{"id":147,"date":"2014-01-16T22:51:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T05:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/BHS_Wordpress\/business-2\/"},"modified":"2019-07-31T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T19:28:57","slug":"business-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/de\/business-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Homesteading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"147\" class=\"elementor elementor-147\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b75eeaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b75eeaf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ea43b2\" data-id=\"5ea43b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ff9f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64ff9f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><em>Homesteaders Claimed the Arid Prairie<\/em><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a2e65f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a2e65f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e489546\" data-id=\"e489546\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3043925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3043925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/images\/IMG-Homestead-men.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90140e2\" data-id=\"90140e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b540d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b540d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div align=\"left\"><p>Der Homestead Act von 1862 brachte Ende der 1860er Jahre die erste Siedlerwelle ins Little Thompson Valley. James Eaglin zahlte $10, um 1866 ein Patent auf ein 160 Acre gro\u00dfes Geh\u00f6ft anzumelden, und war der erste, der \u201eseinen Anspruch bewies\u201c, indem er die erforderlichen f\u00fcnf Jahre blieb. Andere, die ihm folgten, gaben ihre Anspr\u00fcche schnell auf, aber als die 1880er Jahre sich dem Ende zuneigten, war das Tal voller Pionierfamilien, die aus der rauen Pr\u00e4rie produktive Farmen gemacht hatten.<\/p><p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/images\/IMG-Homestead-man.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p><\/div><p align=\"left\">Lewis Cross, der 1860 in das Colorado-Territorium kam, wurde zum Vater der Gemeinde, als er 1873 an den Ufern des Little Thompson River eines der ersten Geh\u00f6fte absteckte. Auf der anderen Seite des Bachs, gegen\u00fcber seinem Geh\u00f6ft, baute Cross eine kleine Blockh\u00fctte, die als erste Schule und Kirche der Gemeinde diente und den Grundstein f\u00fcr eine winzige Siedlung legte, die zum Verschiffungspunkt f\u00fcr den Weizen der Bauern wurde.<\/p><p align=\"left\">Als die Eisenbahnbeh\u00f6rden forderten, die Siedlung auf dem Cross-Anwesen vom Flussbett auf h\u00f6her gelegenes Gel\u00e4nde zu verlegen, wurde die kleine Stadt ein kurzes St\u00fcck Richtung Norden an den Standort eines neuen St\u00e4dtchens verlegt, das auf dem Gel\u00e4nde von Peter Turner angelegt wurde.<\/p><p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/images\/IMG-Homestead-family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p><p align=\"left\"><br \/>Zu den anderen fr\u00fchen Siedlern des Little Thompson Valley geh\u00f6rten Patrick Burnside, Carey Culver, WR Blore, Charles Meining, Stephen Preffer, SS Osborn, Simon Bennett, Davis Baxter, CV Stryker, James Bradley, Chalmon Wray, CR Skinner, William Flora, Mary Cole, CC Clark, Abner Sanderson, WH McCormick, Andy Fairbairn, HK Hankins, AA Knott, JH Welty, Fred Bein, OJ Smith, Phebe Knapp, CFW Beeler, James Taylor und George Wilson.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homesteaders Claimed the Arid Prairie The Homestead Act of 1862 brought the first wave of settlers to the Little Thompson Valley in the late 1860s. 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