair when it was time to change water usually twice a day and sometimes more often. Later Irriga- ::: ''fu;L ;,. $:*:: ti' .:t l::. tion pipe was purchased and now 4 sprinklers have been installed. At first Jim raised cane for silage and milo for grain. Later sugar beets, alfalfa, and corn were raised. Wheat, both dry land and irrigated, corn, alfalfa, cane for silage, and millet for feed are raised now. Jerry and Lester attended school in Stratton and graduated from High School in 1974 and 1976. They joined in the operation of the farm and are full partners in its operation. Jim's father retired from farming in the mid 1960's but continued to come to the farm and help put out a large garden with the help of the boys and Marlyn. Some years it all was destroyed from hail so Jake built screens to cover the plants. The family participated in the Kit Carson County fair when the boys were old enough to join 4-H. Jim and Marlyn were leaders of Country 4-H Club for several years. Jim participated in the Opel Class Crops division while the boys exhibited in the Jr. Gardens The Jim Hasart family, Lester, Jim, Marlyn and Jerold. 1984. and Crops departments. They also had sheep and hog projects. Marlyn was Open Class to raise feed for the cattle. They watered to pay for their groceries. Jim always enjoyed hunting so they enjoyed pheasant and duck some wheat and they sold all they raised for seed for $2.00 a bushel that fall. Jerold Garvin Hasart was born on December 18, 1955 in Burlington. He was beptized to eat when in season. They loved to go fishing and went to Bonny Reservoir when Those first years were spent farming and there was only barren pasture along the shore Iine. On March 30, 1958 Lester Jacob Hasart was born. He was baptized by Pastor Boese coming from a town) selling eggs and crenm at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Living on the farm raising livestock and crops one is always concerned about the at Immanuel Lutheran Church by Pastor A.F. Boese. milking 6 or 7 cows and raising chickens (which was a new experience for Marlyn .P^ ; ':, .:: .iii: .,tr.:flr]..i::iti,:.i '"'l:,-'L'1; ":;' il;,' r, --. "r . 'il: :- | '1' ..rr.. .,.i ,,., I, ii$:. . ir:..1 ,J t' "--,'" Baking champion in 1974. In the early 1970's Marlyn learned how to do oil painting and has been pursuing this hobby since. Jim had always made his toys as a child so he tried his hand at wood carving and has many beautiful carvings of waterfowl, game birds, and characters of people. In 1984 he completed carving a miniture "carousel". Jim does the carving and Marlyn puts the finishing painting on them. Improvements added over the years have been the metal shop and machine building erected in the1960's along with several grain storage bins had new corrals. The windbreak planted in the 60's provides us with excellant protection from winds and shelter for the livestock and wild animals. The new home was built in 1975 replacing the small house that Jim's grandfather had built in 1935. InL977 we had a terrible storm with 90 mile per hour winds which caused dirt to blow as in the fifties. Two weeks later we were victims of the worst blizzard that can be remembered with winds of 100 miles per hour blowing snow so hard that the trees were buried in the windbreak and the couals were filled level with snow and the cattle walked out of corrals on the snow drifts. The boys built fences on top of the drifts to keep that cattle from walking out. In 1981 a devastating hail storm (Solf ball sized and larger hail stones) swept through the farm breaking windows in the house, pickups, and tractors destroying our entire corn crop. The leaves on the trees and bushes were completely stripped from the limbs. It looked like late October because everything died. Some golf ball sized hail fell destroying the shingles and rain gutters around the The Hasart farm and ranch farmstead northeast of Stratton, 1980. house. We found hail stones and debris from the trees in the living, dining and bedrooms on the main floor and the basement had 5 �windows broken with the screens destroyed. Jim and Marlyn were in the process of turning off the irrigation wells when the storm hit and they will never forget the sound of being pounded by those hail stones while creeping home ae visibility was only about as far as a vehicle length. In May of 1982 another hail storm pounded us. The winter of 1983-84 it snowed and snowed with a total snow measurement of over 100 inches falling during that period. In 1976 Marlyn was asked to prepare a program featuring "Pioneer Women" from the county for Church Women United. She presented this progrnm many times. Jim and Marlyn are active members of Immanuel Lutheran Church with Jim serving two terms on the board and Marlyn teaching Sunday School for many years. She is active in the women's group being a delegate to the National ALCW convention in Detroit. Michigan in 1984. Marlyn has been active in the Republican Party and was elected as delegate-atJarge from Colorado to attend the National Republican Convention in Dallas, Texas in 1984. Jim, Marlyn and sons have shared the work of the farm with everyone helping out where needed. Jim, Jerold and Lester are managing and working the farm that has been in the Hasart family since 1917 when Jim's grandfather purchased it. by Marlyn Ilasart HASART, JOHN AND EDITH I.267 John Frederick Hasart was the second son bornto Jacob and Magdelena Hasart, on Dec. 31, 1896, at Idalia, Co. Jacob and Magdelena came from Russia to homestead in 1888. John came from a family of four; three boys and one girl. He attended school at Idalia for three years, then the family moved to Fall River, Ks. in 1903 following the death of his older brother, Tobias. Here John completed the 8th grade. He began working for the neighbors, then in 1915 he went to Sterling, Co. where he worked for his cousin. In 1916, he csme to the Stratton vicinity where he bought his first piece of land through the encouragement of Mr. Evans. This became his home until 1963 when John and his wife Edith retired and moved to Stratton. On March 20,L920, he married Anna Adolf and to this union 2 daughters were born, Leota May and Della Ann. Anna passed away in Sept. 1930. John and Leota made a home together until Leota manied in March of 1938 and his marriage to Edith Powers on April 17, 1938. Della was cared for by her aunt and uncle A.W. and Mary Adolf. He met Edith and married her in 1938 and at that time staded attending the Church of God. Until that time, he was Lutheran. He helped build and finance the new Church building in 1965. He took care of the lawn and shrubs for approximately ten years. He served on the Fire District Board for 18 years. He joined the Coop in 1916 and has been a member for 79 years. (The following as related to Lynn Ware) "He ghared several storiee, all of which I was so interested in. He told me of when Collins bought the lumber yard and built the motel in 1921, the names of his first three school teachers, and about the dirty 30's. He knew of only one living classmate, Anna Flurkie of Idalia. My favorite story was how a man no-ed Fuller traded land for a grocery store. Ed Dischner's dad, Tony, made that trade. John passed away at the Kit Carson County hospital on Aug. 25, 1986 at the age of 89 years. He left his wife Edith of the home, his daughter Della,6 grandchildren, 8 great- grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. The following is a story of his life and times. "In 1919, we had a good corn crop. Corn was a good price but the people held their corn for a better price, corn went down to 21 cents and in 1920 some people burned ear corn all winter and said it was cheaper than coal. I bought the rent share from one one of my neighbors for 21 cents a bushel and then corn went up to a fair price again. Then the dirty 30's cnme. It was so dry you couldn't raise a thing. There was so much dust in the air you had to have a light in the house to see. I had a windmill in Section 21 and I went out to turn the mill on and it wouldn't run, so my brother, Jake, and I went and pulled the pipe and the cylinder was full of mud. There was a drift of dirt in the front of my grainery seven feet high. It took me a half day with a tenm and scraper so I could get the door open. At that time the government came and bought cows, anything that was in good shape they shipped out but what was a little thin, they shot them. They set a day for people to bring the cattle to town. I saw them get up on a truck and shoot them right in the truck. I sold yearling steers and heifers for 2 cents a pound. In those days some people picked cow chips to burn and in 1938 things got better and it was good until 1952 and'53. In 1953 it was so dry we didn't have any grass so I sold all of my cattle but 20 head. I had to stad again. Then people started to put down wells and you all know how it is now. In 1963 I retired, sold my cattle, rented my farm and moved to town. Been here 20 years now and all I do is work a little in the yard and garden, sit in my rocking chair and sometimes think of the past. It was in 1921 the Equity built the gas station across the street and later they sold propane. I bought my first tank in 1947 and the boys that managed it were Bob Collins, on the river. Some of the people on the river said that it rained 18 inches. I had 8 inches at my place and a man and his wife were drowned. Rosser Davis found the man at his place and they never found the woman. Then in 1932-33 and '34 it was so dry nothing would grow and the jack rabbits were so thick they would eat anything that cane up. Then they started the rabbit drives. They made a large pen with a wing on two sides and the people could start several miles away. People came from towns to help sometimes. They had over 1000 rabbits in the pen. Boys with clubs would go in to kill the rabbiLs. The men that had charge of the drive sold the rabbits to anyone that had hogs for 10 cents and also sold them to some fur company. It makes me think of a story. There was an elderly man and his wife, lived on a small farm. They had 1 milk cow and a team of horses and the cow died. The people went and sympathized and he said it could be worse. Then one ofthe horses died, they went again. He said it could be worse. Then his wife died and they sympathized again. The old man said it could have been worse. Someone said, How could it be worse? He said, It could have been me. And that is the way of the past, it could be worse." John loved good quality livestock. He raised registered Hereford cattle and sold breeding bulls for many years. His v5rrk horses were good animals, large and beauti- ful. He worked very hard and established a nice farm north east of Stratton. by John Hasart HASART, LESTER AND DIXIE Lester Jacob Hasart, son of Jim and Marlyn (Magee) Hasart, as born March 30, 1958 at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington, CO. Lester has one Lyle Hooper, Delbert Kordes and Larry Dasenbrock. Larry was there for a long time. In the 20's the Equity built a house for the manager. It is the house that Rev. Bloomer lives in now. In 1930 they sold the house to my dad for $2,800 and in 1943 he sold it to the Church of God. In 1947 I built a new house and sold the little house to Terry Atkins. He sold it to Jack McConnell. Terry built some rooms on it. It is the house Mrs. McConnell lived in. In the early days we had floods. In 1925 there was a cloud burst on Spring Creek and the water was backed up around the railroad bridge. A train from the east went across. The engine, coal car and baggage car got across and the bridge collapsed and two pullman cars went into the water. Several people drowned. One girl from New York. Her mother put up a reward of $500 to anyone who found her. Fred Meyers and the dreyman by the name of Turner found her about 12 miles north. Then in 1935 was the big flood F268 Lester and Dixie Hasart, 1986. �Lester put over 5000 miles on his pickup. A lot of Lester's trapping is done as preditor control as coyotes are very hard on sheep, calves and farm birds. Last year, Lester did preditor control for the Jim Leoffler farm south of Stratton. Coyotes had killed approximately 50 lambs. Lester and Jim took over 45 coyotes offhis property from July'86 to April'8?. When Lester isn't trapping he does maintenance and mechanical work for the farm and with his brother and dad raise cattle, hogs, corn, wheat and feed. We also have cows so in the spring we're kept busy checking on the baby calves. It seems there is always something that should have been done the day before but I guess that is farm life and we love ,",,i$-}:, it. :r..r:... 1986-87 season catch, approximately 180 coyotes, 2 red fox, 4 kit fox, 7 raccoon, and several badgers. brother, Jerald Garvin born Dec. 18, 1956, married Beth Ellen Spelts on April 7, 1984. The Hasart family farm and ranch northeast of Stratton was bought in 1917 by Lester's great grandfather, Jacob Hasart Sr. Lester, his brother and neighbor children enjoyed many Sunday afternoon swims in the family irrigation pond when he was young. Later. Lester's interest turned to motorcycles. He and his friends raced dirt bikes at the blowouts north of Bethune. Lester raced in St. Francis, Kansas and won third place in a wheely contest. He and his brother now use motorcycles to move cattle. Lestpr graduated in 1976 from Stratton High School. After graduation he and his brother farmed and ranched with their father. Lester also worked part-time during silage and corn harvest, and beet harvest for neighbors and friends. Lester is active in the Immanuel Lutheran Church, serving on sOveral committees. He is also involved in the Republican party, serving as chairman and currently vice-chairman of the First Senatorial District. Active in the Colorado Trappers Association since approximately 1979, he is currently serving a second term on the board of directors for the CTA. In 1984, Lester designed and built a passive solar home, just north of the family farm, which we live in today. In 1986, Lester manied Dixie Gale Wachs, the daughter of Ivan G. and Bonita J. (Ruddell) Wachs. Dixie was born Dec. 18, 1960 at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington. Her sister, Anna Lea was born Jan.27,1963 and she married Craig Quint of Cheyenne Wells on July 29, 1983. Dixie has one brother, John Marlin born March 5. 1970. The Wachs family lived south west of Burlington on a farm owned by Marvin Grusing, farming and ranching for the Grusings from 1958 to 1971, dad then accepted a position working for Kit Carson County. After we had moved to town, Anna Lea and Dixie were thrilled not to have to ride the bus. However, dad informed us differently. Living nert to the fairgrounds we were still in the country, so we rode the bus until 1974 when dad and mom bought the house across the street. Anna, cousin Brenda and Dixie spent meny enjoyable afternoons walking home from echool and stopping on the way at the bakery and checking out the stores. When Dixie was 15 1/2, Anna and our two cousins, Brenda and Doug, all went to work for the Western Motor Inn. I worked there for about 1 Vz years and then at Skelly Truck Stop for 2 years as waitress. After graduation in 1979 from Burlington High School, I went to work for the Burlington Record in the advertising paste-up department. In 1982, Dixie took her faithful companion, Sadie, and moved out on her own. She lived across from the Record office so was able to walk to work and church. Dixie held the offices of Treasurer, Missionary President and Secretary at the Church ofthe Nazarene. She also enjoyed teaching Sunday School for by Les & Dixie Hasart HATFIELD, GORDON LESLIE AND MABELLE GERTRUDE F269 junior and primary classes. She was also Caravan Leader on Friday nights and helped to keep the grass mowed, the church clean, the walks scooped in the winter and pick up the children on Sunday mornings. Dixie is glad now that she had the opportunity to serve her church when needed as the church is a very important part of their lives. In 1985. Dixie moved to a little house on 17th Street and was living there when she met Lester in January of 1986. She was swept off my feet, he even talked her into going dancing for the first time in her life. Lester and Dixie were married on Friday, May 23,1986 at the Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Richard Messer, his wife Elaine, Betty (Boland) Chandler and Kevin Weisshaar were our witnesses. We spent our wedding night in Goodland, Kansas and surprised everyone on Saturday. (Maybe we didn't surprise them as much as we thought). Dixie still works for the Burlington Record but with 20 miles to town, she only works part-time is still secretary for the Church of the Nazarene and Lester and Dixie try to take turns going to their churches. Dixie has learned how to drive a truck for ensilage and corn harvest and in her spare time she enjoys oil painting. Lester and Dixie both enjoy hunting and fishing. In Oct. of 1986, they went elk hunting and Lester got his first elk, a cow, with a muzzleloader. It took a day to pack it back to camp and another back to the road. We also like to hunt antelope and deer and Lester enjoys trapping. From the middle of November to the middle of January, he is gone most every day running his trap line. Mostly he catches coyotes and he tries to skin them as soon as he gets home. On her days off, Dixie fleshes and washes the hides. Then they are stret- ched, dried and taken to the CTA Fur Auction. There is a lot of work involved and also a lot of miles covered. This past season Leslie and Mabelle Hatfield Gordon Leslie Hatfield and Mabelle Gertrude Hatfield moved to Stratton, Kit Carson County, Colorado, from Fowler, Meade County, Kansas. A strong desire for a "place of our own" had sent them West searching for just the right place. I do not know why my parents chose Kit Carson County to fulfill their drearns, but I do remember waiting in the car while they looked at many places from Flagler to Burlington. Exhausted and discouraged after looking for days at every place the real estate agent had to offer and finding nothing, we were ready to start back to Kansas. It was evening and the real estat€ man had just one more place for us to look at and it was on the way, no problem, just two miles East of Stratton on Hiway 24 on the South side of the road. We drove into the yard and looked around. Dad got out ofthe car and walked out to the granery, crme back and leaned in the caf window to talk to Mom. I can still hear him say, "Mom, if the house will do for you, this is it". And that was it, we moved that fall, October, 1944. It was a good time, a time of growing and changing. As wheat farmen', crops were good. It wasn't long before the folks expanded buying more land as well as business build- ings in town, owning at different times the theatre building, the drug store building, the grocery store building and the dry goods building. They even operated the dry goods �store for awhile. It was during World War II and I remember it was very hard to buy items such as sheets, towels, overalls and nylon hose. It wasn't long before they realized a store wasn't for them and it was then sold to Waldrons. Many changes were taking place during this time. The school district consolidated and school buses beco-e a part of our community. The fire district was also formed and I remember Dad working long and hard for a fire truck to service the country people as weU as the city folk. He worked especially hard for this aft€r he was burning weeds in the ditch and the fire got away from him and burnt the neighbors feed stack. Then we got a telephone. What a thrill for a teenager to have a phone. Dad served on the Equity Board and Mom worked at her Home Demonstration Club. They were strong workers in the Evangelical United Brethern Church and served their community at every opportunity. Eight children were born to Leslie and Mabelle Hatfield; Geneva, Howard, Harry, Fontella, Marvin, Melvin (Leslie Kenneth, who died in infancy) and Joy. Gordon Leslie passed from this life December 25, 1970, and Mabelle Gertrude died November 25, 1981. As I said before, I do not know why my parents chose Stratton, Colorado to make their home, but I am glad they tid. Faith in God, the love of the land, the lriends of a rural community and the values ;aught me . there could be no better .nheritance. by Joy Blancken HAUGHEY, JOSHUA ALLEN F270 Joshua Allen Haughey was one of the six :hildren of Stephen G. Haughey, and descenled from Thomas Haughey who migrated iom Ireland in L725, whose line of descent vas Thomas Haughey, John Haughey, lhomas Haughey, Barnett Haughey, John {aughey, and Stephen, Joshua's father. loshua was born at Winterset, on April 17, .863, and married Margaret Hooton in \urora, Nebr. They had one child, William \llen, born in Omaha, Nebr., on Nov. 11, 905. Mr. Haughey's formal education ceased n the 6th grade, but he persisted, and learned urveying and trigonometry, later surveying he town of Burlington, in the "Dirty Thir- ies", conforming it to the original Rock sland survey. His conversiou of the Monezuma Hotel from a 50 foot square 2 story ize to the present structure was his major rroject. In Omaha, he headed 150 carpenters n the Omaha Central High School, the ugest building under one roof in the world t that time, and etill in service today. While rorking there, he felled a 100'brick chimney, llling it on a predetermined spot in a ongested area after several "professionals" ad failed. He also raised a 6 story 100'X 100' uilding 8 inches and formed a new foundaion under it, after it had settled due to the lose proximity of the Missouri River. He built the Anderson (Coast to Coast), {idway (lengthened twice), the north addi.on to the High school, (now demolished), Penny (Vance Decor.), Haughey Shop (Hoskin) buildings, and many of the homes in the area, two ofwhich are at 1692 and 1820 Senter Street., and drew up specifications for many "They just nailed those blocks on too Damn tight." by William Ifaughey others. One interesting sidelight of his career was the Haughey's homestead area near Keota, Colo., where they lived in 1916, in a 14'X 16" home, for a few months, with rabbits, antelope and rattlesnakes, and where Mr. Haughey refused to return the second year, which HAUGHEY,'W. A. AND RUTH I. F27r ended that episode. During the Montezuma construction he installed a gasoline powered electric plant in the basement, and before the exhaust was connected, he started the engine to test the plant. Feeling woozy, he climbed the stairs and started to walk across the street. when some of the town loafers spotted him and remarked, "Look, there goes old man Haughey, drunk as a Lord!" This happened long before the danger of gas engine exhaust was known. Other areas of the county where he oper- ated included the construction of the west half of the Cope School, which he built around 1922. He also built the brick church north of Bethune, built around 1926, and several homes in the country, including the Buettel home southeast of Burlington, and one on the Louis Hann farm, now owned by the Schaal family, northwest of Burlington. Mr. Haughey also acted as Architect's Superintendent for two large building projects for Krein & Krein Architects of Kansas City, Mo. The first one was in Beatrice, Nebr., where a large Junior High School was built, plus two grade school buildings and remodeling of several others in L924. After his return to Burlington, he was again called by them to Lexington, Mo. where Bussboom Brothers were in charge ofanother large school project, with another Junior High project, plus remodeling and enlarging four other area schools. Mr. Haughey also developed and patented a glass cutting board and rule, which used the parallel ruler principle enabling much more accurate cutting, because of which he was able to sell many boards and rules to companies who did very close and accurate work with glass, for the geared rules were not capable of such fine work. Although he was then 84 years old, with the help of Oscar Olson, he built cabinets for the J.V. Brown house and worked on installing them the day before his death. On Sunday, April 6, 1947, Mr. Haughey, following his life long custom attended services at the Christian Church, now the Masonic Temple building. During the services, while the congregation was singing the hymn, "Have Thine Own Way, Lord", he was stricken by a fatal heart attack and passed away in the church, a glorious end to his lifelong dedication to the church. During his years of activity in Burlington, he trained many young men as carpenters and builders, instilling in them his pride in workmanship and accomplished craftmanship, giving them by example the foundation for a worthwhile life. In the many years of working with Mr. Haughey, Bill says that he heard a single swear word from his Dad, when someone nailed on furring blocks too tight on concrete forms. After several had pulled out previously, one particular board ripped out five of the blocks, and Mr. Haughey said, Both Bill and Ruth were born in Nebraska, Bill at Omaha on November 11, 1905, and Ruth at rural Plymouth, on May 1, 1906, but it took about 30 years for them to meet. Ruth attended a small country school near Plymouth, and later high school and graduated as a registered nurse in 1931. Bill went through grade school in Omaha, Nebraska and through High School in Burlington, plus one year at C.U. and learned cabinet making, plumbing, sheet metal work, gunsmithing, and precision machine shop work. They met through mutual acquaintances and were married in 1936 and began house' keeping at 1670 Senter Street for one month, moving to their present location at 192 L4th Street in July of 1936, where they still reside. Carol Haughey arrived in 1937 and James was born in 1939. There are many memories of that period of their lives, much centering on the "Trolley", where most of the neighbor- hood children spent hours riding, without many serious injuries. After high school both attended college, Carol at C.W.C. and Jim at C.U. Carol is now Mrs. Ken Taylor, of 5280 W. Plymouth Drive, Littleton, Colorado and has four children, Carrie, Curt, Paul and Mike. Jim is Dr. Jemes Haughey, General Practitioner in Los Angeles, California. Bill and Ruth have engaged in many activities in Burlington, beginning with Bill's appointment as a Postal Clerk in 1930, with Bob Wilkinson as Postmaster. Years later Bill was appointed Assistant Postmaster under Mike Vogt, and later transferred to Rural Carrier on the northwest route from Burlington. Bill retired in 1970. Bill was active in Company I of the Colorado National Guard for many years, attending samp each year at Golden, and earning a spot in the Colorado National Guard Qamp Perry rifle team in 1931 and placing in the Chief of the Militia Bureau Rifle Matches several years. During his membership he also acted as Instructor on Rifle Marksmanship, first aid, musketry, and served as Company Clerk and Supply Sergeant, and has used much of this training in outside activities over the years. After retiring from the Postal Service in 1970, Bill says that is when he got busy! During the war, he felt that his skills were needed more in instrument making, and worked a short time at Hathaway Instru- ments in Denver, during which time he made parts for the recording oscilloscope which recorded the first atomic bomb blast at Los Alamos around 1940. He also has been a member of the Burlington Masonic Lodge No. 77 for 58 years, serving as Worshipful Master in 1937, as District Lecturer from 1959 to 1970, and as Secretary from 1983 to date. Shortly after High School, Bill was interested in music, tenming with Claude Smith and Carol Fundingsland in a small Jazz band which played in the Walters "Sheep Shed" northwest of town, and many other locations �in the area plus the Burlington Town Band, and engaged in the mass band concerts in the District Mass Band Meetings. awhile. approximately 30 years in Goodland and Burlington, some of it being part time, and has been a member of the local P.E.O. and East€rn Star organizations for many years. Outside activities for the Haugheys include nembership in the United Methodist Church, gardening, restoring and refinishing antique furniture, and creating new furni- Carson County. We then moved to Bur- Ruth worked as a registered nurge for ture. by Bill Haughey After returning to Vona, and building our house there, we lived here a year, and then my husband was elected County Judge of Kit lington, and lived there for eight years. Then we returned to our homestead to live. We had five sons and one daughter. I enjoy recounting the experiences of the early days in this country; I shall always appreciate the friendships made and the neighborly folks who were willing to share in our joys and sorrows. We have seen the town of Vona grow from a railroad well and section house to the substantial little place it is today, and we rejoice to know that we did our bit towards the development of this new HAYNES FAMILY I.272 I was born in Clay County, Kansas on Sept. 21, 1864. I spent my youth in Kansas with my parents, then was married to Elmer H. Haynes in 1887, and came to Colorado with my husband and baby son in 1887. My husband had come out eight months before and taken the homest€ad which is part of the Haynes Addition to the town of Vona, Colo. On this homest€ad site he built a dugout and we lived there for a few weeks, then we bought a frame building which was originally a saloon, and moved it to our location, and lived there for seven years until we proved up. My husband was a contractor, and helped to build three miles of the railroad; his business was what caused us to come to Colorado. He followed this work for about fifteen years, and we lived in different places during that time, but always keeping our homest€ad. Finally we returned to Vona, and built the frame house we lived in. When we first came west the little station at Vona had just been built and the place named "Vona" after a daughter of one of our pioneer printers, Fred King, living at Burlington. The railroad had dug a well here, and this is where we got our water, water was hauled from this well by people who were living on homesteads ten or fifteen miles away. I shall always remember how very frightened I was in this new place, so many strangers around, and so many tramps going acrose country and following the railroad. My husband was away so much of the time he gave me a revolver with the caution to always keep it handy, and never open the door at night. One night a knock cnme to our door, and I did not open it but called out "Who'g there?" A gruff voice answered "Open the door, I'm about to freeze." I did not open the door but told him to go to the section house where he would find ehelt€r. Next day I learned it was just another tramp. While returning to Vona from Burlington one day the conductor on the freight train told me the day before he saw a woman running towards the train and waving to the crew, and a man running after her. So the conductor stopped the train, and when the woman came up they learned that the man was a trnmp who had broken into her house, she had gotten away from him and seeing the train, had run towards it for protection. The crew chased the tr4mp over the prairie for some distance but he ran to Burlington and got away, but had the crew caught him they would have given him something to think about for country. Dated Jan. 24,L934. by Mary Belle Kiser llaynee HAZEN. JONES FAMILY I.273 The Jones family came to this area from Kentucky in 1907, along with the McCon- to them in the lemplight. She earned many pennies, nickels, and dimes showing her precocity. One of eight children in the farnily, Della had memorized most of lhs alynans6s by listening to her older brothers and sisters reading aloud from them. The children had found the almanacs left behind by former tenants when the Gnmbles moved from Missouri to Iowa in March, 1874. Della Ganble is now Della Hendricks. She celebrated her 101st birthday last December 7th. She must wear glasses and use a large magnifying glass, but she is still an avid reader. Living at Grace Manor in Burlington, Kit Carson County, Colorado, Mrs. Hendricks has two sons and their families nearby. Although her mind betrays her now and then, she recalls most of her life very clearly. In 1878, the Gambles moved from Iowa to a farm in Harrison County, Missouri, a short distance from where Della had been born. Being close to a school, Della began to attend school in 1879 and quickly learned to read this time not by memorizing what she heard others read. The school was interrupted in 1881 by a fire and classes had to be held in a one-room shack, but Della was always one of the few pupils present. The school was at what was Dolton, Missouri, and Della laughs now as she t€lls about the school's rule regarding whispering. nells, Hughes and Henry Wilsons. They all homesteaded southwest of Stratton. They were all related the Jones being cousins to the McConnells. Ethel Jonee attended the Boden School. Ethel said she often walked that four miles when it was stormy, cold and windy. Ethel married Truman Hazen who came here to homestead in 1906. Their place was three miles east of her parent's home. It has been said that Ethel would get in the car, take a Those who whispered three times got a "whuppin". "One day, I went to the outdoor dinner for the farm workers. They were a real delicacy. In the beginning all of the buildings on Truman's homestead were made of sod. Later some frame buildings were built. In the engaged to. Gossip caused mothers to take their daughters out of the school, but Mrs. rifle and go out hunting young jacks for later years they sold out and retired and moved to a home in Stratton. Truman passed on and is buried in the Stratton Cemetery, and Ethel lived several years alone. She now has passed on and is buried beside her husband. by Florence McConnell HENDRICKS FAMILY F274 Della Hendricks "Would you like to hear me read?" "Read? You? Why, I'll give you a dime if you can show me that you can read." Four year old Della Ga-ble reached for the almanac on the oak table, opened it, and read aloud in her little high voice. The year was 1875. The place was the living room of the home of John R. and Bliza J. Hughes Gamble. Locatedtwoand ahalf miles east of Garden Grove, Iowa, the Gnmble two privy," Della says, "and I saw two boys playing marbles. The boys'parents thought they were in school and the teacher thought they were at home. I'd already been caught whispering twice, but I whispered again when I got back in the school room. The teacher let me off, however, and I didn't get a 'whuppin'." At one time during Della's school years, the teacher suddenly married the girl he'd been Gamble decided the school was not involved, and Della remained in class, the only girl left. The parents of the teacher had a niece come to stay with them and go to school so Della would have company. Telling about her school days, Della says, "A little later, we had a teacher who could teach me high school subjects. Then I went to Grand River College in Edinburg, Missouri. The college had an academic department where I could take Latin, physics, and other subjects. I passed high school examinations while carrying my college work. I studied all the time and graduated in 1891 (at the age of nineteen after only 12 years of formal education). H.W. Owens was the college President." While attending Grand River College, a coeducational institution where strict rules were enforced relating to boy and girls and their relationships, Della and a boy were late getting to class. Although, according to regulations, the boy should have stayed a few feet behind Della, neither he nor she would stop in their haste to get into the building and to class. Out of several windows schoolnates called warnings that both of them would be disciplined. Della and the boy pushed through the doorway together and somehow Immigrants trekking westward were often both avoided punishment. Della says, "I guess I was just lucky." Gamble home, and the travel weary lodgers by M. Hendricks story house was on the Mormon Trail. provided with overnight shelter at the were delighted to have darkhaird Della'read' �HENDRICKS FAMILY F276 Della llendricks Grand River College was an exceptional school ofhigher learning. Opened in 1850 and chartered in 1851, the college offered instruc- were at Seibert, in the eastern Colorado county of Kit Carson. Della and Dick decided to join them and in March, 1908, they and their small children moved via boxcar, settling on a homest€ad three and a half miles south of Seibert. While Dick worked at getting the homestead on a self-sustaining basis, Della found employment as a clerk in the A.V. Jesse students. At the time, Della Gamble graduated from Grand River College, she was asked to teach at Stevens School. The honor of being asked to teach at a certain school did not come to Department Store in Seibert. She had to take young Samuel with her and keep an eye on him while waiting on customers. The store's long hours often required Della to be on the road in her buggy before the sun was up and after the sun was down. In summer there was the added danger ofrattlesnakes on the road. For protection Della carried a .25-30 rifle in her buggy and knew how to use it. With her two older children going to school in Seibert by means of a buggy and an old horse na-ed "Hop", and having to drive another rig back and forth to her own work, Della realized it would be much better to live in town. In the fall of 1910 the family moved into a house in Seibert. but retained the every graduate. Stevens School was also homestead. tion to women on an equal footing with men at the exceedingly early date of its opening. One woman was included on the first faculty of the school. It was eventually absorbed by the William Jewell College at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. A grade school now stands on the original Grand River college site. An appropriate marker telling of the College is on the school grounds as the result of efforts by Della and a few of the other former referred to as the Rock Island Schoolhouse. Della taught this ungraded school for the by Mary Hendricks 1891-1892 term; then taught a spring term and the following winter, 1892-1893, at a school north of her home and nine miles south of Mt. Moriah, Missouri. It, too, was HENDRICKS FAMILY F276 ungraded. Continuing her teaching career, Della taught her 3rd and 4th term at Springer, Missouri; her fifth term at the Knightstown school, four miles from her home. Both of these schools were ungraded. She then taught at Ward 9 school, out of Bethany, Missouri, and it was while she taWht at Ward 9 that state grading began. Della remained at Ward 9 for six years. During this time, she had a five room house built at Gilman City, about 16 miles from Bethany. She taught the first school Gilman City had. While preparing to teach at one of these rural schools, where she had to find room and board, Della had a cousin from the district ask her to tutor her son in return for board and room. Della says, "The man realized his son was mentally retarded as he was unable to keep up with the other children his age, and the child needed additional help. I accepted the offer. When I went to the boy's home and was introduced to the youngster, I ssid, 'I've come to teach you'. The boy answered, 'I knowed it.' I corrected him immediatelywith,'No, you knew it.'The next morning the child's mother looked out of the kitchen window at newly fallen snow and said to me,'It snew last night."' Between regular school terms Della attend- ed sessions of Teachers' Institute, one of which was held at Trenton, Missouri. These Institut€s gave the teacher information on updated teaching methods, new books and materials, and helped them improve their teaching credentials. At Gilman City, Della met Norman Miles "Dick" Hendricks, a veterinarian. She and Dick were married on Valentine's Day, 1901, at Gilman City. Three children were born of this mariage: Williem, in June, 1903; Elaine, in March, 1905; and Samuel, in December, 1906. By this time, Colorado was drawing many settlers from 'back East'. Among them were a number by the name of Hendricks, all from Missouri. Five of Dick's uncles and auntg Della llendricks earned as a teacher. Books, such as geographies, were liberally illustrated and were printed in language the child could easily understand. There were no libraries in the schools, and the students had to provide their own books and other supplies, such as slates. Slates were often received as Christmas presents and the children were always proud of them. ln Colorado, certificates for teaching were issued according to the amount of education a prospective teacher had and the grades achieved in school. A third Grade Certificate was issued if a person completed eight years of school, was 18 years old, and had an average grade of 75. This certificate was good for one year of teaching. A 2nd grade Certificate was issued upon completion of 12 years of schooling plus special instruction at a "Teachers' NORMAL', held a various points in the state. lst Grade Certificates, good for three years of teaching, were not given until a teacher had at least 9 months of teaching experience and then took an exsrnination to qualifY. According to records from the office of the County Superintendent of Schools, Kit Carson County, Della Hendricks received a lst Grade Certificate in 1915. Della taught First, Second, and Third grades at School District No. 37 in Seibert, for two terms, 1915-1916, and 1916-1917. One of Della's pupils at this time was the son of Mrs. V. Morrison, owner and editor of The Seibert Settler newspaper. During the summer of 1917, when the neighboring town of Burlington was looking for a good teacher However, Della's love for teaching reasserted itselfand, after Sam started to school, she was again teaching in country schools near of Seibert's Seibert. She bought a car - onealong first her way and picked up children for a school 4 miles east of Burlington, - Other children came to school on to school. District No. 34, Mrs. Morrison unhesitatingly recommended Mrs. Hendricks. Della was hired immediately and that fall she and her children moved to Burlington. The homestead had been sold but the house in Seibert horseback. was kept. Telling of those days, Della says, "A big dust storm came up one day. The children's horses were tied outside the barn in which I kept my car. I thought the car could stand the dust better than the horses, so I put the car on the protected north side of the school and we got the horses tied down in the barn. Mine was an open car, as most carg were then, and I had to spend an hour getting the dust out before I could drive home that afternoon. We had dust storms and terrible blizzards, but kept our schools open if we possibly could." Teachers had a lot of bookwork to do, including keeping attendance records. They also often provided crayons, chalk, and other supplies out of their meager wages for those children whose parents were unable to afford them. Teachers in rural schools were their own janitors and had to chop wood for kindling to start the fires in the coal stoves in the schools. They had to bring in the coal from a coal pile nearby, and if they wished, "banked" the fire in the stove for the next morning. Many of the early schools were "soddies" with dirt floors; later, wooden planks were used for flooring. Desks and other pieces of furniture were of the simplest design and manufacture. The fathers of the children built the furniture when they didn't have the money to buy it. The teacher, if from outside the area of the school in which she taught, had to find room and boardwith some family near the school, usually one of the School Board members. Payment for room and board was also from the small wages Before moving, however, Della took the first group of 4-H Club girls to the County Fair in Burlington. Her work with youth was not limited to school hours. by Mary Hendricks HENDRICKS FAMILY F.277 Della Hendricks Della's daughter, Elaine, joined the 4-H Club in 1917. She and another Burlington girl, Bertha Boger (now Mrs. Bertha Wear), took part in a canning club during the summer of 1922. With Della's help, they entered into a 4-H Club canning competition. In August of that year, the girls entered competition as a team at the State Fair at Pueblo, Colorado, and won. They were the only entries in the Regional Competition and automatically won that. Going into the National Competition, held at Chicago in December. Elaine and Bertha won second place. With the two first place winners, the two Colorado girls were awarded a trip to France, where they demonstrated to women in war devastated areas how to can their home grown produce and fowl. Both girls felt they owed much of their success in the competitions to the help and encouragement �they'd received from Della. With her interest in school, it was natural for Della to consider the office of County Superintendent of Schools. Running for the office during the fall of 1922, she won the election in November and won reelection two HENDRICKS FAMILY r.278 Della Hendricks years later. While performing the duties of her office, Della was instrumental in starting many young people on a teaching career, among them being her own son, Sam. Another, now Mrs. Blanche Lipfored Carper of Flagler, Colorado, says, "Mrs. Hendricks was always interested in getting young people to teach. She would give teachers whatever breaks it was possible for her to give." A pupil during Della's terms as County Superintendent, now Mrs. Marie Fisk Smith of Flagler, remembers that she "was always scared when Mrs. Hendricks came to visit the school. She was so dignified and all business. No nonsense was accepted in Della's schools, particularly those in which she taught. Children went to school to learn, and learn they did." Della made it a point to visit each school in the County at least once during each school term. In visiting School District No. 10 in the southwest part ofthe county, she recalls she "drove ten miles over hills and plains where the horizon seemed to retreat farther and farther under an immense sky before I saw a habitation of any kind. In fact, I saw only the schoolhouse and wondered where the children lived." State Teachers Normal Institutes, which had begun in 1904, came to an end during f925. The state was divided into 13 Normal districts, Kit Carson, Lincoln, and Cheyenne Counties making up District No. 6. Each county seat held the Institute in turn. The last Institut€, in Burlington in 1925, had an enrollment of t25, the largest attendance on record. Della conducted this last Institute. State laws regarding teacher training had been changed, thus eliminating the Institutes. The money on hand in District No. 6 was used to purchase books for a county school library which was placed in the office of the County Superintendent. The books were checked out to teachers, filling a school need at that time. The winter of 1926 was a sad time for Della. Although she was happy with the birth of her 2nd grandchild in October, she lost her bid for reelection in November. In December, her daughter, Elaine, died of complications following the birth of her first child, a daughter; Della's first grandchild. Della returned to teaching District No. 34 for the term of 1927-1928. In July of 1928 the winner ofthe 1926 election resigned and the County Commissioners asked Della to serve out the rest of the term. On October 31, 1928, Della Hendricks wag awarded a State Teacher's Honorary Life Certificate, which states: "This is to certify that Della Hendricks, having shown superior ability as an educator in the State of Colorado by distinguished success as attested by satisfactory testimo- nials. has been awarded this Certificate which confers authority to teach in any Public School in this State." The certificate was issued by the Department of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, sigrred by State Superintendent Katherine L. Craig. by M. Hendricks In November, Della was elected again, and, two years later, reelected. In trying to be of assistance to the county's teachers, she began issuing a regular bulletin each month. In her December bulletin, she urged the organization of music classes in the schools, an innovation much to the liking of teachers, pupils and parents. Again visiting the schools in the county, Della went to visit a school district in the northeast part of the county, a district which in 1928 was conducting its second term of school. Della had heard ofthe school and had frequently inquired about roads leading to the school but had been unable to get any directions. She finally decided to take her time and hunt for the school house. After leaving the graveled roads and following a trail which, she said, "might have been made by the ancient aborigines", she came upon a modest little school, attractively built and well equipped. She found the teacher and students engaged in industrious work and the school, as a whole, spoke ofgood results being obtained. Mrs. Hendricks made a lengthy call at the school as it was their first visit by a County Superintendent. Then she went to the County Commissioners and asked for a better road into Peaceful Valley, the site of the school. While on her county crossing trips, Della had become fascinated with the history of the area and the many kinds of wild flowers found on the open prairies. Having started accumulating material on both the history and the flowers during her first years as County Superintendent, she now continued these activities. Roads had improved and she found it easier to hunt out Indian artifacts and historical markers. and locate the few remaining residents who had helped settle the county. She added to her own writings which she'd started in L922 and went on with her scrapbooks, ofwhich she had literally dozens. Obituaries of the county's earliest settlers were of great help and constitute a history in themselves. She had also gathered impressive amounts of data on the wild flowers of the country side. At the end of her second four year term as County Superintendent of the Kit Carson County schools, Della again returned to teaching, this time at District No. 71 in the Flagler area. Here she taught during the school terms of 1932-1933 and 1933-1934. staying at the Ollis James farm home during the school months. In the fall of 1934, Della went back to District No. 34 and taught at this rural school just out of Burlington for four years. Evenings were devoted to the work required of her as a teacher, but weekends and vacations were spent in searching out "ghost" towns long forgotten by most of the people. She spent many hours typing up pages for her files and her scrapbooks. Becoming known for her insistence on facts, Della was called upon by historical societies and publishers of historical periodicals to verify writings of others or to supply information. Students of the pioneer West came to regard her as an authority. In the realm of wild flowers, Della familiarized herselfthrough long and careful research with most of the native species so she could recognize them on sight. She was a true pioneer of this work in her part of Colorado. She also readily knew on sight the differences between edible and poisonous mushrooms found on the virgin prairie land. Della's interest in flowers extended into her own garden. She held a lifetime membership in the Burlington Garden Club and was a staunch promoter of conservation long before the word began to receive national notice. At one time her garden contained a collection of 140 different varieties of iris plants, many of which cnme to her as gifts. by M. Hendricks HENDRICKS FAMILY F27S Della l{endricks Della's long years of teaching appeared to come to an end with the 1938-1939 school term which she taught at District No. 21 out of Burlington. She had seen schools develop from one room "soddies" to one or two room frame buildings, then to gradual consolidation of districts and larger school buildings. Instead of one teacher for a group of children of varying ages and grades all in one room, there were now separate rooms for each grade and a teacher for each grade. Few children depended on a horse to get to school consolidation had brought busing of the children to the larger schools. Teachers were required to have more and more years of education before receiving credentials for teaching. But Della did not retire. In addition to all her other activities, she had been active in Red Cross work for many years. She became County Chairman in L942. Also in 1942, Della was appointed Stat€ Chairman of Consewation of the Colorado Federation of Garden Clubs. She received official notice of the appointment in a letter from the State President who said, "We won't take 'no' for an answer." Telling about the appointment, a local newspaper said, "We doubt if the Federation could find a more able head for this important department. Mrs. Hendricks is a keen student of nature and an authority on Eastern Colorado wild flowers and is interested in conservation of all wild life. The Burlington Garden Club is honored to have one of its members thus recognized. According to Della's own personal notes, she was employed to open school at 1st Central District No. 29 and to teach until the school board could get a teacher. She taught grades 9 through 12 and acted as principal. Interestingly, Della's first grandchild, Jac- quelyn Hendricks (Snm's daughter), was teaching grades 1 through 4 at this school at this ssyne time. Della wrote in her notes. "f taught 9 weeks my last teaching." She was 74 years old. - During the years of World War II, Della grew her'victory garden'and continued with Red Cross work. The funds of the Red Cross would go only so far and Della refused to turn �down a call of distress. She often used her own money to help a stranded service man or extend aid to the traveling family of a serviceman. In 1946. Della received a letter of commendation from the Colorado Gover- nor, John C. Vivian, and a citation for "meritorious personal service performed in behalf of the nation, her armed forces, and suffering humanity in the Second World War", signed by Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, and Basil O'Connor, National Chairman of the American Red Cross. The mounting number of candles on her birthday cakes did not deter Della Hendricks. She continued her research of Eastern Colorado history and other activities. In 1952, she received a gift from Ed C. Johnson, the United States Senator from Colorado, for the Burlington Library and also a gift for the auction which was to be held for the benefit of the new Burlington Library building. These gifts were being assembled by a group known as Friends of the Library, of which Mrs. Hendricks was a member. She also remained active in the Garden Club and the Inter SeSe Sorority. Many nights she would fall asleep while typing her notes or articles relating to historical events or personalities of Eastern Colorado. Her interest in this never slackened. Sponsored by the Burlington Library Board, an Open House was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sem Hendricks on December 7, 1961, in honor of Della's 90th birthday. During the afternoon, between 65 and 70 friends came to greet her and many friends and relatives, unable to attend, sent cards or called on her later. The next spring found her with spade and rake in hand, planting her garden as usual. Throughout the years, Della's husband, Dick. had carried on his work as a veterinarian and had spent most of his later years on one of the family's farms. However, he and Della were living in a small house in Burlington in January of 1965 when Dick suffered a massive stroke and died a few days later. Following the death of her husband, Della went to live at the home of her son, Snm. She had her own telephone, desk and typewriter, and spent her time reading, typing, talking to old friends, and carrying on her extensive correspondence. She was still receiving and answering queries about persons, places and events of Eastern Colorado such as frontiersman Kit Carson; William H. Bleakley, the first aviator in Burlington, who in 1915 was instrumental in forming the National Guard in Kit Carson County; the Battle of Beecher Island; early political figures; and the sit€s of historical markers. Later in October of 1968, at dinner time one evening, Della fell. Although not serioue- Congressman Frank E. Evans. She also received many gifts, flowers and telephone calls from people unable to attend the reception. Della's son, Sam, taught for several years and later entered the U.S. Postal Service from which he retired in 1969. Her son. William, became a mortician, owning and conducting the Burlington Mortuary and Ambulance Service. He is now semi-retired. the business being carried on mainly by his oldest son. Besides the two sons, Della has 8 grandchildren,25 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. Today Della Hendricks, 101 years of age, maintains her interest in local and world affairs. Ifshe were to walk into a schoolroom today, with all the changes that have taken place she would still be a schoolmarm, one of the very best. Della died at Grace Manor on July 22,L973 at the age of 101 years, 7 months and 15 days. by M. Hendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY F280 In the latter years ofthe 19th century and the early years ofthe 20th century, there were Great Uncles and Great Aunts of Bill Hendricks that migrated from Missouri to what is now known as Kit Carson County. Some data about these individuals follow. A.F. Hendricks was the first Dry Goods Merchant in Burlington, the old building that housed the store was eventually razed by Doren Knapp. This edifice was probably in the vicinity of the present day Equitable Savings and Loan. A.F. Hendricks moved to Denver in 1890. Abrahsm, commonly known as Abe, was one of the committee who journeyed to Denver to establish Kit Carson County of Eastern Colorado. He moved to Denver and later to Kansas City, MO. Oliver and his wife, Tammy moved to Seibert, CO. and built the first hotel in that community. Oliver planted a grove of trees north of Seibert which became a popular spot for picnics. In 1888, he sold the hotel to his sister and her husband, Kate and Lee Hutchens who had also migrated from Missouri to Seibert. They continued the operation of the hotel for many years and they also farmed. Two brothers, George and Bert operated the first land business in Seibert. Later, both moved to Denver. Two sisters, Harriet Brown and Alice Carter and their husbands lived on homesteads S.E. of Seibert. As previously mentioned, several Hendricks families had migrated from Missouri to the area of Kit Carson County. In March of 1908, Dick and Della Hendricks, parents of Bill Hendricks, had decided to join their kin and moved via box car, settling on a homestead 372 miles south of Seibert. While Dick worked on the homestead Della found employment in Seibert as a clerk in a department store. She took her son Sam who was a mere toddler with her. Two buggies were making the trip to town drawn by her, the other by her young -sonone Bill with his sister Elaine who attended school in town. So Della realized it would be much better for them to live in town. In the fall of 1910 the family moved into a house in Seibert but they retained the homestead. By profession, Della was a school teacher. After Sam started to school she taught in schools near Seibert. Eventually she bought a car one of Seibert's first. It was a 1916 Model- T. William R. Hendricks (Bill) of Burlington, CO has resided in Kit Carson county for approximately eighty years. Following are episodes relating to those years and also some historical events that involved him. Bill had a vivid memory of his childhood and adolescent years. To this day he will not eat rabbit regardless ofhow it is prepared. It seems that rabbit was a prime source of food : -::tr:.- {ll *' '.1i.. ly injured, she had to be hospitalized for about two months. Upon her release from the hospital, Della went to Grace Manor, a nursing home in Burlington, where she has continued to reside. On December 7,197L, Della celebrated her 100th birthday. A reception was given in her honor at Grace Manor by her two eons and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Sa- Hendricks and Mr. and Mre. William Hendricks. Approximately 150 relatives and friends attended. She received nearly 150 cards, a personal letter from President Richard M. Nixon and a congratulatory greeting from Colorado George and Bert Hendricks. First land office in Seibert, Colorado, 1890's. ff t4 ...,1;;,i.,.,:l1:r.r.,i:ill �when living on the homestead south of Seibert. He remembers going to school in Seibert he and his sistcr Elaine - via an old buggy and the old horse "Hop". Bill was only five years at this time when he had the responsibility of driving the rig 3% miles back and forth to school. He was seven years old when the family moved to town. From the stories he tells, one concludes that he was quite an ingenious young lad. By connivance won't tell you - heAlthough they he acquired two oxen. how were -approximately the same height, they did not match, one was full bodied and had a smooth hide; the other was scrawny and scraggly. With the help of a local blacksmith, Bill made a yoke to fit the oxen. He would hitch the oxen to any old wagon, sled or buggy that he could gain possession of and using a rope for reins he would drive those "critters" all around town and the surrounding areas. He could leave the oxen at a halt, enter a store or go wherever he wanted to; however, regardless of how long he was gone, the oxen would still be standing wherever he had left them. by Mary Hendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY individual owners. For this chore, Bill was paid a dollar a month for each "town cow". One summer while still living in Seibert, Bill went to his Aunt Kate's to help with putting up hay. She had a number of hired hands working for her. Among them was this "mean man" - this is what young Bill called him. Other workers, including young Bill, teased this so called "mean man". One day he beceme very irate with young Bill and took after him with a pitch fork. Instead of running away from him in an open space, he ran into the barn and was trapped against a stall. The pitch fork aimed directly at Bill was getting very close; however, quite suddenly this so called "mean man" was grabbed around the neck with such force and strength that the pitch fork fell to the ground. The man's name who saved Bill's life was Claude Huges. Following this incident there was much commotion for a while. Soon Aunt Katc had this culprit running down the road. Years later when operating Hendricks Ambulance Service. Bill remained somewhat intimidated by the mentally deranged. He could perform his duties with compassion, concern, and professional efficiency; however, arriving in the corridors of a mental hospital and a door was unlocked for him to enter with his patient and then the door locked behind him - sometimes this proce- dure repeating itself several times - Bill had F28t to overcome his fear of being trapped. The boyhood experience he had had with the "mean man" had made an indelible impression on his memory. Young Bill had a memorable experience when he was nine years old. At this time his father Dick Hendricks, was operating a livery stable in Seibert. His service included rental of a buggy and a horse and, when needed, included rental for a rig and a driver. At this specific time there was in Seibert a gentleman, Alvin T. Steinel, editor of the Southwest Trail, a farm magazine. He needed to go to Flagler. Young Bill who had earned reputation of successfully making many trips, was chosen as driver for Mr. Steinel. Driving a buggy pulled by a horse named "Old Fred" they began their journey. They t'--*ii: Willie Hendricks, age 9, Seibert, Colorado. In those early days people were permitted to keep horses, chickens, hogs, cows - whatever - in town. One of Bill's main sources of making spending money was to herd what they called "town cows". After milking them in the morning, he would round up the cows and drive them to a near pasture where they could graze. Before milking time in the evening he would drive the cows back to their encountered a torrential rain. Although they managed to cross the bridge that spanned the Republican River, in a short time they were forced to find shelter because of road conditions, wind and the down pouring rain. Shelter was found in an old abandoned shack. The Editor. Bill and of course "Old Fred" remained in the shack until the storm receded. Then once again the horse was hitched and without any further trouble they arrived in Flagler where young Bill spent the night. The next day he returned home safe and happy - the buggy seat was loaded with candy and nuts. Later Steinel came to the Hendricks'home at Seibert to get Bill's picture. The picture and the story ofthe trip appeared on the front page of the Denver Post. The Burlington Record on Apri6 l, 1978 printed an article captioned 1912 Newspaper Clipping Lauds "Willie Youngest Livery Man". The conclusion of the article was verbatim -. Mr. Steinel mentioned by the News later beco-e editor of Western Farm Life Journal and the boy, a father, grandfath- er, and great grandfather many times over - now affectionately called "Pa Bill" by his progeny who would agree in retrospect, that there was a lot of "Pa Bill" in young Willie and still much of Willie in Pa Bill. Bill Hendricks was at this time 75 years old. by Mary Hendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY F282 During the summer of 1917, the town of Burlington was looking for a teacher for a school east of Burlington. Della Hendricks was recommended and was hired immediate- ly. The following fall, the homestead was sold and Della with the three children drove the car and moved to Burlington. Later Dick joined them walking and driving three milk cows all the way from Seibert to Burlington, a distance of thirty-two miles. Bill Hendricks was in his early teens when he moved with the family to Burlington. Most of the summers he spent living and working on farms. He had varied employment while attending high school. He worked at a soda fountain, a restaurant, a bakery and also in a men's clothing store. In his senior year, Bill played basketball position center. The tenm made state playoffs - Boulder - lost. He was also on the first football team organized at Burlington High School. He played tackle, year 1920. After graduating from high school in 1923, Bill went to work at Penny Hardware which was owned and operated by Orin P. Penny. As was common in those days, the store's merchandise included furniture and in addition was licensed for funeral and nmbulance services. There was no mortuary edifice. Caskets were displayed in the basement of the hardware store and it was also there that the preparation room was located. Quite frequently families, mostly those living at the settlement, would request that their departed one be embalmed and prepared for burial in the home. Many nighls Orin and Bill would be secluded in an unheated, cold room with only an oil lnmp or lantern for light. The trips to the home would occur every day - carr)nng supplies and equipment - until after the funeral was conducted. The funerals were held sometimes in homes, churches or a schoolhouse. Bill Hendricks'interest in mortuary science was activat€d when first employed by Orin Penny and remained steadfast throughout the years. In the late spring of 1926, Bill met Mary Louise Wilson. Her parents, Rolla and Myrtle Wilson, had given up housekeeping immediately after Mary left for college in Missouri - 1925. Rolla Wilson was the head buyer of Arizona Packing Co. He and wife Myrtle traveled extensively, their home, hotel rooms. However that spring of 1926 a school teacher of Burlington High School, J.R. Walters, was leaving with his family to attend summer school in the east. They rented their home intact for the summer months to Rolla. The Walters family moved out - the Wilson family moved in. The address of this house is 150 14th St. Today it is the home of Bertha B. Wear. The house directly south was the home of Dick and Della Hendricks and their son Bill. With the assistance of Della Hen- dricks who was at this time County Superintendent of Schools, Mary started a summer �ded one sometimes found herself in an atmosphere of black, oily particles that were adhering to everything. One of the happiest days of my life was when my grandfather Earl gave me a green and ivory colored cook stove. All that space on which to cook and there was also a water weU so I readily had access to hot water. The large oven had no thermometer; however, I soon learned to gauge the temperature by holding the palm of my hand just outside the open door ofthe oven. I sincerely believe that during the eighty years of my live have I ever baked better bread, cookies, biscuits, cornbread, cakes, pies, etc. I graduated from the kitchen range to what was then the ultra modern bottled gas stove. It boast€d a deep well cooker that operated similar to our present day crock-pot. Every Sunday the children and I could leave home for Sunday school and church with me content that the bulk of our dinner was slowly cooking. It was a Sunday ritual for Bill's parents and my mother to join us for noon time dinner. In addition, as long as Bill remained active, I knew knew, Sundays or week days, how Burlington High School football team, 1920. Kindergarten. She was given permission to use the facilities of a room in the school house. Some of her wee-little students are still living in this area - among them are the Ford brothers, J.C. Penny and Betty Chal- fant Sutton. The romantic relationship that developed between Bill and Mary continued throughout the summer; however Mary was adamant about one matter - Bill must go to Mortuary School before they could marry. In the fall, the Wilsons moved to Norton, Kansas taking Mary with them. They had been advised by an eye specialist that Mary should not return to college for at least a year. Eventually, Mary planned to teach school so following her year of inactivity she decided to postpone college, go to Burlington where she could take the exnmination for a teachers certificate and then teach for a year or so. It was at this time during her stay in Burlington that she realized that Bill - due to family circumstances - would not go to mortuary school in the very near future. Bill and Mary eloped and were married in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado on April 27, L927. Following the marriage, Mary's frugality alienated some members of the Hendricks family; however, she was persistent in her determination to help raise sufficient funds for them to go to Kansas City for school. She augmented her hoardings by the approval of her application for a substitute teacher at Smokey Hill. Mary taught seventh and eighth grades and Latin and English to the upper classmen. At this time, Ora Cruickshank was a teacher at Smokey Hill some will remember her. "The icing on the cake" - so to speak - followed. In her will, Bill's grandmother, Martha Hendricks, was leaving one hundred dollars to each of her grandsons. When she becnme aware of Bill's endeavor she advanced his legacy to him. ln January of 1928, Bill and Mary left for Kansas City where he attended Williams Institute of Mortuary Science. After receiving his degree he went to Denver, took the state exnmination and in 1929 was awarded his first State Mortuary Practitioners License #459. When Bill returned from school. he resu- med his emplo5ment with Orin Penny. Most of Bill and Mary's friends were as hard pressed for money as they were; however it did not necessarily take much money to have entertainment. They played games and there was extensive visiting in homes. Square dancers would gather in country homes and dance the hours away. In Burlington, the dilapidated old armory as it is today, was built in 1926. For many years, it was an ideal place for dancing. The dance floor was superb - the rest rooms were clean, shiny and most accommodating. One of the outstanding dances of the year was the Fireman's Ball. Many of the ladies wore formals. Over the years, Bill Hendricks, bit by bit, was acquiring land, some cattle and horses (always horses). His family was multiplying, Wilson Robert (Bob) was born on July 30, 1928; Dixie Lee was born on July 15, 1931; John Joseph (Joe) was born on December 29, 1932; and George Thomas (Tom) was born on September 24, 1936. Twice he quit his employment at Penny Hardware. His wages were always frugal. He sold cars for C.D. Reed Motor Company and also at one time joined Rolla Wilson in his buying and selling of hogs and cattle. by Mary Hendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY many extras he would bring home for a meal. I learned to improvise; I never knew whether I would feed six, sixteen or more. In later years when we were blessed with daughters-in-law, I assiduously discouraged them from becoming slaves to lavish Sunday meals. I remembered my self inflicted martyrdom. Following a Sunday dinner Bill took the grandparents home for their naps, the guests would leave and Bill and the children left to ride the horse. I remained home faced with a "slug" of dirty dishes to wash by hand. There were so many women like me in those days; did we think we were saints by being martyrs? I laud the modern day women! "You've come a long way, baby!" We must acknowledge that during our life span we all experience obstacles. Some are world wide - some national and others a bit closer to home. Seemingly there are people who live in gloom and despair - others who learn to handle troubles and never lose sight of the miracles of "progress". One summer grasshoppers were spotted in one of the fields that Bill was farming. Grandpa Dick, Bill's father, drove an old pickup all around the boundaries ofthe field. I rode in back - legs hanging over the tailgate scattering grasshopper poison along the edges of the field. Today there are planes equipped to spray entire fields using a formula specified for the encroachment of the bug or insect. Hundreds of acres are sprayed in less time than it took to toss grasshopper poison to the boundaries for the field. "Progress". F283 How did I do it? I was always a stickler for well balanced meals so I know I prepared hearty meals three times a day for four children and Bill and I. How did I do it on just a two burner kerosene stove and without a single electrical appliance? In those days there were no packaged foods nor were there any frozen items; all cooking was done from scratch. One advantage, no worry about preservatives. Does anyone reading this recall how the wicks on those ancient kerosene stoves had a tendency to creep when lit? If left unatten- Having lived in Burlington for 60 odd years, I have experienced and lived through many types of dirt storms. The rolling type of the Dust Bowl of the thirties were hellions to me. All window curtains, wall pictures and bric-a-brack were concealed in any drawer or covered space available. Damp sheets were in the bathroom. Whenever I would spot a monstrous, vicious black cloud rolling in the sky, I would hang wet sheets on the window curtain rods. Soon that cloud would settled over the house like a canopy, dirt penetrating every crack and crevice. When the hellish cloud eventually rolled on and away I would carry out the dirt using a shovel, broom and coal bucket. At this time Bob was in Kinder- �city resumed the annual 4th of July fireworks display. On July 18, 1929, a Rock Island passenger train traveling east while attempting to cross a bridge collapsed. The story is that two cars had safely crossed before the breakdown of the bridge which plunged several cars into the water. Ordinarily the creek was dry; however due to a torrential rain there was adequate depth to the water to trap and drown the passengers. All bodies were taken to the Penny Mortuary. Bill Hendricks today doesn't remember for certain how many - over the years he was involved in many drowning tragedies. The local weekly newspaper published that were were 15 or more. Bob Hendricks of Hendricks Mortuary, has searched through all old records of Orin Penny but can find no mention of this specific tragedy. In thoee days, detailed records were not compiled and filed as they are today. The catastrophe of the train wreck caused a gteat influx of outsiders to Burlington. Besides editors, reporters and newspaper men, there were many curiosity seekers. Seibert Boys Band, July 1916 at Colorado Springs band competition. Standing, I to r; G.W. Klokenteger, Paul Morrison, Parker Calvin, Elmer Ericson, PauI Jeffries, BiIl Klokenteger, Elmer Everett. Seated; Ted Cruickshank, Wm. Hendricks, Lindley Cates, Snm Hendricks, Reginald Allen, Monta Jeffries, Floyd Johnson, Harry Simmons, Dwight Frankfather, Abe Hendricks. garten. On stormy days he was sent home, Dixie was a toddler and Joe a crawler. I scooped dirt out of the kitchen sink and the bathtub before flushing with water. I had a horror of mud plugging the drains. During those days we women fought our battle to protect our families and our homes. Our battles were minimal when compared to those of the farmers and merchants. New methods of farming and the ever increasing Pse of irrigation have helped diminish the in Burlington a business man by the name of Earl Baber. He unexpectedly approached Bill and Mary and offered to finance the transaction of the sale of the mortuary business. It didn't seem to worry Earl that Bill and Mary did not have sufficient collateral for the loan. He remarked, "You two will make it". They did make it! The following fall Bill had a bumper wheat crop. Earl was paid in full. enter competition against him. Twice Bill was offered financial support for a mortuary business of his own. Bill remained loyal to his promise to Orin. John Curtis and Gene Penny, sons of Orin, approached Bill. They informed him that they had no desire or intention to operate a mortuary. They advised Bill to persistently tag their dad and culminate a sale of the business. October 1944, Penny Mortuary became Hendricks Mortuary. After all these years, the dream and goal of Bill and Mary's became a redity. Orin was surprised when Bill paid him cash for the business and equipment. There lived that is how he - in Burlington that referred to them, who were he had a friend Grace Milburn, stay with Mary and baby, Billie Bob. Mary remembers one heartbreaking story that Bill told her about one of the victims. A young girl was returning home from a swim meet where she had won the championship. She drowned in Spring Creek. by Mary Hendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY atrocious dirt storms of bygone years. ttProgress". seemingly can be completely devastated. If mother nature works in her wondrous ways giving us sunshine, moisture, adequate temperatures, etc. in one years'time our lands can again display luxuriant growth. Always, after Bill had quit his job at the hardware store and mortuary, Orin Penny would contact him and induce him to come back to work for him. Definitely Orin Penny needed Bill. He had built a small mortuary and had depended on Bill for many years to do all the professional work. This reactive cycle would tire Mary; however in due time proved beneficial. Orin held a restraining advantage over Bill. He had had Bill promise that he would never the many vagabonds by Mary Hendricks possibilities of a recurence of the violent, How many people in the world live in a "Garden of Eden" as we do? Our land Some one had to be on duty day and night at the mortuary. Bill Hendricks would return home only long enough to bathe, shave and change clothes. He was so concerned about HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY F285 r.284 The train wreck west of Stratton, Colorado. One girl wasn't found until 5 days later. 1929. The bon fire celebrating the end of World War II in Burlington. Bill Hendricks had heard that the signing J.E. McFadden, age thirty-three, a mail carrier for the Burlington Postal Service, suffered a tragic and brutal death on July 4th, 1928. He was the one discharging all the fireworks display for the annual 4th of July celebration sponsored by the City of Burlington. One of the rockets back fired and exploded in McFadden's face. Orin Penny and Bill Hendricks were morticians and coroners at this time. Mr. McFadden's wife and eleven children were left to mourn his death. A duration of years passed before the of the Armistice that would end hostilities of the World War would officially be announced in the afternoon of August 14, 1945. He anticipated the mob-like hilarity, jubilance and the intensive high to celebrate. With the cooperation of the local merchants in Burlington and the help ofyoungsters, the alleys were confiscated of all boxes, papers, wood anything that would burn were piled - and at the intersection of 14th and Senter. On the roof of the Bank of Burlington Bill placed a music box illd emplifier. �Crowds were gathering in anticipation. When the announcement was broadcast by PresidentTruman at fiive o'clock, pandemonium broke loose. The bonfire was ignited, people were crying, laughing and hugging one another. The din of the sirens, cars honking, music blaring, noisemakers and wildly happy shoutings ofthe people who were gathered in the paper and confetti strewn streets was immense. All boys and men had to forfeit shirts and ties - some their coats and haLs - to the bonfire. Tears mingled withthe smiles of more than one in the community as thoughts were turned to the boys who made the supreme sacrifice and would not be coming home rmong the several hundred from this county. Fuel was added to the big bonfire until the midnight rain came to put an end to the festivities. Although celebrating was riotous throughout the county, Sheriff R.W. Plummer, undersheriff Roy Peters, nor the Hendricks Ambulance Service received a single call. The majority of the residents remained quietly and thankfully at home listening to the radio for further details of Japan's unconditional surrender. On Wednesday a joint religious service was held at the Community Center, preceded by band and decorated floats at 2:00. Following that, a huge crowd enjoyed a free show and several barrels of lemonade, donated by the city. A big dance at the State Armory climaxed the day. During the war's duration of three years, eight months and seven days, Kit Carson County folks had done their utmost toward this victory raising more than the alloted quota on all seven war bond drives, donating thousands of dollars to the Red Cross, USO and other similar causes, sending preciorur sons and daughters to the Armed Forces and taking over the work on the home front, planting and harvesting three record food crops. by Mary Hendricks IIENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY F286 Bill couldn't delay contacting architects and contractors for bids on building the mortuar5r. He had only a five year lease to rent the Penny edifice. After that he would be compelled to move out. Orin Penny died during this period and his son, John and his wife Deane had plans to remodel and enlarge the building and make it their home. An architect from Denver and Bill and Mary compiled a blueprint for the mortuary to be built. To hire a contractor becnme a big headache. All prices they would quote were exorbitant for Bill. There was no possible way he could raise the money any one of them were asking. At this time there \Das a gentleman, Leonard Krebs, living in Burlington who did construction work. He and other parishioners had recently built their first St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The construction was most impressive. Leonard Krebs became the supervisor for building the mortuary. He was very meticulous, wouldn't tolerate a flaw; however he had the personality and ability to cooperate with all labor and the ability to relieve any tension that would occur. Most labor was local men. Some construction necessarily had to be contracted such as the brick laying, plast- ering, wiring, plumbing, etc. but whenever feasible the contractors were local. Bill sold land, the farnilyhome and borrow- ed money to finance the building. He had always said that if it were ever possible for him to build a mortuary he wanted a building that the town, he and his children and future grandchildren would be proud of. He anticipated the growth of Burlington which is an explanation for the size of the building. Also he wished to discourage competition. When the five year lease on the Penny building terminated, John Penny immediately began excavating and Bill was forced to vacate and move everything to his mortuary that was still under construction. The preparation room was completed; however, that was the only room ready for use. Caskets that would eventually be displayed in the Show Room that would be located in the basement quarters were lined up in the room that was to become the chapel. They were covered with heavy plastic sheets. When Bill had an undertaking call and the family of the deceased was expected, all construction on the main floor would come to a halt. The men would sweep up shavings, sawdust and any other debris from the bare wooden floor and remove the plastic sheets from the caskets then Bill or a member of his staff would ready them for display. Bill and Mary always marveled at the public's tolerance of their crude facilities. After the sale of their home the family moved to a tiny three room apartment in the back of what was then Ed Hantens Dress Shop and was located directly across the alley from the Penny Building. Mary had packed in crates and boxes all but the bare essentials. These were stored in the basement of the Hantens and that is also where the boys slept. Ugh!Bugs! Mice! On New Years Eve the Hendricks family vacated the Hanten apartment and moved bag and baggage to the top floor of the mortuar5r which was to be their home. Heat, water and electricity were available and also there were bathroom facilities, a kitchen sink, a stove, a refrigerator, an automatic washer and some furniture. There were no doors, rods, hooks or cupboards and the bare floors were splotched with plaster. Mary especially appreciated the many windows that would afford sunlight and fresh air. The Hanten apartment had only one window located in the small kitchen. Trying to keep abreast of the book work and the care of the family in that stagnant air had begun to make Mary sick. Following the move, the Hendricks tribe became increasingly involved in the construc- tion work of the mortuary. They were assigned their daily tasks by Leonard Krebs. Bill and Mary have repeatedly said that they could not have built the mortuary nor functioned in the early years without the labor and dedication of their family. During the early years there was a shortage ofmoney available to hire help. All through high school and during college vacations their family was on call at the mortuary. At the time the mortuary also had the Ambulance Service and the Flower Order Business. There were times when the progeny were tempted to leave it all and find a good paying job but their loyalty remained steadfast. Perhaps they had pride in what all were trying to accomplish. Bill suffered a coronary. Joe postponed entering college for a year so he could help with the farming and the mortua4r business. The mortuary, as all new buildings do, gradually reached creditability. Mary revels in her contribution. The outmoded, very rough plaster used in those days could not be painted for a year. Painting the walls and ceilings on three floors was emong her contributions. Although Bill Hendricks had many interests and hobbies, the mortuary took precedence over all. Except on occasions when he was gone, he made it clear to his family and all employees that he was "Boss". When conducting a funeral he expected complete autonomy - the funeral must run smoothly and in his way. Anyone helping him must be alert and be able to interpret his little hidden gestures of hand or head and then follow through. In 1974, Bill relinquished his status as "Boss" to his son, Bob and wife Bonnie. They moved to the apartment while Bill and Mary moved to a house at 85 Cedar Circle, that is owned by their son, Joe. Mary said that she almost shed tears ofjoy when Bonnie told her that she was willing to move to the mortuary. Mary was becoming very tired; she had experienced much satisfaction in her close association with the many diversified responsibilities, however the years were taking their toll. Bill had insisted that she continue with all bookwork; however she knew her methods were most antiquated in contrast to son Bob's. Also she was worried about Bill's health. She realized that the many stair steps were becoming a problem - she wanted to move before health conditions forced them to do so. In June of 1984 Bob and Bonnie Hendricks purchased the mortuary; they also own a Funeral Home in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. They have spent much time and money on repairs, decorating and remodeling. Mary had inherited money from her Aunt which made it possible for them to sell the mortuary debt free. by Mary Ilendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY F287 The Flagler plane tragedy occurred on September 15, 1951. Surely someone from Flagler will contribute the details of the crash. Although no one from the staff of Hendricks Mortuary or Ambulance Service was present at the time of the tragedy, Bill and Mary and staff allocated many hours in Flagler subsequent to the tragedy. Mary speaks; "I, with a friend Peggy Shamburg, were returning home from Ft. Collins, we had taken my daughter, Dixie, back to college. To accommodate all her paraphernalia I was driving a station wagon that could be converted to a small ambulance. I became apprehensive, didn't know why, but felt the urgency to return home quickly. On the way, the Hendricks embulance wan �taking a patient to Denver and passed us. A.^ Since Bill had gone to Eads, Colorado to the races, I realized that our son Tom - 15 years old - was alone at the mortuary. That did not cause me great concern since I knew he could ^^l 71"fui' / clov Hotsl, Seibert, rely on Steve Rockwell at the hospital to aseist in atty emergency. I was nearing the grounds of the air ehow at Flagler and noticed that traffic was being directed at the gate. This appeared normal to me since I had heard a large attendance was expected. After driving a ehort distance, a string of cars, one with a siren, and all driving very fast was approaching me. I hurriedly parked the car on the side ofthe road and told Peggy to help unload. We had spent the night in Ft. Collins so there was luggage. Riding in a car approaching me wae a fireman who on recognizing me and the car that could be ueed as a small nmbulance. took the cue and practically jumped from his vehicle to the one I had been driving and shouted "A plane cragh". I do not remember who brought me home to the mortuary. I can still see young Tom sitting on the outside stairway looking quite forlorn and lonely. He said "Gosh, am I glad to see you". There was no 911 to dial in those days. Tom, however, who all his life had been associated with emergencies, had called Steve Rockwell at the hospital, Bob Shamburg who was a fireman and called the sheriff and state patrol. I contacted an operator at Limon and asked her to alert someone who would flag down Hubert Hill. driver of the Hendricks ambulance and give him the message to go directly to the grounds of the tragedy at Flagler. A call from Flagler was received informing me of the urgent need of Bill Hendricks, the county coroner. I replied that Ralph Clapp who Iived in Flagler was deputy coroner and to call him for all duties. I was dismayed when told that Mr. Clapp was on a plane that was flying his critically injured wife to Denver. I called Dr. H.M. Hayes to go help in any way he could until I was able to send Bill. After calling Bill at Eads he immediately left going directly to Flagler. After identifying the 20 dead, the morticians who had come to Flagler to help insisted that Bill who was still recuperating from a heart attack go home. Hubert Hill remained. For the following two days, Bill and I were occupied at the funeral home in Flagler compiling essential data for death certificates and burial permits. Our contacts with the mourning families were heart breaking. Twenty died and thirty or more were injured at this tragedy." by Mary Hendricks A.--rt*l-:* Aunt Kate's Hotel, Seibert, Colorado, 1908. passing was a great loss to us all. Dick Hendricks, Bill's father, was affectionately called "Grandpa Dick". He lived with us periodically over the years. At one time he lived on a farm 2Vz miles north of Burlington that Bill had leased from Merritt Stanton. Merritt and Dick batched. They farmed, raised garden, chickens, hogs and milked cows. Every day Grandpa Dick brought us milk and cream and when in season a variety of produce. He helped our boys train horses and break and ride the many colts born at this location. After Merritt died. he moved to town and Bill did not renew his lease on the farm. During the final years of his life, Grandpa Dick helped at the mortuary discharging the small tasks that his health would permit answering the door bells, moving the hose, emptying wastebaskets and licking stamps on statements and other outgoing mail. Grandpa Dick suffered a stroke and died shortly after at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital on January 28,1965 at the age of 92 years and 15 days. Many, many tears were shed - he was loved dearly. My parents, Rolla and Myrtle Wilson, bought a home at 295 14th St. and moved from Goodland, Kansas to Burlington. This home is today the location of Tyrrell Insurance Agency. Rolla Wilson was the head buyer for Arizona Packing Co. Due to a head injury he received in a car accident, my father died of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 26, 1933. He left my mother Myrtle Wilson, financially HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY F288 independent. Prior to her move to Burlington she suffered a broken hip. She was crippled for the remaining years of her life. "Mamo Myrtle" as she was lovingly called by her grand and great grandchildren, had many, rnany friends and was on the go I have been told that a history on the life of Della Hendricks, Bill's mother, is being included in another story, so I will not dwell on her many accomplishments as County Superintendent of Schools in Kit Carson County, as a school teacher and historian. Her progeny called her "momee". Della died at Grace Manor on July 22, L973 at the age of 101 years, 7 months and 15 days. Her whenever possible. She loved parties, her card clubs and the association with Eastern Star and the Methodist Church. Before arthritis severely crippled her hands, Myrtle Wilson was an artist with her needle and also with her Archer foot controlled sewing machine. She made aprons, some quite fancy, for her family and friends; she crocheted insertion lace and embroidered dozens of pillow cases; she appliqued many tea towels and pieced quilts for all members of her family including grandchildren. She crocheted and embroidered most intricate works of art. The pot holders she crocheted were awarded first prizes locally, nationally and internationally. It seems that all friends and members of her family wanted a pot holder that Myrtle Wilson had crocheted they decorated kitchens in many, many homes. She was able to remain living in her home for many years; however in her later years she became pathetically crippled with arthritis and made her home at Grace Manor. Follow- ing a stroke she passed away at the Kit Carson County Hospital on February 14, 1970 at the age of93 years, S months, and 17 days. She never lost her mental faculties. There are ones today who say to me "You had a wonderful mother". I agree. By 1973, Bill and I had lost both our parents. We were grateful that they had never experienced isolation from family. Many a feast was shared and happy hours were spent in family togetherness. Bill had a sister, Elaine, born March 5, 1905. The summer following her graduation from Burlington High School in 1922, she and another girl, Bertha Boger, (today known as Bertha Wear), won a 4-H canning competi- tion and were awarded a trip to France where they demonstrated to the women in the war devastated areas how to can their home grown produce. Elaine's first year of college was at Greeley - the following two years at Colorado State University (then known as Aggies) - Sorority Gamma Phi Beta. On August 15th, 1925, Elaine married Holmes Burnett of Fort Collins. They had one daughter whom they called Connie. On December 27, L926 Elaine died of complications following the birth of her daughter; never had she been able to leave the hospital which was over a period of two months, Bill's brother, Snm, died at a Care Center in Denver at the age of 79 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Lucille, his wife, continues to live in the home she and Sam bought. Her two daughters and a son are scattered from � https://kccarchives.cvlcollections.org/files/original/17/483/Families-H2.pdf 8e212c986ff3dd11cf94411c87e59eec PDF Text Text Denver to the west coast. All of the Bill Inclusive in membership were Rotary, Jay- Manor. Hendricks family love "Aunt Cille" very cees, Elks, Odd Fellows, Golf Club, Country William R. Hendricks (BiU), was bornJune much. Club, Cattlemnns and Quarter Horse Associations, etc. He received life membership in Burlington A.F.&A.M. Lodge #77, also in ?, 1903 at Cross Timbers, Missouri. At the age of five, via box car, he moved with his parents, In his younger years Sam taught school. For a number of years he was associat€d with Bill in farming with the title of "Hendricks Brothers". Before retiring he was the city mail carrier. I had one brother, Cecil E. Wilson, that was two years older than me. He wae born on February 23, 1905. At the age of 2L he joined the navy. As a Warrant Officer, he was a prisoner of war in Japan for 3% years. After 30 years of distinguished service in the U.S. Navy he retired as a Captain and was a recipient of many medals. He and his wife, Louise, had no children. As in a Navy tradition, when Cecil andLouise died in 1984, their bodies were cremated and the ashes gcattered in the Pacific Ocean. by Mary Hendricks HENDRICKS - WISON FAMILY d,?^* t rbl F289 Denver Rocky Mountain Consistory and Denver El Jebel Shrine. Mary says that Bill over the years developed a great pasgion for horses. In the thirties when their children were small he owned a pony and a pinto horse. The pinto, whom the entire family adored, was sold to pay the delinquent rent on their home. Bill continued to "wheel and deal". He bought, sold, raised and traded horses. He had registered stallione and collected stud fees. His boys broke the colts and his sons were also his best jockeys. His race horses traveled all over the state of Colorado, Lincoln, Nebraska, Cheyenne, Wyoming and New Mexico. As BiI grew older his physical disabilities worsened and also following the sale of the mortuary, he and Mary were living on a fixed income. Bill had to be persuaded to relinquish his long love affair with horges. It was tough! In the fifties, Bill suffered an emergency appendectomy and a short time following he had a heart attack. In the sixties he was diagnosed as having Parkinson; however for several years the disease was not excessively debilitating. In addition to his customary 8Ll*u '8*',( activities he and Mary enjoyed tripa abroad. They traveled to the Hawaiian Islands, to St. Croir, went down the east coast of South Anerica on a ship that docked for tours of varioug countries. They aleo traveled extensively in Africa with a camera Safari. Shortly after returning from Africa, Bill's lifestyle changed drastically. During the next several years he was a patient at St. Joseph Hoepital in Denver or Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital in Burlington sometimee two or three times each year. He had five operations on the bladder to remove malignant tumore, a hernia operation, one on his back and two on his hip. In July of L974 Bill and Mary moved from their apartment at the mortuary to a home owned by their son Joe. For awhile Bill's recuperation permitted him to walk with the Pa Bill ag "Buffalo Bill" on Baby Ki August 1, 1964. Won lst prize in the "Old Timee" contegt, Ttail Ride Days in Burlington. Bill Hendricks was a gregarious fellow. He sincerely likes people and he wants them to like him. During the years that he was physically active he seldom missed a celebration held in the tovms of Kit Carson County. He loved to join the people in their revelry. The County Fair Days were very specid to Bill. There may be a few who remember him leading the parade riding his palamino horse, "Wildo". His sons would show hie horseg and aleo were the jockeya for his race horses. During World War II Bill helped instigate the Sunday free rodeos held at the Fairgrounds. The participants were mostly local - male, female, children and adults. At the conclusion ofthe rodeos war bonde were eold. Bill wag nmoDg the instigators of "Trail Ride Daye". In 1964, dressed as Buffalo Bill and riding his horse "Baby Ki", he won first prize in a Trail Ride Parade. Several mem- bere of his family also participated in the parade including grandchildren. He was a "joiner" during his active years. aid of a cane or a walker and also to drive hie pickup. However, rapidly his health deteriorated and soon he was a wheelchair patient. Linda Romer, companion and nurse assisted in the care of Bill for over two years. Bill and Mary loved her dearly. She was on duty eight hours a day for five days a week. In addition to the usual care, he continued with his "outings". He especially enjoyed the trips to the Burlington Bakery where he drank coffee and visited with his friends. Bill wae a big man - six feet and one half inches tall and at this time weighed around 190 pounds. He was becoming more and more dependent and the bulk of his medication wag caueing confusion. Mary is around five feet three inches and her weight varies between 90 and 100 pounds. The care of Bill on weekends, morning, evening and night hours were becoming arduous tasks. She finally agreed with her fanily and the full consent of Bill that he ghould make his home at Grace Manor Care Center. He moved July 24,L984. He received excellent care which includes T.L.C. He never complained and his seemingly innate beautiful personality prevailed. As etat€d before, Bill was a gregarious person. He was surrounded by others at Grace Dick and Della, a young sister and brother, Elaine and Sam, to a homest€ad south of Seibert. When he was 13, he moved with his folks to Burlington. Burlington was his home for the remainder of his life. Bill passed away on August 28, L987 at Grace Manor Care Center at the age of 84 years. by Mary Eendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY F290 During our 60 years of marriage our family has always come first. Our four children and their marriage partners have given us 16 grandchildren and they in turn have awarded us with 13 great grandchildren. We happily anticipate many more "greats". We are a most fortunate fanily. All our progeny are healthy, handsome and seemingly well adjusted individuals. I reluctantly realize there is not space in this history to elaborate on their lives. (I will strive to be brief and concise.) Son W.R. (Bob); CSU, degree Psychology, Frat. Sigua Chi, Air Force, politics, CSU Alumni, horses, wife Bonnie, own and operate Hendricks Mortuary in Burlington and Cheyenne Wells,6 children; Daughter Vicky Tapis, Brush, Politics, city clerk, husband Ken, RN - 2 children Joshua and Joy. Son Terry, Tucson, wife Lynn, 3 children, Angel, Bart, Jake. Daughter Tammy Baughn, Englewood, handwork in great demand, hus- band Russell, machinist, 3 children - Becky, Aaron, Daniel. Son Randy, Austin, TX, degree Stering, Durango - Social Service Hot Line, single. Son, Troy Vance, Burlington, degree paremedics, Denver, College of Mor- tuary Science, Austin, TX, single. Vickie Vance, degree Sterling, Larnmer Vo-Tec, Orthodontics assistant, Ft. Collins, single. Daughter Dr. Dixie Sullivan, California, Degree Psychology, CSU, Sorority Tri Delt, PhD Degree, California, lucrative clientele, Rolling Hills. widow, 3 children - John, Los Angeles, Degree Mexico and California, Masterg and PhD from USC, wife Angelina, 2 children John, Carlos. Erin, San Francigco, degree Loyola Marymount Univ., Mgr. of Employment Randolf Hines Inc., single. Bill, Los Angeles, degree Loyola Mar},mount Univ., P.R. Profs. Surfing Ass. of America, single. Son Joe, Ft. Collins, CSU, Frat. Sigma Chi, football, army, J.J. Hendricks Realty, Broker, Ft. Collins and Burlington, wife Pat, 5 children - Ki, CSU, Lic. real estate insurance, owner and mgr. Rocky Mtn. Escrow, Estes Park, single. Mike, degree CSU, football, Hendrickg Reality, broker, Burlington, wife Nancy, 2 children, Barrett and Jacky. Wyn, art, travel agent, employed Rocky Mtn. Escrow, Estes Park, CO. divorced, 1 child, Jordon. Dai, Dickerson, CO, co-owner Health Spa, Phys. therapist, husband Dennis, Pres. Rye Telephone. Tobin, college, repair and sales of cars, Mesa, AZ, single. Son Tom, Burlington, CSU, Air Force, counselor alcohol and drug abuse, farming, �think not. There are old timers and their progenythat remain with us and ask us about the many eventg of the past. AU this eulogizing has a tendency to make Bill appear a saint, that he is not. He is just an ordinary run-of-the-mill man (Question mark here). He has been known to be miechievous and full of tricks. Although he had always had a tenacious attraction for the female gender, he is basically, a Man's man. During his younger active yeara he was often lazy. He would nonchalantly sit and watch otherg work. Luckily for me, he cannot expose my many idiosyncrasies. In 1977 our caring family sponsored a 50 year wedding anniversary celebration for us at the Country Club; in 1987 the again Bill and Mary Hendricka on their 50th wedding anniversary, Prairie Pineg Country Club, Burlington, CO. trucking, insurance, divorced, 2 children. Tryn Pizel, Lakewood, CO. VO-Tec Goodland, Ks. Secy-Mgr, Howard Electric, husband Mike, Howard Electric, mechanic, no children. Todd, Burlington, Vo-Tec Good- old song?) "I Can't Help Loving That Man of Mine". To many, Bill and I are known as Pa Bill and Mnmo Mary. land, KS, mechanic, single. by Mary Hendricks HENDRICKS WILSON FAMILY sponsored an Open House in celebration of our 60th wedding anniversary, this time at Grace Manor. Blees our family! Over 100 joined us for this social time and we received over 200 cards. God bless all ofyou. I am more fortunate than so many lonely and elderly women. I wish they could have the concerned attention that is mine. Our son Bob and his wife live close by as do our grandson Mike, with his wife, Nancy, and their two children and our son Tom lives with me. They all humor and wait on me. They glorify this old lady's life. Nevertheless, I do miss Bill. I may be or not be prejudiced; however the absolute truth is (remember the by Mary Hendricks HENRY, LEROY AND CINDY F29l D2S2 The passing of time has a tendency to play tricks on ones memory. There may be thoee who do not recall episodes or dates ag reiteratcd in this history. Memorieg are as diversified as the people that have them. I have heard said that with each telling of history, history changes a bit. Anyone reading this history will readily conclude that it wae writt€n by an (elderly) woman. I have in my family members of the male gender. Although they encourage me to write the history their cooperation ie minimal. It is impossible for me to depict the male vergion of a conglomeration of episodes and events that happened over the yeare relating to Kit Careon County. I have concentrated at times on the woman's interpretation of events, her lifestyles, bad and good tines and obstacles that were overcome. During these yeals, man's lifestyles, his ways and meane, delineated progress and simultaneously it was so for woman. A few days ago a highly respected and long time reeident of Burlington, Henry Hoskin, was visiting with me in my home. He told me, Mary, that Bill Hendricks had always been one of his most favorit€ people. We spoke of his sincerity, nothing phony about Bill, hie love and respect for otherg was absolut€. His generosity and trust in mankind caused him at times to experience costly and unhappy repercussions; however it did not seem to dnmage his continuous trust and generosity. Bill was active as a mortician, nmbulance Mary and Bill Hendricks celebrating their 60th wedding anniversar5r at Grace Manor Care Center. Leroy and Cindy Henry, May 28, 1983. operator and coroner for over 50 years. Never did he become calloused to the anguish and In January of 1982 Leroy Henry, a handsome young bachelor, wentto supper at Velda suffering of the fanilies he served. His compassion and sympathy were always manifeet. There is a possibility that I, Mary, Bill's wife, have been a bit prejudiced in my commendable nanations concerning Bill. I Adolfs house and met an "old maid school teacher" nemed Cindy Kosley from Vona. Velda was a mutual friend and was not really trying to introduce Leroy and Cindy. Several months later, Leroy hit Cindy with a sledge hammer and asked her out for their first date. �They dated several months before Leroy asked if they could have their first kiss. Two weeks later he proposed. On May 28, 1983 LeroyLynn Henrymarried Cindy Sue Kosley at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They now live six miles southwest of Kirk on the farm that Leroy's parents purchased in 1953. Leroy is busy ranching where he raises hogs and cattle. Cindy enjoys her fanily and tcaching Kindergarten and Special Education at Lib- erty School. Leroy Lynn Hen4r, second child of the late Ralph and Lois (Corliss) Henry Schafer was born January 12,L955 at Kit Carson Memorial Hospital in Burlington, Colorado. He has lived on his parents'farm four miles south and two and a half miles west of Kirk all his life. Leroy went to school in Kirk until the school moved to Liberty in 1966. During his high school years, Leroy played football and basketball and participated in FFA activities. He graduated in 1973 and began raising hogs with ten gilts he had purchased. He has expanded his farrow to finish hog operation managing over eight sows. He also has a small cow herd of his own. Leroy has two brothers, Clifford Eugene and Melvin Lee and one siet€r Maltha Marie Kroll Maxey. Cindy Sue Kosley was born to Raymond and Christina (Manyik) Kosley on December 13, 1956 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Cindy attended school in Colorado Springs and graduated from Waseon High School in 1974. She went to the University of Northern Colorado and earned her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary and Special Education: EMR in 1978. She then taught for two years in Pueblo, CO. In 1980 she moved to Vona and began teaching Special Education at Hi Plains Schoolg for the East Central BOCES (Board of Cooperative Education Services). She taught four years in Vona and Seibert and went to Aniba on Mondays for one year. During the summer of 1988, Cindy began working on her Master's degree in Special Education: Emotionally Disturbed and Learning Disabled. She received her Master's in August of 1983. In 1984 she transferred to West Yrrma School District R"I-l to teach Kindergarten part-time at Liberty. Cindy has an older brother, Andy Joe Kosley and a younger sister, Becky Rae Kosley. On August 9, 1984 Nicholas Sherman Henry was born on his Grandpa Kosley and Grandma Lois (Henry) Schafer's birthdays. He was no-ed after his Great Grandpa Sherman Henry Corliss. One year later on the fourth ofJuly, Daniel Raymond Henry was born. He was named after his Grandpa Raymond Edward Kosley. Both boys have been a very special addition toour family. We do hope toadd to our family sometime and look forward to raising our family on the farm. by Cindy Henry HENRY, RALPH AND LOIS F293 1931 he moved with his parents to the Seeman farm 17 miles north of Vona. This is where Ralph grew up and attended the Searnan school. He graduated from the Kirk High School in 1947. Ralph worked in Denver for a short time with Gates Rubber Company. Ralph returned to his father's farm and started his farming career. He also bought a Minneapolis Moline corn sheller and did custom shelling for several years. On June 10, 1951 at Goodland, Kansas, Ralph married Lois Marie Corliss, the daughter of Sherman and Grace Messing Corliss. Lois was born August 9, 1935 at Burlington, Colorado at the home of her Aunt Luella Hitchcock. Lois grew up on her folks ranch northeast of Stratton, near the Republican river. She attended the South Tuttle School and two years at Kirk High School. Ralph was inducted into the Army November 15, 1951. Leaving Burlington, he was sent to Crmp Gordon, Georgia for his basic training, later taking special schooling for the signal corps. In June 1952, Ralph was sent to the Marshall Islands. He was stationed on the island Eniwetok, and while there he partici- patcd in Operation Ivy (testing of the Hydrogen bomb). Ralph returned to the states in January of 1953 and was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and was assigned to duty at the Pentagon at Washington, D.C. Ralph was honorably discharged November 15, 1953. Lois joined Ralph whenever she could while he was in the service. Clifford. our first son, was born November 4, 1953 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. After Ralph's discharge we returned to Kit Carson County, buyrng a farm 1? miles north and.2r/z west of Stratton. Here we raised our family of four children. Leroy was born January L2,l9ll,Melvin, March 1, 1956, and Martha, May 7, 1957. Our children attended Kirk School. In 1955 Kirk and Joes consolidated, the school was named Liberty and is located three miles east of Joes, Colorado on Highway 36. This is where the children all graduated from high school. In December of 1973 Ralph became ill. His illness was diagnosed as leukemia. Ralph passed away May 17,1977 in Denver at the age of 47 and is buried at the Kirk cemetery. I have continued to live on our home place with our sons. As time went on each son has married and lives nearby with their families, Clifford and Gay (Mitchell) Henry, Leroy and Cindy (Kosley) Henry, Melvin and Peggy (Becker) Henry, and Martha and Robert Maxey of Denver. by Lois Henry HERBURGER - SHORT FAMILY F294 Roy Herburger had been working in Haigler, Neb. when he purchased the Stratton Press. He bundled up his baby daughter, his one-and-a-half year old son, and his wife in On November 10, 1929, Ralph Orin Henry his Nash and arrived in Stratton in the beginning of 1932 to take possession of his Elizabeth Avirene Sea-an Henry, four miles west of Kirk, Colorado, Yuma County. In new enterpriee. His wife Gladys, had a feeling of dread when she surveyed Stratton's treeless, barren lands. The stormy day did not was born at home to Earl Eugene and help her depression. Roy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Herburger, had been born March Brd, 1901 in red Cloud, Neb. He met his bride-to-be. Gladys Ahilda Short, daughter of Chester and Jennie Short of Prairie View, Kansas, in McCook, Neb. while he was working on the Camfli6*", Neb., CJorion. Gladys was a doctor's assistant. Roy and Gladys were married July bth, 1929 in Norton, Kan. They purchased the Haigler News before selling it and moving to Colorado. The only house available to rent in Stratton was a one bedroom house on the edge of town and it was in such a sad state that the family had to stay in the Collins Hotel a few days while it was being cleaned. Their baby LaRene, born Nov. 21, 1931, in Haigler was cranky, and their son, Roy Emmel, Jr., born Aug. 2, 1930 in Cambridge was sick, as they crammed the cribs into a large closet of the small house and began a stay that last€d for twenty seven years. In April, 1935, Gladys wrote in her diary, "I can't keep the house clean. I can't keep the children clean. I've never disliked land so much as I dislike this land. The dust is so thick that we must turn on the lights.', Farmers were forced to sell their farms because of lack of rain for their crops, or the farms were foreclosed and Roy printed hundreds of "Sale Bills" which listed farmers' belongings for sale, cheap. But things did improve and as they did, the family becnme valuable members in the town. Roy served three terms on the Stratton Town Board, was on the council almost every year that they were there for St. Paul Lutheran Church. He was on the WW II Selective Service Board, Head of the Scrap Iron Drive, was active in the promotion of "Stratton Days" and the accompanying parade, was a charter member of the Rotary Club, among other things. Gladys, who was co-owner of the Stratton Press and an active participant in the operation of the business wag also an active helper for the town. She was one of three women who were head of the planning and excavation for the city park. The other two women who oversaw the WPA project were Elora (Mrs. Ray) Calverly and June (Mrs. Jerry) Schofield. Gladys was one of the founding members of MSA Club and was twice their president; she was an active assistant with the 4-H clubs; was Sunday Superintendent and teacher for St. Paul Lutheran Church. During this time there were no school buses so she volunteered manv hours driving students from the Stratton Public Schools to sports events, to Drama meets and to Band events, often getting stuck in heavy snow drifts or finding herself driving after midnight with weary pep club members. The young family, during the "Dust Bowl Days" often went arrow-head hunting in the wind swept fields around Stratton. Roy had many frames of beautiful artifacts on the walls of his office and was known as being quite knowledgeable about the area's history. Their son, Roy Jr., was active in sports, drnma and band at Stratton and graduated from high school i 1948. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1953, served with the U.S. Airforce, and eventually ended up near Sacrarnento, Ca. He married July B, 1954, in Riverton, N.J. to Mary J. Hull. To this union were born two children: Elizabeth �Jo, born oct.17,1962, and David Roy, born June 6, 1965. In Nov., 1981, in Manila, Philippines, Roy manied Aurora Santiago. They have a baby girl, Leah, born Oct. 1982. Roy has been a successful newspaper man' owner, publisher of several newspapers in and near Sacramento. He'g been a civic leader, head of many organizations in communities where he owns newspapers such ag Elk Grove and Galt, as well as being the chairman of the Camelia Feetival in Sacremento. He currently livee in Sacremento. LaRene also graduated from Stratton High School where she was a member of the pep club, the drama club and was in the musical activities. She was the piano player for the Rotary Club and St. Paul Lutheran Church moved to eastern Colorado where we settled she graduated from Stratton High School. She graduated with her undergtaduate de- side. from the time she was in eighth grade until gree from the University of northern Colorado and with her graduate degree from the University of San Francisco. On Sept. 2L, L954, ehe maried Harold Dean Kauffman, They lived in Denver, Germany, Illinois, and finally settled on the Monterey Peninsula in Ca. where their son Eric was born on Feb. 21, 1962. Remaining in on a farm about eix to eight miles south of Bethune, Colorado. I (Luella) moved to Denver in May, 1938. I went to the Emily Griffith Opportunity School at night to brush up on typing, shorthand and bookkeeping. I have worked for various companies including an orntmental iron company. The owner bought in with a steel company in 1964, and took me along to work in that office. I retired in January, 1979. In 1970, I was able to go to Europe and the Holy Land on a three week trip with a church group from Kansas City, Mo. Thiswas a trip I'll never forget. Also, in August, 19?7, Violet and I took a trip to the Scandanavian countries as well as Amst€rdam and London. We visited five different families in four cities in Sweden, all related to us on my mother's My folks moved to Denver in 1941. My mother passed away on January 19, 1957 and my father passed away September 24, L97L, and both are buried at Crown Hill Cemetery is a t€acher in the Pacific Grove Public in Denver. Gordon married LaDene Mock. Their oldest son, Robert, was born in 1943, and Kris wag born in 1946. They lived in Denver after Gordon was discharged from the eervice. A few years later they moved to Greeley as it was more central for his work as a traveling St. Timothy Luthern Church in Monterey. don retired in May, 1985. Ca. after the death of her husband, LaRene Schools and is organist and mueic director for She is also an active member of organizations in her community and in the tcaching profession. While they were in Stratton, Roy and Gladys had a third child born to them. Sharon Leah was born April 23, 1949 in Goodland, Kan. She was in Girl Scouts, in the St. Paul Sunday school, and was also a musician. Sharon graduatcd from Loveland, Co. High and on Oct. 10, 1967, she married Gerald Thomas lrvin at a ceremony in ldaho Springs. Sharon graduated from the University of Neb. at Chadron. She and her husband are the parents of Lisa Ann, born Aug. 10, 1968. They are teachers and are presently living in Seward, Alaska. They are active in their church and school and community affairs. Gladys and Roy sold their newspaper in 1959 retiring to Loveland, Co. Roy died in Loveland on July 5, 1966. Gladys moved to Pacific Grove to be near her daughter in 1976 and presently resides there. by Gladys llerburger, LaRene Kauffman in Burlington, later being transferred to the phone company in Denver and in Portland, Oregon in the early 1950's. She married Edgar Storey in 1952. A son, Jnmes was born in 1953. In June, 1954, they moved to Denver. In 1955 another son was born, Jeffrey Earl. Jeff was killed in 1973 in a motorcycle accident when he was a senior. Jim is married and lives near Mesa, AZ. Violet graduated in 1934. She married Leo Kirkendall in 1936, and lived in Burlington where Leo worked in the courthouse and later for the T.W. Backlund Co. They had two daughters: LaDora and LaDene. Leo worked with Elnore in the heating business for a number of years, and Violet worked for the Denver Motor Vehicle Dept. until she retired in 1977. Leo died suddenly in 1977 of a heart attack. by Luella Ilernblom HERNDON FAMILY F296 saleeman. They have 4 grandchildren. Gor- Roland married Edna Sealock in April, 1942 in Goodland, Kansas. They have one son, David, born in Stratton in June, 1945. They lived in Burlington a number of years where Roland worked for the T.W. Backlund Co. Later he worked for hie brother-in-law, Wayne Clark. Roland and Edna now live in Stratton. Their son, David, went to Anderson College in Indiana. After graduation he worked for an accounting firm for one year before enlisting in the Air Force. He married Mary Lu Waggy in Denver in March, 1970. They have three children: Christy, Richard, and Ryan. Elmore married Irene Calvin on July 5, 1935. They had a double wedding with Clarence Iseman and Allie Jean Beck. They were married by Rev. R.E. Hooper at his home south and east of Stratton. They had a daughter, Karolyn Marie, in 1937. They moved to Denver that summer to look for work and to get away from the dust storms we were having. A son, Gary Kelvin, was born in 1939. ELnore worked at various jobs and learned the heating and air conditioning business. Later he formed his own heating company - L&H Sheet Metal Co. He had to retire early on account of his health and his George Washington Herndon and Emma Wood Herndon, parents of Walter Herndon. son, Gar5/, took over the business. They George Washington Herndon was born in Daviss County, Missouri, April 18, 1863. His wife was Emma Florence Wood, born in Boon mother, Edith E. Olson, married on February 20, 1907 in Stromsbwg, Nebraska. Seven children were born on their farm located 4 miles northeast of Stromsburg. The oldest one died when hewas five months old. Roland was born on July 20, 1909; John Elmore was born June 26, 1911; I (Luella) was born August 7, 1913; Violet was born January 28, 1915; Gordon was born September 30, 1917; Gladys was born January 8, 1920. We attend- moved to Arizona in 1978. Irene developed cancer in 1983. On Feb. 16, 1985, Elmore had a heart attack and passed away. On Feb. 27, Irene passed away. Both are buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery. After graduation in 1939, Gladys came to Denver to look for work. She married Lyle Hooper, also from Stratton in 1943. They had three children: Barbara, Ron and Don. Lyle worked for many years at the Gates Rubber Company in Denver before retiring. Clarice and Cleona graduated in 1940. In 1946, Clarice and Vearl Fager were married. They lived in Pratt, Kansas. They had three day School and Church. In April, L922, we daughters and one son. Clarice n9w has seven grandchildren and lives in rfrfrchita, Kansas. Cleona worked for the telephone company Elsie and Wdt Herndon taken in the 1930's. HERNBLOM, DAVID F296 My father, David A. Hernblom, and my ed a school a half mile north of us. We attended the First Baptist Church for Sun- County, Indiana, March 6, 1864. They lived �before buying our farm. [t was only two miles from where I was born. The years of 1955 and 1956 were bad drought yea$; we had to sell our stock and look for work. Our children were gone from home, Hazel maried Ernest Adolf and Roy had a job. We lived in Colorado Springs since Sept., 1956. Archie first worked at a tree nursery, then at School District #11, where he retired from in 1978. I worked at Pike's Peak Green House for gome time. The last four and a half years, I worked ae a cook in Wasson High School. In 1970, my sister Elsie passed away in Iowa, and in 1973, my mother passed away and in 1983 my brother Harold passed away. Were such sad times. Archie retired in 1978. Seems our happiness these past few years has been our 6 grandchildren and our 5 great grandchildren. We now live in a beautiful Mobile Park of 240's mobiles. We have activitieg to keep us busy and enjoy our good friends. by Clara Matthies Hicks The Herndon family, gtanding: LeRoy, Leola, and Dean. Seated: Elsie and Walter. in Daviss County Miesouri. Their children were: Harley Webster, born Sept. 8, 1890; Clarence Elmer, born Nov. 8, 1892; Lydia sworths. At this time, back in1906 and 1907, my father Fred Matthies was a bridge on September 8, 1929. They have three children: Leola Mae (Herndon) Bunch, foreman on the railroad. My oldest brother, Harold, was born in Norton; the other brotherg and sigt€rs were born out on the homeet€ad. There were 6 boys and us three girls. For several years even after taking the homestead my father still worked on the railroad. My mother and my grandfather put in the crops. After a few years my dad quit the railroad and got involved in his ranch work. He wan more of a stock'nan than down to earth farmer. In the 1924 and 25 winter, we children had the scarlet fever and had a quarantine put on our house, for the second time as there were geveral of us children to take it. The disease Edwin LeRoy and Darrell Dean. Walter and Elsie farmed in the Stratton and Bethune area until 1935 when they moved to Oregon. While there Walter worked in the lumber industry. They later moved to California left my brother, Okie, who was 4 years younger than myself, with Bright's disease. He was but a little over 5 years old when he passed away, afber eeveral months of being quite ill and a stay in the Children's Hospital where he was employed by General Motorg until 1942. At that time they moved to a farm eouth ofBethune. In 1948 they purchased a farm south of Stratton. They resided there until 1976 when they retired and moved into Stratton. Walter died in May 1987. Elsie lives in Stratton. As ofthis writing the only one of Walter's brothers and sister yet living is his sister, Lydia Herndon Tschanz, who is 93 yeare old. She liveg in Eldorado Springs, Missouri. in Denver. Myrtle, born Dec. 20, L894; William Woody, born March 10, 1897; Homer Lewis, born March 14, 1899; Ora Lester, born January 3, 1902; and Walter Lee, born April S, 1904. Wdter and possibly some of the other children were born in Dedrick, Miesouri. The family moved to Colorado in 1915 and lived in a sod house on a homeetead beeide the Smokey, south of Bethune. The children attended school at Firgt Central. Later George and E-ma lived in Stratton and then moved back to Missouri in 1945. Walter wag married to Elsie Mae Beeson by Eleanor Herndon IIICKS AND MATTHIES FAMILY Then in the winter of 1932, my brothers Paul age 23 and August age 2L both passed away within a week of each other of flu and pneumonia; Paul leaving a wife and small daughter. All the family were ill at this time. December of 1932, there was no Christmas at the Matthies house this year. My mother and youngest sister were the only ones who kept well. I feel the reason for keeping mother well was to care for the sick ones. Eighteen months later my dad passed away from a stroke; this was in June of 1934. Archie had been working as a hired hand for the folks for sometime. In Sept. of 1934, he and I were married and we made our home with mother for the first 7 years as she needed I am going to begin the history of us back to where my parents moved from Norton, help with the farming and ranching. We milked 60 to 70 cows and sold the cresm to keep bills paid. Our two children were born through this time. Hazel in 1935 and our son Roy in 1937. These were my very happiest days. My two children were my joy. Kansas to their homestead 20 miles south of Burlington. This homestead joined the homeetead of my grandparents; the Ell- In 1942, we moved to a rented farm, our two children, our stock and what we'd accumulated through these years. We lived here 1 year F2S7 HINES, DARWIN WILBER F298 Darwin Wilber Hines was born in Guthrie County near Guthrie Center, Iowa on January 3, 1877, first child ofJohn and Florence Hines. In the fall of 1878, John Newton Hines (Darwin's father) moved by covered wagon to near Long Island, Kansas. Darwin, a sister Estella and their Mother followed sometime later, after the father had established their new home. At the age of twenty-three, Darwin Wilber Hines was united in marriage to Ethel Arvilla Hicks on February 28, 1900 in Norton County, Kansas. To this union were born seven children - five boys and two girls. Darwin, (Dar, to all who knew him), his wife and their first child, Viola, departed Norton County on September 3, 1901 by covered wagon. Four days later they arrived at their new home, a rented farm, 772 miles southeast of Kanorado, Kansas. Although they were sad to leave their families and friends, they were looking forward to building a home on the virgin plains of Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. The winter of 1902-1903 wae spent working at the Dyatt Brothers Ranch where their second child, Marion, was born. On March 23, 1903 they moved back to their farm and obtained the property through a tax titled purchase. An uncle and previous owner, Elmer Harrington, was paid one hundred dollars for his imagines equity. On this farm their third child, Clifford, was born. In the spring of 1904, Dar traded a cow, valued at twenty-five dollars, to Wallace McKinzie for a homestead relinquishment located in Kit Carson County, Colorado, four and one-half miles west of Kanorado, Kansas. Dar filed for the land, under the homestead act, on April 4, 1904. He built a two-room sod house and moved onto the homestead in August of 1905. Final homestead proof was obtained on February 20, 1911. Four children were born on the homestead, which complet ed their family. �passed away Januar5r 16, 1933 and was laid to rest beside his wife. Mr. Hines was a soft-spoken, self-made, righteous man. He treated all acquaintances with respect, never ggadgmning Snyone, speaking only oftheir good qualities, and not of their faults. by Velna Hines HITCHCOCK, GORDON A. AND Dar and Ethel Hines Homestead LUELLA (CORLTSS) F300 Our Dad, Gordon A. Hitchcock, born in Douglas County, near Lawrence, Kanoas, on April 28, 1890, and Mother, Luella YaIe Corliss, born on December 29, 1894, in a sod house, at Yale, Kit Carson County, Colorado, were married in Burlington, Colorado on July 25,L92L, by Rev. C.A. Yersin, in the home of H.G. Hoskin. Thie becnme my (Marie Hitchcock Hoskin) home when I married Henry Y. Hogkin, in 1951. Dad cnrne to Colorado in 1911 with his parents, A.E. and Rose Holloway Hitchcock, from Lawrence, KanBaE, and homesteaded south of Kirk, in Kit Carson County, Colo- Dar and Ethel Hines 1931 rado. Dad and hie father built the house, which still stands in the curve ofthe Stratton- By 1916, the Golden Belt Road (the only graded road in Kit Carson County at that Kirk road. They evidently believed the time), now marked "U.5.24", was being resurveyed, for grading with dirt, and would property line to extend farther west than it pass through the sod house on the homest€ad. Mother's father, A.N. Corliss, came to Kit Carson County in 1889 from Vermont, home- did. Being forced to move the buildings that were on the homest€ad because of the highway, Mr. Hines built a well improved farm about a mile southeast of the homestead. On steaded near Yale, Colorado, and manied Lillian Yale. Dad served in the Army Ambulance Corps in World War I in France and Belgium. On his return he took a homestead near Delhi, Las Animas County, Colorado. He and October 30, 1917 they moved to their farm. They lived on this farm nearly twenty-five years, before retiring to a modern home in Burlington, Colorado on September L, L942. Ethel Hines was well known for her unselfish assistance to friends and their neighbors. She often traveled by wagon, brggy, sled or auto to care for the sick, or to act as midwife with many deliveries, when a doctor could not be present. One trip, in particular, occurred at night during a blizzard, and required traveling 15 miles on a large, flat barn door, drug through the snow by a team ofhorses - to assist a young mother in the birth of her first child. Mr. and Mrs. Hines, being of hardy ancestry, following the pioneer life of their era - planning and toiling for the future, never faltering and facing hardships with a determination that never failed. by Velma Hines HINES, JOIIN NEWTON John and Florence Hinee 192? Emily Harrington on February 17, 1876. Mrs. Hines was born in Guthrie County, Iowa on October 16, 1869. To this union were born seven children - five girls and two boys. The two eldest children, Darwin and Estella were born in Guthrie County, Iowa. Late in the fall of 1878, Mr. Hines moved by covered wagon to a pre-emption in Phillips County, west of Long Island, Kansas. Mrs. Hines and the two children came west after the home was established. While residing there, John was employed as mail carrier the only time he engaged in an enterprise other than farming. Tbice a week he hauled mail, express, and passengers by springwagon from a post office west ofLong Island to Norton, and returned; the next trip being to Republican City, where he stayed overnight and returned the next day. Later, he moved to a homest€ad timber claim in Norton County, Kansas. At this residence, five children were born, completing their family. F299 John Newton Hines was born in Urichsville, Ohio on March 26, 1853. His parents and family moved to Lucas County, Iowa in 1861, residing there until 1867, at which time they moved to Guthrie County, Iowa. John Newton Hines married Florence On June 12, 1905, they arrived at the home they had purchased in Kit Carson County, Colorado - near Kanorado, Kansas. They lived on this farm until 1911, when they built a home in Kanorado, Kansas and retired. Mrs. Hines passed away at their Kanorado home on November 6, L929. She was laid to rest in the Kanorado Cemetery. Mr. Hines Mother lived in a tar paper shack on this land the first year and a half they were married. Following Delhi they went to live on her fathers ranch on the Republican River where they spent the next 11 years and where their four children were born; two daughters, Rose Mae and Marie, and two sons, Merton (Mert) and Albert (Bert). In the early days of the depression, when the bank in Burlington went broke (1931), Mother and Dad lost everything. Shortly after this Dad became ill and spent several months in hospitals. Mother was left to run the ranch, care for 3 children, and she wag expecting a fourth child. Because of his illness, we moved to Burlington, Colorado in 1933, where Dad plowed gardens and did odd jobs. We kept 2 horses, a milk cow, chickens and a pig or two. In 1936, Dad built a service station at the corner of 18th Street and Rose Avenue in Burlington, Colorado, which wag a family operated business. We all learned to pump gas and check oil! From 1941 to 1949 our home was connected to the station, and during World War II operated 24 hours to accommodate service men and truckers. In addition to the service station, Dad beceme the bulk agent in 1945 and continued in that capacity until 1953. Mother and Dad sold the gtation in 1949, and moved to a home at 153 17th Street where they lived the remainder of their lives. �In retirement Dad worked on and repaired bicycles for many children of the area. They were both active and interested in community affaire. Dad in American Legion and Masonic Lodge. Mother, American Legion Auxiliary, two Extension Homemakers Clubs, Hospital Auxiliary, Garden Club, Eastern Star, United Methodist Women and a Church Circle. Both were active and long r& * is ..wrr time members of the Burlington United Methodiet Church. Mother was one of the t* {' .*..ir. t* {$ *, * .@- -i .-rtJtr first Cub Scout Den Mothers in Burlington. She received the Kit Carson County Homemaker Award in 1967. Mother and Dad were charter members of the Polka Dots and Dashes, a square dance club that was active in Burlington for some twenty years. Dad played the fiddle for some ofthese dances and Rose Mae played the piano. Both of us, (Roee Mae and Marie), married local men and have always lived in Burlington. Rose Mae married Hubert Tyrrell who owns and manages Tyrrell Insurance. Marie married Henry Y. Hoskin who owns and manages the Kit Carson County Abstract Company. Our brother Mert lives in Salina, Kansas, and brother Bert in Ellsworth, Kansas. Dad died September 25, 1966, and Mother on August 19, 1980. r It, ir ."d. ,*. ;m- &ft 31 - | ffi* *"!.*,.. '{ * *l 6s ''$ t-I ). t t li::irlrrr,::;, ,-& SLA(I.F: R. Key: 1915, Flagler High School built in 1915, Burned down in 1951. 1917, Remodeled Lutheran Church. 1893, Public School in Flagler, Grades 1 thru 8, Farmers State Bank-was changed to First National in 1918. 1921, Improved farm buildings of Wm. Hohenstein who homesteaded 4 miles West and 4 Miles North of Flagler, in 1907. Our grandmother, Rose Holloway Hitchcock, made her home with Mother and Dad Zastrow, cnme to Colo. from Vernon Center, Minn., and each filed for a claim side by side, 4 miles west and 4 miles north of Flagler. At the very beginning, they dug a "Dugout" in a side of a small hill, and they lived in it for 3 months. They had just enough money to buy a teem of horses and a wagon. Many until her death in L944, at the age of 92. by Rose Mae llitchcock Tyrrell early settlers shared their farm equipment with each other. Dick Blanken was one who shared in many ways with William and HOHENSTEIN, WILLIAM 'ii i \' Herman. F301 In 1908, William married Minnie Blanken. They made their home in a one room house William (Wilhelm) Hohenst€in of German nationality was one of the many settlers in Kit Carson County, who filed for a claim under the Fed. Homestead Act. In 1907, at the age of 21, William and his cousin Herman On the left is the one room house. After 4 years, two rooms were moved from another farm and added with space in between. on his homestead. Thru hard work, other buildings were added, and finally, around 1917 to 1920. a new house and barn were built. William and Minnie parented four children: Hartwin, Erwin, Lorena, and Alma. William was an active member in the commu- nity and also a charter member of the Lutheran Church. All their children were baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran i,, i I.ii' Faith, and were educated and graduated from the Flagler High School. As years went by many changes occurred, and finally, his son, Erwin, operated the farm. William and Minnie retired in Denver, Colo. Erwin farmed the land until he sold it and moved away in 1960. Hartwin worked in the CC Qamp during the depression years and later spent most of his life in Denver. Alma taught in a rural school near Genoa, Co., later going to Denver to work for the government during World War II. Lorena'g first teaching job was at the Brownwood School, locatcd 10 miles north, and 4 miles east of Seibert. She taught in the Arriba Public School, and at Olathe, Co. During W.W. II, she worked at the Reception center at Ft. Logan, Co. On her 50th high school reunion, she donated a painting that she had painted of buildings, (that no longer exist) to the Flagler Historical Society. Front row: Harwin Hohengtein, Erwin Hohenstein. Back row: Alma Hohenet€in Thyssen, Lorena Hohenetein Davig, Minnie Blanken Hohenst€in, Willian Hohenstein. by Lorena Davis �good; however we did end up with 8 grand- HOLDEN FAMILY kids, 12 great grandkids and 5 great great grandkids and there were some girle among them and they were all beautiful children. F302 by Mrs. Anna Moore HOMM FAMILY Fairview School in 1928: Front row, Ieft to right: Warren Clemens, Irene Holden (me), Isaac Gustin. Second row: Gracie Moody, Eva Johnson, Clarence Holden. Third Row: Marjorie Clemens, Pauline Moody, Maxine Clemene, Oscar Gustin. Back row: Frances Holden. Mrs. Dora Wolverton, Beulah Guetin, Mildred Holden. My mother, Iva Van Syoc, cnme from Milo, Iowa to Colorado and homest€aded 16 miles north of Flagler in the year 1909. She married Charles Holden on March 12, 1911. He had a homestead in Lincoln County; they chose to live on her place, in a dugout or now they call them "outdoor cellar". As the family enlarged, they built a two room frn-e house. Just before I was born in L922, they built a cement house that was home for us 9 children altogether. Charles died in 1958 and Iva in 1959. They were still the owners of the homestead. We went through dirt storms and floods, hail outs and drouth, but we had love in our home. Our school dietrict # 14 had four schools in it Mount Pleasant, White Plaine, Dazzling Valley, and Fairview. We went to Fairview School, a one room school house with eight grades. I spent all my eight gtades there. Then we had a big graduation the last day of school with a picnic dinner and games. We had to walk three miles to school. Bad days my dad took us in the wagon. He was on the school board with Aaron Thompson and Charley Huntzinger. My dad, Charles Holden, served 12 years on the board. We had literaries or talent progrnms, pie suppers and Chrigtmas programs in the school for entertainment in the winter time. We all met at Mount Pleagant for Sunday School and Church. Everyone took baeket dinners and stayed all day in the summer time. The picture was taken in 1928 and includes Clemene, Holden, Gustin, Moody, and Johnson children. Our teacher that year was Mrg. Dora Wolverton. "Going to Town?" Shown in the picture, L. to R. are: Chris Dowell, Annie Glaister Hawthorne (wife of John Hawthrone,) Esther Glaigt€r Dowell (wife of Chris), Elizabeth Glaister Holliday (wife of John Holliday), and Annie Holliday (later Mre. Frank Moore). The youngeat on the cart floor is Verla Holliday (Mrs. Dan Sheratt). Taken at Seibert about 1905. er Holliday. I had just started to the 5th grade of school in Lafayette, Colorado, when my parents decided to go to the barren plains of Kit Carson County. It broke my heart to leave my friends and I never went back to school after that. Some of our relatives who had already settled in Seibert were my Uncle Walker Glaist€r, who was a school teacher, a lawyer, a county judge and hardware store owner. (A Walter Caywood had a shoe shop and a harness shop in the back of his hardware etore.) The Hawthorne's, the Jef- fries and the Guys were all realted by marriage to my family. My folks took a homestead claim about Yz mile south of Kipling Crossing, and there my dad built a 2 room frnme house to which he added 2 more rooms and we ended up with a 4 room shack. He ueed to get railroad tieg which he sawed for fuel for the little kitchen stove, our only source of heat, and once in a while, he would buy a ton of coal, but for the most part, we burned cow-chips which we would gather during the summer and fall until there would be a high pile on the side of the house, but by early spring, these would be gone. Dad smoked a corncob pipe and had a spittoon which I had to clean. This was the worst job I ever had. We had feather beds which are hard to make and we sank out of sight in them when we went to bed. Our only floor coverings were home-made rag rugs but it helped keep our feet warm in the winter time. It seems to me that all we did was work. When I was 17 or 18, I working in a regtaurant across from Aunt Kate's Hotel and one time, when I was working for Tom & Gladys Manion, ghe had her first baby and I helped fp. llnmle1g deliver it. This muat have been about 1910. We had a couple of cows which eupplied milk by Irene Barnum HOLLIDAY GLAISTER FAMILY F303 and we had chickens which mother would cook for Sunday dinner with home-made noodles made from flour and our own eggs. We had a garden in the summer time and I would have to carry water in a bucket from the horse tank to the garden to water the plants. As I remember, we had potatoes, squash, lettuce, and some oniong. Pancakes were generally made for breakfast. The winds Annie Holliday Moore was born on the 29th of July, 1891. This is her story of Kit Carson County as told to Jack Messinger on the 16th of January, 1986: I am 90-what? I think I an 93 but I wouldn't swear to it. My maiden name was Annie Margaret Holliday. My father's nryne was John (Jack) Holliday and my mother's nnme was Elizabeth Glaist- F804 were terrible, sometimes with dust and sometimes with snow, but just the winds were bad and they seemed to blow all the time. Afrb,er we left the homestead, I married Frank Moore and we had 3 boys: Bill, Fred and Jack and my husband, Frank, would ask why we couldn't have a gitl and I would say because you're no do-n good-you're just no damn Howard and Burdine Richards Homm. Iloward Homm I was born March 18, 1921 to John and Zuella (Knapp) Homm at the farm that my folks bought on S.3-T.6-R.44 about 2 miles northwest of the Spring Valley Ranch. I staded to school at 5 years old at the north school in District #3. I and my family lived there until I was 8 years old. This was cattle country and I learned things about cattle even at my young age. One of my first lessons in the cattle industry was one ofthe funniest that has even happened to me even though I didn't think it was very funny at the time. I was about 5 or 6 years old when my Uncle John (Hans) Knapp one day gave me a young billy goat for a pet. I taught him to lead and generally played with him and had a lot of fun with him. The goat loved staying with the cattle and when the cattle would come in for water I would catch the goat and tie him up to play with him, but if he ever got loose then he would go back out with the cattle. Our cattle were used to him and would pay no attention to him. Now the Rhineholt Brothers were leasing the Spring Valley Ranch, and running a lot of cattle there at the time. Slats Senti was the foreman of the Rhineholts and lived on the Spring Valley Ranch. This particular day Slats and some of his cowboys were moving a big herd of cows by our place. I had my goat tied to the leg of the windmill. Just as the cows start€d to come up the hill east of our house a terrible thing happened. My goat got loose and went down the road to meet that herd of cattle. I ran and tired to catch him. I don't think these cows had ever seen a goat before becawe when they saw hin back they went and nothing the riders could do would stop them. They really made a cloud of dust and when it cleared so you could see there in the road were three cowboys and Slats in his old model T car. Now if you knew �Slats Senti you knew a man that would stutter and a man who could cugs. He caught the goat for me. He was really mad; he said "SSSSSon of a GGGoathome and youtie him up and keep him tied up." I promised him that I would never let my goat loose again. It must have been an hour or more before they got the cows gathered up and moved on past our house. It was a real catastrophe for me that day but today I have to smile when I think about it. At the age of about 13 years I joined the 4H at Happy Hollow Club. Reuben Anderson was my first club leader. I selected a steer from my Grandad's herd. I fed steers for three years. In 1936 I caught a calfin the "catch-it- calf'contest at the National West€rn. In the three years I saved and put together enough money to buy two registered herefords. In 1940 I made an agreement with E.D. "Doc" Mustoe, Manager of Foster Farms of Redord, Kansas to run gome registered cows on ghares. We had barely gotten started acquiring cows when we dissolved because of the possibility of me being drafted into the Armed Forceg. I bought Mustoe's shares to add to my herd. I now had 15 or 20 head of cows. On February 3, 1945 I married Burdine Richards, daughter of John and Mayme (Anderson) Richards. The first five years aftpr we were married we lived on the old home place (where I was born). In 1949 we built a house on the ranch down on the river and moved there in early 1950. It was then that we joined my Father, John and Brother, Jim in the operation of John Homm & Sons. We specialized in the production of registered Herefords. I was in charge of registered cattle, records, selection, and fitting. I exhibited carload buls in the yards at National Western from L944tn 1984. I helped organize the Kit Carson County Hereford Breeders The Homm Fa-ily, standing, Larry, ZuAnn, Richard and John. SeatBd, Howard and Burdine. the way to a very successful judging career. Three of our children took music lessons and make an attcmpt to play music. ZuAnn played the piano, John played the accordian and Dick played the guitar, and for a while had a Country Western band called "The Outlaws". At present our oldest son Larry lives on the ranch. He attended Colorado State University and graduated with a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He then manied Dorthea Ruple of Kremmling and they have two children, a daughter, LaDee, and a son, Wade. Association and served that organization as Our second son, John, also lives on the ranch. John attended Chocise College in number of years. We also have staged many production sales of our own. One of my most prized possessions is a plaque I was presented in 1941 by the Kit Carson County Farm Douglas, Arizona and University of Texas at El Paso on a baseball scholarship, Colorado State University and graduated from University of Southern Colorado with a degree in President and also Sale Manager for a Bureau naming me the outstanding 4-H member of the year. Another honor ofwhich I am equally proud is a silver platter presented to the Homm Family in 1983 by the Colorado Hereford Aseociation nnming us the outstanding registered breeders of the year. It was presented at the Annual Banquet during Stock Show to my wife, Burdine, and I and our children and grandchildren present. We have four children and ten grandchildren. by Howard Homm IIOMM FAMILY F305 IIOWARD IIOMM Our children and grandchildren have all been active in 4-H work. They mostly have projects in Market Beef, Breeding Beef, Swine, and Horses. Starting in 1960 and continuing for about 15 years Homm Ranches Inc. sponsored a 4-H and FFA beef judging contest during Christmas Vacation in December. We are proud that the contest and workshops etarted many 4-H beginners on Accounting. John married Gail Silcott of Castle Rock and tbey have three children, girls, Erin and Jacie and one son, Bret. Third son, Dick lives on the ranch also. He attended college at Northeastern Jr. College in Sterling and Lo-ar Community College, La-ar. He joined the Army and spent a year in Viet Nam with the 101st Airborne Division. He maried Marilyn Armagost of Yuma, and they have three children, daughter, Kristi, and sons, Cy and Bob. Our daughter, ZuAnn, attended Northeastern Jr. College in Sterling, Colorado State University and graduated with a degree in Psychology from Southern Colorado State University. She marriedRon Hogan of Lamar and has a son, Glen and a daughter, ZuElla. They presently live in Yuma, Colorado. Through the years we have been active in a number of Civic Organizations. In addition to the Hereford Associations I have been on the School Board, served for 20 years on the board of the EquityCo-op Exchange, andwas a 4-H Leader when my children still had projects. My current interests include help- ing on the ranch as usual and square dancing which I find very enjoyable. by Howard llomm HOMM FAMILY F306 Iloward llomm I was born August 25, L926 on this ranch where we presently live. Part of this ranch was homesteaded by my grandfather Wm. A. Richards. I have lived on the same ranch my entire life. I walked to school at No. 4&I which was only a short way from our house. The 9th grade was also taught there, but I graduated from the Burlington High School in 1944. I then taught school at the home school, #4&I, for one year. As long as I can remember Grandpa Richards lived with us until he moved to Burlington in 1945. My Grandma Richards passed away shortly after their youngest child was born in 1900. I still remember the big gardens that Grandpa planted and how hard he worked at it, as we kidg had to help him plant, hoe and etc. He rode a little black ponyto church whichwas about 7 miles away. He passed away in 1947. I can remember a number of tragedies: there was the blizzard of 1931 where a number of school children froze to death on a schoolbus at Towner, Colorado. Then there was a great drought of 1933-34-35. The dust storms followed and were caused by the drought. I remember in some of these dust storms it would get so dark in the house that my mother would soak sheeta and blankets in water and hang them at the windows to keep some of the dust out, and taking the blankets down they were pure mud, while outside you couldn't at times see more than 8 or 10 feet. The dirt and dust drifted everywhere just like snow in a blizzard. It covered roads, fence lines, and put big drifts around houges and barns. There were many people who moved away at this time. In the spring after those t€rrible dust storms we had cattle that just layed down and died. By cutting them open it was found their lungs were filled with mud. Also we were invaded by millions of jack rabbits during these drought years, there were rabbit huts where �the people drove the rabbits into pens where they would kill them. From these hunts there would be truck loads of dead rabbits hauled off, some were even sold. There was the 1935 flood which sure had a deep impression on my mind as I could never build or live on the river bottom since. There was a lot of rain one night and my mom got up and locked our porch door as the wind and rain was so strong it would blow it open. When we got up the next morning the flood was on, water was ever5rwhere the glow water was around our chicken house and barns. We could see animals and barn roofs etc.going down the river which wag very fast. Out in the center the waves jumped, 20 ft. high. You could see big trees fall in the water and would not see them again for about % of a mile down the river. My Dad lost a number of cows and a few horses in the flood. Dad found some of them dead as far away as Benkelnan, Nebraska. There were some reports that we had around 24 inches of rain. Many people in Burlington did not know it rained that muchanywhere. This flood ruined all the nice level hay land in the valley, the irrigation ditches and any thing else that happened to be in its way. It turned it all into one big sand creek. The next year the river bottom came up with lots of trees which are very pretty today. There were not that many trees before the flood in 1935. I have been very active in different organizations. I was the first president of the Kit Carson County Cowbelles, an office I held for a number of years. During the time I was president we put together the Kit Carson County Cattleman's History. This book was started by Roy Bader, he put alot of hard work into this and it was after his death Avis Bader, Harley Rhoades, and myself had the book completed and published. I was a director of the Colorado Hereford Auxilary and also was the president for 2 terms. We in the Hereford Auxilary are in the procese of compiling a book on the History of Herefords in Colorado. Howard and I have 10 grandchildren, 5 boys and 5 girls. We enjoy them very much as we all go camping and swimming in the dnms in the summer. They like to come to our house and help me paint, sew, or what ever I have to do. Howard suffered a heart attack in April of 1985; since then he has turned more of the active management of the ranch over to the boys. We still live here on the ranch and we do what we can to help out. by Burdine llomm HOMM FAMILY F307 The Homm family came from Ostfriesland, Germany. Herman, the oldest child, cnme first. He worked very hard, saved his money and sent for the rest of the family, which was George, the father; Altamina, the mother; and John, George, Anna and Henry. They came in a German sailing ship and took 3 weeks because the weather was so bad. This was in December of 1869. A friend persuaded George to take along his son, John Bruns, because his stepmother made life so miserable for him. When they arrived in New York (Ellis Island), John Bruns eyas so lousy they wouldn't release him until he was deloused. Altamina didn't want to stay and wait for him so they went on to lllinois. When John got deloused they put a tag on him and sent him to Illinois. While he was walking to the Homms and he heard horses coming, he'd think they were Indians and jump into the brush and hide. Father George died in Illinois. He was hauling wheat to town in a wagon with one of the boys when he had a heart attack. The mother, Altamina, went to Grinnell, Kansas, with several of her children. She took a homestead, as well as George and Henry. She died in 1893, before proving up on the homestead. George's girls, Alma and Minnie, can remember that they went to their grandmother's a lot of times and she always fed them prunes. The son, George, married Anna Duelm in Illinois before moving to Kansas. They lived in a part dugout with the front laid up with magnesia rock. There was a spring close to the house where they kept their milk and butter. In 1889, George went to St. Francis, Kansas, to cut corn, then brought his family there in a wagon with a team of mules, one black and one white. Then he went back to Grinnell for his cattle. On the way back to St. Francis he drank from a pond and contracted typhoid fever. He died after 5 days. He is buried at St. Francis. Since typhoid fever is contagious, Anna took care of him in St. Francis and got a neighbor girl to stay with their little girls. The girls remember that the neighbor told ghost stories and had them scared. Another neighbor, Mrs. Shanklin, cnme to help get the girls ready for the funeral. George's brother, Herman, came from Kit Carson, Colorado, to help with the cattle and other things. Herman had lost his wife, Emma, in 1888, and his 2 daughters, Minnie and Mary, were living with their Lengel grandparents at Grinnell. Herman took the mules back to Kit Carson with him and sold the cattle to John Lengel in Colorado. Anna went back to her parents in Illinois and son George was born there. In 1892, Herman went back to llinois and married Anna. They, along with her children, Lena, Kate, Alma, Minnie, Mary and George came to Colorado and lived on a rented place on the Republican River just above where Bonny Dnm is now located. They had 2 more children, John and Tillie. In 1896, Herman got a carbuncle under his arm and soon died. He is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery on the Kit Carson-Yuma County line. That left Anna a widow again and now she had 6 girls and 2 boys to raise. She had some cattle on the rented place which had irrigation so they could always raise something. Later she bought the home ranch and homesteaded 160 acres nearby. The girls had to help with the cattle, irrigating and other work until George and then John got big enough to work. Part of the time she sent her cattle down to pasture on the Smoky, southwest of Burlington with hired men, Charlie Stump, Glass Davis and Jake Lengel. Anna lived alone for several years after her children were grown and later spent some time with some of her children as she got older. She died in 1941 and is buried at the St. John's Cemetery south of ldalia. Lena married Carl Zick, Kate married Charlie Stump, Alma married Jake Lengel, Minnie married Glass Davis, Mary married John Brenner, George married Clara Fleer, John married Zuella Knapp and Tillie married Roy Russmann. Kate and Charlie Stump took their fanily to Oregon in 1936. The others lived around the BurlingtonIdalia area. Only George's wife, Clara, is still living. Of the 8 Homm children, 5 celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaries. There were 39 grandchildren. George built a sod house and brought his bride there in 1912. Gilbert was born there in 1913, Velma in 1915 and Clifford in 191?. They moved to the Herman Zick place in Kit Carson county and Hazel was born there in 1921. Later George bought his mother's home place and they lived there while the children were going to school and growing up. The children attended the Newton school. In 1963, George, Clara and Gilbert moved to Burlington and George died there in 1969. Hazel married Ernest Langendoerfer in 1941, Velma married Hugh Gerber in 1943 and Clifford married Carolyn Chase in 19b1. There are 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. George was always interested in the better- ment of the community. He encouraged literary at the school, organized several ball teams in the area and donated land for the teams 1P 01"t. Clara's greatest joy is to have her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren around her. George and Clara spent many hours entertaining the grandchildren by telling them stories and taking them fishing. by Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Homm HOMM FAMILY F308 A herd of horses that belonged to Herman Zickmn on the range. Nothing had been done with them for so long that they had nearly turned into a herd of wild horses. I remember Grandad bought those horses and brought them home and sorted them out. There were about 8 or 10 head of pretty nice young horses. Grandad hired a man named Joe Queen who lived up by Cope to take and break them. There were four or five that broke out real gentle. One of them was a beautiful gray mare that Grandad gave to me. I rode this mare home and nemsd her Grace. I rode Grace for a couple of months, one day my dad needed a saddle horse and he didn't have a bridle or saddle. He put a blinded bridle on her, (one from a work harness) and got on her bare back. All of this change spooked her and she threw him off. After this Dad wouldn't let me ride her anymore. He said that she couldn't be trusted and she might hurt me. He finally sold her to a horse buyer that cnme through from Arkansas. I remember many times of helping Grandad salting the cattle. He would come by in his old Dodge coupe and take me along to open gates. Grandad leased the old Zick and Jansen places as his summer range. In the early 1930's Grandad sold the north part of the ranch, on the Republican, to Foster Farms, one of the most prominent Hereford breeding establishments in the nation at the time. They bought the ranch and had plans to establish a registered polled hereford herd there. The flood on Memorial Day 1935 changed all their thoughts and I'm sure they �were more than glad to sell it to the Government where they built Bonny Dam. My uncle Don Knapp had kept the part of the Godsman ranch on the Launchman. The U.S. Government took this land too when acquir- ing land for Bonny Dam. Don moved on a Iittle farther south and bought the old Homm Ranch from my uncle George Homm. Don's wife, Violet lives there yet today. I also can remember my Mother's Grandad John Knapp. He was very old when he used to come and visit my Mother and Dad. I remember that when he came he would always ask mother to play the piano for him. He was a Civil War Veteran and his favorite song was "Marching Through Georgia". by Howard Homm HOMM FAMILY F309 When I was a little boy my Grandad had a favorite trick he used to play on me. First he would ask me what I had in my pockets, I knew I didn't have anything, he would have to look and everytime he would find a nickel. I always ended up with the nickel. It took me quite awhile to figure this trick out. I remember a story my mother used to tell about when Grandad was the Sheriff. During the summer mother and her sisters and brothers stayed out at the ranch and helped out there. On this certain Saturday evening the kids were making plans to go somewhere to a dance. They had the good driving team and they were primed for a great time. Along about dark Grandad sent word out that he had an unexpected sheriffs call to make and he wanted Clyde to bring the driving team and buggy to him. Of course the kids were all mad so Clyde hitched the team to the buggy and got up in the driver's seat and rapped the horses a good one with the end of the lines. The horses reared up and came down and broke the tongue out of the buggy. Sometime about the last day of World War I Grandad disposed of most of his ranching operations and went to drill for oil in Wyoming. It proved to not be a very profitable move. Not that he didn't find oil but because the refinaries were all owned by the major oil companies and they would not buy his crude. In the early 1920's he came home and started over. Grandad first acquired the Dr. Godsman Ranch on the Launchman. I remember my folks taking me to the Godsman farm sale. I remember my uncle Johnny Knapp, (Hans) and how he carried me around and the big crowd of people that were at the sale. Later Grandad lived back and forth between the Godsman Ranch and his house in town. At this point Grandad had a pretty big operation, lots of cattle and horses not to mention several hired men. I'll never forget the old bunkhouse. I spent many an hour there playing records on the old Victorola they had there. I also remember that down in the feedlot where Grandad fed steers and hogs there was a spring that ran, Grandad had a dam put across this gulley and made a nice pond. Everyone referred to it as the "Hog Pen". It was a real good fish pond. I Jim Knapp, father of Zuella Knapp Homm. I Remember Grandad The things that I remember my Grandad for are probably different from other people. The Grandad I'm talking about is J.H. "Jim"; spent many happy hours there as a boy. Grandad at one time bought the entire registered Hereford herd owned by Julius Stutheit. He ran them as commercial cattle. My first steer I fed when I started in 4-H came from his herd. by lloward Homm Knapp. My Grandad Homm died in 1879 when my Dad was only 2 years old. So the only Grandad I ever knew was my Grandad Knapp. My first memories of him were when he lived in Burlington during which time I was only 2 or 3 years old. He lived in the house now owned by Lucy Russman across the street southwest of the Post Office. He also owned the lots south of the house now occupied by Dave's Body Shop and the library. He had a big corral and barn and always had a lot of horses there. Many times his well drill would be parked there too. I also remember a friend of my Grandad's. His name was Grant Mann. He was a short heavyset man with a big handlebars mus- tache. He must have owned a lot of horses and mules for everytime I saw him he would ask me if I came to ride his "Hee-Haw" todav. John and Zuella Homm, parents of Howard Homm. open range; it was open at that time from his place to the Bar T. Dad leased a water gap from the Bar T on the lower end of the Bar T close to Lee Yount's irrigation dam. The cattle could get water there when they were on the north end of the range. In 1923 we raised a real good crop of corn, he put his steers in the feedlot, fed them out, and had a very successful financial experience, while making a good profit. However, from then until 1929 his corn was hailed out 5 times. He ended up returning to the river to put up hay on shares with his father-in-law (Jim Knapp) to keep his cattle through the winter. In 1929 after being hailed for the 5th year they decided to give up and move back to the river where hay was a little more dependable than farming crops. And so they bought and moved to the Herman Zick Ranch which is on Highway 385 at the Kit Carson - Yuma County line. Here they raised commercial cattle as their main occupation. In 1936 they built a filling station and general store, called The County Line Store. They operated it until 1939. In 1939 John traded his ranch and store for the ranch which is the headquarters for the present day Homm Ranches Inc. Only 31,'z years earlier this ranch had been hit by the worst flood that the Republican River has ever known. All fences had to be replaced, hay meadows had to be cleaned up and irrigation ditches had to be rebuilt. This took much HOMM - KNAPP FAMILY F310 John Homm married Zuella Knapp, daughter of J.H. Knapp and Celia (Barkley) Knapp. They had two sons, Howard born March 18, 1921 and James Herman born, August 20, 1926. They first started farming and ranching on the farm they bought on S.3T.6-R44 northwest of the Spring Valley Ranch. They were here from about 1919 to 1929. They farmed 300 acres to wheat and corn. Horses were used to plant corn and the wheat was then planted in the cornstalks in the fall of the vear. Dad also ran steers on the hard work. In 1932 John had bought the first registered Herefords, 15 head of late heifer calves that were bred by Rosser Davis and Sons. This was the start of an operation that has run through three generations. For 20 years the purebred Hereford operation was known as John Homm and Sons consisting of John and sons, Howard and James. In 1959 the partnership was dissolved. John and Zuella retired. Howard kept the home ranch and purebred cattle and James took the commercials and the place on S.3-T.6-R.44. Zuella passed away in 1968, and John died in 1975. James married Lois Thomas in 1953; they lived on the place on S.3-T.6-R.44 for a number ofyears when they sold the farm and moved to Burlington. They have 2 daughters and a son. Their daughter, Dorothy, married �Richard lbbetson and lives at Yates Center, Kansas, she has two boys and a girl. Daughter, Barbara married Torrence Button and lives in Denver. Ron, their son, is unmarried and also lives in Denver. Jim died in 1973 in a truck accident. His wife, Lois, still lives in Burlington. by Howard Homm IIOMM, ANNA F31r I was born in Warsaw, Ill., on September 29, 1856, and spent my girlhood days there with my parents, then came to Kansas and lived there for nine years. I came to Colorado on July 19, 1892, coming by train to Burlington, and hiring a wagon and team, went to a rented farm then owned by Sam Shepherd of Denver. We built our sod house, plastering the walls with native lime and covering the roof with tar paper and sod and putting in a wooden floor. We made our furniture from packing boxes and a little lumber; we made a table, bedstead, bench, or two. Then we bought some chairs, two other bedsteads and a stove. Our supplies were brought from St. Francis, Kansas, from Wray, from Burlington and some were shipped from Kansas City. I had six daughters before my sons were born, so the girls had to help my husband in the fields, with the cattle and with the irrigation. Mail was brought every other day to Newton, Colorado, a post office about a mile and a half from us. A Miss Linnie Jones was the mail carrier. We kept a herd of two hundred fifty cattle and it was a necessity for the girls to help care for them. One very severe winter when the cattle had to be fed all winter and then in the spring .we lost forty-five head by a disease known as blackleg but that goes with the life of a pioneer farmer. My husband did not live long after we settled here and then I had to raise my family alone, but we managed to keep going and when land was not selling at boom prices, I bought 305 acres right down on the river bottom for which I paid $1050.00. Later, I sold this same piece of land for $10,000.00. My children went to school at Newton, Colorado. Miss Annie Attis was the first to our house to ask for some cough syrup for one of his children. We noted then, that he had a revolver with him. He went out, presumably to go home, but met two neighbor men coming into our yard. One of those men accused him of stealing a pig. There were some words, then we heard a shot and discovered that Munsinger was lying in the yard dead, by the cellar door. None of us saw the shooting or heard the quarrel, but the man claimed that he shot in self defense as Munsinger tried to get his gun first. The body lay there all night; there was no coroner near and the two neighbor men left at once to go and surrender and send the coroner out. Note: As this was across the county line in Arapahoe, now Yuma county, accounts for the delay in getting a coroner or deputy, as Denver was the County seat. The two men involved were August Meyers and Bill Harachek. They were tried and acquitted. The Munsinger family moved to Denver after this tragedy in their lives. The mother died within a few years and the children, it was reported, were put into foster homes. One of the children was named Ralph. Named for Ralph Talbot, the attorney at Denver, who defended Munsinger for the slaying of the Bar T. foreman. Mr. Allen. by Della Hendrickes HOMM, CLIFFORD F3l2 Clifford John Homm was born in a sod house in southern Yuma County, December 7, LgL7. His father, George, had built the house in 1912 just before he married Clara Fleer, daughter of Louis and Caroline Rohlfing Fleer of the Idalia community. They also had a sod barn. chicken house and nice cemented cellar. The farmstead looked very nice with a big garden and alfalfa growing all around the house, but it was away from the road and Clara got lonesome with George working away from home all day. "Doc" Godsman's wife saw how nice the place looked so she persuaded her husband to buy it for her. She was a school teacher in Chicago so she never did live there. The Homm's moved to Herman Zick's place along the Launchman Creek then, It was a new cement brick house. Herman had painted the living room red. He said all the parlors he ever saw were painted red. He also planted rows of cottonwood trees all around The furniture was moved into one room and everyone danced. The very small children were put to sleep on beds or any available place. Each family brought something for a midnight snack. Sometimes the dance would last until dawn. Another pastime was card parties. They especially enjoyed Auction Bridge. A few times they and their company were still playing when breakfast was ready. One visitor got disgusted with his playing or luck and took the lid off the kitchen range and dropped the cards into the fire. That stopped the party. Most evenings just the family would gather around the kitchen table and play games by the light of the kerosene lamp. In 1931, George, Gilbert and Clifford bought their first registered Hereford cattle from Rosser Davis who lived just up the river. This proved to be a profitable and very enjoyable venture. Hereford breeders are noted for their hospitality and the Homm's took many trips to see other herds. The Fulschers of Holyoke and Wyoming Hereford Ranch of Cheyenne were the favorite places to see good cattle. The Homms liked to show their cattle to visitors, too. They have now sold their cow herd and retired. In 1939, Clifford bought Herman Zick's place where he had lived a few of his early years. He and his family, except Gilbert, moved there. Gilbert bought the home place and he stayed there. The men always worked together, however. The girls, Velma and Hazel, ran the grocery store and gas station on Clifford's place that John and Zuella Homm had started. As soon as Clifford bought his ranch he started making improvements. All the outbuildings were eventually removed and new ones built and corrals were improved. More trees were planted nearly every year. The house was enlarged and remodeled. Y.W. Electric came with an electric line in 1950 and an irrigation well was put down. Electric appliances were put in the house and other buildings. In 1951 Clifford married Carolyn Chase from Beecher Island. George Howard was born in 1952 and Helen Elaine in 1953. Now the family is complete. George and Helen went all 12 years to Burlington schools. George got a B.A. from Boulder and law degree from Denver University. He practices law in Burlington. Helen got a B.A. and M.A. degree from University of Northern Colorado. She was a librarian at Burlington then Stratton. Now she is the librarian in the Holvoke school teacher and Sam Nelson was the second. The children walked and when it got real cold they wrapped their feet in gunny sacks to keep them warm. In the early days we did not buy anything that was not really needed. I bought calico and made the girls dresses and when a bit of the farmstead. After only a few years, Clifford and the rest of the family moved to another house. By 1926, George had bought his lace was added, that became their best or Sunday dress. They were just as contented as could be. I made my yeast cakes, my soap, and by for Grandma Homm to live. The Homm children walked to Newton school. As long as Clifford can remember, they HOMM, IIERMAN saved in every way that was possible, but we always had enough to eat and although we worked hard, we had good times also, for we had a number of good neighbors around us. received the daily paper. Sometimes when he and his father walked to the mail box, they'd stop along the way to read the sports page so they could see how the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals were doing. Clifford was and 1850. He was 14 years old when he cnme with We were acquainted with the man Munsinger, whom we always classed as a desperado and who kept the neighborhood in fear by his actions. He killed a man, a Mr. Allen, shot at others and caused the home of a neighbor to be burned and was finally shot by one of his neighbors in our back yard. He always carried a pistol and this night he had come system. by Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Homm mother, Anna's, home place and the family moved there and built a smaller house close is a loyal Cubs fan. George rooted for the Cardinals. Literary evenings were an enjoyable community pastime. Nearly everyone participated in the plays, programs and debates. As the children grew, the whole family went to house dances in the neighborhood. F3r3 Herman Homm was born in Germany in an Uncle to the U.S. A short while later the rest of the family came to this country. Herman's family consisted of three brothers, one sister, and his parents. They settled in Illinois across the Mississippi River a short way from St. Louis. Later the Homm family moved to western Kansas to a place south of Grinnell. Herman's brother John and sister Anna stayed in Illinois. �At Grinnell one of their neighbors was the Lengel family. Here Herman met and married Emma Lengel. Two girls were born of this union. Later Herman took his family with his brothers-in-law, Jake and John, and followed the railroad on west to Kit Carson, Colorado. Here the open range offered many opportunities to one interested in the cattle industry. Here at Kit Carson they ran cattle for a number of years. According to stories Iater told by Uncle Jake they grazed their cattle at such places as: Big Springs, Little Springs, Rush Creek, Sheridan Lake, Sand Creek, and the Smokey. This country was all open range at that time and the cattle were moved around and grazed in any area where there was water. At the museum in Old Town at Burlington there is an old sword that one of Herman's men found near the site of the Sand Creek Massacre near Chivington when they were moving cattle through there. No one knows whether the old sword belonged to an Indian, an Army Officer, or a Soldier or who? Even though the Kit Carson area was a good grass country they found that it didn't offer much for protection of feed during the winter. There were some winters that they moved the cattle to the Republican River north of Burlington and on down the river as far as St. Francis. Here they leased corn stalk fields from homesteaders to feed on when snow covered the grass. Later Emma died and Herman took her back to Kansas for burial and left the two little girls with the Lengel Grandparents. These girls, Minnie and Mary, both died in their teens. Later he left Kit Carson and went back to Illinois. It was in Illinois that he married Anna Homm. Anna was his brother George's widow. George had died of Typhoid Fever. So Herman and Anna and her family of six children came back to Colorado. This time they settled about 20 miles north of Burlington, Colorado where the Republican River and the Launchman Creek meet. This land today is owned by or covered by the waters of Bonny Reservoir Here they leased a ranch, stacked the hay in the fall and grazed their cattle on open range. Much open range was still available on the Smokey south of Burlington and Stratton. For many years they trailed their cattle south to the Smokey. It was a hard drive to take the cows south in the Spring, but it was an easy job in the fall, the cows would nearly come home by themselves. Dad told about a year when they were coming home, they reached a spot somewhere east of Stratton where some homesteaders had the road fenced on both sides for about a mile. They thought this an ideal place to bed down for the night. They ran the cattle in the long lone, they parked their chuckwagon in the north end of the lane, staked out their horses and layed down in their bed rolls in the north end ofthe lane. It had been a long day and they were very tired. Long about midnight someone woke up to hear the last cow slip by. The cows had crept by them one by one during the night and were headed on home. So everybody got up, packed their things, mounted their horses and followed the herd on home. They made it on home the next night and were a very tired bunch of cowboys. Uncle Jake told about a time they were moving the cows south one spring. There on the prairie they came upon a herd of wild horses. The horses ran on ahead and soon out ofsight. A little farther on they were surprised to see a little baby colt following the chuck wagon. They caught the little fellow and put him in the wagon, and took him home and raised him on a bucket. Dad said he never did get very big, he was quite a pet and was kind of ornery. Uncle Jake told many tales of wild horses. It seems these horses were a constant threat to all of the other horses in the area. If horses were turned out in the pasture wild stallions would many times come in at night and drive off the mares. Many a homesteader thought horse thieves were responsible only to find them with the wild horses. One of the worst things the early day cattlemen had to contend with was the gray wolf of which there were many of in this country. There are people today wl,o are worried that the gray wolf will become an endangered species, I just don't understand. Uncle Jake always told about the time when he rode up on a pair of old gray wolves who had just cut down a four year old bull. The wolves would cut the ham string in the rear flank and then the animal would go down and could not stand up. In this case the wolves had eaten part ofthe rear quarter and the bull was still alive. Jake said he killed the bull and tried to get the wolves. It is easy to understand why early day cowboys killed every wolf they could. Herman died in 1897 and is buried in the old Evangelical Luthern Salem Church cemetary north of the Spring Valley Ranch at the county line. After Herman died Anna stayed and operated the ranch with the help ofhired men and the help of her family who were all quite young. She held on until her boys were big enough to take over. Few people realize the hardships that were endured by this strong willed pioneer woman. She died in 1942 and is buried in the St. John Church Cemetery south of ldalia. Anna's children were: Caroline, Lina as she was better known, married Catl Zick, lived in Burlington. Kathrine, known as Kate, married Charlie Stump, lived by Kirk, and later in Oregon. Minnie who married Glass Davis lived by Kirk, and later in Burlington. Alma who married Jake Lengel and lived a mile or so southeast of the home place. Mary married John Brenner and lived south of Idalia. Son, George Jr. who lived on the home place and married Clara Fleer. In addition to Anna's family Herman and Anna had two children of their own. Matilda, or Tillie married Roy Russman. Son, John born in 1895 married Dee, LaDee, Wade and Larry Homm. Shirlene Walters; Ray, Roger and Catherine Richards, Wilma Schaal. Also there were Bruce and Dale Richards, Dennis and Linda Moore, Kenny, Mary Lou, and Betty Thomas, Lora and Karen Schlichenmayer, Rick and Randy Pratt, and Phyliss and Don Scheir. In the fall of 1960 this school was closed and everyone was bussed to Burlington. My first year in High School 1959-60 I stayed in town with Ray and Sara Rhoades. I graduated from BHS in the spring of 1963 and attended CSU that fall. My roommate was Bruce Poley from Burlington and we stayed in Braiden Hall on campus. I attended Vet College until 1971 when I received my DVM degree. I moved to Glasgow, Montana and started work at a vet clinic. While in Vet College I met Dorathea Ruple and we were married on November 6, 1971 in Grand Lake, Colorado. Dee, as she is known was originally from Kremmling, Colorado, and was working at LaPlatta County Hospital in Durango when we were married. We moved to Montana and lived there until the spring of 1972 when we moved back to the Burlington area. Dee has worked as a registered nurse at the Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital since 1972. We have two children. LaDee Ann was born March 11, 1976 and Justin Wade was born September 13, 1978. LaDee and Wade are both active in 4-H and enjoy working with animals. LaDee also enjoys art and Wade likes working cattle. I have a limited vet practice since my ranch work takes up most of my time. I still enjoy veterinary work and raising cattle. by Larry Homm Zuella Knapp. by Howard Homm HOMM, LARRY AND DEE HOMM, RICHARD AND MARILYN F3r5 F314 My name is Kristi and I am proud to say that I am a part of the Homm family. My family has lived in Kit Carson County for as I was born January 31, 1946 in Burlington, long as I can remember, which isn't very long since I'm only 16. I currently am attending CO and grew up on a cattle ranch on the south fork of the Republican River. I attended country school, Ritizius 48J, for eight years. I started first grade in the fall of 1951. My first grade teacher was Lucy Russman. Other teachers I remember were Mrl. John Schaal. Mrs. Leo Devlin, Mrs. Jesse Wagoneer, Mrs. Willi Schrayer, Mrs. Bergstein, Mrs. House, and Ms. Gay Rigdon. People that attended school during this time were Jerry and Bob Paintin, Sharon, Beverly, and Sandy Langendoerfer, Larry and Stan Mangus, Carole and Burlington High School. My interests are writing, reading and riding horses, I also help with the ranch work as much as possible. My family is a source of much talent; we all do as much as we can to promote and encourage people to follow their dreams, if someone hadn't then none of us would be where we are today. My Grandfather on my mother's side, or Poppy as we call him is very special to me. His name is Mervin and my grandmother's is Roberta or Bert as she is commonly called. �4-H. I have been in for eight years and enjoy it thoroughly. My real love is horses and I would like to learn everything I can about them. I used to have this old horse that would not get into the trailer for my dad or anyone else, but when I would go and tell him to stop all this nonsense and just get in the trailer he would just step right in. This same horse used to hate to be worked in the round corral so he would just follow you everywhere you went in the corral. I have this friend that hadn't ridden before and I took her with me. She rode behind my brother Bob, we were almost back to the house without any trouble when the horse takes off and she is sitting there with both hands on the saddle horn and she totally let go of the reins. All she could say was help me, help me, and all I could do was laugh at the very sight of her. Finally we made it back to the house and got her hands pried off of the horn. purchased a home in Stratton where he and his wife resided until her death in 1956. Mr. Hoot also owned another place, which he rented to Elvin "Boots" Wilson. The Wilson daughters remember him as a very kind man. When he came out to check the land which he did often he always brought them all day suckers. After her death, he went to Denver. to make his home with his sons. He lived to the age of 100 years, 6 months and 28 days. by Florence McConnell HORNUNG FAMILY F317 by Kristi llomm Richard and Marilyn Homm. HOOT, J. H. FAMILY F316 Edith and Swidbert Hornung Swidbert A. Hornung rode through Eastern Colorado on a train with his parents on a family trip when he was ten years old and made a vow that he would live in this area Joseph, Nellie Hoot and son Dale in front of their home in Stratton. Joseph Henry Hoot was born in Freeport, Ill. Nov. 3, 1869 to Ira and Maria Young Hoot. Mr. Hoot Iived in Illinois until the age of 3, then in Missouri for four years. He moved to Johnson County, Nebraska where he received his early education in rural schools. He gained a high school diploma at Tecumseh, Nebraska and attended State Teach- er's College in Peru, Nebraska where he Kristi, Cy and Bob Homm, children of Richard and Marilyn Homm. My mother has five brothers and sisters: Sandy currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona, Hope lives at Yuma as does Jack, Peggy, and Pat. My Grandfather has sold seedcorn since 1957, and currently sells and farms northeast of Yuma, CO. My Grandmother Homm is a great storyteller. She tells of a time when my dad and his brother were supposed to be trimming their steers, but instead they were shaving their sister's favorite cat like a lion. It seems to me that they were always doing something that they knew would get them into a lot of trouble. I have two brothers that take after their father and uncle. They are usually up to something and it isn't always on the best of their judgement or common sense. Cy and Bob, my brothers, have both had their share of stitches and knocks in the head or all over. The whole family is or has been active in earned his teacher's diploma. He taught in county schools near Tecumseh for ten years. Joseph was united in marriage to Nellie L. Beech at Tecumseh in 1895. Nellie was born at Bedford, Iowa July l,1874. She attended elementary school at Red Oak, Iowa, learning all the counties in the state beginning at the northeast corner. Her parents, Hiram and Alice Friar Beech, got the western fever and moved to Dundy County, Nebraska and fought the grasshoppers and dry weather for two years. Giving up pioneering, they moved to Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska, where Nellie graduated from high school and taught school for two years. Here is where she got acquainted with Joseph Hoot. Joseph taught school for five years after they were married. Three sons Joseph W., Wilber M. and Henry Dale, were born and a daughter died in infancy. Getting an urge to farm, Mr. Hoot bought a farm near Goodland, Kansas which he tilled for three years; then he purchased a farm south ofStratton, Colo. which he operated for 17 years. In 1952 Mr. Hoot sold his farm and some day. In 1943, "Swede" brought Edith, his wife, and their children, Palamon, Albert and Joyce to Stratton, Colorado. They first settled about nine miles northeast of Stratton. Swede, not only farmed, but he also was a real estate salesman. He first started working at Batt Realty, and later he bought Batt Realty. He trained and employed Joe Hendricks before Joe went on to Burlington to form his own business. Swede was very active in the community. He served on the Stratton Town Council. He promoted many community projects: a swimming pool, the Stratton Days barbeque. He had Mr. John McCracken of Holly, Colorado, come show Stratton people how to set up the barbeque process. Swede pushed for progress for Eastern Colorado and Stratton. He was one of the first farmers to produce sugar beets, as well as irrigate his land. He convinced several people from his hometown area in and near Spearville, Kansas, to come live in the Stratton and Burlington areas. Swede and Edith (Kasselman) had four children: Palamon William, Albert Maurice, Joyce Marie, and Kenneth Vincent. All three of the boys graduated from Colorado State University - 1961, 1961, and 1968, respectively. They majored in agricultural business, engineering and physical education, respectively. Pal farms in Stratton. He and his wife, Shirley, have four children: Stan, Whitney, Susan, and John. Albert works for Brock, Easley in Englewood, Colorado. He and his wife, Carla, have �two girls, Tara and Kendra. Albert was previously married to Elaine Smelker and they had four children; Devon, Kris, Kirk, HORNUNG, PAL AND SHIRLEY and Lane. Joyce and Ron Austin live in Stratton and have five children: Rhonda, Lyle, Debbie, Julie, and Roger. Ken was married and is divorced and has Swede and Edith Hornung's oldest son, Palamon, returned to Stratton in 1972 because he wanted to farm and raise his children in his hometown. Pal met and married Shirley Andrews from McDonough County (Industry), Illinois and Grand Junction, Colorado, at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Pal and Shirley lived in Fort Collins, Des Moines, Iowa; Portland, Oregon; and Colorado Springs, Colorado before returning to no children. He has his own business, a recreational distributorship in the Kansas City area. by Shirley Hornung HORNUNG - LISTUL FAMILY Stratton in L972. They had four children; Stanley Byron who presently lives in Dallas, Texas, and is a manager trainee for NW Transport trucking F318 Terrence Hornung and Shelley Listul were married in Stratton on April 23, 1977. Now, in 1985, we are lucky enough to have four children. Michael was born in November, 1977; Jonathan in March, 1980; Thomas in November, 1982; and Savannah, our daugh- ter, born in August, 1984. In 1980 we purchased the farm we are living on from Val Kordes. Terry was born in Stratton on October 19, 1947. He is the oldest child of William Hornung and Joan (Conrardy) Hornung. His parents had moved here from the Spearville, Kansas area. Terry went to school at St. Charles Academy and Stratton High School. He graduated from Colorado State University in 1970. He is farming and raising cattle. F319 lines; Whitney Anne who is a public relations director for one of the five casts for "Up with People", an international musical tour group; Michael, Jonathan, Savannah, and Thomas Hornung. 1985. Susan Lynn, a senior at Colorado State University who plans to continue on to law school; and John Robert who is a senior at Stratton High School. He presently serves as Student Council President and loves varsity Colorado when I was 8 years old. That was where I grew up and went to high school. My great-grandparents emigrated from Norway and Sweden in the 1880's to homestead in North Dakota and Minnesota. Stan and Whitney graduated from Colorado State University in 1984 (the 100th class to graduate from Colorado State University) by Terrence Hornung Class of 1986 from CSU. Stan was a Colorado All-State basketball I was born in Grafton, North Dakota on March 9, 1955 to Norman Listul and Avis (Anderson) Listul. As a small child I lived in North Dakota, California, and Westminster, Colorado; but my family moved to Elizabeth, basketball. and Whitney graduated with honors in the and football player and received a footballacademic scholarship to both Colorado University and Colorado State University, upon high school graduation. Whitney was selected to Who's Who at CSU along with several honorary society invitations. Susan will be graduating from Colorado State University in 1988 with honors. John is first in his class academically and is senior class president. Pal has served on the Stratton Town Council, Stratton Swim Pool Association, Plains Ground Water District Board, Burlington Soil Conservation District Board. He too has his real estate sales and brokers license. He has been active in Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, PTA and 4-H. He received his Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Business from Colorado State University in 1961. Shirley received her Associate of Science Degree from Mesa (Jr.) College in Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1958 and then went on to Colorado State University. She majored in Home Economics and Sociology. by Shirley Hornung Terry Hornung and Shelley Listul, in April, 1977. Also in the picture are David Hornung, Robert Cure, Tammy (Monsebroten) Grasser, Arlene (Hornung) Brinkhoff, Patrick Hornung, Dennis Listul, LaDaen Polzin, and Mark Hornung. �The storm in 1977 left 20 and 30 foot drifts in the trees. The cattle could walk over the fences of the corrals, but lucky enough they didn't. Instead, we had cattle walk into our corrals from outside. We lost 27 head of steers that were in a shed when the weight of the snow caused the roof to collapse. The feedlot construction started in 1954. Almost every year additions and improvements have been made, until now it has capacity for 3,000 head. We have seven sons: Terrence, Stephen, David, Patrick, William, Jr., Timothy and Mark; and five daughters: Victoria, Cynthia, Arlene, Janine and Annette. The children attended St. Charles Parochial Grade School until it closed in 1965 and then they attended the Stratton Public Schools. Terrence graduated from Colorado State University. He and his wife Shelley Listull have four children: Michael, Jonathan, Thomas and Savannah. Terry is farming near Stratton. Victoria received her R.N. degree from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Wichita. She and her husband Richard Sutton have six children: Stephen Jad, James, Jeffrey, Lindsey, Sara and Kathrine. In 1966 Stephen won the catch-it calf Stanley, Whitney, Susan and John with their parents, Shirley and Palamon Hornung IIORNUNG, WILLIAM AND JOAN F32o nie Conrardy, at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Wright, Kansas. Joan attended school in Wright and Dodge City, Kansas. Before she married, Joan was a student nurse in the Nurse Corps program. On November 13, 1946 we moved on a farm, 7-112 miles northeast of Stratton, owned by Swidbert Hornung. When we arrived we could hardly get to the farm. There was 30 to 40 inches of snow on the level. Bill and Ray Schiferl fed cattle by pulling a sled behind a tractor. The snow was almost all melted by Thanksgiving. In 1948 we purchased the farm owned by Carl Arends just 1/2 mile north of Swede's farm. After our good wheat crops in 1958 and 1959 we built our new house on this farm. Harvest crews from Oklahoma were William, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Hornung of Spearville, Kansas was born in 1923. Bill attended school in Windthorst, Kansas. On March 30, 1944 he was inducted into the Naval Air Corps Reserves and was discharged on June 6, 1946. Bill was in Portland, Oregon when World War II ended, ready for action with flight crews in the Aleutian Islands. On November 12. 1946 Bill manied Joan Conrardy, the daughter of August and Min- Cynthia graduated from the University of Northern Colorado. In 1971 she was Kit Carson Queen Attendant. She married Kent Luebbers and they have two daughters, Kerri and Kendra. David attended Northeastern Junior ColIege in Sterling. He and his wife Barb (Schwieger) have six children: Andrew, Christopher, Brian, Darren, Marci and Greg. David operates his own farm. Patrick attended Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo, majoring in woodwork and constructional engineering. Pat is now farming near Stratton. furnish meals for them when weather permit- Arlene graduated from Parks Business School in Denver as a Medical Assistant. She and her husband David Brinkhoff have four ted them to work. children: Shantel, Matthew, Benjamin and During the winter of 1960 we received a lot of snow. It snowed every day for weeks. The ground was frozen before the snow so that when the snow started to melt, the moisture could not go into the ground. AII the creeks were up and it was almost impossible to go anywhere except on horseback. Arrangements were made for the school children to stay in town for a week as so many students were absent from school. Terry and Steve stayed with the Ray Schiferl family. Vicki and Cindy stayed with the Myron Dischner's. In 1964 we drilled an irrigation well just Cassandra. hired to combine our wheat. We had to Bill and Joan Hornung, November 10, 1986 on their 40th wedding anniversary. contest, fat beef Champion and the Hereford Steer Champion at the Kit Carson Fair. He attended Northeastern Colorado Junior College in Sterling. On March 1, 1970 Steve and a former high school classmate were killed at a railroad crossing in Stratton. north of our home. Before that we were renting irrigated land. We then began raising our own sugar beets and corn. All ofthe wheat was dryland. It was not until we had our irrigation well that we were able to get our shelter belt established. It had been planted three times. The third time is a charm. After the 90 mph wind and dirt storm on February 23, 1977 and the 90 mph blizzard on March 12th and 13th of that year the shelter belt was severely damaged. In 1980 we replanted trees and added five more rows using the drip irrigation system. Janine is married to James Fox. She and Jim have four children: Corey, Amanda, Kyle and Cody. Annette is a hairdresser and she and her husband Lee Bennet Short have a son, Luke. William, Jr. attended the University of Northern Colorado. Billy married Jeanine Stegman. They have a son, Louden. Billy manages Triple-H feedlot. Timothy graduated from DeVry, Phoenix, Arizona as an electronic technician and is currently employed in California. Mark is busy with high school, sports and helping on the farm. In 1982 Bill ran for Kit Carson County commissioner of the 2nd district and was elected. He started his second term in 1987. by Joan Hornung �HOSKIN FAMILY F32r Henry G. Hoskin I was born in Perranporth, Cornwall, England, March 30, 1871, not far from Land's End, and in the historic setting for the adventures of King Arthur. My father was a blacksmith in the tin mines. When I was about five, my father and mother crossed the ocean in the steamship "Cirsassian" and we finally arrived at certain mines in Nova Scotia, located just across the "Basin of Minas" from the early home of Evangaline. After spending a very short time here we entered the United States in the year 1876 and located at New Diggings, Wisconsin. Two of my father's brothers had preceded him to the U.S. and one located in Wisconsin at a small town near New Diggings and the other in Central City, Colorado. When the lead mines played out, my father decided to go out to Colorado and find a job. My mother, brother, sister and myself were left in Wisconsin. Father found a new place to work and live at the Freeland mine, several miles above Idaho Springs, Colo. Very shortly thereafter, my mother and her children took the Union Pacific train for Colorado. One particular item that stands out in my mind from this trip is our arrival at Windsor Hotel in Denver, and the Negro porter, who carried our luggage up the broad stairway, broke off the handle of a parasol that stuck out from a shawl wrap. It was soon found out the altitude was too great for my mother and the doctor ordered us out of the mountains. Stopping for a week or two at the city of Golden, we went on to Denver. Here my father found work at his trade, first with Colorado Iron Works and later with the Rio interested and The Burlington Shops. When the Burlington short cut was built into Denver, many of the railroad men became highly interested in the cheap farms along the route and we finally moved to Holdrege, Nebr. in 1883. However, it took money to buy even a cheap farm so my father went back to his old trade of blacksmith. When the Rock Island road was built in 1887 and 1888, it attracted a great deal of interest because it was opening up a new tract of land to homesteading. In L886, a rough character in Holdrege, who claimed to have been a buffalo hunter and to have traveled over all of what is now Eastern Colorado, made up a party to go out to the new country and take up tree claims. They took the train to Wray, Co. and there, this buffalo hunter, named Baker, had a light covered wagon. They drove south from Wray about 70 miles and each person in the party filed on a tree claim of 160 acres. After leaving Wray, the party passed through country that was occupied only along the three streame that were crossed. This man, Baker, had already been tried for assault with intent to kill and was later to be lynched at Cheyenne Wells for shooting a man who drove across the corner of his homestead. As this will probably be completely covered by other parties who are better posted than I am, I will not tell this story. In 1888. father moved his blacksmith equipment to Beloit, Colorado, eight miles south and two miles west of Bethune, Colorado. This town had been largely boomed on the strength of a survey that had been made which would take the Rock Island through Beloit. However, the Rock Island went through eight miles to the north and Beloit soon passed from the picture. Our pre-emption had been taken near by, and as father wanted to have holdings close at hand he filed on a homestead in the adjoining section. In 1892, I filed on my homestead so we had 800 acres in a fairly compact body. By this time, the original settlers began to leave and by 1894, we had no neighbors closer than seven miles. This was fine for a ranch and we exerted every effort to increase our holdings ofhorses and cattle. In 1895, we took 600 head ofsteers to hold for the Bar T Ranch and I got my first experience of what life in the saddle really meant. These were all big southern steers and could be at the ranch house in the morning and in the other county by morning. However, with some breaks and some assistance from the Bar T people we accounted for every head. We lived on the ranch until the early 1900's, when the younger children began to need schooling and the folks moved into Burlington, leaving me on the ranch. In 1905, I was candidate for the office of County Treasurer, running against Fred Flexer and was defeated. In the same year, I moved into Burlington, selling the stock and equipment. In Burlington, I was the first Clerk of the county court, for Walker Glaister who had been elected County Judge and did not care to leave the school he was teaching to stay in the office. This lasted four months. by Henry Hoskin HOSKIN FAMILY F322 Henry G. Hoskin In the middle of the summer of 1905, Mrs. W.D. Selder offered me a place in the Stock Growers Bank at $12.5 a day. Later this was raised to $65.00 and I felt rich enough to marry. I married Nannie B. Yersin, whose people had homesteaded near us at about the same time we did. This has been the outstanding good fortune of my life. Since joining the Stock Growers Bank I have been continuously connected with the banking or abstracting business until the present moment. In 1916, I purchased from Geo. D. Gates, the Abstract business and incorporated the Kit Carson County Abstract Company of which myself and family hold all the stock. My education was begun in a small one room school at Freeland, Colorado, continued at the Twenty-fourth street and Gilpin Schools in Denver, and ended in the early part of high school at Holdrege, Nebr. I received a teachers certificate from the county Supt. of Elbert county in 1888 and held a certificate for many years thereafter under both Elbert and Kit Carson counties. I have taught in seven different country schools covering a period of 10 years. I now hold an honorary life certificate from the State of Colorado. Also I have been both Sec. and Treas. of the old Beloit Dist. #29, and was for ten years Sec. of the Burlington Consolidated Dist. school board. I have since, coming of age, taken an active part in politics and have voted at every election, at which I was eligible to vote, with two exceptions in that entire period. I have been precinct committeeman for many years in different precincts and for four years, county chairman for the Republican party and served in the state legislature in 1927 and again in 1929. For ten consecutive years, I managed the Kit Carson County Fair. And so this is the story, the short and simple annals of the poor and I find myself at 62, with my fortune consisting of my wife and two children, Katherine and Henry, having enjoyed immensely the years as they have gone and hoping to enjoy many more as they come. by llenry G. Hoskin HOSKIN, H. G. F323 I was born in Perranporth, Cornwall, England, on March 30, 1871, not far from Lands End and in the historic setting for King Arthur. My father was a blacksmith in the mines. When I was about five years of age, my parents, a younger brother and sister and myself crossed the ocean in the steamship 'Circassian'and we finally arrived at certain mines in Nova Scotia, located just across the 'Basin of Mines' from the early Evangeline. After spending a very short time here we entered the United States in the year 1826 and located at New Diggings, Wis. Two of my father's brothers had preceded him to the United States, and one was located in Wisconsin at a small town near New Diggings. The other was at Central City, Colorado, and had been doing very well for himself. The lead mines on which New Diggings depended played out and my father decided to go on to Colorado and find a job. My mother, brother and sister and myself were left in Wisconsin until he could locate a place to work and live. He found this at the Freeland mine, several miles above Idaho Springs, and very shortly thereafter my mother and her children took the Union Pacific train for Colorado. It was soon found that the altitude was too great for my mother, and the doctors ordered us out of the mountains. Stopping for a week or two at the city of Golden, we came to Denver. Here my father worked at his trade. When the Burlington short-cut was built into Denver many of the railroad men became highly interested in the cheap land and farms along the route and we finally moved to Holdrege, Nebr. When the Rock Island was built in 1887 and 1888, it attracted a great deal of interest because it was opening up a new tract of land which was open to homesteading and a party came to the new country. They took a train to Wray and driving about 70 miles south each person in the party filed on a tree claim. In 1888 father moved his blacksmith equipment to Beloit, Colo., eight miles south and two west of Bethune. This town had been Iargely boomed on the strength of a survey that had been made which would take the �Rock Island through Beloit. However, the Rock Island went through eight miles to the north and Beloit soon passed from the picture. Our Pre-emption had been taken nearby, and as my father wanted to have holdings close at hand he filed on a homestead in an adjoining section. In 1892, I filed on my homestead, so that we had 800 acres where she grew up. Grandfather Bert (Barney) Hough was born in 1863 and came with his father, three brothers and one sister from Saaler, Norway when he was 7 years old. He was the youngest. His mother had died in Norway. They came to Ottertail County, Minnesota, which was mostly timber country and also some farming. His father's name was Ole Nyhougen, but in a fairly compact body. By this time the original settlers began to leave, and by 1894, we had no neighbors closer than seven miles, We lived on this ranch until the early 1900's when the younger children began to need schooling and the folks moved to Burlington, leaving me on the ranch. In 1904 I was a candidate for the office of county treasurer, running against Fred Flexer, and I was defeated. In the same year I moved to Burlington, selling the stock and equipment. In Burlington, I was the first clerk of the county court for Walker Glaister, who had been elected county judge and did not care to leave the school he was teaching to stay in the office. In the summer of 1905, W.D. Seider offered me a place in the Stock Growers State Bank at the salary of $1.25 a day. Later this was raised to $65.00 per month and I felt rich enough to marry. I married Nannie B. Yersin, whose people had homesteaded near us, and about the same time as we did. This has been the outstanding good fortune of my life. Since joining the Stock Growers State Bank I have been continuously connected with the banking business until the present moment. In 1916 I purchased from George O. Gates the abstract business and incorporated the Kit Carson County Abstract company of which my family and myself hold all stock. My education was begun in a small oneroom school at Freeland, continued at the twenty-fourth street and Gilpin schools in Denver and ended in the early part of high school at Holdrege, Nebr. I received a teacher's certificate from the county superintendent of Elbert County in 1888 and held the certificate for many years thereafter under both Elbert and Kit Carson counties. I have taught in seven different country schools covering a period of ten years. I now hold an honorary life certificate from the state of Colorado. I have also been secretary and treasurer of the old Beloit district No. #29, and was for ten years secretary of the Burlington consolidated district. Ever since coming of age, I have taken an active part in politics and have voted at every election at which I was eligible to vote, with but two exceptions, in that entire period. I have been precinct committeeman for many years in different precincts and for four years I was county chairman for the Republican party, and served in the State Legislature in 1927 and,1929. For ten consecutive years I managed the Kit Carson county fair. (Mr. H.G. Hoskin passed away in 1949.) by H.C. Hoskin HOUGH FAMILY F324 Grandmother Petra Gilberts was born in Iowa in 1862. At an early age she moved with her parents and their family to South Dakota and then to Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, he shortened it to Ole Houg. There were so many Hougs around there, some of them started spelling it differently to avoid confusion. Haug, Huage, Haugen, Houg, Houge, Howg. Barney added a silent "H" making it Hough. He worked in the woods and farms around Barnesville. In 1882 he married Petra Gilberts, and they started housekeeping in Barnesville, and three children were born there. In 1892 they decided to join many relatives and friends from that locality who were going to Roberts County, South Dakota, where the government had opened up part of an Indian Reservation for homesteading. They filed on a claim of 160 acres, 1 miles northeast of Sisseton, put up some buildings and started farming. Five more children were born there. Then in 1904 they moved to Sisseton where Grandpa went into the grain elevator business. Herbert (Bert) the last of their nine children was born there in 1905. In the spring of 1908 they moved to Cheyenne County in eastern Colorado where they had bought 320 acres of land with the intention of farming. There were six children with them when they moved. Oliver Melvin, the oldest boy, died in 1907 and was buried in Sisseton. Ida was working in a store in Omaha. She married James Chase, a circus performer. After a few years of traveling with circuses in all 48 states, they settled in Chicago. After James died quite young in 1939, Ida ran a rooming house. She was quite influential in Democra- tic circles, a trait she inherited from her father. She died in Chicago in 1970 leaving one son, Bruce, who has a wife Phyllis and four children. Albert had moved to southern Alberta, Canada, with quite a few relatives and friends from Sisseton. and homesteaded 160 acres of land. He never farmed it. He went into the Iumber business in Enchant. Alberta. He was not married so when Grandma needed a home for herself, Bernice and Bert, it made it nice for her for a few years. He got married late in life and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. Died there in 1937. No children. When Grandpa and Grandma moved to Colorado in 1908, this turned out to be a very disastrous move. That territory was having a cycle of short rainfall at that time. After two years ofno crops, they had to figure out some other way to make a living. they moved to Wild Horse where Grandmother started a restaurant and Grandpa did construction work. He took quite an interest in politics and was a leader in Democratic circles. This rubbed off on some to the children, Ida and George for sure. He was killed in an accident in 1911. Joe and George had stayed in Colorado as they were working there. Elmer .went to Sisseton to stay with relatives and then she went to Canada with Bernice and Bert and stayed with Albert for some time. In 1918 she moved back to Colorado with Bernice, but Bert stayed in Canada where he had gotten into banking early in life. After working in many towns there, his company, The Canadian Bank of Commerce, moved him to Los Angeles, and he worked for them until retiring. He married Ellen (De De) Lee in 1940 and they are living in retirement in Temple City, California. They have no children. Grandma got married again in 1924 to arr old neighbor, Iver Peterson, from Wild Horse, He was section foreman for the U.P.R.R. there. He had two daughters, Ida and Ellen, who were welcomed to our family. They were near in age to Lucille and Eunice Beeler, and they had many good times. They also acquired a grandpa of whom they were very fond. They enjoyed for Grandmother Peterson to visit them in Flagler. She came on the train and sister Marian would meet her at the depot, with her little wagon and bring the luggage home. Ida Ristesund lives in Manning, Alberta, Canada. Ellen Patterson is deceased. Bernice married Claude Kelly and moved to Denver. but died before she had been married very long and is buried in Denver. Had no children. She had TB and was never in very good condition. Joe and George both moved back to South Dakota. Joe was in the army for a time at Fort Lewis, Washington. When he was discharged, he went to Canada to live. He managed grain elevators in southern Alberta and married Vera Dawson in 1934. When he retired, they moved to Calgary where they still live. They have one son, Alan, who has a wife Carol and two children. George went back to South Dakota in harvest time 1914. He worked different places before stopping at Bradley. He married Vera Phelps there in 1924. They farmed in that locality until they retired and moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1962, where he still resides. They had three children. Herbert, the oldest, died in 1969 at age 44. He and his wife Marcella Schneider had one daughter. Gordon married Janet Marx. They have three boys and one girl. Avanell lives in Olympia, Washington. Her name is now Mrs. George Taylor. Elmer Hough worked in North Dakota, Wyoming and South Dakota. He married Effie Johnson near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, and had a timber farm there. He died there in 1980. He left a son Merle at Detroit Lakes and a stepdaughter Mrs. Mavis Frazier at Pelican Rapids. by Lucille M. Morgan HOWELL MUSSELMAN FAMILY Clara had married a rancher in Kit Carson County named Hubert Beeler, and they were living on a ranch near Flagler, so there were five children left now. Grandma got married in 1914 to a man n"med Braley and with her three youngest eastern Colorado in the spring of 1887. They moved with him to Missouri. This did not turn out very well, so she left him and moved to St. Paul in 1915 with her three youngest. came from the Lacona - Chariton. Iowa vicinity. They shipped a team and wagon from Omaha, Nebraska by train to Haigler, F325 The Sylvester L. Howell family came to �helped plant trees at the Kit Carson County Court House. In addition to farming and raising cattle, S.L. wag also a Land Agent. He measured the land by tying a rag on his wagon wheel and figuring so many wagon wheels per mile. He would meet prospective buyers at the train and show them around the country. Four more children were born, Ruby R. in 1890, Henry 1892, Harry E. 1895, and Clark A. 1900. In 1915 they moved to town and built a house on Howell Street. Clara Howell wae a charter member of the Vona Baptist Church and remained active until about a year before her death. The lots for the church were donated by the Howells. She also served on the School Board. She was affectionately known as "Grandma" Howell to all who knew her in later years. She related a story to me about one time that S.L. had gone to Haigler for groceries and left her alone on the North farm. He gave her a pistol and showed her how to use it. When night came on the coyotes started howling and scaring her and the children, so she opened the door and shot out into the dark. when morning came she found a dead one lying in the yard. She also told of a few Indian stragglers who roamed the prairies. They were friendly and moved around and camped wherever they found a dead animal to eat no Fo-ily reunion, Howell - Musselman. Back row, L. to R.; Ruby Howell Fuhlendorf, Charles Howell, Clark Howell and Glenn Howell. Front row; Harry Howell and mother Clara Howell. Nebraska and then traveled on to the Vona rrea by wagon train. S.L. as he was known, married Clara Alice Musselman in Lucas County, Iowa. Clara suffered from malaria rnd it was thought a dry climate would help her. Their oldest son Charles was born in 1881 in Iowa and traveled to Colorado with them. They took a pre-emption two miles west rnd eight miles north of where the town of Vona is now located, and they lived in their wagon until they built a sod house. Water was hauled form a spring on the Republican River, about six miles away, for some years. Mail was brought from Haigler, Nebraska, to Floyt, Colorado, a small town and post office north of where Seibert now stands. S.L. was I freighter for some time until the railroad :nme through and freighting by rail estab- lished. He freighted from Haigler to Hoyt, using a horse team and wagon, and taking rbout six days to make the round trip. He rsually made a trip every week, bringing in lupplies for the whole community as well as lor his family. There were lots of buffalo on the prairies and they were selling at 'ones r pretty good price, so S.L. always planned o pick up a wagon load on his way to Haigler, ;hus getting money enough to buy groceries. Ihe first well in the community was a handlug well 280 feet deep. Water was hauled up ry a windlass by horse power. This well was ;ood for years, and supplied many families rnd livestock with good water. In 1888, Vona was eetablished when the lock Island Railroad came through, so in t890 S.L. took a homestead, and drove to Kiowa, the County seat of Elbert County, to ile his papers. He moved his family including ris son Glenn, who was born in 1889 to the romestead two miles north of Vona. There he rlso took a tree claim which consisted of rlanting trees and caring for them. He also matter how long it had been dead. S.L. Howell was born September 7, 1853 in Iowa and died February 15, 1928 at Vona. He was the son of David L. and Malinda Howell. Clara Alice Musselman was born September 19, 1864 in Lucas County Iowa, the daughter of Daniel E. and Nancy Musselman. They were married there December 23, 1881. Clara died June 19, 1950 in Burlington. Charles R. married Laura Evans and they had one son Rex G. Glen L. married Blanche Bridge and had two children Velma and Roy. Ruby R. married Arthur Fuhlendorf and they had two sons Leland and Gus, and three daughters Alice, Wilma and Mildred. Henry died as a baby and Clark married in Califor- Harry and Amelia Howell. moved to Paonia Colorado where Don was in partnership with his family in a garage and machine shop. Our two children graduated from Paonia High School. Don graduated from Colorado University in 19?5 as a pharmacist. He and his wife own the Medicine Shoppe in Delta, Colorado. On September 4, 1976 he and Judith Pecharich were married in Paonia. They have two children, Donald Joseph born June 7, tgTg and Cheryl Renae born April 18, 1982 on her great grandmother Amelia Howell's 89th birthdav. Beth attended Mesa College and on July li, 1973 she married Ross A. Allen at Paonia. They own and operate a sheep ranch and reside at Hotchkiss, Colorado. They have two sons John Donald born July 5, 197b and Gregory Mark born April 2, 1978. Kit Carson County holds many fond memories for me and my family. by Betty J. (Howell) Chapman nia. by Betty Chapman HOWELL - WEPEL FAMILY F326 My father and mother, Harry Howell and Amelia S. Wepel were married April 15, 1916 at Burlington, Colorado. Amelia was the oldest daughter of Martin and Sarah Wepel. She was born April 18, 1893 in Hamilton County Iowa. Her mother died when she was 12 years old and she, her father and sisters, Odessa and Rachel all moved to Vona in 1911. Martin farmed and raised cattle on a farm two miles west of S.L. Howell ranch. In August 1913 he passed away while harvesting at his place. His body was taken back to Webster City Iowa for burial. When the girls returned to Vona they moved to town. I was born November 24,1929 in Vona and graduated from Vona High School in 1947. On June 11, 1950 I married Donald L. Chapman of Bethune. We lived in Bethune when our two children, Donald Howell. March 2, 1952 and Elizabeth Anne, Septem- ber 8, 1954, were born. In June, 1956, we HOWELL, GLENN AND BLANCHE F327 I was born in Colorado on a homestead near what is now Vona, on May 2, 1889. My parents came from Iowa to Haigler, Nebr., then joined a wagon train coming to Colorado, arriving in the spring of 1887. Among others in this emigration were the Ferris and Walton families, both long-time residents of this county. Father took a pre-emption two miles west and eight miles north of what is now Vona. He and mother lived in the wagon until our sod house was built. Father was a freighter for some time until the railroad carne through. He freighted from Haigler to Hoyt using a horse team and wagon, and taking about six days to make a round trip. He usually made a trip every week, bringing in supplies for the whole community as well as for his family. For years we had no cows or chickens, then father traded for a cow and we had our own milk. I do not remember seeing any buffalo, but there were lots of bones on the prairies and �they were selling at a pretty good price, so father always planned to pick up a wagon load on his way to Haigler, thus getting money enough to buy our groceries. I used to have some very fine specimens of buffalo horns, but in moving I have lost them. The first school I went to was located in Vona, and was held in a little frame building. The first teacher was Ruth Burnett. Our greatest danger was the prairie fire, which when started would get out of control. I remember of one time when a fire burned up to within 100 feet ofthe barn, and it took some hard fighting to hold it there. The largest fire around here was start€d by a man burning weeds and let the fire get away from him. I took a homestead in 1910 and proved up on it, and then took additional land in 1919, and own both lands now. My wife, Blanche and I are now living in Vona, and have four small orphan children which we have taken Hudler III and Adrian Wellington Hudler II. John III was married to Linda Christian Liley in 1982. Hudler editors of the Republican Record include Bill, his son John, and his grandson Rol. His great-grandson John III is anticipating the job in the future as he learns the ropes from his Dad, as generations before have done. by Maxine Hudler HUDSON - POOLE PURINTON FAMILIES F329 by Glenn Leroy Ilowell Older brother Clyde lived close by and F328 Adrian Wellington (Bill) and his wife Martha May Houbbold Hudler cnme to the Burlington community in the fall of 1919. They were both born and raised around Audubon, Iowa, where they were also married. Bill was a "Printer's Devil" as a very young man but poor health forced him to change jobs at the age of 23 at which time he and Martha homesteaded in South Dakota for several years. However, he kept at hie printer's trade by publishing a "Claim Paper" while living there. Upon returning to Iowa, Bill went into the real estate business in Audubon where their My mother, Dolly Barker Hudaon, Aunt Amber Hudson Purinton, in front of the "Ma Hudgon" home, 210-12th, in the mid 1920'g. in Yuma for a couple of years where Bill The history of The Burlington Record now includes fotr generations of Hudlers. Bill and Martha'e son John was manied to Maxine Frances Backlund in 1936 and to this union was born a daughter, Adrienne Anne, and a son, John Rollin, Jr. Adrienne was married to Eugene Donald Fasse in 1961 and the Fasses have two children, a son Ernest Dean, and a daughter, Francine Anne, who manied Gregory Scott Floerke in 1985. John Rollin, Jr. (Rol) and Joy Lindsey were married in 1960 and they have two sons, John Rollin Mexican sniper, he becnme a mechanic in his own service station. He had borrowed $500 from Wanen Shamburg to start his business. 13th Street where Duerst's Machine is now located. In the early 20's he bece'ne the Chewolet dealer in Burlington and soon moved around the corner to Senter Street, where he later established the Sim Hudson Motor Co. The "Garage" remained at the same location until 1983, when his widow Hazel (my st€pmother), sold the sixty someyear-old business to Vince's Chewolet, Olds Same company. Burlington Record. having been shot through the knee by a Before long he began selling Whippet cars on worked for the Wolf Land Company, later transferring to Burlington working for the papers merged to become the present day wet and chilled during his first winter in greatly assisted the family, so that, although Sim no longer attended school, the younger ones managed to keep going to a nearby country school. Often they would ski or ride horseback in order to get through the deep snow that lay on the ground. The family stuck it out near Elizabeth for five or six yeare before moving to Burlington, where 33 year old Bert was quite well established as a custom thresher (using a huge steam threshing machine so common to the times). They did fairly well, financially, until Sim was called by the Army to the Mexican border at Nogales, LZ. ta frght Poncho Villa (1917). In order to survive, Grandma and Aunt Amber provided room and board for several bachelors and schoolmarms, while Pete and Mike did odd jobs. When Sim returned from the Army, after HUDLER FAMILY Burlington Call from the Wilsons and the two children, moved on to Elizabeth, CO., where in 1910, Deck died of pneumonia after getting overnight, doing the farming as best he could, with Grandma and the smaller ones (Pete 11, Amber - 8, and Mike - 6) doing the chores. Dated Jan. 24,L934. He eventually left the real estate g'me to go back to his first love, the newspaper business, working for many years for Arthur Wilson, editor of The Burlington Call. In 1930 Bill and Martha bought The Burlington Republican and Record from the family of George (Stormy George) Wilkinson, who founded the paper in 1888. The name was changed to The Burlington Record and in 1944 the Hudler's son John purchased The moved from Lenora to Goodland, KS. for about four years, and then with their younger Colorado while he was feeding the family's dairy herd. Since Sim, just 15, was the oldest child at home, he became head of the household to raise. son, John Rollin, was born. When John was two years old they were forced to make another move because of their son's bout with asthma. The Hudlers moved west and settled stopped by lndians, who only wanted to do some trading, which was much to the relief of everyone who had thought they were being attacked. Grandma's parents later moved to Wyoming, homesteading there. While in Kansas, when Grandma was only 10-12, a neighbor, Deck Hudson (born 1857), came to work for the Poole family as a wheat thresher. He kidded Grandma that when she grew up he would marry her, which he did. . . when she was all of 14 in 1880. From 1883 to 1904 they had eight children: Bert, Only, Clyde, Bertha, my dad Sim (born Dec. 9, 1894), Pete, Amber and Mike. The family Grandma Susan Hudson and I (Georgeanna) in the early 1930'g by a spruce tree that still stands at 1187 Donelan looking NE. - My grandmother, Susan Poole Hudson, was born in New York State (Apr. 15, 1866), where, living on a houseboat, she learned to swim before she could walk, because her mother would tie a rope around her babies' chests and toss them in and fish them out of the water, until they managed to stay afloat. Then when Grandma was just barely old enough to remember, her family came in a covered wagon to western Kansas, settling near Lenora. On their way west, they were and Cadillac, where it still remains today. During the years 1919-1926, Sim married my mother, Dolly Barker, Bert married Mabel Walters (later Mable Parke) and Amber married Ed Purinton. Within a year of his marriage Bert died (age 38); within six years Ed died and in 1938 my mother died (age 36), when I was eleven. Since death struck so often and so early, our family learned to survive byjust plodding on, rather than caving in to each unhappy situation. But this was no different than what most pioneer families did in order to survive. Over the years, the various Hudson brothers and sisters moved to other Kansas and Colorado locations, leaving just Sim and Amber to make their homes in Burlington. For seven years Sim and Mother lived in the "Ma Hudson" household consisting of �Grandma. Pete. Amber and Mike. Then I was due to arrive so they moved across the street to 1187 Donelan, where a previous Methodist parsonage had been relocated and where I was born (L527). By 1931 they had added on more house than was originally there, built a two-story, two-car garage, a large sunkin lily .l 'irrr..'i"'1.!. pond that accommodated 10-15 neighborhood "swimmers", and had planted many trees including the huge spruce trees that still stand today. The next year, when I was 5, Sim added on, and extensively remodeled his Garage, having a grand opening that featured an Indian doing a native dance on the long counters in the showroom, and I was absolutely thrilled to be so close to a "real" Indian! li. After Mother died. Sim and Hazel Carmichael of St. Francis, KS. were married and they, along with Eldon Snowbarger, maintained the Garage as a thriving business, selling and servicing Chevrolets, Oldsmob- $&:,, .@ .,,'ll :llilli .. . .l:il l5:l.,',11i1 iles, and Cadillacs for many years. l.*'r:rr After Ed died, Amber, along with her children (Eddie - 4, Gwendolyn - 2, and Raymond - 8 months) moved back home with Grandma. From that time on Amber dedicat- ed her life to serving others, although she never considered it a sacrifice. Because of Grandma's weak legs, even though she was otherwise quite healthy and did most of the cooking, the work burden fell on Amber and the kids. Grandma lived until 1959 (age 93); then Sim died in 1960. and soon afterward Raymond ceme home to live with Amber since he had recently been paralyzed from the chest down, in a swimming accident. In spite of his paralyzed hands, he learned how to repair antique clocks, which frequently made it necessary to cease conversation every hour, on the hour, due to all of the chiming and cuckooing that was taking place. For 23 years, until Raymond's death in 1983, Amber unselfishly cared for him, and together they led a happy life despite their individual obstacles that most people would've considered insurmountable. By now all the Deck Hudson family is gone except Amber who presently makes her home in Arvada, CO. with her daughter and son-inlaw, Gwen and Roy Courtney. by Georgeanna Iludson Grueing Vena Scheierman age 2. This was by the homestead sod house. Vena's birthplace. . .,4.;:.,..::, HUGHES FAMILY F330 Schools and Early Settlers Harve Hughes and Rosa Wilson Hughes ;- l were born and grew up at Marion, Kentucky. They married there and lived on a farm. After a few years, they decided to go West and take a homestead. Raymond Lester Hughes and Martha Wilson Hughes Reeder were born to them in Kentucky. They, with two other families, moved their household goods and some livestock (cows and horses) in a railway car. They stopped at Seldon, Kansas and farmed two years. Hail and drought took both years crops. Ida Wilora Hughes Waite was born to them in 1903. In 1907, they filed for and received a homestead eleven miles southeast of Claremont, CO. (now Stratton, co.) They brought their household things in The Hughes family and their horses by the homestead sod house. -&--.. �for the kitchen and cellar. They burned cow chips and after they began to raise corn for livestock and chicken feed, they burned big ears of yellow corn. It was cheaper than coal and made a hot fire as there was no wood. Fresh fluffy white corn shucks or barley straw made stuffing for bed mattregses. A heavy musling was used to cover these mattresses. It cost from 20 to 50 a yard. Most household needs cnme by mail order. Mr. Van Hook drove a one horse buggy in summer and a sleigh in winter and brought 1:' j the mail. Most clothing and some foods were ordered by mail. The children cut cardboard insoles to go in their shoes when the soles wore out. These soles wore out in a day at school. All the cardboard was saved and sometimes my father made new leather soles on our shoes by using cow hide, a shoelast and tacks. Two pair of shoes a year was about it. One pair was for school and chores and a pair for Sunday School. Three children were born to Harve and Present Hughes homestead, the Herbert Scheierman Ranch, 1980. The sod house was torn down and this 8 room frnme house and porch was built in L922 for $1200.00. Rosa Hughes on the homestead. They were Vic Hughes Whitmore, Vena May Hughes Scheierman and a little brother, James Thomas Hughes. James Thomas passed away when young. There were six schools in this area south of Claremont. Bethel, a sod school house was located one half mile east of the present Ed Herndon home. Bethel Sunday School was held there also. A sod wall fell in on this building and a frame school building nnmed East Bethel was built. It was near the Clarence Borden home. Another school was built on the R.O. Hoover land. It was called West Bethel. This land is now the cow pasture near the Hughes homestead. There was a school nnmed the Day School. This was one and one half mile south of the Hughes homestead. District 58, an adobe building, near the Weingardt farm is still standing. Two other schools, North Pious Point and South Pious Point were in this vicinity south of Claremont (Stratton). First Central School was located on the correction line, four miles south of the Hughes homestead. It was a grade school and a high school at one time. Early teachers at the Bethel sod school were, Ella Rhen Dunlap, Shek Mc Connell, Ray Dorothy, Dora Jean Baird, Miss Root, and Miss Troup. The following is a list of early settlers and homesteaders. Not all homesteaded. Some families bought Iand or rented it from Vena Scheierman 1970. Harve and Rosa Hughes. covered wagons from Seldon to the home- this was much better than the path out to the adobe outhouse that my father built. What were homesteaders to do for a home? Buffalo Grass with prairie rattlers was about all there was in eastern CO. at that time. They plowed and cut large pieces of this sod and neighbors gathered in for a work day and neighbor wives brought food, as the sod walls stead that is now known as the Herbert Scheierman Ranch. The horses and cows were led or trailed back of the wagons. Along with them they brought bedding, clothing, two stoves, utensils, wash stand, wash pans, tubs, a sewing machine and sewing needs. They also brought hand pieced quilts and coverlets that my mother and her mother (Martha Paris Wilson) had made in Kentucky. They also made wool and linen bed spreads. We still have some of these items. They brought wool blankets and rugs that my mother wove on a loom. They brought a table, which I still have. There were four chairs and two benches. and featherbeds. Tucked in somewhere in these wagons were blue and white enameled cha-bers. These were to go under the beds and on a zero degree night, for a house were laid. The wooden roofs, doors and windows had to be shipped into Claremont by railroad. They put pieces of sod and tarpaper on the wooden roofs. These houses were warm in the winter and cool in summer. The deep windows were ideal for the popular geranium houseplants. A wagon with two or homesteaders. These people at one time lived south of Claremont (Stratton) in an area 10 miles wide and extended to the correction line. This area is five miles east of the Hughes homestead and five miles west. Harve and Rosa Hughes, (parents of Vena M. Scheierman), Henry and Ida Wilson, George and Mattie Hopkins, Alice Webster, Roy and Addie Hoover, Ray and Zelia Deakin, Hope Root, Faith Root, Ed Hooper, Walter and Lulu Hooper, Ray and Winnie Hooper, Albert and Minnie Clift, A.D. and Julia Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. Coad, Charlie and Iva Day, George and Orpha Hodge, Julia four horses made the trip to Claremont Felch, Jap York, Ed and Mable Besson, Charlie and Pearl Kern, Ora and Lettie Wellman, Mr. Filback, Alpha and Sarah Waite, Mack and Myrtle Whitney, Bill and Bess McFarland, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Rhen and daugh- hauling the wood for the sod house. They also brought coal, two or three bushels of apples, sacks of flour, sugar, coffee, and other staples ters, Ada Kalb, Ella Rhen, Tina Rhen, Grace Rhen, and son Sam Rhen. Mr. and Mrs. D.L. Walker, Mrs. Phoebe Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. �Weingardt, Jim and Ruby Hollaway, Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Dargraval, Mr. and Mrs. Stein Dunkle, Mrs. Mc Pheeters and son Jim, Dr. and Mrs. Troxel, Mr. and Mrs. Tape, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Megel, Mr. and Mrs. Zern Ryan, Bill and Esther Brantley, Asa and Anna Wood, George and Bertha King, Frank Yelek, Bert Hull, Mr. and Mrs. Tom McMahon, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Burgraff, Harry and Eva Hamiliton, Mr. and Mrs. Nevins, Fabe and Dell Anderson, John Gerhke, Mr. and Mrs. Wence, Jerry and Miranda McNair, Mr. Huntleys left behind a rich legacy of family and service. by The Editors Their children, Ruby and Albert, were born in the sod house, but Homer and Agnes had the honor of being born in the frame house built ]n 1922. The children attended the Liberty School, two and one-fourth miles HUNTZINGER BRANDENBURG FAMILY and Mrs. Obermeyer, Leonard and Kate Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Holstein, Mr. and Mrs. Grinnell, Mr. and Mrs. Unger, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Collins. Mr. and Mrs. George Church, Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Bradshaw Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Paul and Edith Webster, Charlie and Lucy Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Boehm. south of their home. Ruby and Albert F332 by Vena Scheierman HUNTLEY - JOHNSON FAMILY 1917: My parents first home - Gerda and Sidney Huntzinger's F331 first generation English immigrants. He was educated in the common schools of Spring- Flagler. Their daughter, Agnes, attended St. field, Illinois, near his father's farm. Anna E. Johnson was born near Springfield, Illinois, other necessities. In 1921 they moved into Flagler and were active in building the community. A Republi- can in political matters, George served as county commissioner from the third district from 1904-1908 and 1920-1928. From 19291930 he also served as deputy sheriff. The Huntley's were faithful and active members of the Flagler Congregational Church and involved themselves in other community organizations. George was a member of Kit Carson Lodge No. 127, A.F.&A.M., serving as master of the lodge for two terms. He was also a charter member of the Flagler Lodge of the IOOF. Anna was a charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star. In his later years, George was one of the organizers of the Crystal Springs Country Club, and invested much time and effort in making the lake a popular family recreation area. George passed away on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1931. Anna died ten years later on November 5, 1941. They left behind nine children: Freda, Opal, Vernon, Gladys, John, Cecil, Lloyd, Maurice, and Donald. As one of Flagler's pioneering families, the attended high school for two years at Shiloh School, four miles northeast of their home. Albert, Homer and Agnes graduated from Flagler High School but had to board with families in Flagler and their parents had to pay tuition for their education. Sidney was a wheat farmer and a stockman. They managed to persevere during the dirty 30's even though Sidney spent a month in Colorado General Hospital in 1934 with dust pneumonia. Sidney raised Black Angus cattle and was well known in the area for his fine herd. He usually fattened his own steers in his feed lot before selling them. Gerda raised lots of chickens to eat and for eggs to sell. The family milked lots of cows so they could sell the cream. Red Duroc hogs rounded out the diversified farm. Their son, Albert, served in the Air Force in World War II. Their son, Homer, became interested in irrigation from deep wells and drilled the first two irrigation wells north of George W. Huntley was born in Franklin, New Hsmpshire, on September 4, 1862, to where she was schooled and raised. The two were wed in 1882, and continued to farm in Illinois until 1884 when they moved to Nebraska. However, the lure of the West had captured George's imagination and in 1887 he came farther west to Colorado, where he was the first to file a homestead in the western part of Kit Carson County. There, the Huntley's first home was a oneroom dugout that was later replaced by a sod house. In the early days, George would gather up a wagon load of bones from the prairies, haul them to Haigler, Nebraska, the nearest trading point, where he would sell them and return home with a supply of groceries and probably how she became a crack shot that was used to good advantage during the depression and dry years of the 30's, when Sidney and Gerda hunted rabbits, skinned them, stretched and dried the hides to sell. Lukes Hospital School of Nursing during World War II, graduating in 1946. Agnes, Homer, Albert and Ruby Huntzinger, ages 4, 6, 10 and 11 years in 1929 Sidney V. Huntzinger was born at Thurman, Colorado on his parenLs', T.J. and Elsie Huntzinger's, homestead. In 1900 when he was four years old the family moved to land they had purchased twelve miles northeast of Flagler in Kit Carson County. He attended the sod school known as the Huntzinger School near Hell Creek. He was able to attend only when there was no farm work to do and managed to complete the 8th grade at the age of 18. In 1915, Gerda Brandenburg, daughter of Ferdinand and Emma Brandenburg of Creighton, Nebraska, arrived to keep house for her brother, Conrad, who lived northeast of Flagler. She was told that she would have to cross the "river" three times before she arrived home. Little did she know the "river" would be the loops of the dry Buffalo Creek. Following the war, Albert returned to the area with his wife, Allie Jo (Kountz) and began farming south of the farm that Sidney and Gerda now owned. In 1950, Sidney and Gerda sold most of their farm land and moved to Flagler. Following Albert's death from cancer in 1964, his widow sold their farm and in 1981 Gerda sold the last section of their farm land. 1981 was the first time since 1900 that no farmland was owned by Huntzingers in Kit Carson County. by Agnes Ottenan HUNTZINGER. GREENWOOD FAMILY F333 Thomas Jefferson Huntzinger came to Colorado with three brothers in 1886. They walked in from Independence, Kansas. He was born in Anderson, Indiana on May 18, Her brother, Conrad, got acquainted with Cora Huntzinger, who lived a few miles northwest of them. Cora's brother, Sidney, got acquainted with Conrad's sister, Gerda, and the couples were married in a double wedding in Burlington, Colorado, June 26, 1917. Sidney and Gerda began their married life in a sod house on land owned by Sidney's father thirteen miles north and two miles east of Flagler. Gerda remembers setting the kerosese lamp on the floor in the evening while she waited for Sidney to come in for supper. With the lamp on the floor she would take the 22 rifle and shoot the mice that poked their heads out to investigate. This is December, L924: Jeff and Elsie Huntzinger and their 7 children in front of their home north of Flagler: Edith (Gering), Charles, Ida (Jensen), Sidney, Ivan, Harvey, and Cora (Brandenburg). �1864. The brothers became disillusioned and left. T.J. or "Jeff'staked his homest€ad east of Thurman in Washington County. In a letter he wrote in 1934, he stated that he had the firet sod shanty between Akron and Hugo. He also wrote in that letter that he had plowed the first furrow in that part of the county. There was nothing on the prairie but buffalo grass and one thistle. He said that you could plow a furrow and leave it for two years and no weeds grew on it. In 1888 the Charleg Sala Greenwood family arrived from Kangas to help build the Rock Island Railroad. One of the brothers had a contract for one mile of grade in the Limon area and the father and brothers helped him with his contract. The mother, Sarah (Cook) Greenwood staked a homestead claim east of Thurman. Before coming to Colorado, Charles and Sarah helped build the church in Iowa that was made famous by the song "Little Brown Church inthe Vale". All eleven of their children were born in Iowa. According to fanily records, the ancestors of Charles Sala Greenwood fought in the Revolutionary War. His great great grandfather, Sylvanius Perry, was one of the patriots at Lexington who fired the shot that was heard around the world. On October 21, 1891, Jeff Huntzinger and Elsie Jane, the daughter ofSarah and Charles Greenwood, were married at a small church east of Thurman. Their first five children were born on the homestead in Washington County but by April, 1900 they had moved twelve miles northeast of Flagler in Kit Carson County. Their children were: Charles, Edith (Gering), Sidney, Harvey, and Cora (Brandenburg), all born at Thurman, and Ida (Jensen), Thomas, and Ivan, all born north of Flagler. Thomas died in infancy. All their children except Ivan attended the sod house Huntzinger School near Hell Creek. Ivan attended Liberty School which was a frnme school built in 1919 one mile west of the Jeff Huntzinger home. The oldest son, Charles, went to Wyoming to live and make his home. The rest of the children established homes on farms near their parents north of Flagler. When the Huntzingers moved north of Flagler, their home was on a direct trail for wagons coming from the north going to threshed into the wagons and then scooped into the bins at Thurman, then when all finished it would be scooped into wagons and hauled to their farm north of Flagler and scooped into the bins. Then when that was completed it would be scooped into wagons and hauled to Flagler where it would be scooped into the granary there. When the sons had enough to fill a rail car it would be scooped into wagons, taken to the railroad and scooped into the car on the tracks. Sidney used to say the wheat was worn out by the time it was shipped out. Ivan remembers that it was scooped into the bins at Flagler and scooped back out and scooped into the rail car to save the two cents per bushel that the elevator charged for handling it. by Agnes Otteman HUPPERT, GEORGE F334 My grandfather, George Huppert was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1868. His parents were Frederick (1831 to 1895) and Elizabeth Fritz (10-10-1840 to 7-7-L922). They were MoIIie Huppert America with an older brother and Elizabeth came by herselfat the age ofsixteen. She had followed Fred here and could not speak any English. Fred had settled in Milwaukee, homestead. At that time the land was still being surveyed and the young people would gather at the surveyor's station and that is where George and Mollie met. They were both born in Germany. Frederick came to Wisc. and Elizabeth had taken a train to Wisconsin to be with Fred. They were married in Mequon, Wisc. in 1862. Fred moved his family to Blue Hill, Nebraska where they homesteaded. At that time you had to plant a tree claim. Some of those trees are still standing at the farm 3 miles west of Blue Hill. It is recorded at the Red Cloud married in 1898. George had a threshing machine and moved houses for a living. My Aunt Tres said My grandmother, Mollie Lichleiter, was that when World War I ended her dad started up the steam engine tractor and let the kids blow the whistle. In 1921 he shipped the tractor and thresher to Stratton, Colorado by train. Some friends from Blue Hill had moved here earlier and told him there waa a need for a thresher in this community. He cnme back born in lllinois on April 15, 1880. Her parents were Mathias (1831) and Mary Armburster (1839). They also both came from Germany and moved to Nebraska from Illinois. They again came out during the harvest season and rented a farm so he could move his family to Colo. court house in Webstcr County on 12-8-1880. bought land 3 miles from the Huppert to Blue Hill for the winter and in 1922 he When he returned to Blue Hill. Mollie was Flagler for supplies. Their home became the stopping place for water for the horses and even milk for the babies if needed. Ivan rememberg his mother recalling that she had counted up to forty teame and wagons going by. Ivan recalls that his dad bought the tax title on two quarters of land for $64.00. During World War I, Jeff mortgaged seven quarters of land for $4000.00 to the State Land Bank so he could buy Liberty Bonds, thus assuring himself of getting the job of going around the countryside to sell bonde. Afterwards he failed to pay off the mortgages when he cashed the bonds. During the depression he wae unable to pay the interest and taxes and the land was put up for sale but no one would buy it. The State land Bank leased it back to the family and it was later purchased by sons, Sidney and Ivan. Jeff and Elsie moved to Flagler after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in 1941. One of the stories that Sidney used to tell was: Jeff built a granary in Flagler for grain storage. It was built on the site of what is now the Community Medical Center. The wheat from the homestead at Thurman would be George Huppert family taken in Blue HiIl, Nebraska shortly after Mollie's death. Back row L to R: George, Tres, Mary, Gertrude, Frank, Helen. Front row L to R: Dorothy, Mildred, Leona, Irene, George. �very ill and died on Aug.ust 29, L922. George moved the family out to Stratton in June 1923. They lived 1 mile south of Stratton. At that time their neighbors were John Gerke and Pautler dairy farm. They shipped the furniture and other belongings by train and moved out here in a Model T touring car and Ford truck. Circles painted in colors on telephone posts were the highway signs. Free range was the law and only fields were fenced. There were many acres of grass land and cattle roamed freely. It was not unusual for some farmers to come by looking for their cattle and if it was meal time they were always invited to come in for a meal. Later George moved his family three miles east and one and a half south of Stratton. George's son, George, drove a team of horses and a wagon and took the children to school. Later on they drove a car. Aunt Tres went to high school and Leona, Irene, Mildred, George and Dorothy went to grade school at Stratton's St. Charles Catholic Grade School. In 1926 George became ill and had an operation for cancer in Denver at St. Joseph Hospital, and the day he was to come home, he died from a blood clot. There were 11 children in the family and three are still living. Frank (10-12-1899 to 85-1961) married Catherine Colgan. They had 2 children. One died as an infant. Helen (1901 to 1968) married John Harrison. She taught school in a country school in Stratton. They moved to Missouri. They had 5 children. Mary (8-26-1902 to 6-11-1957) married Joe Kloecker and lived in Denver. They had 5 children. 1 son died. Gertrude (3-27 -L904) married Tony Beller. They had 5 children and still live in Denver. Theresa (8-19-1907) maried Raymond Bush and had 4 children. ISEMAN FAMILY F335 Febr. 1924 brought Ralph and Josie Iseman to Kit Carson County with their children Clarence, Loraine, Agnes and John. Ralph had been out from Burlington, Ks. to look things over earlier. So with the George Bailey and Hill families they loaded their household items on two immigrant cars on the train. They drove out in a Model T car. The windows were ising-glass. The weather was very cold and they kept warm with a heater that had something like charcoal briquettes inside. The trip took five days. They stayed at the Collins Hotel in Stratton until the Austin place was available. Ralph always said that his ancestors were Pennsylvania Dutch. How right he was. In reality Pennsylvania Dutch means German born. The first Iseman of Ralph's family to enter America was Peter and he came from Germany in 1749. Those first Isemans spelled their name many ways: Eyseman, Eisaman, Eiseman, Isaman. Westmoreland Co., Pa. has many of Peter's descendants and most of them spell their names Eiseman. The ones from Freeport, Pa. spell their name Iseman. Ralph's father and mother, John Andrew and Evaline Nancy (Hill) Iseman, were born in Freeport, Pa. One of Ralph's distant cousins lives outside Freeport on Iseman Rd. Ralph was the seventh generation of Isemans in America. John Ralph Iseman was born in Guthrie Co., Iowa in 1890. Ralph married Josie Thene Updegraft 23 Jan. 1912 in Burlington, Ks. Josie was born in Burlington, Ks to Sidney Denton Updegraft and Susan Lane Dawson Loraine, Agnes, and John were born in Burlington, Ks. Wayne and Maxine were lives there. George (10-10-1910 to 7-12-1950) married Tbila Boul and they had 4 boys. Pauline died at the age of 3 from measles and is buried in Blue Hill, Neb. Irene (8-25-1912 to 1976) married Walter Halloway and lived in Denver. They had 5 children and 1 died as an infant. Walter still lives in Denver. Leona L924 to L946. chtenbach. Millicent Luebbers, daughter of Gertrude and Willard, Walter and Wilford Huppert and their mother Twila, sons and wife of George. After the death of their father Uncle Frank and Aunt Tres took care of the younger children until they were able to be on their own. My Aunt Tres had started a business known as the T V Booties after they had moved to Denver awhile. by Betty Jean Brachtenbach lius Wood. Neil died in 1985. Loraine still lives in Burlington. Agnes married Leonard Beeson. They live in Burlington and are still involved in farming and cattle south of Bethune. John married Ellen Bemis, a Kansas gal. They live in Burlington, Ks and farm in the area where Ralph and Josie first lived. Wayne still lives and farms south of Bur- lington. Maxine married Jake Chandler. They are both retired and living in Denver. Josie died 9 Sept. 1974. Ralph died on his 96th birthday 27 Oct.1986. Both were real pioneers. Their friends and family loved and respected them. Ralph spent the last 6 years of his life in the Grace Manor Nursing Home. His determination and out look on life was an inspiration to all. by Lenora Sexson JACKSON, DEWEY AND REVA (BRALY) F336 13 Nov. 1893. Their children Clarence, Two boys died as young men. They lived in Denver and moved to Lag Vegas, Nev. in 1981 where Raymond died in 1985. Theresa still (5-25-LgL4\ married Val Kordes and has 5 children and farmed in Stratton area. Mildred (1916 to 3-19-L924) died of sugar diabetes and is buried in Stratton. Dorothy (12-19-1919 to 5-19-f96f) married Coy Pearson. No children. The family of George and Mollie that still reside in Kit Carson County are their daughter Leona Kordes and her daughters Patsy Eisenbart and Betty Bra- selling cattle and fishing. Ralph and Josie's family was so important to them. Clarence married Allie Jean Beck. He still owns land south of Stratton. Allie Jean and Clarence are retired and live east of Colorado Springs. Loraine married Corne- born south ofStratton. Ralph and Josie lived and farmed on the Austin place, Glaze place, Collins Ranch and the Beveridge Ranch from Memories of the family include the time spent hunting the driest, most productive spot for cow chips, loading the wagon, getting them all home, keeping the pile dry and removing all the ashes that hot fire created. The fun basket dinners after church and Sunday school at First Central included fried chicken, rhubarb pie, lemonade!!! The Ladies Aid and sewing clubs provided needed social contact for the women in the neighborhood. From these activities beautiful quilts were created and close friendships developed. There were the local ballgames on Sunday afternoon for the old and young to enjoy. In the 30's there were very few fences. Most of the cattle ran free and the crops were fenced. The grasshoppers were terrible. The poison was placed around the fences because the grasshoppers even ate the fence posts. You never left leather harnesses out because in a few hours there was nothing left but the metal. You could take a clear drinking glass and coat it with smoke from a kerogene lnmp, to protect your eyes as you looked directly at the sun, and see the grasshoppers flying through the air. In 1946 Ralph and Josie moved to Burlington. Josie babysat with grandkids and Jeanne Zick. Josie loved to sew and make quilts. Many a wedding dress, Raggedy Ann, and quilts are prized possessions of her descendants. Ralph kept busy buying and J. Dewey Jackson's first residence in Kit Carson County in 1925, shown with his 1916 Reo truck, 1925 Fordson tractor and a new Ford car J. Dewey Jackson was born north of Phillipsburg, Kansas in 1898, the 5th of ten children born to William A. Jackson and Betty Mae (Bales) Jackson. He walked to school 2t/z miles. While still at home he took a correspondence course on Basic Electricity out of Chicago, Illinois. He rode a horse to Woodruff, Kansas, 19 miles for 8th grade examinations. To help the family income he did trapping; then skunks were worth $20 a piece. When he started his one year of high school, his mother gave him a gold pocket watch to encourage him not to start smoking. This prized possession was pawned several times thru the years to buy life's necessities. The winter of 1917 he went to Kansas City, Kansas, worked as a street car conductor, and attended Sweeny Automobile School. Summer of 1921 traveled to Canada where he was a jack of all trades: helped paint a church, built a school house, hauled logs, and then summer of 1922 helped build a wooden elevator at Sturgis, Saskatchewan. In 1923 back to Alma, Nebraska to rent a garage for one year. Then in L924he traded all the shop supplies for half of the cost ($10 A.) on his first purchase of land in Colorado. 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