The Glenwood post., 1916-01-15
STOCK INDUSTRY
ON WESTERN SLOPE
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Eames only remained in the cattle bus.
mess few months. However, he is en-.
titled to the credit for having brought
the first cattle into this section, and
they did so well that it was not long
before others followed. The next 70
FOLLOW Mr. Eames was Joe Yule and
John Murray They came in the fall of
1880, wintering their cattle near Car
bondale. The following spring they
moved on down the Grand river near
the present site of New Castle, where
they took up ranches and ran cattle
successfully for several years, but have
now retired.
The Roaring Fork and it's tributaries,
Crystal river, Frying Pan, Sopris creek
and others, provided an ideal grazing
country for cattle, and about the sum-
mer of 1882 quite number of settlers
came in and went into the cattle bust
ness in small way. Among them
were A. B. Foster, NJ. H. Mclaughlin,
M. Il. Shippee, Horace Gavin, s. +.
Sloss, G.. w. King, C. H. Harris, Fred
Light and B. Bourg. Most of these
from the beginning, and, with the ex.
ception of few of them, are still To-
Gated in the valley and are classed
among the successful men in the cattle
business. A. B. Foster went to Califor-
MIA some years ago, where he has doLe
very well in the real estate business.
G. W. King is also in California. Hor-
ace Gavin has sold out and retired. The
rest of them are still in the valley and
doing we'll.
About the summer of 1888 Ed Ban
ming of Carbondale drove in bunch of
cattle from the Eastern Slope and To-
Gated in the valley. About the same
time j. W. Zimmerman, James T. Dal-
ton and H. B. Gillespie started in the
business.
During the summer of 1885 or 'S6
Reef and Nuckols brought in the first
large herd Of cattle to this section.
They were southern steers and were
grazed upon the ranges in this section,
and used to supply the mining camp OF
Aspen with beef. Later this firm
moved their cattle north of the Grand
river and were extensive cattle pro-
ducers for number of years.
Many of the stockmen; in fact, most
of them, were attracted to this section
by the mining excitement at Aspen.
Failing to make a fortune from the
mines, many of them turned their at
tention to stock growing and agricul-
Eture, most of them with the primary
idea of supplying beef and other pro-
ducts to the then flourishing mining
camp, where all food supplies brought
fancy prices. Fred Light, for instance,
began his agricultural career by cutting
hay in the little valley, which he after
wards occupied as ranch, reaping the
grass with sickles and carrying it into
Aspen on the backs of burros. Eugene
and Lloyd Grubb acquired ranch on
the Crystal river near Carbondale in
1885. Later Lloyd Grubb secured
ranch of his own east of the Roaring
Fork, which he sold few years ago at
a good price and moved to California,
where he is now located and doing well.
Eugene Grubb still continues on his
fine ranch at the foot of Mt. Sopris
and has acquired a national reputation,
both as breeder and potato grower.
Among the old timers, stockmen in This
section, may be remembered Borum and
White, who ran cattle here for num-
Der of years. John w. Sloss, r. M. st.
John, Alvin Ralston, R. H. Tucker and
L. r. Tucker, also Charles H. Jacobs,
who was one of the pioneers, starting
here in 1882. All of the above, how
ever, have sold out and left the country
some time ago.
Among the other old timers on the
Frying Pan, one of the important tribu'
taries of the Roaring Fork, was Otmar
Lucksinger, who sold out his ranch and
cattle to 8. P. Sloss in 1902. John
Ruedi and Robert Reed were well
known stockmen. here in the early days,
but have passed to the great beyond
Anthony Sneve was one Of the import
ant stockmen in this section for some
lyears. Among the other early day men
on the Crystal river, in addition to the
Gpubb boys, were George SEWERS, W..
M. Dinkel and w. L. Girdner.
There are many others who came in
4 during the last SOS, but whose names
am unable to recall at the present
time. There are many things that have