The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-12-13
HISTORY OF TO-DAY

Interesting Details that VIII Make
Our County Rich and Famous.
No town upon the Western plains
has . more checkered Or exciting
history Of the frontier days than the
town of Julesburg. 1t derives its
name from the fact that Frenchman
named Jules Reni Was tied 70 . post
and shot 70 pieces BY the desperado
Slade.
1t WAS during the days of Red Cloud,
Sitting Bull, Roman Nose, Man
Afraid Of His-Horse, Standing Elk
and Spotted Tail that Major n. J.
O'Brien, DOW Of tho United States
Land Service, laid out old Fort Sedg-
wick and the government Reservation.
and many were the engagements that
he and his soldiers bad with these
noted chiefs and their dusky warriors.
Old Julesburg, the hrst Vas
located about one mile east OF the fort,
on the south bank Of the river At the
old Ford crossing. This Julesburg was
sacked and burned by the Indians
February 2, 1865. In July follo.ing
the great Sioux War broke out, and
from that time on till peace vas de-
clared there was more Indian fighting
in the vicinity Of Julesbure than any
other station along the Platte Valley.
During these times, Major O'Brien
says, the buffalo we're more plentiful
on the plains around Julesburg than
the vast herds Of native cattle were In
later years.
Here, at Julesbure, the Normons
crossed the Platte on their journey 70
Utah. 1t was little south Of Jules
burg that the great feast with the
Sioux and Cheyenne indians occurred
A second Julesburg was built four
miles east OF the fort. This was
moved 70 the north side OF the river.
where the little town Of Weir now
stands, and at one time WAS the
terminus Of the Union Pacific railrosd,
and contained 1000 people. Here the
desperado element held sway uotil the
better class Of citizens organized them
selves into . vigilance committee and.
BY their just but necessarily severe
verdicts and punishments, rid the
and established . peaceful govern.
ment.
Those were rough, wild, exciting
days when the early history Of Jules.
burg was made, and no oae would
recognize in the quiet, law-abidiog
spirited Julesburg OF to-day, which,
BY the way, is the fourth julesbure'
the desperate little frontier post OF
years ago.
Julesburg of to-day, the county seat
SQ1nwiNk la MI In
situated on the north bank Of the
South Platte River, at the junction of
the main line and the Colorado di ivision
of the Union Pacific railroad. Nature
has provided the town with many ad-
vantages-a superb climate, pure
water mot alkali), an abundance Of
plenty of irrigation water.
and surrounded it with as fertile and
productive valley as can anywhere
be found.
Julesburg is peopled with an ener-
getic, thrifty, hospitable class of
who believe in good churches
and good schools. The Methodist and
Congregational societies each supports
handsome church buildings and
The schools of Jules
burg are Of the best. There is
maintained in the town a County
High School, whose graduates are ad-
mitted into the State colleges without
examination.
The town supports four hotels, two
restaurants, six grocery stores, six
dry goods and general merchandise,
two hareware, two implement firms.
one grain elevator, three lumber aud
coal yards, two drug stores, two
harness shops, Two jewelry stores, two
meat markets, two furniture stores.
two livery barns, one weekly paper
and no saloons. The town now owns
fine new>water supply system and an
electric lighting plant equipped with
the most modern machinery. The
county has a new court house, is out
of debt, and, with the development of
the farms in the district, Juiesburg
has future that may we'll be the envy
Of many a Western town.
The Julesburg irrigation district
contains 27,S0O acres Of as fine land as
can be found in any irrigated country.
1t was organized in July, 1904, and on
September II, 1904, . el5O,OOO. 90
twenty-year 6 per cent. bond was
voted to be used in constructing the
Julesburg reservoir, its inlet and out
let bitches and in purchasing she Pc
tersou and Settlers bitches.
The reservoir is located At the ex-
treme west end of the district. II
holds one and one-Qusrter billion
cubic feet Of water, or d, 400 acre feet.
It Is forty seven feet At lists greatest
depth and its circumference 10 about
SIX and One-half miles. ln embank-
ments. or flls, are built on = slope Of
four TO one on the inside and two 70
one on the outside, with . crown Of
twenty feet, eight feet above high
water mark. The inside isces of these
nlls are riprapped with curtain pre-.
scribed stone 10 the most substantial
manner, under the advice Of the State
Engineer. 1t has bed or fundation