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Above Aarial view of the Bockhaus home
place near Halstead
Kansas (none of the buildings are standing anymore)
Below - Main street of Halstead, Kansas in 1995. Very little
changed from years ago

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Offering for sale at auction the personal proper
iy listed located
from Farmers Corner on Highway §0, Halstead, Kansas 2 miles
West, V2 mile South, 2 mile East or from the wafer tower in
Halstead, 1 mile West, 1 mile North, 2 mile West.
Saturday, December 9. 4981 at 11:00 a.m.
1972 AC 180 diesel tractor, 860 hours, 3 pi., @x-
cellent
AC C row crop gas tractor, running condition
Krause & ff. disc, hyd.
Porta Harrow, 19 ft., hyd.
Krause 10 ft. chisel, hyd.
THC 16-8 grain drill, steel press
John Deere Mode! H spreader
AC 4-14 mounted plow, 3 pt.
AC 4-14 mounted piow, Allis hitch
AC 2-16 plow, Allis hitch
Shop built 2-14 plow, 3 pt.
John Deere 2-14 plow, wheel trip
P, & O. 3-14 plow, hyd.
John Deere 2 disc plow
Dempster 2 row planter
Co-op 8 ft. disc
12 ft. field cultivator
1970 IHC 1110 % ton pickup, 3 speed
<<a» <a» Miscellaneous <—-—
2-300 galion fuel tanks and stands
12/6 grain auger
Steel gates; Cattle wire panels
Rubber tired wheelbarrow
Stock tanks; Cement mixer
12" Remington chain saw, like new
Hedge posts; Rotofiller
Manure scoop; Shop grinder
4Ye!" bench vise; Drill press
Air compressor
Snapper 8 HP 30°’ riding mower
Parts of windmill; Handtools
Numerous other items
Terms: Cash day of auction
8’ and 12’ drag springtooth
2 and 3 section drag harrow with eveners
MM 4 bar side rake
3 flat trailers
10’ dump rake
2 wheel trailer
5 ft. Tumble Bug
Moline 7 ft. mower
Adams steel whee! road grader
Skuline hammermill
McCormick single road corn binder, carrier,
complete
1 and 2 row horse drawn cultivators
2 row surface planter
Allis hitch tool bar and shanks, sweeps
Old style corn sheller
30 ff. bale elevator on carriage
AC C tractor for parts
=~ Household & Collectibles <=
Kitchen cupboard with barrel drawers
Daybed; Uphoistered swivel rocker
Recliner; Fuel heating stove
42 square oak table and leaves
4 pressed back cane oak chairs
Old high chairs
Oak fern stand; Oak book case
Old school books; School desk
Old school maps; Lantern
Sad irons, trivets; Flat back trunk
Picture frames; Cast iron seat
Cast iron kettle; Sausage stuffer
Crocks; McCormick cream separator
Wood wagon tongues
Buggy shaves; Conventional washer
Grace Mennonite Church will serve junch
Statements made day of auction take precedence
Walter Bockhaus Estate, Sellers
Moindridge
Auctioneer
athe home place at Halstead
Copy of the Auction Bill for
Gehring Auction Clerks & Cashiers
Leland Boesker
345-2603
oundridgé
Auctioneer: AS
& Real Estate Broker. :

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Above - A Case car with a home made body built by Albert
Bochaus. Note the building in the background is his original
shop. The car is sitting in front of his new shop,
which is shown below as it looks in 1995. Has not changed
looks much after all these years.
The location of the old shop is now a vacant lot, possibly
a parking lot
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House once owned by Albert & Bonnie Bochaus located on W.
Broadway in Newton
Below -— Last house owned by Albert & Bonnie. Bonnie received
this house when they divorced in late years. The house
finally went to the state to help pay her nursing home costs,
Note the iron work in the fence out front. Not hard to
tell that Albert had been there.

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Above ~- William H. Bockhaus family graves, Halstead, Ks.
Below - Grave of William H. Bockhaus (Grandfather)
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Above ~ Grave of Mrs. W. H. Bockhaus (Grandmother )
Below - Grave of oldest son of W.h. & Emilie Bockhaus
(Louis Bockhaus' older brother)

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Graves of Ben and Lena Bockhaus
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Above - Walter Bockhaus family graves, Halstead, Ks.
Below ~ Grave of Walter Bockhaus, Louis Bockhaus
youngest brother.

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Above - Grave of Marie Bockhaus, wife of Walter
Below - Grave of youngest son of Walter & Marie
Bockhaus
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Grave of Frances & Henry Penner, sister of
Louis Bockhaus
George & Bertha Baum family graves, Halstead, Ks.

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By
Graves of George and Bertha Baum - she was
of Emilie Bockhaus (Grandmother)
a sister
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Graves of Frank and Alvin Baum - both sons of
George and Bertha Baum

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Above - Lester - son of George and Bertha Baum
Below - Nettie - daughter of
George and Bertha Baum
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PART THREE - Louis & Emma Bockhaus - 1903 - 1911
In this part I will write what little information f have about
Mother & Dad up to the time they moved to Colorado. Some of
it will be things I remember them telling, some things I have
gotten talking to people in Kansas, and some from information
that I have.
I do not have any information about Dad from 1903 - 1907, but
in 1907 he did various things to make a living. As far as I
can tell they were all related to farming. I remember him always
talking about doing threshing with steam engines and the threshers
that were around in those days.(there are still quitea few still
sitting on farms in that area) In 1907 he threshed a total of
45 days from July 5, thru Sept 26, for a total of $100.40. He
raised sweet potatos and sold a total of $90.70 worth, Irish
potatos for $55.24, he did misc. work such as corn husking,
hauling straw, road work for various people for a total of $26.00.
From Apr. ist thru Nov. 7, 1907 he had a total income of $287.74
with an expense of $4.75, for a total income of $282.99. Average
income per month was $39.03. In 1909 he had a total income
of $567.54, with an expense of $140.41, for a total of $427.23,
for an average per month of $35.60. The average income for the
year ending March 31, 1910 was $36.12 per month. I do not have
a total for 1911, but have only some details about what he aid.
It is pretty much the same as previous years. It consisted of
Threshing, road work, corn husking etc.
In 1910 Dad was a census taker in Harvey County, Kansas. He
talked about that some as I remember it. In his income for
1910 he listed in his income, census, $49.19. I will have to
assume at this point that Dad did his farming on the home place.
I see in some of his notes that he lists his share, so I assume
that he was on a share basis with his Dad.
During those years he was in the band in Halstead. I will have
to assume that it was some sort of a city band, although I do
not ever remember him saying for sure who sponsored it. I do
know that he always looked back on that time with a great deal
of pride. During our recent trip to Kansas, we were looking
thru some old photos, and found some of dad with Art Stein, and
Bill Stein, posibly at some sort of church function. That got
me to thinking, I do not remember Dad or Mother ever saying
how they met, but I will have to beleive that it was thru the
Methodist Church as their families were both very active in
the church.
As I have stated, I do not know for sure just how they met, but
I am sure of one thing. Dad may have made some bad mistakes,
but marrying a lady by the name of Emma Stein was not one of
them, in fact that probably made up for a lot of other things
that he looked back on as big mistakes.
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96
CERTIFICATES.
Any false statement made by an appltcant will bo constdered sufficlent cause ter cancellng the test.
BY THE APPLICANT.
g texeby cevtify that this schedule hag been filled out, in my own handwriting, in the place
provided for the test at ee ba acts cee A otc Ze CAO ie on February 5, 1910, in
accordance with the printed instructions handed to me by the examiner, and I further’ certify that I have
not been assisted by any person or persons, nor have I assisted any other applicant, I further certify
that I began work on this test schedule Te o'clock and finished at S745. o’clock.
Signature. 2%. TT 3 B. Bee IT FIAAU4 .
N. B.—Make signature identical with that ueed Home address 2220... cence nettle
in application. If the P. 0. address here given {Give pame of street and house number, i avy.)
differs from that in the application, indicate such .
fact by note on the margin of this sheet, City or town 0. ya RB AANL nena
County
BY THE EXAMINER.
% hexeby certify that this schedule has been filled out this ‘5th day of February, 1910, in the
handwriting of the applicant who signed the above certificate. I further certify that I have given no
assistance to said applicant, and to the best of my knowledge and belief said applicant has not been
assisted by any other person or persons. .
Signature
Official title
o1t—s489 Examiner.
Copy of test Certificate for Census taker. Taken by
Louis Bockhaus in 1910

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Above - Louis Bockhaus with the band in Halstead, 1910
He is in the back row second from the left as you
look at the picture.
Below - The Methodist Church in Halstead as if appeared
in later years, probably in the 1950's or 1960's
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PART THREE - continued
At this time I will go into a little of the history of Emma
Stein and some of her family history. I do not by any means
have a complete history, but will tell what I do know. I am
including a Genealogy of the Stein family from 1808 to 1985,
that was put together by Mother's brother Bill and his daughter
Audrey. As with most such articles, it does not tell anything
about their personal life. That is the primary reason for this
history that I am putting together.
Emma Stein was born Sept. 23, 1884 to William H. and Kathryn
Hessel Stein. There were 8 children born to this couple. Mother
was next to the oldest. She had a younger sister Mary who
only lived approx. 8 days. Her mother Kathryn, passed away in
1904. I do not know where she is buried, but would think that
she might be buried at Great Bend, Ks. where Mother was born.
I do not know when the family moved to Halstead. William Stein
later married again to Elizabeth, but for some reason I am
not coming up with any information about her, not even a date
of their marriage.
William Stein was a Methodist minister, possibly German Methodist,
I am not sure. I remember him quite well even though I was not
very old. I believe it is because he visited several times
when I was small. I still have a post card some where that
he sent me. Mother's older brother, Edward, passed away before
I was born, but do remember his wife Marie quite well. I also
remember the 2 younger children of their's, Wesley and Barbara.
Whenéeerwewere in Kansas, we always visited with Marie and her
family. As I remember, Wesley went to work for Dillon Food
stores, which later became the parent Co. of King Soopers and
later City Market. Of course he has long since retired I am
sure. I do not know anything about Barbara.
Mothers sister Luella, of course is well remembered by most of
the family. She was married to Bill Lohmeyer. Lohmeyers are
&H old family in Halstead. When I remember visiting them, they
lived on a farm near Burton, Ks. One of the things that makes
me remember so well is that they had electricty long before
others did. As I remember it was only 32 volt, but I was still
impressed. They also had big cement stock tank that always had
the biggest goldfish I had ever seen. I remember bringing some 6s
them home at least once. I also remember that ‘they had an Airflow
Chysler, and to this day I think of that when I see one in a
car show anywhere. Another thing I remember very well was
their son Clarence asking me if I wanted to go fishing.with him.
I said sure, and off we went. The first thing that happened
was, we had to go thru a fence that was posted, No Trespassing,
and that worried me the whole time we were fishing. Guess it
didn't dawn: on me that we were on the Lohmeyer's own property.
Lohmeyers had 3 sons, Carl, Marvin, and Clarence. Marvin was
killed over Germany in WW2. Do not know for sure where he is
buried,
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PART THREE - continued
Around the time of Marvin's death Luella was diagnosed as having
TB. She spent some time in Colo Springs and as far as I know
was completely cured. It was a very bad time in her life.
Sometime after the war(cannot put a date to it) Lohmeyers bought
a summer home in Green Mtn. Fall§near Colo Springs. They spent
quite a bit of time during the summers there, as I remember.
They had by this time moved into town, but do not know what
became of the farm. I assume that they kept it. Bill Lohmeyer
passed away unexpectedly in 1952. Luella lived another 20 yrs.
William Stein lived in Halstead, and for all of the years that
I remember him, ran a furniture store in town. He stopped to
visit mother once at the nursing home, and I asked him if he
was still running his store. He said that he was, but he had
to give up putting in floors, as it was to hard on his knees.
At that time he was in his 80's. When asked where he had been,
he said that he had been out in Calif. visiting with Audrey,
and while he was there he had put in a new kitchen floor for
her. Bill was married to Millie Oltmanns. They both died in
1987, and at the time of their death, they had been married for
70 years. They had 3 daughters, Mildred, Audrey, and Eloise.
I remember all of them, but guess I remember Eloise more than
the other 2. Eloise lived in Boulder, Co. for.years, and as
far as I know that is where all of her family was raised. She
died while out in a boat on one of the great lakes, but I do not
know of any of the details. It seems to me that I remember
that there were some unanswered questions about her death at
the time.
Mother's brother Art, I knew very little about until later years
after he had retired. As for his earlier years, I remember that
he had at one time lived in El Paso, but when I first knew
anything about him he was living in Cheyenne, Wyo. I believe
that at one time he had a contract with the city of Cheyenne
to haul off their garbage, which he used to raise hogs. As I
remember he made quite a bit of money at it, or at least that
is the story as I remember it. He later moved to Ft Collins,
where I believe he went into the cattle business, and I believe
that he did quite well at that too. He was married to Mabel
Wright, and they had 2 daughters, Patricia, and Connie. I
believe that they were both adopted. About the time Art retired
Mabel passed away, and he married Lena Nornhauser, who I believe
wasMabel's sister. They were a real pair. It was after that
time that I really got to know Art. They lived various places,
and we visited them when they lived in Laguna Hills, Calif.
Art said one morning that he would like to take us down to the
beach, so we went out to his car. I expected a station wagon
or something like that, but instead, here was a new Impala Sport
Coupe. When I said something about it, he said that he just
thought he ought to have one more sport coupe before he died.
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PART THREE - continued
Later that day he took us to see their motor home that was
stored in a lot on the property. While we were sitting in it
visiting, he said that he would come down there some days, and
just sit in it and pretend that he was still single. Of course
Lena just ignored him. Later they moved to Mesa, Ariz. and
when I was working near Casa Grande we would visit them quite
often. As Lena was from Texas, one of Art's favorite things
to say when he introduced her, was to tell that he had been
years teaching her to wear shoes. Like I say, they were a
grand couple, and I am really glad that we had a chance to
really get to know them, even if it was in later years.
Art died in 1982 and is buried in Ft. Collins, Colo. Lena
went back to texas, but after a few years lost track of her.
Mother had a younger brother Wesley, who only lived a few
months, approx. 5, I believe
Milton Stein, I remember very well, but do not know much about
him. I remember him-at one of the sawmills while I was growing
up, and believe that he worked there at one time. He did not
marry until in later years, and he married a lady by the name
of Gladys, but do not know her last name. He must have been
in his mid 40's when they got married. She had a grown family
as I remember. She turned out to be a problem for him, and in
later years both of them were in the state hospital in Pueblo.
I remember stopping there about in 1959 or so for mother to
visit him. Milt died in 1960, and is buried along with his
wife at Ft Logan near Denver. Mavis and I found his grave
5 or 6 years ago.
As for Mother, I do not know much about her early years. I
must back up a little at this time, as I stated earlier that
I théught: that her mother might be buried at Great Bend, I
must add that this may not be right, as the family lived for
some time at Junction City, in fact as I think back, Mother
used to talk about living in Junction City, but I do not
remember her ever saying much about Great Bend. As for when
they moved to Halstead, I do not know for sure, but do know
that they were living there in 1907. I have found some connection
with Enterprise, Ks. but do not know if there was a school
there or what. It seems that Mother and her sister Luella
were there onceim awhile, but what the reason was, I do not
know. As I stated earlier, I do not know how or when her.
andDad met, but would guess it was thru the Methodist Church.
In the next part I will go into this subject, and try and trace
their move to Colo. and their life there.
(Note) - There was and still is a college at Enterprise, KS,
but do not know if mother attended it or not. I have not
looked into this, but would have to think that she did attend
school there, but would not know for how long.
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Graves of Luella and Bill Lohmeyer
(Emma Bockhaus's younger sister)
Halstead, Kansas May 1995

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Graves of Bill and Millie Stein
(Emma Bockhaus's younger brother)
Halstead, Kansas May 1995

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Graves of Bill and Millie Stein
(Emma Bockhaus's younger brother)
Halstead, Kansas May 1995

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Where does the name STEIN come from? What does the word STEIN mean?
How many STEINS are there in the United States? How many are there
left in our immediate STEIN family? These are some of the questions
which I have been asked, since I started to gather information from
family members and to write some historic information.
There are over 16,000 STEINS listed in the "Family Heritage Book”
by Beatrice Bayley. She lists 1,900 STEINS living in California
and 140 in Kansas. Sayley indicates that the STEIN name came from
England. However, the STEINS who are listed in this genealogy came
from Germany. The word "stein" means stone in German. There are
many family names which have STEIN as a prefix or a suffix, such as:
Steinway, Steiner, Steininger, Einstein, and Wiederstein. These are
of German origin. ;
My grandfather was born in 1808 and brought his family to America in
1853. My father was born in 1851 at Wettesingen, Germany. He was
two years.old when he came to American with nis parents and two older
brothers. These brothers lost their lives while fighting in the Civil -
War. Some STEIN families still live in the village of Wettesingen.
There were some interesting facts in anarticle published in the Cameron,
Missouri newspaper in 1970. The article was sent to me by my cousin
Mary Korneman Baker. The information was researched by Mr. and Mrs.
dake Kresse, Sr., and was headed, "German Influence--Strong in County".
The first four families mentioned are: Selle, Lohman, Kresse,. and
Beechner. These families arrived in this country in 1851. Fred Selle
had been in America for two years and he learned to speak English so
that he could serve as spokesman for these four families: This group
from Bremerhaven, Germany arrived at New Orleans, made their way up
the Mississippi River, and landed at Weston, Missouri. The names of
other families who came to Missouri, about the same time, or soon after,
are: Korneman, Leutzinger, Berbaum, Hartel, Gall, Leffler, and Schemp.
Most of these names appear in this genealogy.
In 1858, these thrifty German settlers built a log Church which served
the area. It was known as the German Methodist Church. It was replaced
in 1879 with a new building which was considered an example of “rural
architecture". This building was later dismantled. The bell from the
Church was given to the Cameron Methodist Church and still rings out the
call to worship on Sunday mornings. :
Another interesting article was written by my daughter, Audrey Marie in
1938, when she was sixteen years of age. This information was published
in the Halstead Independent, soon after her grandfather's death. She
related facts about William Henry STEIN coming to America on a sailing
boat from Germany, landing in New Orleans, Louisiana, and making their
way up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri. j%&
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History (con.}
From St. Louis, they traveled westward to Cameron, Missouri where
they settled on a farm. The State of Missouri was not in the Civil
War zone. However, some of the confederate guerillas, called bush-
whackers, made life hard for the uprooted settlers during the war
years. Audrey related another event when, “One moonlight night,
several of these bushwhackers, who had learned that my great grand-
father had sold his corn came to their home demanding the money or
their house would be burned. Counting the value of his home and
the safety of his family greater than the $500.00 corn money, great
grandfather surrendered and the bandits left with the money.” The
men and boys often spent nights in the timber to protect their homes
while the women would stay in a group at one of their homes. They
were safer in a group, than being alone in their homes. The bush-
whackers were more interested in Toot than in molesting defenseless
women. Audrey also tells about her grandfather becoming a horse-
and-buggy circuit rider, in 1878, preaching in several counties in
Kansas and enduring the many hardships of the early pioneers. The
people he served still spoke the German language.
Many other stories could be told about our ancestors, going back to
my grandfather. Much of the history of events of our STEIN family
in America have happened in my lifetime, of nearly a century. Un-
fortunately, most of us did not consider our day-to-day life, signi-
cant enough to keep a written record of it. Perhaps, this record
will inspire another generation to add information to this line of
descent from their forefathers. My wife Millie and I are ninety-five
years and six months old and are celebrating our 68th wedding anni-
ersary in 1985. We have been the oldest husband and wife belonging
to the Methodist Church in Halstead for many years. My sister, Emma
Bockhaus, was an example of longevity and held seniority until her
demise in 198%, She lived to the age of 100 years and 8 months.
..This leaves ne{ to be the only STEIN in the third generation still
living. S~22-35
My oldest brother, Edward Frederick, had one son, Wesley who repre-
sents the fourth generation. His two sons, Greggory and/or Alan,
could carry on the STEIN name in the fifth generation.
There are children in the sixth and seventh generation, whose ances-
try is common to this STEIN family. These are the blood-line relat-
ives or sequence of direct ancestors from my grandfather.
The purpose of this research is to make a record of men and women
who are born of the same ancestors of our particular STEIN family,
as well as those who may carry the STEIN name down through history.
WILLIAM CONRAD STEIN
POO u LO tonne i
Copyright 1985 by:
Audrey Marie Feisthammel
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= STEIN FAMILY
< STEIN FAMILY
7 FREDERICK WILLIAM
1808
WILLIAM HENRY
181 17
AUGUST
1857
EDWARD FREDERICK
1882
WILLI
ARTHUR LOUIS
1892
LOUIS ALBERT
1893
OSCAR
1895
MILTON AUGUST
1897
STEIN GENERATIONS
IT. Frederick William
WESLEY EDWARD ~ II Henry
1921 John
William Henry
August
III Edward Frederick
GREGORY EDWARD William Conrad .
1943 (\ Arthur Louis
Milton August
- 8 Louis Albert
. Oscar .
ae _ WW Wesley Edward
VY Gregory Edward
Alan Brent
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a THE STEIN FAMILY TREE 1808 to 1985
FREDERICK WILLIAM STEIN AS
; 1808 to 1879
Anna Marie (Mary) Baake
1823 to 1908
WED
OFF
HENRY STEIN
1840 to 1862
JOHN STEIN
1842 to 1862
WILLIAM HENRY STEIN
1851 to 07-30-1938
Elizabeth
1855 to 1935
AUGUST STEIN
. 1857 to 1927
Jus tena
1859 to 1924
Se keke
WILLIAM HENRY STEIN
09-26-1851 to 08-02-1938
Kathryn Hessel
07-07-1857 to 03-15-1904
WED 04-29-1880
OFF
EDWARD FREDERICK STEIN
03-07-1882 to 12-16-1928
Enma Barbara ,
09-23-1884 to 05-22-85
Mary
09-22-1886 to 09-30-1886
Luella Christine
02-11-1888 to 10-23-1972
WILLIAM CONRAD STEIN
03-06-1890
ARTHUR LOUIS STEIN
04-26-1892 to 02-19-62
WESLEY J.
12-05-1893 to 04-28-1894
MILTON AUGUST STEIN .
08-22-1897 to 06-18-1960
keke
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EDWARD FREDERICK STEIN BG)
Marie F. Oltmanns.
10-22-1882 to 11-15-1976
WED = 03-18-1915
OFF
Margaret Katherine
03-16-1916 to 09-03-1923
Virginia Ruth
08-19-1917 to 09-27-1930
WESLEY EDNARD STEIN
06-26-1921
Barbara Jean
01-28-1926
akkEKX
Mildred Loreen Mathews
ten
@ WESLEY EDWARD STEIN
GKEGORY EDWARD STEIN
04-22-1943
02-03-1920
WED 03-11-1940 to 1953
OFF
Carol Loreen
10-11-1941
WESLEY EDWARD STEIN
Marietta Trimble
8
10-18-1932
WED 08-03-1954
OFF
ALAN BRENT STEIN
07-06-1955
Julie Lynn
05-30-1957
KEKKK
Caro? Loreen Stein
Clinton Smith
WED
OFF
Bill Clinton
10-24-1967
KKKKE
Julie Lynn Stein
Stephen Tate
WED 10-17-1981

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Barbara Jean Stein
Edward William Rose
07-30-1915
WED 04-15-1948
OFF
Janet Sue
U3-U2-1951
Patricia Jean
05-23-1953
Scott Edward
10-06-1959
Keith William
12-18-1962
eKKEK
Patricia Jean Rose
Randy Myers
09-07-1951
“WED 06-08-1974
OFF
Nicholas Patrick
08-03-1983
kkkek
Scott Edward Rose
Diane Maxwell
; 05-26-1959
WED 08-15-1982
REE
Emma Barbara Stein
Louis B. Bockhaus
10-23-1887 to 10-27-1961
WED 04-19-1911
OFF
Ralph Lawrence
12-09-1912
Francis L.
08-11-1917
Virgil W. .
04-26-1929
KeRCE
Ralph Lawrence Bockhaus .
Mary J. Behil J ois — Moss
09-23-1912 to 10-03-82
WED 09-11-1935 to
OFF
Phyllis Ann
03-18-1937
Shirley Jeanne
08-09-1942
Richard Lee
04-04-1946
Larry Allen
03-08-1954
akekke
Phytlis Ann Bockhaus
Robert Butts
10-19-1925 to 03-02-1965
WED 12-18-1960
OFF
Barbara Ann
03~22-1962
E. Robert
07-05-1963
John L.-°
11-08-1964
kkkak
Barbara Ann Butts
Bradley Allen Kemper OFF
03-13-1956 Andrea Lisa
WED 10-05-1981 04-20-84
. kkEEE
E. Robert Butts
Valerie Burford
WED 06-29-1985
Kekak
Shirley Jeanne Bockhaus
Donald Tomberlin
01-27-1939
WED 03-31-1961
OFF
Shelly Dawn
11-20-1962
David Scott
06-03-1967
Michael James
02-28-1968
EEKEK
117

[page 32]
Richard Lee Bockhaus
Wilma Midori Miyamoto Bowersox
07-11-1948
WED 12-04-1982
OFF
*Brandi Paunani Bowersox
06-20-1975
kkkex
Francis L. Bockhaus
Lucy P. Rash
08-11-1917
WED 12-07-1947
kKekkx
Virgil W. Bockhaus
Marvis P. Chart
02-06-1937
WED 07- +1955
OFF
April Dawn
07-14-1956
Alan William
03-23-1958
RKEEK
April Dawn Bockhaus
John Casale
03-26-1956
WED 06-16-1979
eee
Luetla Christine Stein
William Lohmeyer
09-18-1884 to 10-12-1952
WED 03-08-1911
OFF
Cart Witliam
11-07-1915
Marvin Edward
03-14-1917 to 06-21-1944
Clarence Eugene
10-17-1922
ekiKek
118
ADOP
Carl Wiliiam Lohmeyer
Nerine Kinser
WED U3- -1937 to
OFF
-*William James
08-24-1939
Marvin Arthur
11-12-1944
Carl Wiliiam Lohmeyer
Ora Irene Harris Mahan
09-10-1916
WED 1964
kkkkk
William James Lohmeyer
Patricia Thomas
12- -1939
HED U6~ ~-1955
OFF
Terri Lynn
12-05-1956
Michael David
12-31-1957
Susan Denise
12-25-1959
James Winston
01-10-1965
eietk
Marvin Edward Lohmeyer
Wilma Tonn
10-27-1926
WED
KRKEKK
Clarence Eugene Lohmeyer
Barbara Rees -
02-15-1932
WED 06-26-1955
RKKKK
ADOP

[page 33]
WILLIAM CONRAD STEIN @. ¢
Emilie (Millie) Sophia Oltmanns
02-10-1890
WED 07-11-1917
OFF
Mildred Cleo
03-12-1920
Audrey Marie
05-23-1922
Eloise Anita
01-07-1925
REE
Mildred Cleo Stein
Eugene Holmes Bonham
11-09-1915
WED 09-17-1946
OFF .
Anitia Marie
06-27-1949
David Ray
12-16-1951
Marilyn Jean
01-31-1957
REREK
Anita Marie Bonham
George Meyers
09-05-1948
WED 08-30-1969 to
weKKE
David Ray Bonham
Rhaelyn Johnston
WED 12-30-
OFF
Wesley Aaron
09-18-1979
Serena Nicole
; 11-24-1982
kkk
Marilyn Jean Bonham
Bruce A. Perry
WED 05-25-1980 to 01
KEKE
1975
1985
Audrey Marie Stein
John Wailace Thacker
07-18-1922
WED 06-06-1944 to
Audrey Marie Stein
Joseph Leonard Feisthanmel
05-10-1922
WED 04-16-1971
RKKERE
Eloise Anita Stein
Donald F. Smith
U8-11-1922
WED 06-15-1947 to
OFF
Victoria Lee
05-02-1948
Daniel Kirk
09-19-1949
Judith Kay
11-16-1951
Rhonda Lynn
11-15-1953
Dona Joanne
02-02-1956
Kevin James
1968
06-23-1957 to -1-28-1984
Brian Douglas
12-05-1958
Tamara Loranne
03-25-1966
Eloise Anita Stein
Adam Ristad
WED 1966
wikkick
Victoria Lee Smith
John Peterson
WED 08-19-1971
OFF
Nathan
12-04-1973
Anna
10-03-1975
Erica
12-07-1979
BKKKE
119

[page 34]
Daniel Kirk Smith
Patsy Nelson
WED
OFF
* Felis
07-26-1969 ADOP
* Sean
08-13-1973 ADOP
Jeremiah
09-06-1981
eekKeY
Judith Kay Smitn
Edward Huston
WED
OFF
Jeffry
07-27-1978
Ashley Nicole
08-29-1981
kkkkee
Dona Joanne Smith
William Givevicz
WED
OFF
Joseph
10-26-1975
Megan
01-12-1978
Jonathan
08-18-1980
Emily Rose
10-18-1982
wkkik
ARTHUR LOUIS STEIN sa
Mabel Wright
04-26-1893 to 05- -1960
WED 08-22-1917
OFF
* Patricia Joanne
05-05-1931 ADOP
* Constance Luella
06-10-1935 ADOP
ARTHUR LOUIS STEIN
Lena Nornhauser
05-28-1897
WED O3- -1961
erkkk
120
* Patricia Joanne Stein AbOoP
Joe B. Meyer
01-22-1931
WED 12-16-1950 to
OFF
*« Pamela Sue
05-06-1952
* Cynthia Lynn
09-29-1954
* Patricia Joanne Stein AbDOP
Edwin C. Bowling
01-13-1932
HED 05-05-1962
-* Pamela Sue Meyer 1962 ADOP
* Cynthia Lynn Meyer "  ADOP
OFF
* Edwin F.
09-16-1962
* Lor? Ann
01-20-1965
x Ken Thiesen
* Michelle
kkk
* Constance Luella Stein ADOP
William Dean Roller.
04-04-1930
WED 06-20-1954
OFF
* Bradford Dean
08-02-1956
wekkke
MILTON AUGUST STEIN Ok,
Gladys .
WED
kkkek ©

[page 35]
Elizabeth Stein
William Christian Schemp
1845 to 02-11-1888
WED
OFF
Lydia Rozena
09-05-1880 to 04-05-1975
Anna
. 06-19-1982 to
c. William
07-21-1886 to 04-14-1981
kkkke
Lydia fozena Schemp
Car} Clark Davis
06-19-1882 to 06-16-
WEO 08-24-1900
‘Lydfe Rozena Sch
ve McDonald >
WED
OFF
Christine Elizabeth
12-23-1906 to 02-21-1922
Erma Ann
. 12-09-1908 to
Harry Carl
02-15-1911 to
wekikk
Erma Ann McDonald
Mort D. Conway
08-03-1898 to 04-09-1971
WED 04-21-1940
OFF
William Carl
04-05-1952
KEKE
William Carl Conway
Caroline Deloris Page
WED 08-03-1973
OFF
Colby Alexander
12-29-1974
Kristen Nicole
08-11-1978
Laura Megan
05-11-1979
KeEKKE
Harry Car! McDonald
Martha Keltner
02-22-1908
WED 08-13-1933
KkERE
Anna Schemp
Morris
WED
OFF
Sylvester
04-21-1902
Bertha E.
12-25-1903
Roland ;
09-04-1905
03-07-1907
Rozena
03-18-1911
kekkk
Marie
Sylvester William Pete Morris
Osce Redick
WED
Sylvester William Pete Morris
Effie Lemon
WED . 1920
OFF -
Eugene
Anna Faye
KEKEE
Bertha E. Morris
William L. Wells
WED 10-04-1920
OFF
Coy C.
07-27-1924
William L. Jr.
08-29-1921 (Stillborn)
Wanda Lea
01-08-1927 to 11-30-1930
Lou Ann
01-24-1933 to 10-15-1934
xkkkk
121

[page 36]
Coy C. Wells
Lois M
“WED
OFF
Rodney Kent
02-10-1944
* Terri Louise
12-08-1959
EKKKK
07-27-1924
C. William Schemp
Emily Frances Fieth
Oy-27-1889 to 05-23-1975
WED 06-16-1915
OFF
Charmien Marjorie
. 04-17-1916
Robert William
05-23-1920
eeKEE
Roland Morris
Iola (Teddy) Adaline
-WED
OFF
Marilyn H.
01-10-1939
Teodore Lynn
01-31-1939
kkk
Marie Morris
Boss
WED
OFF Erma Leona Beatrice
KEKE
Erma Leona Beatrice Boss
Robert A. Moore
WED tikirk
Rozena Morris
Albert Kuehl
WED
OFF
‘Martha Ann
Albert, dr.
George
keke
122
ADOP
10
Oe
oeé
AUGUST STEIN
Pauline Leffier
1869 to
WED 1890
OFF
LOUIS ALBERT STEIN
1893 to
OSCAR STEIN
1895 to
AUGUST STEIN
Carrie Meyer
WED
ERKRE
LOUIS ALBERT STEIN
Janet Amy Mack
. 08~-04~1897
WED
OFF
Pauline Elizabeth
08-16-1920
Mary Ann
10-30-1930
Mollie Ann
10-30-1930
REKKE
Pauline Elizabeth Stein
Cletus Worth -
WED
OFF
Gary Allen
02-22-1944
eketk
Mary Ann Stein
Merle Anderson
WED
OFF
Eric Curtis
08-04-1957
Kurt Clinton
09-20-1958
Carl Dana
07-28-1961
kK
1895
- 1972
1895
+ i
Janet Mack Stei.
Glen Cunningham |
WED 07-198"
ek
T

[page 37]
Eric Curtis Anderson
Misuk
“WED
OFF
Christopher
kekRE
Molly Ann Stein
Robert Tilley
WED
“OFF
Patricia Ann
03-07-1950
Katherine Irene
08-22-1952
Mary Ann
09-25-1955
David
07-28-1961
KKKEK
Patricia Ann Tilley
White
WED
keKEX
Katherine Irene Tilley
Thomas
WED
OFF
Richie
01-09-1978
KKEKK
Mary Ann Tilley
Jue
WED
OFF
Kurt Ricco
01-20-1977
KeaKKE
il
Justena Stein
Henry Clay Korneman
1858
WED
OFF
Minnie
01-08-1883
John
12-02-1884
Lizzie
12-02-1886
Emma
: 03-05-1889
Susie
12-29-1890
Charlie
11-29-1892
Herman
09-04-1894
Mary
02-28-1898
Johnnie
11-21-1899
to 1942
to 1944
to 1885
to 06-07-1967
to 10-19-1972
to 07-11-1972
ReKKK
* Henry Clay Korneman
* Anna Hackler
07-14-1962
WED
to 05-22-1975
kkk
Minnie Korneman
Gust Leutzinger
WED
OFF
Irwin
Truman
Amy
RKKKE
123

[page 38]
ss
Lizzie Korneman
Newt Hanger
WED
Lizzie Korneman
Ralph Nicholson
WED
OFF
Henry
01-21-1907
Gladys
04-17-1909
Charles
02-06-1911
10~13-1913
Harry
Paul
04-08-1921
Helen
01-28-1921
RRKEK
Emna Korneman
George Ball
03-09-1989 to 1974
WED
OFF
Suste
KkKKKK
Susie Korneman
Will Berbaum
WED
OFF
Irene
09- 11-1918
KEKKK
Charlie Kornenan
Lizzie Gal}
Kkkik
Charlie Korneman ¢
Lizzie Sloan !
WED
OFF =
Willie RS,
12-21-1920 to 06-05-1979 uss
Larry Charles
11-24-1946
keREK
124
4
Herman Korneman
Ethel Barnard
WED 07-28-1917
OFF
Walton
03-03-1919
kikke
Mary Korneman
Clarence Baker
- WED
OFF
Gloria
12-04-1933
03-02-1921
Eldon -
11-30-1943 to 08-10-1976
REKKEK
Gloria Baker
Gerald Slagel
10-02-1928
WED 07-16-1958
OFF :
* Genelle
07-26-1966
eee
ADOP
Johnnie Korneman
Leona Paul
WED 11-25-1923
OFF
Doris ;
10-31-1924 to 12-11-1977
Ruth
06-21-1926
John
07-25-1929 _
"$B
KEKKKEKERKKERKEKEREEREEEREEKEREEREED
COMPILED BY: (c) 1 BaF
William Conrad Stein JR
329 Santa Fe Street
Halstead, Kansas 67056
Edited & Typed by: we
Audrey Marie Feisthammel =
11471 Faye Avenue esses
Garden Grove, California ue i
92640 :
~~
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[page 39]
PART FOUR - The start of a new life in Colorado.(for better or worse)
In this part I will try and piece together the early years in Colo.
I thought that this part would be pretty easy, but found that there
were several things that I was not aware of until just recently. It
was always my understanding that as soon as Dad and Mother were
married they would move to Colo., which they did. What If didn't
know until I started digging into things, was that Dad was already
living in Monte Vista, and in fact owned some property there.
As near as I can tell, Dad made a trip to Monte Vista in either
late Oct. or early Nov. 1910, at which time he purchased some land
north of Monte Vista. I believe that he purchased the land thru
theMonte Vista Realty that was owned by R.1. Dowdell, and Chas. Cc
Baum. Dad borrowed $500.00 on Nov.4 1910 from R.L.Dowdell to be
due Mar. 1 1911, with no interest. He also borrowed $825.62 from
William Jones dated the same date, with no interest until Mar. 1
1911, after which it would be 8%. I do not believe that he stayed
in Cole. very long this trip, as I find where he borrowed another
$300.00 from a Lucas. Hrekbiel .in Halstead on Nov.8 1910, so he was
evidently back in Halstead on this date.
Dad returned to Monte Vista in the early part of 1911. He and his
brother Bill must have went out together, as all old letters, ¢tc.,
indicate that they were in Monte Vista together, and that Bill stayed
‘for some time after that. Dad worked on a farm when he came to
Colo., but do not know if it was the one he bought, or if it was
somewhere else. At this time I am going to assume that it was on
the place he bought, possibly with the one he bought it from.
t do not believe that there was a house on the place he bought, as
he rented(I assume) a house on Jefferson Street in Monte Vista.
I am going to guess that he did this before returning to Halstead
to marry Mother.
In the earlier part of this book, I told of Dad belonging to the
band in Halstead. It looks as though Monte Vista also had a band
and as soon as Dad got there he joined that band. I do not have
any idea how long he belonged to that band, but would have to guess
that it probably wasn't verylong, as I believe that they moved to
the farm sometime later.
Dad returned to Halstead in April of 4911, and was married to Emma
Stein on April 19 1911. I have been wondering whether they were
married by her father, but do not have that information. At this
point I would believe that they were. At any rate it was a marriage
that was destined to last for 50 years. As I stated before Dad
made a good choice for a partner thru life.
425

[page 40]
PART FOUR - Continued
At this point I will look into why Dad came to Colorado, and why
the San Luis Valley? I do not have all the answers to this but
will offer my guess as to why.
First of all, Dad was a farmer, and that is what he intended to
be thru life. Now the question arises, if he was a farmer, why
did he spend most of his career in the lumber business. As this
article goes on I will go into that in more detail. For the present
I will stay with him being a farmer.
As he was young and intending to start a family, he naturally
wanted land of his own. ‘The San Luis Valley was in the process
of being developed, and was no doubt being advertised as the area
to be if you were a farmer. The land was priced low and there
was plenty of water. Also Dad had a love affair with the moun-
tains. I don't know if this had anything to do with his move or
not. Another thing that was going on, was a sugar factory under
construction at Monte Vista. Along with this a railroad was being
built north of Monte for the sugar factory. The railroad is still
there, but the sugar factory didn't last very long.
Another thing that is a question in my mind is, how did he finance
his move to Colo. as he did not make much money, and his family
‘did not have a lot. When I was in Kansas last spring, this sub-
ject came up, and Art Bockhaus offered a version that I had not
heard of before. I mentioned that I remembered Ben having some
land in western Kansas. Art said that that land actually belonged
to the family, and when Dad decided to move to Colo., Granddad
said he would buy his share. I think that this was asituation
where he helped him as he could, as Granddad did not much ready
cash either. I believe that this land was around Greensburg
Kansas, which is east and a little south of Dodge City. This
location of the property may or may not be correct. I do not
have any idea what happened to the property. I remember some
talk about the land in later years, but do not know what happened
to it
As you can see by the pictures, Dad did grow sugar beets for the
factory at Monte. The sugar factory opened for business on Nov.
15, 1911. It had been promoted by Ward Darley, who was a relative
of Marshall Darly. Marshall will be mentioned thru this article,
from time to time, as he played an important part of Dad's life.
Grandad was very much opposed to having anything to do with the
sugar Co's, and never let Dad forget it. As it turned out he was
probably right, as the factory did not last very long.
Along with sugar beets, he also grew various other crops, such
as grain, and various things such as onions, beets, etc.
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[page 41]
PART FOUR - Continued
In July of 1911, Grandad wrote that Dad should start getting
some 2X4s etc., and he would come out the last of August and
help him with a place to live, Meanwhile he thought it would
be a good idea to but up his tentx and add a small room to it
until he could get a building put up. With this in mind, I
will assume that they did live on the 48 acres by the end of
1911.
In the same letter, Grandad mentions that he has heard from a
man by the name of Corse in Greensburg, and he is interested in
buying the NE 1/4 of some land there. I also find the same name
in one of Dad's note books, so believe this bears out the facts
of what Art told me. I can not find any information as to any
sale of property there, so do not know if any was sold or not.
Dad evidently grew a wide variety of produce on his 48 acres,
as I find notes from the years living there of what he sold. it
included, Turnips, Onions, Peas, Potatoes, Beets, Radishes,
Lettuce, Beans,. Cabbage, Cauliflower,..Cucumbers,..and_of all_things
Celery. . I thought this rather strange, but I find a note that
tells how to grow it by starting it in a hot bed. As you can
see from the pictures, he did have a Targe hotbed on that place.
The photo below shows Dad with a load of sugar beets. Oct. 1911

[page 42]
ABOVE - Dad, Mother, and Ralph (Ralph was born Dec. 9, 1912) |
ed for starting plants. Both of these
BELOW - Hotbeds Dad us
th of Monte.
photos were taken on the place nor

[page 43]
: i ee
ease sae er OR
a crac ema nec SE a SN RR PIN ee ET TD Sees
Se a ee ee
Dad and Mother's first home on Jefferson Street as
in 1911.
Below ~ The same house as it was in 1995
it appeared
129

[page 44]
Left - A post card sent
to Mother by Dad from
Monte Vista, shortly
before his return to
Kansas to be married.
Below - Dad and Mother
with Aunt Minnie, south
of Monte Vista, July 1911
(Aunt Minnie was Emilie
Bockhaus's sister.
Kavurgag a Spt Pa cow Of
feega araoy Cog Barge seus 4a pagstiana ZAGELD “ON

[page 45]
Jounty, School, Municipal and all, pther Taxes, on the following property, for the year 1912, to-wit:
: DESCRIPTION Sestionor Lot | TP or Range or Division Ea Cis,
State and State Institutions Tax, 4. : fe
1912 Annual Appropriation Tax, vi 2 Vena
Military Poll Tax,
‘School District No. , Special Tax,
a an Tf cts 7
a wooo e ws
“ mo “ “
« woo « “
& «4 “ “
te a o« “ “
‘ “oon
x ™ “ « ° a u
“ noe “ a
a «oo “ «
“ " “ Bond Fund,
« “oo “ «
“« «  « “« «
a «oo te «
“ «eo« « “
“ “ a “ a at
tt Ta tt a te 7”
e eo te a
« “ * Building Tax,
« «4 e “
8 eo e “
Town of Del Norte Tax,
Interest on Town of Del Norte Water Bonds
and Building Bonds,
'Town of Monte Vista Tax,
Monte Vista Sewer Tax,
Road Purposes Tax,
San Luis Valley Irrigation Dist.,
The Terrace Irrigation District,
Printing,
Penalty,
Delinquent Interest,
Piease Gompare Description of Property with Deed. Total Tax, as above,
Valuation of Personal Property, - $.-- iptz
“ Real Estate, - - - sa
: “ Improvemenis, - - $.._-- a) O)
Total Valuation, $

[page 46]
RIO GRANDE COUNTY
TREASURER & PUBLIC TRUSTEE
PO. Box F + 925 6th Street « Del Norte, Colorado 81132
(719) 657-2747 * Fax (719) 657-2514
Peggy J. Kern
Treasurer & Public Trustee
Cherilyn K. Peterson March 27, 1996
Deputy Treasurer
Dear Mr. Bockhaus:
Our records show that Louis Bockhaus owned approximately 48 acres described as a
fraction of the $2 of the NW4 in section 4-39-8. He was on our tax roll in 1911,
1912, 1913 and 1914, All during this time he owned the 48 acres. The property is
located 6 miles north of Monte Vista and then 2 miles east. The property is located
in the Sargent area where a lot of the potato farming is done. I hope this information
is helpful to you in your search and if there is anything else that I can help you
with please let me know.
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[page 47]
HARVESTING PATATOES
The purpose of this folder is to show the people that the sunny San Luis
Valley is the best place in the world for the farmer secking a home, where he
an muke money and be hap Al we ask is a comparison of the San Luis
Valley with other pinees, consideration of the price of Jand, the ease with
i | is tilled and the net profit derived from the same,
Por further partionlars, address or call on
Monte Vista Realty Company
Monte Vista, Colorado.
B. L. DOWDEDL. CHAS. € BAUM,
Reverences:
Bank of Monte Vista, First National Bank,
or
Any business man in Monte Vista,
Valley
1s
the San Lu
ising
dvert
Three pages from a 1911 folder a
(the entire folder has 20 pages)

[page 48]
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[page 49]
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GROWER’S DELIVERY RECORD
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Fa ST LCS, BOTA A
THE SAN LUIS VALLEY BEET SUGAR CO. * eroweR's no.___§2_
MONTH VISTA FACTORY’ Jen Yuta
GROWER
DIGTRIBUTION OF FINAL NET WEIGHT, (rounnd)
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1
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Sitolng Toni
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rat ase THE SAN LUIS VALLEY BEET SUGAR CO. Gioteaiaie none G
GROWER'S DELIVERY BECORD monrn or—_1C4/) _ J
MONTE VISTA FACTORY
ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR ,~> Zi a he eh dati 4 da. as Us GROWER DELIVERED AT a fed pty
g [eo or] einer ner
A Joona] waver
/ nya
HO, tad wend es) ag
ag fie aos) i te 8
sae} are 4.80
coe ahve.
“ymor amour
Mite 107
Lape, 73
; bee. il 7
| gigadt 76
i ble H
Leva Account 1 Hevdered - ae ~ : a

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gar business: in this vall
is @ about ag. ‘follows: - ne .
. ‘opintract for the bailding of
Genter railroad.
On top of thi
Sblés—to. the. end hat the ¢ man-
etare: of sugar maybe & perma-
: in dustry of the > valley.
ad: lines. ‘running
vy. ped ‘with ‘gn
An editorial from the
Monte Vista Journal
about the sugar factory
and some of the problems
that caused it to close.
According to Emma Riggen-
bach, in her book"A
BRIDGE TO YESTERDAY"
the main reasonwas the
fact that the sugar
content was high, but
the short growing season
kept the tons per acre
to low to make a profit.
I believe that this
editorial was writen
in Jan. 1915.
137

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PART FOUR - Continued
From all of the information that I can put my hands on, it
looks as though things went pretty much the same thru the years
1911,12, and 13. In 1914 things started to change. It looks
as though Dad started to expand his farming. In March of 1914
he bought at least three more horses, some more equipment, such
as seeders, mowers etc. His brother Bill was still with him, and
they not only farmed the 48 acres, but it looks as though they
farmed the place just across the tracks to the east, which accor-
ding to Rio Grande Co., belongsd to J. Frank Goad. How much of
his place they farmed, I do not know. Also I do not know if this
was the only year they did this, or.if they had farmed some there
before. I do not have any idea how many acres they planted there
because the only thing I find is a note dated April 20, 1914. It
states that Will starting sowing peas east of the Goad house, and
another note April 27, that says, Will finished sowing peas east
-of the house.
The pictures of the hotbeds, and the information that I could find,
had me doing some searching, and had me really confused, because
I thought the the folks had moved to Conejos.county by that time.
I did a lot of searching in the area, and nothing matched up.
Doing any reseach during that period of time in Conejos Co. is
next to impossible, as they do not have records from that time
as they were burnt when the court house was destroyed by fire
some years ago. I assumed that J. Frank Goad lived in Conejos
county and that all of the notes from 1914 that I found were
from there. It wasn't until I came across an old tax receipt,
and contacted Rio Grande Co. that things started coming together
and began to make sense. I also have been doing some research
thru the BLM in Alamosa, and their state land record office in
Denver. I beleive that I can now put things together somewhat
as they happened,
There is an area south of Monte Vista, in Conejos County known
as the Terrace District. It was Goverment land and was open for
homesteading or purchase un er, e homestead act of May 20, 1862. i
(The sale of lands came undé? yor April 24, 1820) Under the |
homestead act you had to be at least 21, the head of a family,
and Live on the land for at least 5 years. You also had to make c
improvments that would normally be done, such as build a house, :
fences etc. The only fee was a filing fee of $17.00. You
could purchase the land for $1.25 per acre. This area was to i
receive water for irrigation from the Terrace Irrigation Co.
from a reservoir onthe Alamosa River. The land i8 very rocky
and really not very good; At the time it probably sounded
pretty good, and there was land available cheap. It lured a
great number of people to the area.
I will try and piece together the folks move to the area as
best I can. I believe that I now have enough information to
put it together. It has been rather hard, by not being able
to get information from Conejos County, but here goes.
138

[page 53]
PART FOUR - Continued
To begin with, there has always been a discussion about whether
Dad homesteaded the land or bought it. I contacted the BLM in
Alamosa, and got Govt. Patent numbers for not only the 760 Acres
that the folks had, but also for the area around them. They had
the NW 1/4 of Sec. 25 in Township Thirty Six, Range 7E. I got
the numbers for sections 23, 24, 25, and for 36. I already had
information for a quarter in sec. 22, which will enter into this
writeup a little later on.I have included a map of the area with
all of the patents and who they were issued to, and what date they
issued, and if they were a homestead, or.a purchase. You will
note that the one issued to Dad was the last one issued in that
group, and that it was a homestead.
One thing did not add up. As I stated before, the information
that-I found at the library stated that you had to live on the
property for five years, before a Patent could be issued. As
the information shows, Dad applied in 1916 and was issued a Patent
in 1920. That did not add up to five years. I received a copy
of the original application from the National Archives, and-it
shows that he took an option of three yers. Now it began to add
up.
In looking thru some of Dad's notes from 1914, I kept coming up
with a name that I could not account for. He lists in his misc.
expenses rent to a man named Pletcher. . He also lists Lawyer fees
etc. with Pletcher's name on them. As Dad was still in Monte
Vista in at least part of 1914, I contacted the County in Del
Norte, and they could find no such name in the Rio Grande County
records. I believe that Dad rented the house just west of where
they later settled from Pletcher. The land there belonged to
a Juanita Delany. Dad did some farming for her, and I believe
that he had rented this house etc. thru Pletcher. His notes
show that the rent stopped about the time he filed a homestead
application in 1916. I found one check made out to Pletcher,
and it was cashed in St Louis, so that would indicate that he
Was no longer in the area. Note; this land is #5 on the map,
somehow I did not get it included in the index to the map. It
was a 320 acre purchase by Juanita Delany.
As to when they completely maved to the Terrace, I am not sure,
but it looks like late in 1914, or early 1915. I believe that
they moved there in 1915, but that's-myguess and could be open
to discussion.
All of the research. in this area would be made much easier if
there were records in Conejoes County, but every time I have
contacted them, they have drawn a blank due to the court house
fire some years back.
139

[page 54]
PART FOUR - continued
The following are patents issued in the area around Bockhaus .(see map)
No.1 Patent #299616 Alcorio Pacheco Nov. 9, 1912 Homestead 160 acres
No.2 Patent #439503 Chas. Foster Oct. 30, 1914 Purchase 320 acres
No.4 Patent #444499 James Popejoy Dec. 16, 1914 Purchase 320 acres
No.6 Patent #478417 Sam Moore June 14, 1915 Purchase 160 acres
No.7 Patent #480522 John Field June 29, 1915 Purchase 320 acres
No.8 Patent #483817 Elmer Ambler July 20, 1915 160 acres (note, do
not have any information as to being a homestead or purchase)
‘No.9 Patent #528514 Harry Howard May 11, 1916 Purchase 320 acres
No.10 Patent # 680905 Henry Specker June 2, 1919 Homestead 160 acres
No.11 Patent #741214 Louis Bockhaus March 22, 1920 Homestead 160 acres |
No.12 This section is State owned land and has been since 6/6/1881
No.13 This is the location of a school house that will be talked
about later.
No.14 This will be mentioned later
No.15 This will be talked about later
Following are a few notes about some of the people lissted above
Charles Poster was Secretary of the Terrace Irrigation. District
in 1911, and for some time after that.
John Field was an Engineer when they were building the Terrace
Reservoir, in fact I believe that he was the Engineer when the
Dam was being built.
Harry Howard was later Secretary of the Terrace Irrigation District
and in later years was city attorney for the city of Monte Vista.
Henry Specker was the folks neighbor, and I remember Dad talking
about him quite. a bit. The folks place and the Specker place were
close to the catal thatran thru the middle of the section, so they
were not very far apart.
Note-I did not mention it before, but you will notice all homesteads
are for 160 acres. I understand that that is all you could get
under a homestead, but you could purchase more than 160 acres.
140
TT

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pam owcceneemamee

[page 56]
{Male oF Female.)
Monte Viste, Rio Grande Younty, Solorado......_._, do hereby apply
(Tawa, Connty, and Biase.)
. - . | £ ct. . pop on appt py the Seorotary of the Interior November 12, 2907. 7 |
Ls | : PARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
| a a~ —
: ww . :
| HOMESTEAD ‘ENTRY.
ne | + ou. s. LAND OFFICE, Del Norte, Volorado .. SERIAL No, —13.5.12...
4 | APPLICATION. RECEIPT NOL 424-005-
i
1, Donis 2. Beclhans (MBS), a resident of
i
i
to enter, under Section 2289, Revised Statutes of the United States, the
Bikien
Lestenneerneveen a — Section ...—25-
Township 36,.Ee—., Range 7,Be-—, Hae Bs. Meridian, containing |
160... acres, within the __Del Norte, Uolorade
land district; <
and I do solemnly swear that I am not the proprietor of more than 160,
aores of land in any State or Territory; that TI am a.netinze horn
{Applisont mast tee ebathor native born, nuturaliet, oF has fed esieration of intention {o become citinen, Hf nat mative Lorn, cortifed copy of Patsiraiizntlon oF
cevwecceee — 7 a citizen of the United States, and
SGGRGaMOT cr tatwntions an camo may be, mveat le Blan with chis application.) ;
am __ married, the head of a family and over 21 years of age...
t (Sidi whotier the bend of @ tamlly, mncried ar unmarried, or Over Twenty-one yoors of ngs, and if nOE over twrenty-one, apnlisaat must act orth the facts which
i ‘conatttee him tha boad of x family.
that my post-office address is Jone Viste, SOLO eG Qe acne een 3
that this application is honestly and in good faith made for the purpose
of actual settlement and cultivation, and not for the benefit of any|
i
1
1.
} other person, persons, or corporation; that I will faithfully and hon- |
i
estly endeavor to comply with all the requirements of law as to settle. !
ment, residence, and cultivation necessary to acquire title to the lana
: applied for; that I am not acting as agent of any person, corporation, or,
o . syndicate in making this entry, nor in collusion with any person, cor!
: poration, or syndicate to give them the benefit of the land entered, o:
H any part thereof, or the timber thereon; that I do not apply to enter th’
i same for the purpose of speculation, but in good faith to obtain a home
H for myself, and that I have not directly or indirectly made, and will not
: nake, any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any perso: |
a or persons, corporation or syndicate whatsoever, by which the siti |
: which I may acquire from the Government of the United States will inur_
in whole or im part to the benefit of any person except myself. 7
further swear that since August 30, 1890, I have not entered and aoc-—
quired title to, nor am I now claiming, under an ‘entry made under an
of the nonmineral public-land laws, an amount of land which, togethe!
with the land now applied for, will exceed in the aggregate 320 acres,
and that I have not heretofore made any entry under the homestead laws
eve that Dad at one
I beli
that am well acquai:
for and with each and every legal subdivision thereof, having person
ally examined same; that there is not to my knowledge within the Limit]
, thereof any vein or lode or quartz or other rock in place bearing gold”
silver, cimmabar, lead, tin, or copper, nor any deposit of coal, placer,
0 ad cement, gravel, salt spring, or deposit of salt, nor other valuably
a \) mineral deposit; that no portion of said land is claimed for miniz|
” “purposes under the local customs or rules of miners, or otherwise; the |
TH no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of th.
o.: year by any person or persons; that said land is essentially nonminera’
a
3
fe)
a
cl
land, and that my application therefor is not made for the purpose 0}
fraudulently obtaining title to jineral land; that the land is nt!
occupied and improved by any Indian.
(Sign bara, with fal Christin name.
pL. _tay~ Nore.—very person joresring falsely to the abore adidavit will be punished aq provided by law for such offense. (See |
i > 135, UL 8. Griminsl Cade, over) * vena a fanined & passad, PYL, Q°™
~ tested in (14/2 1s 10 1916 5

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TEA. . ose
For use in ‘ sus - "| RECEI¥Er
DEsenT raw , —_— oe 1S bARD. Oo}
Entries NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MAKE PROOF. ORTE,
~ Date HOY =<
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Hew /d_@.,
u. $. LAND OFFICE at Del-Jorto.colorado.—___
—-September-23-2929, 192
~—LouisB.Backhaus,—————__....-___- . — » Of.
~—_CapuliinColorade———-___..-.__., who, on ~—damary-15-2916—, 191. , made
-—-Homestend- -spplos eR commas —— , No. 03512... for
: — “9 Seotion25-—__,
Towiship%6-2,—-___., Range___7 BeBe Meridian,
= 7 2 . 2
hereby give notice of my intention to make _ an dRER Snr eer-eipe) aaa eS)
‘Proof,: to establish my claim to the land above described, before
—Glerk.of District oourt,—.. _, at
—, 7 ‘Ukeme of aitcer,) _, .
~ConejosColorada————__________., on the 25... day of
. November — 41919... » 191, by two of the following witnesses:
~-~--Honry--Spacker,—_.. » OF oa - _. semeenene ten
—Lasorio_srallanc.. ee » of _—
Notice of the above intention to.make proof will be published in th
Ta tern Gagette,s weckly paver published ot Le Jara Colorade/
for a period of___ Five
-sonsecutive.. — Benes, which I hereby designat
as the newspaper published nearest the land above described.
NO INFORMATION Now IN a Register.
THIS OFFICE. WARRANTING ©
FIELD INVESTIGATION.
NOV 47919
kone
Chief Field Ow. om 143

[page 58]
Fr ”
Prepared by
HHA. 7 03512
For use tn . 4—348b SCEYYER Z
DESUET LAND, ond ~ US, LAND OF
TERRIER or STO NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. DELNORTE, ¢
(PUBLISHER,) Riv 25 {Sis
Bate :
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Heer ~-
U. S. LAND OFFICE at.—Del Norte Colorado.
—Cetober.17-1919..., 191. |
; NOTICE is hereby given that Louis B.Rookhans,———..-._____, ;
i ___fapmlin Golorado,....—-————, who, onJamary13.1916——, 181, mad:
____-Homestead application — a , No. 03512, f
(lind of apelin & oe7D 7
____ WE nore eeer eens ee eneneneee ene ae , Section25 0.
Township 26%: __, Range wd Es NHB verre eee Meridia
has filed notice of intention to make ._Three_ year final ___.
{Git boruestend, jusert “80 year," “three yor,” or conmutstion," e¢ esau maybe.)
Proof, +o establish claim to the land ap Aescribed, befor
iin
on the 25... seen Gay ©
_November 1919, 192
t . Claimant names as witnesses:
ALL, of -apulin Colorado, —
Register
AFFIDAVIT OF. PUBLICATION.
sa@rPoblsher: Retura this form to the Le Pua: be Pe
Jrogister at the end of the peried of publi
_ cation, with the “A.dilavit of Publlention”
properly exesuted. A
anyieetlee. 4 othe? fd t
i publish thd bon fh be... Lin, 2
: {Pally ar seeckly.) (Plsca.)
do solemnly swear that a copy of the above notice, as per clipp)
attached, was published Lal. in the regular i
(Dally oe weskly.)
entire issue of said newspaper, and not in any supplement there~
i
for CLtehedeke. consecutive (ALb ad ag, commencing with |
issu dated Petter. 24,1917 , and ending with a
seone dated Zprucanadibie 2), 191 ther.
— Lesa rhe oo
na
19)
S08) . (OMfielal scalgnation.)

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Form approved by the Secretary of the Interior Novembor 14, 1914,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY.
u.S. LAND OFFICE_Ye1 tinct Golorafo, ny Nor 03512
: -BINAL PROOF. Receipt No 047588 _
TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT.
QUESTION 1. What is your full name, age, and post-office address? °~
ANSWERLouis: -B-Backhaus -2.0.Gapnlin,folorade.ige. B2s.2.-2022-------652
, j QUESTION 2. Are you a native-born citizen of the Gailied States, and
if so, in what State or Territory were you ‘born? (If foreign born; or
if native born and later naturalized in a foreign country, see Note 1.)
ANSWER. . Native -born -citizen.Born in .2arkston,Dougles. County-S.Dakota.
QUESTION 8. Are you the same person who made Homestead Entry No:
-O3§12-.., at the..-Del Norte Yolorado -----.-..---- Land Office on the
ee See --day of. January 1916 -.--.-.----- , 29...., for the
+ NW. - -- 22 ee ee ee ee ee ene ee ee eee eee eee .
bee eee ee eee eee eee ete ce ee ee eee cence » Section..25...-.- ,
Township..36-H-..., Range.-7 EAMM.AB. ----..--2--2-- eee eee Meridian?
If not, give relationship to entryman.
ANSWER. --I-am-the -same -pensom..-----.----- 2-6 eee ee ee eee eee ee eee
QUESTION 4, Are you married or single? ANSWER. MardjedJ-...--------
QUESTION 5. If married, of whom does your family consist?
ANSWER. Wife and two childrens... 22.22.22. eee eee
QUESTION 6.-If a married woman, state whether your husband now has
. an‘unperfected homestead entry, and during what time he has resided
: on this land with you. Also state his citizenship qualifications.
{See Note 1 at bottom of third page. )
ANSWER. 2202202022 eee ee ee en
QUESTION 7. When did you first establish actual residence upon tai
land? °
ANSWER. On early in duly 1916... 22 lee eee eee
QUESTION 8. When was your house built on this land?
ANSWER. Just -hefore maving on the land... 22.2 222 eee Laeeeee ee
QUESTION 9. Have either you or your family ever been absent from
the homestead since establishing residence?
ANSWER. Now. 21-22 ee ee en ee ee ee le eee
QUESTION 10. If there has been such absence, give the dates covered
by each absence; and as to each absence state whether you, your family,
or both, were thus absent and the reason for each such absence.
in
ANSWER. - Hor abont 30. cays. duviug. Anguct. and. Septenber. 1927 - myself -
weeeee ed and family was. away. Prom the. .claim.on-aceount-of-siekness-of --

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- QUESTION 11. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal sub-
divisions,:- showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of |
timber, if any.
ANSWER.
Subdivision, Acres cultivable, | Acres timbered. | Pect timber. '
___The entire claim is oa sandy loam in| -160_ fevenee TOT Een aeeneerre ee
character of soil some having quite. a .
__ litte stone on surface eet eee rtenetenneme te eens enna —_———_
QUESTION 12. State the number of acres cultivated, kind of crop
planted, and amount harvested, each year.
ANSWER. 1917. n llowed-1o-acres-and-planted-to-erep;4-aeres -sotatoes 4.
i Bere beans,5 acres barley-raised good crop. co
1SlB, ...-.- Plowed. 8. acres- more-land-and-planted-16-acres-to-Hotatoes |
oo barley end peas. Harvested 80 sacks pofatoes,pastured peas :!
1919., ..-.-- Plowed- and- olanted.12-agres -alfel?;le -aeres -peas,----- barle,
44 acres to potatoes. arvested lio sacks potatoes, ten .
19..., ------- ton. pea-hays----- +--+ - 2 eee eee ee ete i
a i
WO. ce cece eee ee eee eee eee eee eee teeter ete tees
NO we ne ee en ee te en tne nnn ree eet
QUESTION 18. Deseribe fully and in detail the amount and kind of
improvements and number of acres under cultivation on each subdivision.
State total value of improvements on the claim.
ANSWER.
Subdivision. Character of improvements,
Swh uw frame house lh t32 feet, frame _barn—l4—i-28 fee+,chieken—house,
8x12 feet hay and stock corralls,potato cellar |
Lo—X12.fe.p4.---—-—~-- panne :
Supply irrigating 4
cee ee hes. eeplwo—hes
nsame size as other
_--4oand-o-half-mile:
rod a vart,two to &
nance Nater.right.for—4o--
contract price of ab
__Potalyalueof-imprpvremente—-Ghloe;oer
teh 80 rods long 3 feet wide and 16
_ditches—do—reds-each-loxne,abeut—~ |
ditch: |
+..9o8-t_and—barbwire-Tenee;/osts—one- '
strands of wire.
og—fromYerrace—rrigetion—istrict
at 3800,00,paid on'contract $180,00 |
QUESTION 14. Is your present claim within the limits of an incorpo- |
rated town or selected site of a
trade or business?
ANSWER. Rov... 22. .-------------e
eity or town, or used in any way for |
QUESTION 15. Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals
of any kind on the land?
ANSWER .
Tf so, describe what they are.
QUESTION 16. Have you sold, conveyed, or agreed to sell or convey |
any portion of the land? If so, t
ANSWER. No.-.-.-------------++---
QUESTION 17. Have you optioned
Mortgage, or convey this land, or
whom, and for what purpose and in
ANSWER.
a
-NOr.....----- eeeeeee Le
o whom and for what purpose?
» mortgaged, or agreed to option or,
any part thereof? If so, when, to,
what amount?
o + ease

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QUESTION 15. Nave you any persvua. peupersy us muy sanu casos
than on. this claim? If so, describe the same, and state where the same
is kept.
ANSWER. ..NOe.--.--2-------- Pa ee eee ene
QUESTION 19. Have you ever made any other homestead entry? If so,
describe the same.
QUESTION 20. Have you, since August 30, 1890, made any entry or
filing (not mineral) other.than homestead? If so, describe the same by
legal subdivisions, or by number, kind of entry, and office where made.
(Bign pisinty, with fnll Christlan rama.)
S@~Nore 1.—If applicant is alien born, he should state the fact and file evidence of citizenship in
due form, either a certifeate of his own naturalization in a court of compotent jurisdiction, or, if claim
to be a citizen by virtue of his father’s naturalization and his own minority and residence in the Unite
States at tho date thereof, or, if a marriod woman claiming citizenship by virtue of her husband’s nativity
or naturalization, then record evidence of the naturalization of the father, or husband, or an affidavit as to
the nativity of the Initer. Applicants who were at one time citizena of the United ‘States, but who later
became citizens of a foreign country, must file record evidence of their naturalization. Amy female citizen
of the United States invoking the benefits of the act of October 17, 1914 (88 Stat., 740) sald make oath
showing the nationality of her husband, and that he is entitled to become a citizen of the United States.
B@PNore 2.—-The officer befora whom the proof is made will see that all answers are complete and
responsive to the questions.
3arNOTE 3.—Tho atcer heforo whom. the deposition 1s taken should call the attention of the witness to section 125
of the U. 8. Criminal Code (over), and state to him that it 14 the parpose of the Government, if 1% De ascertained, that he
testilles falsely, to prosecute him to the rnil extent of the law.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the deponent was examined separately and apart
from the other witnesses in the case; that the foregoing deposition was
read to or by deponent in my presence before deponent affixed signature
thereto; that I verily believe deponent to be the identical person
hereinbefore described, and that said deposition was duly subscribed
and sworn to before me at my office, in...._ Del -Horte -Golevade--------
. (Town, county, and State.)
we ee nee eee eee within the...Yel-vorte-Geleraggiand district,
: 3
this....25....--.-.- day of...Bovember-1939----, 19.-..
wenn : (Oficial destenstion af officer.)
° 147

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Prepared we . ere wl pr
° £196
Department of the Unterior
Bntted States Land Office Del Norte Colorado.
, Serial No. 03512.__...... _
Receipt No.1221993-2047588,.
| Final Certificate.
Foas stocaoiee LZ. ad
Bomestend,
Comm. €.6.90. ant Aogerned tan‘
PRP. MeTbe ©. eenne een ee
Cast. Facs 8 2200...
—November_25_1.:i119.
(Date)
i is thereby cevtifiel that, pursuant to the pro-
, 19
visions of Section 2291, Revised Statutes of the United States,
Tog S Be BR GUIL GUS nee nneeeeee eee ee eeecenneere enna cenaneettnneeetne sneer
has made payment in full for __. Northwest Cuarter.of____
Section .25._.
Township .3G_U..___-, Range .7-E.WL Be, Meridian,
E 2AY 10 LY GY} Oo] OStAess >
Ve USTBAIGSOI WIBPUAD 6
containing. FBO ee ere eee BOTES «
Row, therefore, te it buown that, on presentation of this
Certificate to the COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, the
Said _Doudss Be Bo cde nee eee eet _
Me
ON iva
T
shall be entitled to receive a Patent for the land above described
“42 all then be found regular
‘ i. E beak telat: Register.
NOYVH.—A. duplicate of this Certificate js issued to the claimant as notice of the accept-
ance of the proof and payment, ‘and of the allowance of the entry by the Register and
Receiver.
led tothe General and Office, with the entry papers, for
The original is forward
the Commissioner of the General Land Office and issuance of patent.
approval by
The duplicate copy forwarded to the claimant should be held until notice of issuance
of patent Is received. .
ence concerning the entry in connection with which this Certificate
PISTeL O0B6L-BS UWVFT
: ¢ In all correspond se
\ xy ‘ issued, refer to the NAME OF THE LAND OFFICE and the SERIAL NUMBER noted hereon.
Posted 44 = BZ. ZO in Vol. 2%, p.£L., ry EL, div. "0."
148 APPROVED - ae eneeaneno on F EB 17 Tent an !
omin0o

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pas been deposited fe
wT» Secure Homesteads chia. Settlers
eo ~ we
n-astablished and duly consume! ated In const to kas for th
ding te, ial FE 2! Su E returned to th
the UNITED STATES. unto th
fe dss srorafates granted ty
tract of Land, with the appurtenances thereat, unte ©
to any vests
connection with ‘suck
: sey gran ted ¢
i
{SEAL
i
t
‘the Se atet
‘and 2 Abe hela and? assigns of,
ast grioalturs ah, aranafacterieg; ot other, purpeste vob.
fred 4 | and ackndwledged aytie: yotal ‘caters ‘iaws,)
‘ake gaid cisimant |:
ected and zcorsad water rights: for’ mining
rat rightes ag may be recognl
right-of way. thereon for ditches ca canals, eons

[page 64]
ABOVE - another view of the same place. The fence in the fore-
ground is the west fence of the folks place. Notice to the right
side of the house, there is a tarp covering some kind of a wheeled
vehicle. I believe that it is covering the little Brush car
shown in the next picture. :
BELOW - Again a view from the same place taken in 1995. The
fence can still be found, as the posts were cut off and the
stumps are still there.

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Above - Dad, Mother, and Ralph in what I beli
were made by A.P. Brush until 1912 when they were discontinued. New
they sold for $500.00.. I believe Dad paid $50.00 for this one in
April of 1915. Note - The fence in the background is the west fence
of their place in the Terrace District.
Below - A Brush on display at Pioneer Village in Minden Nebr. (1995)
152
eve to be Dad's first car,
a Brush. They were a one cylinder, 6 HP, with a chain drive. They

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PART FOUR - Continued
According to what records I can find, Dad was still selling produce
from the place north of Monte Vista in Feb. and March of 1915. I
will have to assume from this, that he still had the place there
inearly 1915, at which time he completely made the move to the
terrace. 1 do not find any produce sales from April of 1915 on.
Most of his income from that time on consisted of sales of such
things as eggs, butter,poultry, potatoes, fence posts, and sales of
hogs and other livestock. Most of his expenses were for such things
as Groceries, a little meat, feed, insurance, repairs, labor, etc.
I notice that he listed as income, labor, 50 have to assume that he
did work for other people, in fact some months it looks as though
his main source of income was from labor. The months that his
income exceeded his expenses, it was ususily due to his labor. A
lot of months his expenses were much larger than his income.
In 1916 Dad leased Section 36 from the state.(No. 12 on the map) TI
have included a few papers concerning this in this article. I do
not believe that he ever used this section for anything except for
pasture.
By 1917 it looks as though his income versus his expence was pretty
much out of balance most months. Some month it improved, mostly
from his labor, selling posts, some livestock, or from pasture.
Dad always made the statement,"if it wouldn't have been for Fassett
and his letting out credit, we wouldn't have survived." As I go
thru old records, I believe that he should have included the First
National Bank in LaJara in that statement. I find that he did a lot
of borrowing. I have included a few items in this article.
Dad worked for a lot of the people in the area, as well as road work
for the county, as well as for other people. He also did a lot of
work thru the years for the Terrace Irrigation District, it fact as
the years went by he became more and more involved with them, as I
will explain later in this writeup.
One of the names that shows up with no date with it, is J.W. Beam,
who would become a very familiar name thru the later years. Thss
name will appear again laterzon. Another name that was very familiar
asjwas growing up, and after I grew up was Ellis Lujan. I believe
that he lived in a little setlement along the Alamosa River above
where dad lived. The little settleinment had a school, church etc.,
but is all vacant now.
One thing that you will notice, is that the old pictures from the area
have now stopped. I got to wondering about that, and 7 believe
that all of the pictures that are included this far were taken by
Dad's brother Bill. About the time Dad moved to the Terrace, I
believe that Bill had left the area. I believe that his health
had gotten worse by that time, and he had returned to Kansas.
153

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x *
OHN F, VIVIAN, Register : . LUCY E. PEABODY, Deputy Register
STATE OF COLORADO-
.STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS
5 - 2
eonanensson Meonneseeeyecescenee beret ae
enyer, Colorado,
Received of eo“ 7°70. of.
Initial Payment pale -_
Fees:
“initial i ‘eubi . :
Land Commissions is received subject to the approval of the sale by the State Board of
To the left is a receipt
from the State for the fe
for advertising the lease
on Section 36.
Above is the check that
Dad wrote to the State.
On the following page is
letter from a land agenc
wanting to handle the de
I found this rather inte
esting. Looks like peop
had their hand out in th
days too.
154 i

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SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL BUSINESS BEFORE THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO STATE LAND OFFICES
NEW MEXICO
rt a
GOLORADO 3,000,000 ACRES eee eeerssus tee! 13,000,000 ACRES
4 .
E ana ma
Pett t na fe REFERENCES:
ATTENDING TO ALL DETAILS . rh cane i Ht a FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CONNECTED WITH THE SALE ; Y DENVER, GOLO.
AND LEASING OF STATE WILLIAM E. ND AGENCY. FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
ae * SANTA FE, N. M.
LANDS AND CAREY AGT. roa : FEL NM.
SAVING TIME AND EXPENSE AND MANY OTHE!
COMING TO DENVER THROUGHOUT THE STATES
7
i
n re
‘ TE LAND APPRAISER)
New MEXICO OFFICE D (roRMERLY STA 2
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO NOTARY PUBLIC
Mr, Louis #,
Samilin, Tolo.,
Dear Sirt-
Knowing that you have filed an Application with the State
Land Office and the same is now waiting to be acted upon:
Wish to state that by making this business a specialty,
with my eleven years' experience and familiarity with every
detail in this line of work, together with always being on the
ground and in close touch with tne State Land Office spending
some three or four hours there daily that I am in a position
to handle your case seeing that it is given prompt attention
and secure the desired results,
Owing to the State Board of Land Commissioners making so
many new rules and laws governing State Land, as well as follow-
ing the Statutes religiously it is to everyone's advantage to
place their business in someone's hands who is familiar and
experienced with every detail.
My fees are very reasonable, in the matter of a lease
application the same is $10.00 which covers the entire cost
of my services and in all cases I can represent you in every
way saving you any loss of time or. expense in coming to Denver,
as well as give you the benefit of my knowledge and experience
in this line of work in taking every advantage which will be to
your interest, which has been the means in many instances of
saving my clients many times the amount of the fee which I
charge.
Bnclosed herewith you will please find a few of the many
letters of recommendation that I have received.
Thanking you in advance for your business, hoping when in
Denve-~ you will not fail to call as I will be more than pleased
so explain many matters which may be to your interest, with my
kindest regards, I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
Encs.
155

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1%
Below are some checks that I found rather interesting. The
first one is to Dad's brother, the second is to his Dad. (my
Grandfather) The third is to the one that I believe Dad may
have rented the house where they lived until they moved on
their homestead just across the fence.
191% No.
*First NaTionaL BANK
“ ; OF MONTE VISTA
S74
ORORDER $
DOLLARS
1914. No. es
T NATIONAL BAN
x,  EMonre vista, covo.
Rw
COLLARS
156
ornorveR $/2"—

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LEFT - A letter
from Juanita Delany
that owned the land
to the west of the
folks place.
BELOW -— Notice the
post mark on the
envelope. It was
mailed on the RR
between Alamosa &
Durango. How times
have changed.

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PART FOUR ~ Continued
As I have stated before, the folks money problems were pretty bad,
but they managed to continue on with life. The year 1917 brought
some changes to their lives. First of all, World War 1 was in full
swing. Dad stated one time that being of German background during
that war was not easy, and he could relate to how the Japanese must
have felt during World War II.
Probably the biggest event of 1917 was when their second son, Francis
was born. He was born in LaJara, August 11, 1917.
As I have stated before, Dad was doing guite a bit of outside work
for other people to keep his income up. An example of some of his
work still is around today high in the mountains west of the town
of Platora. He built a dam at the Lilly Pond lake for J.E. Crooks.
I asked Ralph one time if he knew when Dad built that dam, and he
thought it was in 1918. In going thru old papers, I was shocked
to find the draft copy of the letter he sent when he bid on building
it. A copy is included in this, and as you can see it is dated
in the fall of 1917. I don't know if Dad went ahead with the dam
that fall and finished it in the spring, or if it was finished in
the fall of 1917. As I look at the pictures of the finished dam,
I think that he did build it in the fall. Notice the snow, and
also, there is no water stored behind the dam. This would lead
me to believe that it was the fall.of the year.
I am not sure who helped Dad, but believe that it was his old friend
Ellis Lujan. I remember Dad talking about building it, but do
not remember for sure who he said helped him. I do remember that
he told about running short of groceries, but having lots of fish
from the lake. The old hotel building was still at the oid town
of Stunner, not too far away, and an old bachelor was living there.
Dad thought that they could trade some fish for something else,
but when they went down and talked to him, he was not interested
in doing any trading, or for that matter, he wasn't interested in.
any sort of cooperation. Dad used to talk about him once in awhile
but I cannot remember his name. There was another one about like
him living at Jasper, and I guess the two of them didn't get along
at all. Just two of a kind, I guess.
LEFT - Dad's Registration
from 1917
158

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ABOVE - A view of the Lilly Pond Dam shortly after completion.
Note, This picture was no doubt taken by J.E. Crooks, as he
had a photography studio in Monte Vista.
BELOW ~ Taken from approx. the same spot in 1995. Notice
how the background has changed, as Mother Nature heals it-
self after a forest fire that went thru the area in the
late 1800's. -
160

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161
LEFT & BELOW - photos
after completion and
again in 1995
i

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PART FOUR -~ Continued
Following is a letter written to Dad in 1917 from his brother
Bill when he was in California.
I found it rather interesting to see the prices he was paying
for meals, and also he mentioned the fact that there were Brush
cars out there... Remember:egrlier the picture of the Brush car
the folks had. Also it seems that Bill did not think much of
the looks of the area in the Terrace District.
I have to assume that Bill had gone to Calif. to see if he
could improve his health.
162

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——— ewe Oe a ee
remy Nee aren wee
STATE HOW YOU WANT GOODS SHIPPED BY PLACING
a, AN X IN PROPER SQUARE BELOW.
Always allow sufficient monsy to cover parcel post charges.
Weight of packages can be easily figured from the weights given
Jn the cataiog descriptions Knowing the wealght, and the parcel
fost zone in which your postofiics is located, measuring from
Chicago, you oan easily figure tha amount of charges required by
reterring to the parcel post page in aur big General Catalog.
Parcel Post
Freight [| Prepaid Freight [|
IF THERE 1S NO FREIGHT AGENT at your shipping point
Express you must stad money to grapay freight charges. lf thers is an
agent you cat pay the freight when shipment reachsa you. it is
only necessary to prepay when thers is no agent at your station.
. HOW TO SEND MONEY. The best and safest w: Hiey are hy Postoffice
Roney Order, Express Money Order, Bank ‘Bratt or Check. fo sand money y P
abealutoly necessary to sand cain ‘BE SURE terartn WE ter asi pone before poeina it Jn
the envelope, aad then send by REGISTERED MAIL. in virong paper briore pucing
SEE OUR BIG GENERAL CATALOG for Information ahout
freight and express rates,
how to send monuy, methods of shipment, and other information. ante "
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE
SIGN FULL NAME,
Postoffice ...
R. B.D,
No...
Street
and No.....
GIVE SHIPPING POINT IF DIFFERENT FROM POSTOFFICE.
Box
Name ........ ero fener ee eesereees tee ee cane ee eeee
“(Give name here only when shipment is to be made to another party.
Yeave space biank.}
Shipping Point.............. dees eneeeeeaeeee we eter eee en eee ees
.Express Co.
STATE. TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY
==== SENT WITH THIS ORDER ===
DOLLARS
Y
CENTS
4)
Please give name of HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD to prevent
mistakes and to simplify the keeping of our records,
SSS
Number of. Article in
Catalog
Extend Totals Bere
and Then Add This
Sizea, Colors, Etc. ‘Calor
per Dozen
An order to Sears
was never sent in
ey
ORDER BLANE AT ONCE, PRE-
SERVE IT FOR FUTURE USE.
1037. Rev.4.13.16
YOU DO NOT USE THIS
guess that the reason was that
they didn't have the money.
(OVER)
Slzat, Colors, Ete,
"| Sizes, Golore, Ete. |*
Stees, Colors, Ete.
/2.
Sizer, Cojors, Ete.
Sizes, Colors, Eto.
£m
pe
Sizea, Colors, Ete,
Gh caer,
she Colors,
“"} Sizes, Colors,
by
Sizes, Golara,
Ete.
Ete.
Ete.
“| Sizes, Colors, Ete. |°
‘Sizes, Colors, Ete.
“| Sizes, Golore, Ete,
from 1916, that sem ft
I would seseeseees
Gofore, Ets.
Colors, Ete.
piaes, Colors, Ete.
‘Sizes, Goior, Ete.
Sizes, Colors, Ete,
AND COLOR?
If YOU DO NOT USE THIS
ORDER BLANK AT ONCE, PRE-
SERVE If FOR FUTURE USE.
168

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PART FOUR - Continued
The year 1919 shows a lot of activity as far as money ete. is
concerned. I find that Dad borrowed a large amount of money that
year. {at least a large amount for that period of time) I do not
understand just why that amount at that time. I believe that he
was farming another place in a partnership with a David Burnett,
just to the west of the folks place. Burnett left the area and
it looks as though Dad took over his place for a time. This
property is located in the SW 1/4 of Sec 22.(No. 15 on the map)
As for other reasons for the borrowing at that time, I not know,
unless they were doing some things to get the place ready for
the pending issueing of a Patent.(do not know that this is true)
Also they may have just gotten so far behind that they had to
catch up with things.
Mavis & I stayed all night on the folks old place in our camper
this past spring(1996), and anyone that needs'to-get away from
things and get some peace and quiet, needs to go there. No one
lives there any more, at least not close by, and other than some
sheep once in awhile, there will be no one to bother you.
During this period of time, Dad was doing-more and more work for
the Terrace Irrigation District. This was a trend that would
continue for some time to come. I have included a few warrents
issued to Dad during that period of time. Unfortunatiy,. all of
their records from that period of time were destroyed when the
care takers cabin at the reservoir burned some years ago.
During this period of time, Dad was Sec. for the school district
in that area.(Dist. #18) The school was located about 2 miles
to the north of the folks place, along the gunbarrel road. They
decided that another school was needed, and was built. I tried
to get an exact date from the county, but did not have any luck.
The new school was located just 1/2 mile south of the folks
place. Itwas locatéd in the NW corner of Sec. 36, the state
owned section. (No.13 on the map) The only thing left of either
school is the foundations.(apicture of both is included)
Dad had used threasitiing machines all of his adult life, and he had
gotten an idea for some kind of a grain saver, or something like
that, and in 1920 he inquired about gettingsa patent for it. In
1921, after some looking into, he received the letter that I have
included. I believe, as far as I know that was as far as the
invention went,
On one of the mortgages included you will notice a 1915 Maxwell.
Maxwell was first built in 1904, so Dad had one of the later ones.
The Maxwell became the Chrysler 58 in 1926, and in 1929 it
became the Plymouth. You might also remember the Maxwell as
being the car Jack Benny had.
169
1

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36
of the lease of Sec.
nsion for payment
Register.
170
pasture on Sec.
LOWER - an exte
TOP - An agreement renting the
36
from date payment was due to date payment is made.
Yours truly,
In making remittance, inelude & g delinquent interest
your Lease
7878 Book 8.
has been granted you in which to make the payment due on
Dear Sir:
This is to advise you that an extention to
9
11-1920,
JOHN E, FIELD
ENGINEE!
JOHN F. VIVIAN
REGISTER
R
Mr.
Capulin, Colorado
Lovis B. Bockhaus
DENVER
April 9, 1920
LUCY E, PEABODY
ARPUTY REGISTER
BR. 3, BONOVAN
CHEM CLERK
RAYMOND MILLER
PRESIDENT
CAPITOL BUILDING
STATE BOARD oF LAND COMMISSIONERS:
STATE OF COLORADO
te $or7 409
Jd Th. Ad eee ae a ae ool jie
Kos Sa Do rchr bros. a1+r
He eta th hex PO a
8 Ebates vo &
an
BEL. Dept fea bbe,
af
ee Slt,
“fas

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IRRIGATION DISTRICT ACCOUNT AND AFFIDAVIT
THE TERRACE IRRIGATION DISTRICT
CONEJOS COUNTY, COLORADO A . & JI
TO LEL LL LA: 2 LPP C5. Lectated.._...-DR.
ABOVE - A statememt of work done for the Terrace District.
Notice the name J.W. Beam appears. He evidently owed.. Dad
some money, which they took out of Beam"s check and paid
Dad. Beam was also doing work for the Terrace at the time.
BELOW — The warrant issued to pay the statement above.
tnacoutat—L aher
Oubof any macy in your hanuls belonging tothe generan er
Arad disunenproperty endorsed, shat be your voucher’
Theabove amount wuthorized by tet. BO OF DIPOCLOTS OF Che.

[page 85]
Gui ofany money in, re ig tog ner fad oF THE TERRACE f PRGATION DS: Rich
Aut thisniien property endorsed. 8 bey Mea muanerir sams.
is §ameuit stharised by te Bakar Directors nite LZ gil
~ ERE GOERS
’ ABOVE & BELOW - three of the warrants issued for work for the
Terrace District. I cannot find any records beyond 1921,
other than a few d notes of Dad's
On account mn “Bpher SL tAAe than fez,
Cut ofany money in your! belonging ithe géneral rund oF THE FERRAC TRIGATION DISTRICT
And thisuhen propery endorsed. sh payouriucher AY same.
Roapove amount wuchorized. LL LLLLAT &
SECRETARY
Le) anek ~ fa ae Dollars |
Onaceountot dL here Tian (Ret sight /G2/,
Out of any money in your hands belonging With gener wander a we IRRIGATION DISTRICT
And thiswhen property tredlor sea Shoat De your vi taher ir stati, 0 2, 4
a, :
LheMgovell ae
ii
SECRETAA ° Vi F oe PRESTO! oe ae

[page 86]
La JARA, COLOW Ylacg 7 jn ae
; ‘ fg LE
promise to pay to the order of $Y. Ji
for value received, waiving penedit of stay and en LLLL lay a ee before sale on ex
ot “2. per cent per. Bt tan from
attorney for collection, to pay an attorney's fea, whether Aci be brought or not, and costs of coltoction,
Payable at THE FIRST NATIONAL BANE, La Jara, Colorado.
and consent that time of payment may be extended without notice thereof.
Postoffice ~ : se 7, Zz
AWRERS SURRY £5 LITE, TOR
Gn, apis at the rate of... 46°
aid, “age eet in the hands of an attorney for collection,
ad
The notes above that were signed by Dad and Mother are two
of some 13 I found that were all taken out in 1919. The
total amount came to over $3800.00. Rather a large amount
for those days. The notes were writen to various places.
Some to the flour mill, some to the bank, and one to the
store in Capulin.
174 ;

[page 87]
ate Oe
nto, all len b
whose ad sen Be.
of the County of Conejos:
Ten Hundred BAgQhty..seeccscsscccceccceeeteceteeseeay
t Rim _ in hand paid by The rirst Natvionai Bang of Le JaL8
these Presents, n That |
is Camttitth——---.——~
; in the State of Colorado, ‘part Y of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of
Dotnars,
saver eeecerones
i
and State aforesaid, part Y of the second part, "the receipt of which is hereby acknowl-
of the County of
heirs and assigns, the following
edged, do€S hereby grant, ‘bargat in and sell unto the said party of the second part, . ites
goods and chattels, vis: .
"40 head native Breeding ewes Ll tu 6 years ola.
~_55 ‘head spring lambs. Lin,
cA black face buek coming years * 02d,
“1 brood Sow edi ReeBfvesche 200 Lbs. _
“i Light red cow years old no brand. as
& ved heifers Soe ng 5 years Olé no brend
+l red yeerling heifer no brand.” ao ‘
ce Steer calvese
“1 iron grey horse 8 yeers olf weight Li50 lbs “.. E
1_sorrell mie £'years old branded he on left shou
il three secti rag harrow. :
dise herrow.. :
Si in. farm wagén with hey rack. é
fresno . ‘
potatoe cultivator . Ls: .
open buggy ..
Emmerson mowe:
“ Dogether with
All the above.
town of Capulin;
ae
eS et et po pt
colorado, On first parties home rourenige
His undivided inferedt la the following crops now grp ng on the follor ling
described land, GF 10 acres peas, S‘acres potatoes, 5 acres barley
th om IWS See». » INP. 36. Range 7, B.NMelMe 5 ; fe
a au SES) Rey aSee
around in” 7S acres
on. “the Burnett lace. “tore ‘talig dee sTibed as follows:
: Twp. 36, Range’7, _& ‘
7 as
Mortgage from 1919 ~ pretty
well tellS what was on the
farm(note the crops grown on
the Burnett place)
175
now located’ ab, in the County of Cone a 2S , and State of Colorado.
To Have and to Hold The same unto the said party of the second part, its - heirs, executorg administrator and assigns forever.
And the said part ¥ of the first part, for him sl £ heirs, executors and admimstrators, covenant S with the said
part Y of the second part, and |. its heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, that he lawfully possessed of the said
goods and chattels as his on property; that the same are free from any . incumbrance; that will not remove, sell,
transfer, encumber or in any manner dispose of the same during the existence of the lien created hereby, without the written consent of the
iat seen rene

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14
: ix : i > Dents < . oe : aie msds ' eas aay ai I
. “iRnow. al men ij these Presents, That tensd a aan He
: REIS HOS PORES aks BEES POUGA Th 5 POG Bhs we O, Sp8 Le ah *
; of the on
a Se men ne get ae Te ie ee we a ene
Qus see, Le
the State of Colorado, part 7 of the first part, for and i in consideration of the sum of .
gee wary Los
= F¥O BUNDRED AND Ta.
25g SR
oo -in hand paid by ..- ~~
th hereby grat, bargain and sell unis the said ori, ;
tagatee ie OS™
. ot Bese part seed . "heirs, "executors, administrators and assigns, the. following goods and chat
f One 1915, Model Maxwell Touring Gar No. 26016 with tools
JEG AYES ©
‘ax 4 Your good tires; 26 sacks of bearded parley. geen:
gand, Fo ee
Bo §. 8 . Valdes Tarn in Conejos County, Goto rado} One =
LB es28 Yow (tr0n the Tileok “Stony” ‘Wet gh
. fe. ‘Sates One Duree Jersey ailt called Jane, yolght about ao o pounds} I:
gas as ig
oe Eble" abet ates, “atl Sept ‘and Yo 8 ‘kept ana” Soraalebe on ff
Found this interesting
because of the car listed
This car will be brought up
again a little later

[page 89]
OSWALD F. BENWELL
CLARE N. PHILLIPS
SYONEY V.N. ESTE
r
INVESTMENT BONDS
COLORADO NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
SECOND FLOOR
Mr. Louis 8. Bockhaus,
Capulin, Solorsdo.
Rr SORRINS COUNTY, COLOIADO, SCHOOL NISTPICT
HO. 18
Dear Sirt
from your County Superintendent of
Schools, a‘vising us that your district desires to issue
#1200, more bonis to yuild anothar school building. ¥e shall
pe glad to handle these bonds on the same bad s as we jyandled
your issue last sumer if you desire, and shall send you the
nseessary papers. if tisfactory.
We have a postal
you will advise us that this is sat
We are enclosing a return anvelene, and reply blank,
for your convenience.
Yours very truly,
RINWELL, PHILLIPS, Este & CoM ANY,
By Swhaw
FvB RY
177

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WOOLWORTH BUILDING
Law OFrices oF OWEN BUILDING
NEW YORK CITY WASHINGTON, D.C.
Oey:
ATTORNEY AND SELLOR
PATENT AND TRADE-MARK CAUSES _
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO WASHINGTON OFFICE
March 22, 1921.
Mr. Louis E. Sockhaus,
Capulin, Colorads.
IN RE: THRESHING MACHING.
Dear Sir:-
Referring further to yours of January 26th, in-
structing me to make a search of the Patent Office Records
on the above invention, I have now to advise that the in-
vestigation has been completed and the results thereof given i
careful study and consideration. :
The closest prior patents I was able to find are
mambers 777,047, 892,512 and 1,181,351, copies of which I
am enclosing herewith. In view of these references the
patentability sf your proposition seems to me to be rather
doubtful, and I hesitate to advise you definitely one way
or the other, until you have considered this data. Go over
the situation carefully and then write me more fully, setting
forth any advantages your device may possess over the patent- i
ad ones and pointing out the differences you find. Your idea,
I thinx, has merit, and if a way can be found that will be
reasonably sure of resulting in protecting I believe you will
find it advantageous to proceed. Write me your views, there~
fore, and I will then study the situation further and reach a
final decision.
Now that you have before you data showing what
others have done in this field it is probable that you can
improve upon your device, eliminating some of the conflict~ |
ing features and developing others that will avoid prior
patents. Thus you can strengthen not only the patentability
but also the practicability of your idea. You cam now pro- =
ceed with a knowledge of what you are “up against" instead of i
working more or less blindiy.
The enclosed copies should be returned with your
reply, for without this data before me I shall be unable to
give your matter further attention.
Thanking you for courtesies extended, I remain,
RBO*S *UN.
178

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TELEPHONE- MAIN 612
SIXTH FLOOR - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILOING
August 17, 1921.
Mr. Louis >. Srockhaus,
Capulin,
Colorado.
Dear Sirt
In compliance with your request of August 15;
we are very glad to give you the following names of firms
who may be in the market for some of your .pinion nuts:
Morey Merc. Co., 1542 18th Si., ‘
P, S. Hessler Merc. 0o., 13th & Wazee St.,
CG. R. Hurd Brokerage Co., 1700 16th St.,
Kindly let us know if we can be of any further
service.
Very truly yours,
a/b
This letter and the one on the next page shows that Dad
was trying every angle to make it with his farm in the
Terrace District,
179

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R. G. BRECKENRIDGE, PRESIDENT
Boano of Directors
BERGERMAN, BEN
BRECKENRIDGE, R. G.
BURCH, F. J.
DEAN, WALTER F.
BOWNEN, T. J.
OUKE, N. W.
FAGERSTROM, A. VY.
GANN, G L. L.
HOAG, F. S,
JONES, A. C.
McHARG, ©.
MOUNT, W, E.
NUCKOL! i. He
POWER, CG. Ne
REDMOND, EDWARD
STORER, TODD
WEAVER, R. J.
YOUNG, IRA K.
K.
180
EDWARD REDMOND, Ast Vice-PRESIDENT
N. W. DUKE, 2ND VicE-PRESIOENT
Che Pueblo Gammerce Club
CENTRAL BLOCK
Puebla, Colorads, ; August 17, 1
ur. touis B. Bockhaus,
Gopulin, Colorado.
Deax Sirs
named
nuts:
PaG/J
Your letter August 15th.
Henkel-Duke liercantile Company,
Ridenour-Baker Mercantile Company,
J. S. Brown Grocery Company,
Colorado Supply Company,
You truly,
ot
oBLe
W. E. MOUNT, TREASURER
P. A. GRAY
GENERAL SECRETARY awa
COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION
R.L. ELUS
TRAFFIC MANAGER
¢. B. CARLILE, AupiTor
we suggest you communicate with the following
t..4 . 1!
firms in regard to finding market for your pinion i

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PART FOUR ~ Continued
One thing that I had not mentioned before, in 1919, Dad"s brother
Bill passed away. As I stated before, I believe that it was a
very big loss to Dad.
In 1920 Bill Lohmeyer got interested in some land near the folks
place that had not had the taxes kept up to date. Conejos Co.
assigned the property to him on Jan. 5, 1920. Of course this
did not give him title until things ran their course. The land
was the NE 1/4 of Sec 22.(No. 8 on the map)
Dad did quite a lot of work on the property for Lohmeyer, but am
not able to put a date to it. Like all of the property in the
area, it was pretty rocky. I see in Dad's notes where he did
work on the property, he hauled some 365 loads of stone from the
place. When I visited the property last fall, you could see
where the property lines were from the piles of rock along the
fence rows. Pretty much the same for most of the area. TI see
also that he had built fence, plowed, ran ditchs etc. I also
see that they had done some threashing and other harvesting of
Crops, so it must have been productive. The property did have
Terrace water thru it the same as all of the property in the area.
On March 1, 1923, this piece of property was deeded to Mother by
use of a Quit Claim Deed. I do not know what kind of money
went along with the deal, but I find notes of Dad's where he
lists quite a bit of interest due Lohmeyer.
According to what I can gather, Dad switched most of his farming
to this place by 1923. One of the things that might have caused
itwas that there was some underground water there. If this ever
proved out or not, I do not know. Water was pretty much
of a problem in that area, for just about everyone farming there.
One thing that I never mentioned before was that on the home place
Dad only had water for 40 acres. Of course the way the land lays
I doubt that the water would have made it across the entire 160
acres anyway.
in Jan. of 1923 Dad made a deal with J.c. Medina to farm 80 acres
for him.(this would be on the home place) Dad was to furnish the
horses and equipment, and the feed for the horses until the crops
started growing, and then they would feed from the crops. They
would also plant some potatos,etc. All of this would bear out
that he had moved to another area. 1923, I believe would pretty
much prove out to be end of life in the Terrace District, although
Dad tried to hang on t@ the property for several years later.
I find where he made various deals to bring the taxes up to date
and let others farm there as late as 1925, and possibly later
then that. But in the end every thing that they had worked so hard
for was lost.
181

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Below is a letter Dad received from Ralph Carr concerning the
land that would later become the Lohmeyer property.
Ralph Carr would later become the Governor of Colorado
182
RALPH L.CARR
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ANTONITO, COLORADO
No vember
Rhird,
L921.
Touis B. Bockhaus, Esq. ,
Capulin,
Colorado.
Dear Sir: In Re; NES of See. 22, Tp.36 RY E.N.M.M
In answer to your request for advice as to
the condition of the title of the shove described
property, I lave not been furnished with an abstract
for the land, but have received certain oral inform, tim
from Mr. Menke, from which it appears that title to the
above land rests in fee simple in Franklin E. and
Louiza B. Conrad, subject to a mortgage deed for $500,
dated May 3, 1915, and due May 3, 1920, at 6%; to
taxes for 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917; and to a right of
way for the Terrace Irrigation Company's ditch.
I also find another situation that might
necessitate some action to clear. A judgment was
taken against E. Ls Ambler, March 20, 1914, when he
owned the land, a transcript filed March 30, 1914,
but without ever satisfying the judgment, he sold the
land May 3, 1915, and took back the mortgage which
still stanis against the land. On Feb. 9, 1920, a lew
was made against the property in enforcement of the
above judgment, but no sale appears to have been had
or any further action taken in furtheranee of the
judgment. Under tls circumstances, it might be unwise
to take title until action is taken to quash the
execution or satisfy the judgment, which is for $194.00.
Trying to make an examination of title
under these circumstances is not very satisfactory
nor accurate, md I am not willing to warrant the same,
put I have given you the best I could learn wider the
condi tions.
RIg=-s
ah: nen

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YOUN W. SHAWGROFT, Vice Presioent PETER PETERSON F. D. CALKINS
F, D. CALKINS, MANAGING Vice PRESIOENT SAMUEL WILSON
THE First NATIONAL BANK
9340
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE
SYSTEM
LA JARA,COLORADO
December 8th,, 1922,
Notice that the mailing
Mr. Louis B, Bockhaus, address was Monte Vista
MONTE VISTA, CGlorade, on this letter
Dear Mr, Beckhaus:_-
As per the deal censummated recently in Monte
Vista, we herewith inclese your nete fer $2200, 00
and#146, 96, duly cancelled, ,
he warrenty deed from ‘he First National Bank
to you, tegether with the trust deed back to us
have been duly recorded, For convinience in having
the papers all tegether, we are holding these recorded
instruments in our files, together with the original
patent te yeu from the Goverment, - which we trust
vou will duly appreve, ‘s .
he taxes with the Ceunty treasurer have. been
duly paid to date, aS per agreement, and we are holding,
also these tax receipts,
Ye found ugpen checking up the prepesition in
the office of the county Treasurer, that this land is
not in the reguiar-lerrace Irrigation District, put
that the water for the forty is secured under a
contract from the Tezrace Irrigation Cempany, instead
of by right under the bends of the district, It will
be necessary, therefore, for us te check up this
centract with seme of the officials ef the District,
and te have the original er cepy en file with the
other papers, As we have not been able te de this,
as yet, we.are helding the $200,00 cashier check for
this purpese in abeyance until this detail can be
straightened sut - an item which we will get te just
as quickly es as pessible for us with the mass of
detail work We are handlirg at this time, :
Trusting this to be satisfactory, ani with
kindly best wishes to your geedself, we are
Very truly yours,
Oerg bare >
Cashier, P
OAG:G -
183

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Top - All that remains
of the house on the
Folks place (999)
Center - All that is
left of the well. It
looks as though it
might have had a wood
P4995)
Bottom - Looking north
along the west fence
line. Notice the cut
off posts, and all that ,
remains of the road :
across the west side
of the property.
995) |

[page 97]
Left - Evidently the
location of corrals
on the home place.
Note the cut off posts
to the left of center
of picture.
Center picture - looking
north along the east
side of the Lohmeyer
property. The rocks
in the foreground are
in the fence row.
Bottom - looking west—
south west across the
Lohmeyer property.
The tree in the back-
ground is where the
canal used to go across
the property.
185

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Top Picture - The last
remaining evidence of
better times:in the
Terrace, the 0O.W.
Slyvester home. There
is no farming being i
done, but still some- —
one living there. Home
has been maintained
thru the years.
Center picture - The
foundation of the schoo!
house 1/2 mile south :
of the house in the
picture above.(2 miles
north of the folks)
Bottom picture - The |
foundation of the schoc
house 1/2 mile south
of the folks place.
(No. 13 On the map)

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PART FIVE ~ The end of farming & into the lumber business
The year 1923 saw many changes in the lives of Mother and Dad,
They had pretty well been forced out of farming, and Dad had
been drifting into other things as a means of making a living.
Records indicate that they had been slowly shifting back to
living in Monte Vista. ‘Letters etc. from the bank were showing
up with a Monte Vista address as earlyas 1922, but believe that
they didn't actually move until 1923. Francis says he remembers
that when they moved to town, the Methodist Church was under
construction. The corner stone there is dated 1923, but the
church was under construction for some 2 years. He also said
that he remembers starting school at the school that was 1/2
mile south of the place in the Terrace. He doesn't think that
he went there very long before they moved to town, I believe
that they did move to town in.the fall of 1923, and continued to
go to the hills when school was not in session, a practice that
continued all thru.the years, as I was growing up. I came across
a letter from W. H. ‘Stein written at Christmas 1923, in which
he asks if they are still living in the mountains, but the letter
Was addressed to Monte Vista.
Dad was caretaker at the Terrace Reservoir for a short time, and
I have had a hard time putting an exact date on it, but it looks
as though it was in 1923.. I have found notes where he had done
various things for the Terrace District. Some of them were items
done as a contract, and for. several months he has listed a salary.
When I tracked down his income and expenses for 1923, he lists
in his income "salary" and the amounts check exactly the same as
the items he lists under work done for the Terrace. Also during
1923, and continuing thru about 1925, Dad lists expenses for
.labor etc. for-the farm during the summer months. In his in-
-come for those years he also. lists income from the sale of grain
and other things from the farm. He was still farming, although
he was hiring it done, while he did other things to make a living.
Dad used to talk about the valves at the Terrace, and what a man
killing job it was to adjust them. They were adjusted at noon
‘and again. at midnight. .He thought about that and decided that
he could pw a gasoline ‘engine on them and make the job much
easier. He let a Maxwell down the shaft to the valves and
hooked it up. He said that it made the job a joy after what
they used to have to go thru. In his income for Sept. 1923,
he has listed the sale of an engine for $75.00. I believe that
was the engine, but do not know if it was installed then or if
it was installed earlier, and that was when he collected for it.
I believe that the! engine came from the 1915 Maxwell listed on
@ mortgage that I: have inserted earlier in this article. That
engine stayed down at.the valves until I think 1963, when they
did a major repair job, including new valves. They had changed
to electric power some years before, but the engine remained.
I was up there when they brought the engine out, and I asked
what that engine was. Ray Walker was caretaker, and he told
me that was the engine that Dad had put on the valves. It was
in pretty sad sh - . it had b buried i
the mud dor SseveseT  yaseket as thought it had been burie wT a7

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PART FIVE - continued
For some time Dad has listed the sale of wood & posts in his
income, so assume that he was going to the hills and getting
poth, and selling them. Starting in 1922, he has listed
logging at times in his income. I would assume that he was
doing that at the Terrace Reservoir, as there was a sawmill
there. I believe that it was owned by a man by the name Bogart.
In 1923 Dad lists in his income from the Terrace, contract
logging for them. at that time they were either building or
rebuilding the spillway, and would assume that is where tba
lumber went. I found an acct. to the District for lumber be-
ginning June 18, 1923. In his income for May of 1923, Dad lists
lumber, $36.95. I would guess that this would be the beginning
of Dad and the lumber business. Late in the fall of 4923, the
income from the Terrace seems to end. pad used to tell that
he received a call from one of the directors of the Terrace
one morning, and when asked Dad what was going on, Dad answered
without thinking, I'm sawmilling. That was the end of his job
as caretaker.
Dad took over the mill that was at the Terrace from Bogart, but
t cannot find out what kind of a deal they made. I find one
entry where they divided up some lumber, put that is about all.
From May 1923 on there is always listed in his income the sale
of lumber, although some months not much.
During this time, he also continued to do other work for other
people, including work at the La Jara Reservoir.
Late in 1924, it looks as though lumber sales were not always
as good as he would have liked, and Dad went to Jasper to “work
some at the mine there. If believe that he mostly cut wood for
the boilers, and I do not know if this was a contract or whether
itwas not.I believe that it might have been a contract. As
far as I know his old friend Ellis Lujan was there with him.
During the winter months, probably in early 1925, Dad and Ellis
were getting wood above the mine to the south, when they got
caught in a snow slide. As luck would have it they both broke
out on top and did not suffer any injuries. Later the same day
they were sent to another area in the same general vicinity,
and got caught in another slide. Again they both survived.
They were told that they could probably go just off to the side
off where they were and do OK. Dad said that he had had enough
and thought he could pick a better area to work in. It took
getting caught in 2 slides, but he learned about snow slides.
Mother used to talk about living at Jasper, and would assume
that she was there during the summer months. She may have
boarded some men at times while she was there. All thru the
years she boarded men at various times. Dad also,while he was
at Jasper, sold wood to various people living there, and also
did work at some lakes in the area. Its looks as though his
work at Jasper ended in Nov. 1925and he went back to his lumber
business full time.
188
wort

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PART FIVE - continued
Dad returned to the sawmill. full time by 1926, and in what few
notes I can find he also still had some interest in his farm,
as I find notes where he received income from grain and some
wool. I totaled what figures I could find, and it looks a though
he sold about $3200.00 worth of lumber in 1926.
In 1927, he continued to list income from the farm, for sale of
sheep, and rent from pasture. This seems to have ended by the
middle of 1927, which would indicate that he had either lost
the property, or had just plain given up, or both. I find a
note where he totaled up his income and expenses for 1927, and
he had a total income of $7254.60, and expenses of $6195.49, for
a net income of only $ 1059.11. That was not much, but it was
better than most of the years before that.
One thing that I found in his notes for 1927 was income of
$102.10 for the sale of Christmas trees. this may have been
the first year that he sold trees in any large numbers. If it
was, it was a tradition that would continue for many, Many years
to come. I believe that the last year that he cut trees was
probably 1956, as he had his heart attack the following year.
Dad's first mill stayed at the same location for guite a few
years. It was steam powered, and steam was furnished by two
boilers. Sometime in the late 1920s or possibly as late as1930,
the mill caught fire. When Dad rebuilt he switched to gasoline
engine for power. This was a practice that would. continue for
a number of years. I believe that the first engine was from
some kind of a tractor, put am not sure. Later he would use
car engines, and I will dwell on that a Little later on.
When Alan and I were up at the first mill site, I noticed a
pretty good log road still there. 1f asked Francis if Dad had
used a Tractor at that jocation, and he laughed, and said, yes
he had an old Fordson, put the whole back end fell out of it,
and that was the end of tractors for a few years, when he went
to Caterpiller Tractors.
I have not looked into where Dad and Mother lived in Monte Vista
during these years. I do know that they lived several places,
and one in particular, is the house north of the Marsh School.
I remember the folks talking about that house at various times.
I saw a letter once that had been addressed to Franklin St. but
do not know where on Franklin St. TI do know that they had
moved to what is now Lariat Road, sometime in 1928 or at least
by 1929, They moved into the brick house east of what would
ae become the home place. I was born in that house on April
6, 1929.
189

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PART FIVE - continued
At this point I will comment some on Dad's vehicles. As I said
previous, I beleive that the Brush car was probably the first
one Dad owned. He never did indicate to me that he was ever
very proud of it. Probably was pretty well worn out when he
bought it, and I doubt if it was very much when it was new.
Dad at various times had owned Model T's, and you could never
count him as a model T lover. He had a lot of trouble with
them, but again they were wore out when he got them. He told
about a truck (Model T) that he started to town with a load of
lumber from the mill at the Terrace Res. While he was going
across the dam it locked up, and when he got out, he felt really
sick. This was in the winter, and it turned out he had been
gassed by the old truck. He walked back to the mill, and the
next day he sent some of the men over with a team of horses to
get the truck, and they could not find any thing wrong with the
truck. Maybe someone was looking after him, don't know.
Dad often told about going to town with a load of lumber, and
he would have to pull the pan and tighten the rods before he
could go back to the mill.
Dad told me several times that he would never own a Ford because
of the Model T. He often said that anyone that made a vehicle
as bad as the Model fT would never get any of his business. He
. never owned a Ford after he got away from the Model T. In 1929
Dad bought his first new truck for the sawmill, and you guessed
it, it wasn't a Ford, it was a Chev. He stayed with Chev. for
many years. (1929 was the first year Chev had a 6 cyl engine)
As I stated earlier, after the mill burnt he went to gas power.
When I was growing up, I remember riding in several big cars.
Dad started buying big cars, and used the engine for power at
the mill. One that sticks in my mind was a Cadillac. I think
it was a 1927, but could be wrong. I believe it had belonged
to a Dr. In Monte Vista. Dad drove it for awhile, and as I
remember it was a really nice car. But as with all of the big
cars, it was parked and the engine was used on a sawmill. That
engine was around for quite a few years. I remember old cars
being used for road fill along creeks etc. A million dollars
worth of cars if we had them today. Some of the names I remember
are names such as Cadillac, Lincoln, Hudson, and Lasalle. There
were others, but I can't recall them.
In later years the mills would again return to steam power, but
the old gasoline engine would show up from time to time. f will
go into that later.
190

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In the photo at left is Dad's
first mill - Note the 2 smoke-
stacks indicating 2 boilers.
Photo in center is of the same
place taken in 1995.
In the bottom photo note the
remains of one of the smoke-
stacks that is still there
after nearly 70 years

[page 104]
192
Left — planing lumber at the
first mill site -, this was.
probably late in the operation
at this site.
Center left - view inside the
mill
Right - Ralph, Francis, Dad
holding me
Lower: left - Francis, Virgil,
and Ralph - the truck is the
1929 Chev. That Dad bought new
Lower right - the house the folk
lived in at the first mill
The little fence on the front
porch was probably to pen me
in

[page 105]
ator Mehicle, Rerecdescribad.
Sxplles Dec. 34.1835
sagt bs cee * i
Owners Nenderla a elZl i ae fg |
, Addrses,
st,
Secretary of State i
Form 4
Above at the left is the much hated Model T truck with a
load of Christmas trees. It looks as though this picture
was taken at the brick house on Lariat Road, so would assume
it was taken in either 1927 or 28. Tf would guess it was 1928
- To the right is a license card that I believe belongs to
this truck, although I can't be sure. |
The lower cards are for a couple of cars that Dad had thru
the years. I have not been able to find much out about the
Grant car. TI have not been able to find any pictures or
any thing else about the Grant car.
193

[page 106]
Above and below--- Photos of a 1917 Grant. Taken in 1998 at
a museum in Murdo, South Dakota. Don't know much about the
Grant except that it was named after President Grant and they
were built in Ohio.

[page 107]
The picture below was taken just above the mill. Looks
as though they had just recently logged the area. Note
the front wheel of what looks like a Model T in the right
side of the picture.
Below is a timber sale in 1928 The signature at the bottom
was W.M. Darley. He was ranger on the Alamosa for close to
forty years, and a very good friend of Dad's
Wasard af-nasmbakt..:

[page 109]
PART FIVE ~- continued
In January of 1928, the folks bought approx. 20 acres just west
of the brick house where they had been living. This property
would become the home place, and also the home of the Lumber
business. They paid $1440.00 for the property, under the following
terms, They put $100.00 down, with another $400.00 due when they
received an abstract of title. The remainder was to be paid over
a period five years. In 1934, they still owed $700.00, which
they agreed to pay over the next two years. By the time the two
years had passed, the lady they had bought the place from, Mary
Reilly, was declared a mental incompent. This delayed the
release of the title until April 21, 1936. Dad had made up his
mind that once they had a piece of property paid for, it would
never have a mortgage on it. He lived up to that for the rest
of his, life. As we will see later, he did owe on business property,
but never his home place.
I have not put an exact date as to when they moved on to the new
property, but believe that it was probably in the early 1930s.
They started out by building a garage, and living in it until
they could build a house, but the new house never happened, and
the garage remained the house. It was added on to several times,
but was never replaced. In 1936 they drilled anartesin well, and
also wired the house for electricty. In those days the wiring
was pretty simple, as about all anyone had was a few lights. Not
Many years later they got a refri@erat@r, and later a new washing
machine. Up to that time mother had used a wash tub and a wash
board. As I think back, I believe that the washing machine came
first. The old back porch had a tank from a Case Threashing Mach
engine, which had cool water from the well flowing thru it to
keep food cool. The flowing well brought another set of problems,
and that was what to do with all that water. Dad built wooden
culverts and ran them to the lower end of the property to drain
the water. This made ponds, which made for great ice skating in
the winter. The water also helped water the pasture. In front
of the house he built a pond where the water went first. He
lined the pond with surfaced lumber, and than he put some trout
in the pond. I used to get in.the pond and catch the fish, but
soon found out that the surfaced lumber with a little moss on
it caused some pretty bad spills. I finally gave up trying to
catch the fish, except with a fishing pole.
Thru the years the lumber business kept growing and the lumber
yard kept getting bigger. All of this presented some other
problems. The place had surface water that during. the summer
would get pretty Bigh. This was no end of problems for the trucks
going in and out of the place. They kept hauling gravel, and
it kept disappearing, and they kept hauling in more. Thru the
years the problem pretty much went away.
Another problem they had on the place was getting a telephone.
Dad finally made a deal with the phone Co. to run his own line
from the edge of town, and all he had to do was pay a switch
board fee, and of course maintain the line. This continued
until the 1960s when the phone Co. finall ut in service, but
of course, the bill was adjusted. ype "196

[page 110]
PART FIVE - continued
The folks sold a piece of the home property to John Harris. They
sold him the NE corner, where he built a house. The house later
went to his daughter & son in law, Fred Hawkins. Some years later
Francis owned the property for a short time. At present it is,
as far as I know owned by Ernst Kessler. To the southwest of this
property, Dad constructed a large garage for trucks, etc. The
pbuilding was constructed of Adobe bricks, which were made on the
home place. This building would later become Ralph's shop and
later his Mfg. business.
As I stated before, Dad bought his first new truck in 1929. He
made a mistake when he bought it, because he bought one with a
short wheelbase, and they kept breaking the frame. In 1931 he
bought his second new truck, another Chevrolet, only this time he
bought one with a long wheelbase.
In the early 1930s the sawmill was moved to another location. Tf
have not put an exact date on the move, but would guess it must
have been around 1932, or at the latest 1933. The new site was
probably less than two mileSwest of the first location, but did
require building a road. This was no doubt done with hand labor,
with the help of horses. Dad at one time had a small horse drawn
grader, but don't know if he had it when this road was built. The
mill that was used at the new location was evidently a differant
mill, because it was a left hand mill. Most mills were right hand
mills. Left hand indicates that the saw is to the left of the
sawyer. The new location required a left hand mill due to the
way it was set along the edge of a cliff. In 1928, Dad had shipped
a sawmill from Halstead, but don't know if that is where this
mill came from, or if it was made from various parts of milis.
Most of the machine and welding work that was required at the mill
was done by Trower Foundry and Machine in Monte Vista. His shop
building is one of the oldest pusiness. buildings in Monte Vista,
and is located east of the Safeway Store. The last I knew about
the building, it was owned by Dan Clutter, but don't. know if zt
still is.
During the time the mill was at the second location, the great
depression was going on. Under the New Deal there were many things
put in place to get people back to work, such a the W.P.A. One
of them was the C.W.A. which I believe stood for the Civil Works
Adminstration. Dad's mill came under this, and there was a very
large crew working at the mill. I assume that the Govt. helped
pay the wages to get people back to work, they may have paid all
the wages, I don't know. Tf do remember the big crew working. :
During this time there was a Jug Band at the mill. They played
saws, tubs, and anything else they could get a sound out of, In
the picture I have of the band, it looks as though there was also
a banjo.
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KEY TO MAP _t
1 - approx site of first mill
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2 - general area of timber sale-
listed on previous page
3 - road built by LBB to 2nd site,
4 - 2nd mill site :
5 - log road above mill - now
part of stock drive

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The top picture is the Jug Band that was at the camp during
the CWA era.
Lower picture is of the crew at the mill during the same time
period. Have not tried to identify anyone in the picture

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PART FIVE - continued
The second mill location brings many :memories. for me. I guess
that is when I really began remembering things, and to me that
location was one of the best places Dad ever had a mill. I recall
Mother's brother Milt working there, and I remember her Dad being
there. My first memory Of” & radio was there. In my mind I think
Ralph had brought one out from town. This may or may not be right.
it was one with head phones, something like an Atwater Kent, or
something similar. Anyway, I remember the family sitting around
the table taking turns listening, and I got my turn just about
my bedtime. I remember I raised a fuss, but got put to bed any-
way. The next morning when I got up, I went to the table and
put on the headphones, and mother wanted to know what I was doing.
I told her that I was going to finish listening to the program
that I was listening to the night before. I soon found out that
the radio didn't work that way.
In the winter there would be enough snow to cause road problems
and Dad built what he called a Vee to plow the roads with. It
was built out of planks and pulled with a team of horses. He
let me g@ vith him at least once that I remember, and it has stuck
in my memory , all of these years. I have tryed to describe the
plow at various times, but it is hard to do. In 1995 Alan and
I were at this location, and we walked up one of the log roads,
and there was a Vee. It has been there so long that trees have
grown up thru it. This one was probably used for grading roads
and not for plowing snow, but it is still built the same way.
This old road is now part of the stock drive that has gone thru
this area for many years.
As the timber got farther back from the mill, it wasn't practical
to simply skid the logs to the mill, so they used the rear end
of solid tire trucks, and made carts to bring the logs in to the
mill. The cartsconsisted of the solid tire axté witha tongue,
and a bunk across it. one end of the logs were loaded on the cart
and the other end was allowed to drag on the ground. These carts
could be pulled either by horses or a tractor. In the winter a
sled was used instead of the carts. These carts and sleds were
around for many years, and saw a lot of use.
It was during this time that Dad went back to uséng a tractor
to log with. At first he had a Caterpillar two Ton, used of
course. Around 1936 he bought a new Caterpillar Twenty Two,
which would prove to be one of his better buys. That tractor
was used and used hard until the early 1950s. I remember.-when
he got the new tractor. It was delivered to Hatler's garage,
and Dad and I went to look at it. I can still picture it sitting
in the garage. I still have the operator's book from it, and
it bears a 1936 date.
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PART FIVE - continued
One thing that I need to mention here is another Govt. organization
that was alive for a short time during the depression years. I
believe it was the N.R.A., which I believe stood for the National
Rehaébilation Act. Under this act Dad was taken to task for not
charging enough for his product, and causing unfair competition.
As far as I know this was pushed by the lumber dealers assn. I
am not very up on what all took place, but I do Know that Dad was
put under considerable pressure. I remember that Mother & T went
to Kansas on the train, and I found out later that Dad did not
want us at home until things were settled. As far as fi know, the
N.R.A. was later proved unconstitional. In later years other
things happened and Dad always thought that they were a result of
this period. JI cannot say whether it was, or if he was just gun
shy, so to speak.
During the time the mill was at this location, I remember Mother
boarded a lot of the men. This must have been hard because there
of course was no running water, electricity, er any other modern
things. Life was not easy for Mother, but she took it in stride,
as she did all thru her life. I always have said that Mother
was living proof that hard work never hurt anyone, as she lived
a very long life.
During this time, Dad saw the need to dry his lumber, as they
were running a lot of it thru the planer, and it needed to be a
lot drier. He built a building out of flat rock, which was avail-
able near by. He built it so he could build a fire in one end
and circulate air around the lumber. There was only one problem
with it. The air didn't circulate like it was supposed to, and
the lumber kept catching on fire. Just another idea that didn't
work. I think that all of us have had a few of those.
During the early 1930s, Ralph had been hauling lumber from the
mill, but he decided to go back to Kansas, and work for Uncle
Albert in his machine shop. During this time one of Dad's large
customers was Summitville Mines. They were in the process of
building pretty much a complete town. Dad made a deal with them
to put a mill on their property, and needed someone to operate
it, so he had Ralph come back from Kansas to run the mill at the
mine. Ralph came from the terrible heat of Kansas, to the cold
of Summitville. The mill was located at over 11,000 ft. elevation.
I understand that the mill did not operate very long there, just
a few months. It was closed on Nov. 16, 1934. The crew that was
there boarded at the mine, as they had a boarding house there.
Francis tellsof the time when he came in to eat about the time
everyone else was finished, and sat down at the end of the table
and when asked what he wanted passed, he said, just tip the table
this way, and to his surprise, thats just what they did. He said
after that he was a little more careful in what he asked for.
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PART FIVE - continued
In going over what old labor records I could find, it looks as
though the general wage during the early 30s was around a dollar
per day. Some made $1.50, and in the case of the sawyer, it looks
as if he may have made as high as $2.00 per day. The ones that
were under the N.R.A. are only listed with their total hours and
board at $5.00 per week. This would bear out that the Govt. was
paying them. ‘The sawyerat that time was Alva McKenzie. There
were several of the McKenzies there during this period of time.
Merle McKenzie worked for Dad, and later for Ralph for a lot of
years. Claude McKenzie would later return and operate one of
the last mills that Dad had. Alva McKenzie was in very poor
health. As I remember he had ulcers really bad, and died at a
pretty young age. Francis says that he believs that he died on
the place in Monte.
In Nov. and Dec 1936, and Jan. of 37, Dad had a total of 24 on
“the employee list. Some of these had quit during that time, and
some such as some of the McKenzie group were contract leg cutters.
Included in the group were both Ralph and Francis.
In 1934 the production at the mill was 578,000 board ft. Of
this amount 369,000 was Douglas Fir, and the other 209,000 ft.
.Was other species. Of the total amount sawed, only 8,000 ft.
was left unsold at the end of the year.
Ralph continued to operate the little mill that had been zt Summit-
ville at various places. I believe that he had it in the woods
above the main mill. The main logging road is still in very
good shape, and where it turns into just a skid road it looks
as though a mill may have been there. Later Dad had some kind
of deal with Rio Grande Co. and Ralph operated his mill above
Del Norte for the County. As we will see later another mill
would also be in the area for the county.
During the time that Dad had been in the Terrace and was involved
with the Terrace Dist., the name J.W. Beam appears at various
times, My first memory of Beam was while the mill was on the
cliff site. Beam had a mill down along the Alamosa River. I
believe that the property where his mill was located belonged
to Fassett in Monte. As I remember his mill was pretty much
a poor boy operation. It was steam powered, as I remember.
I don't ever remember Beam having any money, and always had
pretty poor equipment. This just about went with any sawmill,
but his was worse than most. I remember walking from our mill
down to his at least once. Beam passed away in Monte. He may
have died at the folks place, but do not remember. I remember
when Dad went and brought him to the house, but don't remember
much else, except for the funeral. For some reason I do remember
that. I also remember Dad helping Mrs. Beam get the state old
age pension. I also remember that she was avery difficult
woman. As I remember they had one daughter who lived in Calif.
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PART FIVE - continued
When the Terrace Dam was built, it caused the road to be re-
located around the lake on a road that they called the switch
back road. For awhile when the lake was low, and before the
area became covered with silt from the water, I understand that
they could still use the lower road. Francis tells»vf the time
Beam came down the river on the lower road at night. His old
Model T didn't have any lights, so he had a kerosene lantern
with him and he would hang out the side with his lantern so he
could find the road. Anyone that has ever used a kerosene
lantern will know that he was pretty much in the dark.
One of the most important things that Dad had around the mill was
his horses. A good logging horse was worth its weight in gold,
as the expression goes. Dad had probably the best logging horse
that was ever at any sawmill. His name was Dan. Dad had bought
him when he was still on the farm in the Terrace. He was Dad's
pride and joy as far as horses were concerned. Dan did every-
thing just right. I remember in later years watching him skid
logs with no one with him. They would take him to the timber
and hook him to a log and start him towards the mill. If his
log got hooked on a stump or anything, Dan would simply turn
crosswise to the trail and pull his log loose. When he got to
the mill he would stop and some one would unhook him and he would
head back to the woods. No one really had to be with him, as
he knew just what was expected of him, In later years Dad kind
of put old Dan on semiretirement. When they got a new horse
that didn't know how to skid logs, they put the new horse with
Old Dan, and he got him lined out. Towards the end of his years,
Dan got pretty bull headed. At the Stunner site, which will
come up later, they would use Dan when they were in a bind. Tf
guess he thought that it was time for him to retire, because
when he would get to the mill with his logs, he sometimes didn't
stop and instead took his logs.to the barn. Dad got Dan when -he
was just a young horse, and if I remember right, he had him for
around 27 years. He had him at the stunner mill site just
letting him run loose, as there was plenty of good pasture at
that site. Dan developed some pretty bad health problems, and
he died in the fali. 2 have trouble putting dates on things,
but am pretty sure that it was the fall of 1945. Dad said that
Dan died just like he did everything else, just right. He died
in the fall, so Dad didn't have to buy feed for him during the
winter. I am sure that if Dan would have made it thru the winter
Dad would have been glad to feed him. They were really old
friends.
As I think back thru the years, Dad had a lot of really good
logging horses. If they weren't good, they didn't last very
long in the woods. Dad liked his old logging horses, and as
I think back, I don't remember any of them being mistreated.
That just wasn't Dad's way with his horses.
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PART FIVE - continued
Along with the horses came some pretty serious problems with
Mice because of the grain they fed the horses. One.of Dad'ssolutions
to this was to keep some cats around. That was fine, but the
cats became pretty wild, some of them were wild to begin with.
I can still see Dad trying to gather up his cats when it came
time to move to another site. He would get a burlap sack and
start catching his cats, and putting them in the sack. Some-
times he took quite a beating, but as far as I can remember, he
always got the cats. That was a real sack full of trouble, when
he got all of the wild cats in the one sack.
Around 1930, Dad got a pup, which they named Laddie. He became
almost an institution, so will stop here and tell a few things
about him. :
To start with, when they cut logs, they brought them to the mill
and decked them up. When they had enough of them, they would
call for a Forest Ranger to come and scale them. In this case
of course the Ranger was Darley. When Laddie was just a pup,
Darley came out to scale logs. Laddie was standing barking at
Darley, and he threw his marking axe at the pup. From that day
on Laddie never liked Darley. In later years, you could hit the
end of a log with a hammer, and Laddie would get real upset,
‘because he thought Darley was there. Darley tried to make up to
Laddie, but as I will tell later, he never had much success.
Laddie would fight just about anything, and in later years, his
ears were pretty much chewed off from fighting, alot of his
ears were probably lost fighting coyotes. He would always fight
them, but doubt if he ever won. I remember one time he was
out in the woods with the loggers, when he got tangled up with
a coyote. The men tried to stop him, but it was of no use. He
took on the coyote, and nearly got killed. He laid in the bunk
house for a long time before he came out of it. I can still
remember how bad he looked.
Laddie liked to ride with the trucks. He usually rode on the
load of lumber, but once in awhile he would ride inside the cab.
Sometimes he would either decide he didn't want to go, or would
get stuborn streak and refuse to get on, and get left behind.
A-lot of times he would walk down the road toward town, but
would get tired. He would go to the Tipton Ranch on Cat Creek,
and either wait for a truck to come by, or stay all night and
go on to town the next day. Laddie was always friendly to most
people, but if he was with one of the trucks, and it broke down
and he was left with it, you better not try and get near it,
because that became his mission in life, to protect that truck.
Once I remember hearing about Laddie being left with a truck,
and he didn't have any food. They didn't get back to the truck
for a couple of days, and he started to head for the mill. Just
as he was heading dowm the road, he saw someone coming and he
van back to the truck, Just becatise he was hungry didn't mean
anyone was going to mess with the truck. It turned out it was
the men after the truck.
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PART FIVE - continued
Laddie had a great dislike for pack rats. He would make short
work out of them. Dad went to one of the mills that was near
Jasper. He had Laddie with him, and they were staying in one
of the cabins at the mill. During the night a pack rat began
to run around the cabin. Laddie kept trying to get it but he
wasn't having any luck. Dad got up and lit the lantern, and
thought that between the two of them they could get the rat.
Laddie would run him across the cabin, and he would run up the
door frame and across the top, and Laddie would miss him. This
went on several times, when Dad got the idea of putting a smali
mirror straight out above the door. They got the rat going
and sure enough, he ran up the door. This time though he met
another rat goingthe other way, himself of course, and he turned
loose and fell to the floor, and Laddie had him. Some years
later, after Laddie was gone, we were in a cabin with my dog,
when a pack rat started running around, and my dog got on the
bed with me instead of chasing the rat. Dad sure reminded me
of what a coward my dog was.
Laddie was real fond of candy, and he ate all he could get. I
remember at the mill on the cliff, he would sit on the hill in
front of the bunk house every Sunday afternoon, waiting for the
men to come back from town. He knew that they always brought
him a sack of candy. South of Monte along the gunbarrel, in
Lariat, was a little store owned by Jake Dehil. He said once
that he was going to break Laddie from eating candy. Charley
Johnson was driving one of the trucks, and he stopped at the
store, and they decided that they would give Laddie enough
candy to make him sick, and that would stop him wanting candy.
They fed him more that enough to make him sick, and when they’
gave up Laddie was sitting there wagging his tail wanting more.
They say now that dogs shouldn't have tablescraps, or candy or
any number of things, because it will kill them. Well they
didn't know Laddie. Table scraps was all dogs got in those
days, and Laddie ate enormous amounts of candy, and he lived
to be either 14 or 15.
As Laddie began to get a little older, his trips to town got
harder, and one of his trips, he was at the Tipton ranch when
Darley came along with the Govt. Pickup. He said that if Laddie
could have talked, he couldn't have maade it any plainer that
he wanted a ride to town. At last Darley was going to make up
with that dog. He opened the door on the right side and told
Laddie to get in, but nothing doing. He got in the back instead.
When Darley got to town, he stopped along the gunbarrel road
where we turned to go to our place, and Laddie got out and went
on home. He accepted a ride with Darley, but he still was not
his friend Darley used to tell about that years later. The dog
was just not going to be his buddie, but he would accept a ride.
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PART FIVE - continued
One of the things that I have never liked about stories and
movies about dogs, is that they always seem to have a sad end-
ing, and Laddie's story is no differant.
During the war years, Dad operated a sawmill as best he could
with the shortage of help. He was operating one near Pagosa
Springs, and Mother and I were there with him. I believe that
the year was 1944, but as I say I have a hard time putting a
date on things. We would always bring a load of lumber back
to Monte on the weekends, and Laddie would of course be with
us. Mother would usually fix a lunch and we would stop along
the way and eat. Laddie by this time of his life was getting
pretty stuborn, and would not always get on the load of lumber
like he was supposed to. When he would get one of his stuborn
streaks, you could drive down the road a half mile or so, and
‘Laddie was ready to ride then, One of these trips, we had
stopped on the east side of Wolf Creek Pass to eat, and of
course Laddie got off the truck to eat with us. When we got
ready to go, he got one of his stuborn spells, and when Dad
tried to put him on the truck, he tried to bite Dad. We got
in and drove down the road a short ways, assuming Laddie would
follow and be ready to get on like he always did. We stopped
and waited, but no Laddie. We tried to find him but found no
trace. We stopped on the way back, but never saw Laddie again.
tT am sure it bothered Dad a lot, and I never go by that spot,
without thinking about Laddie, and wondering what happened to
him, Kind of a bad ending to such a good friend,
On @ happier note, After the war, probably in 1947, I was hauling
bridge timbers to the water users assn. in Del Norte, and
Francis had a dog that liked to ride with the trucks. He went
with me once, and I stopped a ways below where Laddie was lost,
and without me noticing, the dog got off the load. When Tf got
to Del Norte was the first time I noticed him missing. On the
way back I stopped to look for him but did not find him. I
hated to tell Francis that I had lost his dog, but thought for
Sure we would never see the dog again. I hauled another load
the next day, and the same. thing. I stopped and looked , but
no dog. On the way back that afternoon, when I got closé to the
Spot, what do I see climbing out of the bushes, but the dog.
He heard the truck, and was waiting for me. I don't know who
was the most excited, the dog or me.
Francis hauled a lot of dry lumber thru Pagosa one fall, and his
dog would ride the loads of iumber. Some of the loads were
stacked pretty high. There was a steel bridge with the struc-
ture above it. The dog must have been pretty close to it,
because he went with me one time, and I had him in the cab, and
when he saw the bridge coming he ducked down on the Seat. Might
have had a close call sometime.
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PART FIVE - continued
As I stated before, I believe that Ralph had a small mill just
above the site on the cliff. I believe that it was a short
time after that, that he moved his mill above Del Norte, and
sawed for the County. The main mill must have been moved off
of that site possibly in 1936. As TI stated before, it was a
left hand mill, so can track it because of that. That mill
was at several locations, for short periods of time. One of
the locations was an area below the Terrace Res. known as Hot
Creek. %t sat right along the road, but I have not had any
luck in finding any evidence of the site. It looks as though
the road has been changed slightly, so that may have covered
the site. I do not believe that the mill was there for very
long. That same mill was also on the home place in Monte for
a short time. I remember that clearly, because of a couple of
reasons. It was located at the lower end of the pasture, and the
road getting there was pretty wet and soft. They dumped old car
bodies along it and covered them up later. Tf theught that was
the greatest place in the world to play. I also remember that
the mill had two engines for power.(it had the same power on
the cliff) There was also a car parked at the mill. I believe
that it was an Auburn, but can't be sure. I don't remember if
it had an engine in it or not. I don't believe that the mill
was in town very long.
While the mill was in town, they of course had to haul the logs
to it. On one of the trips, while coming along Cat Creek, they
crossed a wash, and got stuck. There were two men with the
truck, and they decided to get in the cab until the rain let
up. One of them looked up the wash and said, Get out of the
truck. The other one said, no its raining out there. ~He got
pushed out just before an 8' wall of water hit the truck.
They were pulling a trailer, and that is the only thing that
stopped the truck from being washed away. It turned the truck
crossways to the rogd, and filled the cab and everything else
full of sand. One of’ the men I believe was Charley Johnson,
but cannot remember who the other one was. I am not sure where
they were hauling logs from, but believe some of them came
from the Worl ranch above what is now the Alamosa Campground,
Ralph later had his mill on this property. Haven't put an
exact date on it but it must have been 1937. Ralph had gotten
married in 1936, and Phyllis was born in March 1937. Francis
says he remembers being at the mill, and Phyllis was just a
baby
The property the timber was coming from was owned by a man by
the name of Tarrent. Dad had a signed contract with him, but
there was a dispute, and they wound up in court. Don't have
any idea what the problem was. Dad always said that he had
always done business with a hand shake, and the first time he
had a written contract, he had a problem.
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The top picture is me behind Francis's horse Frank. As far as
I know, Frank only had one eye. The first building was the bunk
To the left is one of the
house and behind that was the mill.
log carts. The horse in the left of the picture, I believe is
old Dan.
The lower picture is the only one that I have found of Laddie.
I remember this picture, because I was told to get a biscuit and
and was told I was to
hold up. I let Laddie have the first one,
cture was taken. The stone building
hold it up until after the pi
in the background was Dad's attempt at a dry kiln for lumber.
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The top picture is of the mill crew at the cliff site about the
time mill was close to finishing up. 1-George Auton 2-Alvie
McKenzie 3-I am not sure, but could be Archie McKenzie 4-Shorty
Mead 5-Loyd Whitledge 6-Bill Goodge(Shorty Mead's son in law)
7_-Prancis 8-Dad 9-Ramon Salazar 10-I always had to be in the
picture.
Lower is a view looking at the mill site from above in +995
The stones in the left side of the picture are about at the
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The top picture shows a section of the main log road above the
mill on the cliff. This picture was taken in 1995 and is just
below where I believe that Ralph had a small mill.
The lower picture is taken just above where the top one was
taken and is where Ralph probably had his mill. Behind the
rock among the trees is the remains of a Vee plow. This one
was probably used to grade the road and not for removing snow.
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along the north side of the Reservoir.
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with logs was flooded. The picture looks up the dry creek
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Picture above was taken in 1995, and shows the
location of Ralph's mill in the mid 1930s. Nature
has taken care of the area. The only remains that
could be seen were a smali amount of sawdust and a
few scattered oil cans, an@ they were about to
disappear. The road that went into the location
is barely visable if you know where to look.
(See map # 1)

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PART FIVE - cOntinued
After Ralph was married in 1936, I remember them staying with
the folks, but do not believe that they stayed there very much.
As t stated before Ralph was running a small mill at various
locations, and as far as I know Mary was with him.
In June Of 1938, Ralph bought a half interest in Dad's lumber
yard. Ralph had built a house just on the east side of the
folk's place, but do not remember just when it was built. It
set just east of where the yard fence of the folk's place is.
They lived there until they built a new house on the west side
of Harris's place. The new house was built by Sewebl Const.
It must have been built pretty well, as it is still there after
nearly 60 years. The first house was used by Charley Johnson,
and later by Nellie Ford. She was bookeeper at the yard for
some time. She was somewhat crippled, and had to wear braces
on her legs. She was a fine person. Don't remember if anyone
else lived in the house or not. The house was later moved to
the Sunnyside area, where it was used for a church. The house
may still be there, although I am sure that the looks have
been changed by now.
I remember while Johnsons were living in the house, someone, had
tatkedthem and the folks into trying a refrigerator, ° Charley
Johnson was guite a charactor, and I remember asking him how’ he
liked the refg., and he said he really liked it. He said that
he could put his shoes in it at night and the next morning they
were just right to put on. I can't remember if either them or
thefolks kept the refg. or not.
As the mills were going pretty well, they still hada problem
with trucks. The Chevrolets were doing pretty good, but Dad
had been watching the trucks picking up lumber for Summitville
and they just seemed to be a better truck. They were using
mostly Whites, and Dad decided that maybe they ought to try one.
I think both him and Francis went to Denver with the idea that
they would buy a White truck. A good salesman got to talking
to them and he showed them a used International and convinced
Dad that it was every bit as good as a White, and they could
get a better deal on it. Dad bought it and it sure wasn't what
he had wanted. It caused no end of problems. Charley Johnson
drove it most of the time, and he said it took a special man
to drive that truck. I don't remember when they got rid of it,
but it was around for a long time. As I remember it was a tough
truck, but was a test of ones nerves.
I remember once the old truck was parked at the mill Ralph had
on the Worl ranch, and evidently it wasn't left in gear, and
it rolled backwards over the bank and on to the Forest Service
road below. There it set, on the tail end with its front end
up. It was pretty much standing on end resting against the
bank, Didn't hurt it much if any, as I remember it. Like I
say it was a tough truck.
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PART FIVE - continued
As I stated before, Ralph had a mill above Del Norte cutting for
Rio Grande Co. Francis moved the left hand mill there also, and
as near as I can put things together, it must have been in 1936,
probably in the fall or at least late summer. Francis says that
he was only 19 when Dad sent him up there to operate the mill.
I remember that he bought a new Plymouth car, and I believe that
it was a 1937. Just when he bought it, I do: not know for sure.
The mill had a Cadilac engine powering it, and in the winter it
could be a problem getting it started. It had primer cups on
each cylinder, and one of the ways to get it started was to put
liquid ether in each cup. Another way was to build a fire under
the oil pan and heat the oil. I remember him telling about one
morning they had put ether in the cups and went off to do some-
thing else Someone else decided that they needed to build a
fire under it, not knowing about the ether that was already in
it. Francis said that it blew everything that was loose off,
and they never did find the oil filler cap. Didn't hurt the
engine, after they gathered up the loose pieces. I find records
of mill income from the Co. as late as mid 1938, so the mill
may have been there until that time.
During this period of time, Dad also had put a mill near Jasper.
It was located in the Burnt Creek area, but have not been able
to find any evidence of it. The area has been developed quite
a bit in late years, and the roadf have been changed, so is very
hard to locate things from the past. Note, this mill was talked
about in the part about Laddie and the pack rat.
In 1938, Dad bought his first ever new car. He bought a new
1938 Chevrolet, what else would he buy. That car served him i
well for a good number of years. During that time, Chev. had
two option$for front ends in their cars. One was the plain old
straight axle, that had been around for years, and the other
was their new invention called Knee Action..It was supposed to
be the latest and greatest thing ever to be put on a car. As
luck would have it, Dad bought the Knee Action. It didn't prove
to be the greatest thing ever invented, but Dad got along with
-it as well as he could.
In June of 1938, Dad entered into an agreement to purchase 160
acres of land between the old town of Stunner & Platora. It
is located in the SE 1/4 of Sec. 17, Township 36, Range 4 E.
in Conejos: County. He agreed to pay $5000.00 with $1000.00
down within 60 days. He was to have acess to the property as
soon as the contract was executed. The land was purchased
from Ida Johnson. Her late husband had received a Patent on
the land in 1904. He had other holdings in the area, including
the Johnson Townsite above Jasper. This Townsite remained in
the Johnson family until just recently. I believe that it was
sold in either 1993 or 1994. The last I knew, it belonged to
a couple from Washington State.
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The above invoice is for repairs on a Chev truck. Most of it
is for front end work. Also for tightening the engine in the
frame. Both of these items were a common problem with Chev.
trucks in those days. :
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RECEIPT FOR oALES TAX OW MOTOR VERICLE
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of Sales Tax on the sale
of Motor Vehicle described below: .
Description of motor Vehicle:
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Make of car----Ghevrolet : Name of Purchaser---ouis_Reckhaus__
Type---Sport Sedan oe Residence----- Monte Vista, Golo.
Nodel------2 Deluxe ng none nn enn nee ences
Year--~----~ A996 ne Sale Price $-928e80_.---_--._---------
fotor No,---ASBSSTT-_------------ * amount of Tax $-18,73------------+----
Serial No.--SHAIA=8617 ____ ye Yonte Chevrolet Company.____.
used car, former owner: ( Name of Dealer }
Name ———-~ eno noma n nnn nn nnn nnn ( Location)
RQS , ~- annem momen nnn s Date---PSDs 22s lee eee eee een 19-RA_..
Above is the sales tax receipt for the 1938 Chev car that pad
bought new. It would be the fi
eves buy irst of only two that he would
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