The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-11
JULEsBURG's HISTORY OF TO-DAY
Interesting Details that Will Make
Our County Rich and Famous.

| has more checkered or exciting
history of the frontier days than the
town of Julesburg. 1t derives its
named jules Reni was tied TO post
and shot to pieces by the desperate
| 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. now Of the United States
| Land Service, laid out old Fort Sedg-
wick and the government Reservation,
and many We're the engagements that
he and his soldiers had with these
noted chiefs and their dusky warriors.
Old Julesburg, the first. was
located about one mile east Of the fort.
on the south bank of the river at the
old Ford crossing. This Julesbnrg was
sacked and burned by the indians
February ,. 1865. In July folluriug
the great Sioux War broke out. and
from that time on till peace was de-
clared there was more Indian fighting
in the vicinity of Julesburg than any
other station along the Platte Valley.
During these times, Major O'Brien
says, the buffalo were more plentiful
on the plains around Julesburg than
the vast herds of native cattle were in
later years.
Here. at Julesburg, the Mormons
crossed The Platte on their Journey TO
Utah. 1t was little south OF Jules
burg that the great feast with the
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians occurred.
a second Juie>burg WAS built four
miles east of the fort. This was
moved to 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 railroad,
and contained 1000 people. Here the
desperate element held sway until the
better class of citizens organized them
selves into a vigilance committee and,
by their just but necessarily severe
verdcls and plnSnments, rid the
town OF these lawles> jrrntier,mtn
and established a peaceful guvcrl
meut.
Those were rough. wild. cxciti! :
days when the early history OF julie.
burg was made, and no one woul
recognize in the quiet. law abiding.
spirited Jule>burg of TO-DAY. whicn,
ny the way, is the fourth Julesburg.
the despcrado liltle frontier post Of
years ago
Julc>burg of to day. the county seat
of Sedgwick -Ouniy. is pleasantly
situated on the north bank of the
South Platte River. at the junction Of
The main line and the Colorado division
Of the Union Pacific railroad Nature
mas provided the town with many ad.
vantages-a superb climate, pure
water luOt alkalIj. an abundance Of
sunshine. plenty Of irrigation water
and surrounded it with as fertile and
productive vale; as can anywhere
be fouLd.
Julesburg is peoplad with an ener-
getic, thrifty, hospitabe class of
cltizens, who believe in good churches
and good schools. The Methodist and
Congregational societies each supports
handsome church buildings and
organizations. The schools of Jules
burg are Of the best. There is
maintained in the town 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 and
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
"a fine new water supply system and an
electric lighting plant equipped with
the most modern machinery. The
county has II new court house, is out
of debt, and, with the development of
the farms in the district, JuIeSbury
has Il future that may we'll be the envy
of many Western town.
The Julesburg irrigation district
contains p 500 acres Of as fine land lis
can be found in any irrigated country.
1t was organized in July, 1904, and on
September II, 1904, a $4,000. %
twenty-year per cent. bond was
voted to be used in constructing the
Julesburg reservoir, It's lnlet and ou,-
let bitches and IN purchasing the Pc
terson and Settlers bitches.
The reservoir is located at the eX-
treme west end of the district. 1t
holds one ana one-quartcr billion
cubic feet OF walter, or IS 400 acre feet.
1t is forty seven feet at lists greatest
depth and its circumference is about
SIX and one-half miles. Its en- bank
mentS. Or fills, are built on d slope OF
four to one on the inside and Two to
one on the outside. with Il crown Of
twenty feet. eight feet above high
water mark. The inside faces OF these
fills are riprappcd with curtain pre-
scrlbed stone in the most substantial
manner, under the advice of the State
Engineer. 1t has il bed or lundation
of clay, impcrvi0u> 70 scepage.
| lie State Fish Commissioner is
willing to stock the reservoir with
spawn OF the very best varieties of
fish. The Reservoir is easily access
ib!e by good wagon road. and will be-
come popular resort for fishing and
hunting.
The inlet 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 u
capacity Sufficient to ill the reservoir
in thirty days. The dam in the river
and the head-gate to this ditch are