The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-29
JULEsBURG's HISTORY OF TO-DAY
Interesting Details that viii Make
Our County Rich and Famous.

No town upon the Western plains
has a more checkered or exciting
history of the frontier days than the
town OF Julesburg. 1t derives its
named Jules Reni was tied to a post
and shot TO pieces by the desperate
Slade.
IL was during the days of Red Cloud,
Sitting Bun, Roman Nose, Man
\ fraid OF II is Horse, Standing Elk
and Spotted Tail that Major n. }.
O'Brien. now of the United States
Land service, laid out old Fort Sedg-
wick and the government Reservations,
ana many were the engagements that
he aud his soldiers had with these
nuJed chiefs and their dusky warriors.
Dll .luiesourg, the first was
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 =. lSGJ. In July fOllOring
the great Sioux War broke out, and
from that time on till peace was de
cla"ed there was more Indian fighting
IN the vicinity Of Julcsburg than any
other station along the Flatte Valley
During these times, Major O'Rrien
says, the buffalo were more plentiful
on the plains around Julcsburg than
the vast herds OF native cattle were in
later years.
Here, al Julesburg, the Mormons
crossed tie Platte on their journey to
Utah. 1t was Il little south of Jules
turg that the great feast with the
Sioux aud Cheyenne indians occurred.
a second Julcsburg was built four
miles cast OF the fort. This WAS
moved to the north side OF the river,
v here the little town of Weir now
stands, and at one time was the
terminus of the Union Pacific railroad
ana contained 1000 people. Here the
element held sway until the
better class of citizens organized them
selves lnJO vigilance committee and,
by their just but necessarily severe
verdict> and punshments, rid the
town of these lawicSS irOntiersmen
and established a peaceful govern
meut.
TuoSe were rough, wild, exciting
days when the early history OF Jules
burg was made, and no one would
recognize in the quiet, law abiding. =.
tplriied Juleshurg Of to-day, which,
hy the way, Is the fourth Julesburg.
the desperate little frontier post of
wears ago.
Juleshurgof Of to day, the county seat
of S"dgwick -ouniy. is pleasantly
situated on the north bank OF the
South Platte River. at the junction Of
The main line and til" "CUloradu division
of the Union Pacific railroad. Nature
mas provided the town with many ad
vantages-a superb climate, pure
water mot alkalil, an abundance of
sunshine. 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, hUspitable class OF
citizens, 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 County
High School, whose graduates are ad-
United into the State colleges without
examination.
The town supports four hotels, two
restaurants, SIX grocery stores, six
dry goods and general merchandise,
Two harewarc, two implement firms,
one grain elevator, three lumber and
coal yards, two drug stores, two
harness shops, Two jcwclry stores, two
meat markets, two furniture stores,
two livery barns, one weekly paper
and no saloons. The town now owns
Il fine new water supply system and an
electric lighting plant equipped with
the most modern machinery. The
county has new court house. is out
of debt, and, with the development of
the farms in the district, Julesburg
has future that may we'll be the envy
of many a Western town.
The Julesburg irrigation district
contains p, 500 acres of as fine land as
can be fouud in any irrigated country.
1t was organized in July, 1904, and on
II, 1904, a S4j0,0OO. 90
twenty-ycar f per cent. bond was
voted to be used in constructing the
Julesburg reservoir, its inlcG and out
let bitches and in purchasing the Pc
tersou and Settlers bitches.
The reservoir is located ut the eX-
treme west end of the district. 1t
holds one and One-quarter billion
cubic feet Of water, or 2S. 400 acre feet.
1t is forty seven feet at lists greatest
depth aud its circumference i, about
SIX and one-half miles. Its embauk-
mentS. or fills, are built on slope of
four to one on the inside aud two to
one on the outside, with crown of
twenty feet. eight feet above high
water mark. The inside faces of these
fills are riprapped with curtain pre-
scribed stone in the most substantial
manner, under the advice of the State
Engineer. 1t has Il bed or fundation
Of clay, impcrvious to sccpage.
The State Fish Commissioner is
willing to stock the reservoir with
spawn of the very best varieties of
fish. The Reservoir is easily access
ible by good wagon road. and will be-
come Il popular resort for fishing and
hunting.
The iulet ditch for feeding the
reservoir is some nineteen miles IN
length, twenty-five feet wide At the
bottom, thirty seven feet at tie top
and six feet in depth. 1t has a
capacity sufficient to till the reservoir
in thirty days. The dam in the river
and the hcad-gatc to this ditch are
built in the most substantial manner