The Glenwood post., 1908-05-02

Crystal Creek. The early settler,
endured all the hardships incident
to pioneer life, but as they begar
to grow more prosperous, achiev
ed more comforts and convent
ences, as the telephone and i'm
proved farm machinery. There is
rural delivery and the mail i.
distributed in boxes SO that the
farmers get it every day. Many
schools are situated in different
parts.
Between Carbondale and Glen
wood are u number of large
farms. Cardiff, small town, is
situated three miles south Of
Glenwood Springs. The coke ov-
ems of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company are located here.
The Midland railroad runs
through here. In 1907 they NOV
ed their branch round houses at
Basalt to Cardiff, which added to
the number of inhabitants. West of
Cardiff is the small farming dis
trict. Four-Mile. The early set
tiers We're George Hammerick,
Dick Dalton and Jerry Ward, and
these are now the owners of large
ranches.
Coal Discovery Made New Castle
Coal mines made New Castle
famous. There are many large
mines there. Coal was discovered
in 1882 by George Mace, who
sold his claims to William Gelder.
Mr. Bolles bought the land and
started to develop the mines. The
Midland Railway Co. built road
through New Castle and this road
was bought by the A. Y. & s. F.
Railway Company when they
bought the mines. There is a
mountain of coal burning at New
Castle. 1t was burning when the
Indians lived in this part of the
country and is still burning. Only
the smoke can be seen in daytime,
but at night the place is illumined
with fire. New Castle was incor-
norated Feb. 2. 1883. At the first
election. April 10, 1888, M. G..
Vandeventer was chosen mayor;
R. II. Mitchell. A. A. Harris. w.
D. Grant, r. H. Mcbride, s. B.
Stewart and M. F. Collins, trus-
tees. The officers at present are
J. A. MacRae, mayor: j. H. Gre
ger, j. F. Kamm, Hugh Miller.
James Ryan, w. y. Sykes and ].
G. Weller. trustees.
Many improvements have been
made in New Castle. The princi-
pal hotel is the Albany, conducted
by C. N. A. Hahn. Surrounding
New Castle are many hay and
cattle ranches and a few fruit
farms. Some of the early settlers
are George Yule, Jasper Ward
and Perry Coryell:
Rifle a. a Cattle Shipping Point
The little town of Rifle is sit
uated on the Grand river, twenty
six miles from Glenwood Springs,
in the western part of the county.
1t is the center of an enterprising
farming country and fruit is also
raised there quite extensively. 1t
is the center of the cattle raising
district west of Glenwood and an
important shipping point. From
$4,000 to 10000 head of cattle are
shipped yearly.
The early settlers came here III
quest of gold. Abraham Maxfield,
one of these, came in 1882. After
the Denver & Rio Grande and
Midland railroads were built
though that section he gave up
eighty acres of his ranch for n
town site and laid out the streets.
He also built the Winchester Ho-
tel. The other hotel besides this
is the Rifle Hotel. The principal
store, The Western Mercantile,
has kept up a steady growth un-
der the management of G. L.
Todd and II. H. Harris. There
are few other enterprising
stores.
Rife was incorporated Aug. 10,
1905. The first officials were Geo.
NJ. Howard, mayor; E. McLearn,
Fred Monro, w. J. LeRossignol.
J. f. Slater, l.. Hoffmeister and
d. +. Eakins, trustees. The of
ficers at present are: G. L. Todd.
Mayor; E. McLearn, Fred Munro,
w. 4. LeRossienol, Chas. H. Du-
rant. G. f. Clarkson md F. c.
Maxfield, trustees.
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