The Greeley tribune., 1907-07-11

TO think were in the course 81 erec
tion were all Spanish castles. They
never naterialized.
Mr.. Ames lived on a quar- (er.sec'
tion a mile west Of Lost CRIES on
the Platte. Henry Masters VT fore
man for some one who owned ! quar-
ter.section across the river snorth.
ward. Williams and McCrumm had
ranch east Of him and adjpinng
O. P. Gale was the next one east
He had a big bunch of cattk Al
Igo was five miles further esst near
Girardot's. Jim Kempton. aSon-in
law OF Geary's, lived acres the
Platte south Of Gales. Alexander
Pace, who afterwards published the
Evans Courier or Journal, lived in
Green City, also David 81. Payne,
Rev. G. A. S. Cage. who latersnoSed
tc Pleasant Valley, G. A. NcFar-
land. who established n bank in
Longmont, Thos. M. Barna, who had
a fine trade in agricultural hmple-
ments in the city Of New Ofleans'
La, John Pray, who moved fo the
then little town Of Fort Collins,
John Frazier, afterward rahching
near John Brush on the Big ThOmp-
son.
Thomas G. Winbourn, now of Fort
Lupton, then rode the range Tor his
father. w. G. Winbourn, who had
quite bunch of cattle on the north
side, near Gale. Lyman Cole and
John Hitson had about $4,000 head
OF cattle on the Muddy. John llitf
was said to have a herd Of 5000
head.
During the eld-fashioned roundup
OF 1874 the cowpunchers gathered in
so many cattle that when Hitson and
Coles caviards we're cut out, consist
ing of nearly 10000 head, they could
not be noticed as reducing the size
of the herd. l think it was the next
year that the manner of conducting
roundups was changed, So that we
have never had such great numbers
OF cattle in the same herd as before,
In 1875 in May we had an old
fashioned freshet. The water came
up over the banks of the river and
gave us river nearly u mile wide.
The flood tore away hay stacks and
houses, corrals and stock Of all sorts.
1t all went floating down the liver.
Judge Tyler D. Heiskell of Fort
Morgan was in cattle on the east
bank of Lost creek. His partner
was w. w. Calf, now q paynaster
in the U. S. navy at Norfolk, Va,
A man named French had a cattle
ranch about mile up Lost creek.
He afterwards moved to Greeley
where he obtained a high" posi-
tion. The Williams family lived on
the west side of the mouth of Lost
creek. There was a number Of
them. can only call to mind the
names of John, Henry and Seth, sons
of Mr.. Williams. Caleash John
Chopper of Omaha had a horse ranch.
1t was near Major D. c Carmich-
ael's, about mile up the creek.
1t is said that at one time when the
colonel was driving very spirited
pair of Hambletonians over Sand
creek near Denver the passengers on
the Kansas Pacific train on the
bridge waived furiously at him. He
not knowing what they meant
stroked his whip across both horses.
They sprang for the Denver side and
were just missed by a heavy bridge
timber which the flood in the creek
had torn from the bridge which 1t
DESTROYED. The train escaped en-
gulfing by hairs breadth.
A man named Harrison, think,
he was not the president, vent into
the cattle business near Beaver
creek. He took brand similar to
the brand Of Iliff and Cole. Harri.
son vanished in dream but be took
goodly number of cattle With him.
l am not sure that the mans name
was Harrison but it sounded like IT.
II remember we'll Mrs. Girardot,
vile OF the one referred to above.
was drowned In Box Elder creek in
1878. Some time If you desire it /
may continue this paper.
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