The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-06-15

Gays Of that tremendous trek;
Hero went. oxen. cowa mules horsss coaches,
carrtages blue leans. cOrduroys: rags tatsrs siks
.At.n. casA taii hats povSrty rtches criminals
godseeksre ssariRs southwest 70 the Overland Trail:
politicians looking for places In which 70 win fame
and fortune. adveaturers their way everywhere.
Aho'aonisis going 70 tho Border War look.
~ o.at. o.sryias fasisiy. slaves: and mos.
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There were msny. very many. Interesting In.
cidents that went 10 make I'D the history Of
ehsse rsoHeer days In Iowa that are covered By
Mr. 0ulck In "vsn,seswark's Folly" but ooe Of the
eoat interesting Is that dealing with the treat.
De"t Of "claisn-jumperA" The local Newspaper.
70 "a e9est t. secure an advantage for IT. pollt.
ecse cssess had In thase early dsyr referred to
'Cew" veedemark ~ . man With criminal
secsrd." so6 In later days 10 refuting the stmts-
seat ~ tsils the story oe the "caim. jumpers" %
lsllewA " part
Ths stssy grew ost Of my joining the Settlers
elvs ~ tt69 The rage for land speculation was
eweepSaG ever Iowa like . prairie DIRE, restinR
thisSs rsady fee the great panic Of 1857 that
] have reed OF sincs. but of which never heard
setii long after Il was ovss. All knew was
that there was arSat fever Tor buying aud sell.
NY land end laytsg out and booming towu.satee
-ths elites. sot ths to~ns-snd that afterward
times wssv very lard TAs rspeculston had.
bought ~ esoi psrt Of Monterey eounty BY thu
end Of IS6A snd had ruA the price up a hsh Il.
three daiars and half 40 acrs.
This nsa0s Il hard for men who came III az.
pecting 10 get II fOr Z dollar and q qusrtaf ana
q mun'l,er Of settlers In the township - thev an
all ovcr tho state went on their land rsiSInr on
the right 10 buy Il when they could GET ths| m,sry
whit was called the prs-emption right n c1.,I.
see tis~ hssss os William Trtckcy. Ehenrker Inn.
kins aud Abaaiom Frost from my house: and 1
knew that l'rter AMI Amos Bemisiu( rfer nnd
flsvlus Hsi,n. Dvnkaris from PennsyiSSnni. hn.i
ocrafeti farther SOUTH All thess setr{,r, ver.
iocsted south q He'll Blew. which Wis COMING
TO Ia Known now. and was sfterwsrdl M, I,,...
on the sMnp. ~ "vnndemark's Folly AHarrh~
Aud ndx there cunss Into the cosnty md stat.
Glass u aiee called "ciaias jumpers ySho p,,.sei
In on ths ciaiass " the Hrss cssases. fspd saooS
re~dy IL ~ their new homes right gu, fru,u
An.ler thssa. Il wns Rsssty hard % y WHO had
s".ird .. ahead Of the ssilways and sSsked In The
rain aud frOseu iu the bNssards ag1d lived on
"''s'ly hscon and hulied corn to io1te our chance
4" gct title to the lsuds We had broken up and
Quit Us.
My hand wa. paid fox. such aafit was. bu, when
chs i'sssAe WHO. like me. ha4 tr.iled GU, across
che prairtes with the last Xkcnr's rush, came and
asked s't =" Join the Set/ders' club to run these
sntradets 81. II appear16 to me that Il was only
a mans psrt !" me 70 stand to 1t aud take hold
I d'd no. look fory bard to all til. doing. Of tn.
tsss'crs' csub: but Joined It. and have never
besn sshn'ned q z even when Dick Ncuill was
s'answ'"'.xtMs ymf3 about what Ne did. I never
snew. .'xta0S,ft know now. just what the law
VIA 4si,( then. and think now that the
~ - Ind the right Of II. thought 20 the
VI INVENT over 70 run the claim.ju,nper OF
sah7U vrOst's land. within \ week of my Join.
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Il WAS ovcs o. Section Twenty seven, that the
e,alm-i,naper had built = hut shout where the
anakxs~ hsssanN Ia tptak atakl
L. aud dea u which to live II the other He
~>Was = yoss.s man. with no depsndenta and ~
~ 10 cosnpunctions OF conscience that dark
aisht. >Hhea two wagun+eads Of ~ oos Of which
casee frsu tbe direction of Neetsssv Caster,
urvve quIetsS, rp and Knocked at ~ door.
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