The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-09-13
One OF THE
OLD SETTLERS"
Secretary Hunt, Of Old Settlers A..
ISOLATION, Receives Letter From
Old Settler Now in West
Mr.. ARNER GRAVES, OF DENVER
Mr.. Graves Says He 10 Young Enough
at 81 Years to Attend the Picnic
in the Year 1894.

Mr.. N. L. Hunt, secretary of the
Crawford County Old Settlers associa.
ton, recently received letter from
Mr.. Abner Graves, of Denver, Colo,
one of the pioneer residents of Craw-
ford county. Mr.. Graves came to Den
ison just fifty years ago this Septem.
Der and feels that he should be styled
One of the Old Settlers" of the county
The Review has prevailed upon Mr..
Hunt to allow the letter to be pub.
lished so that other old settlers might
read the interesting communication
The letter follows:
Denver, Colo, Aug. ~, 1916.
N. l.. Hunt,
Secretary Old Settlers Association,
Denison, Iowa.
! Dear Sir:-I write to extend greet.
ings to you and all members of the
Old Settlers association of Crawford
county, Iowa. 5..,'F @#sEt
e. Probably many of the members of
the association, and surely many of
the newer Crawford county residents,
who will celebrate with you, will not
remember me, but l wish you would
introduce me and memory of me to
the crowd present, and say that I
would like very much to be present
with you all next Thursday and do
what l might to help wake the echoes
of old times and happenings in the
early days Of "Old Crawford" when she
like the rest of us was young, and
just starting to make name for her.
self. ~NUiaf
feel safe in saying that am en-
titled to be called "One of the Old Set
tiers" of the county for l came there
from the east just fifty years ago next
Friday, Sept. l, 1866, in search of q
Good Place to make my home, and
found it right there in Denison where
l went into business and lived for
three years, then moved down the
Boyer river ten miles and helped to
start "Dowville" (now Dow City,.
where l continued to live for full
quarter of century before again COM
ing into the western mountains, and
in fact I maintained my residence in
Dow City until March Is, 1902, the
date my wife died there.
My entrance into Crawford county
and Denison antedated the arrival of
the first passenger train on the. first
railroad into that far west part of
Iowa, as the first passenger train into
Denison arrived on Nov. 2, 1865, just
two months later than l did.
have and hold many pleasant mem.
cries of old Crawford, and this may
be safely witnessed by the fact that I
have read practically every issue of
the Denison Review ever since it
started, having been reader of 1t
for a full half century, including the
issue of this week, and trust shall
read in next weeks issue about the
gala times you all have on the closing
lay of this month.
l am writing this on the day l am
aighty-two and a half years of age,
and the Review people have one of the
last pictures of mine, taken Feb. p,
1916 when l was just 50 years old,
and I still feel young enough so that
shall try to be with you on your cele-
oration in 1884 when shall have pass.
ed the full century mark, if live un-
Ill that time.
Feeling sure that may safely be
called one of the oldest residents Of
he county who arrived into the coun.
" at as early time as 1866, and
Wishing you all glorious and happy
line, am as ever t a4E
. go Yours truly.
.''5 - ABNER GRAVES. 4