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Easter Valley clash over fifty colonists sparks frontier feud
Will Beeson, longtime helper at Box P ranch in Easter Valley, confronts Mathers and Romig seeking to settle fifty families on valley land. Beeson warns of armed resistance, recalls Joe Pardee’s iron rule and Turner’s grudges as tensions mount between ranchers and incoming colonists.
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Will Beeson
Box P Ranch
Easter Valley
Frontier Collorado
Joe
Sarah Pardee
Will
Pardees
Sarah
Joe Pardee
Gene Dillingham
al Beam
Pardee
Beam
Dillinghan
Beeson
Kathy Morgan
Sarah Beeson
John Mathers
al Romig
Box P
Mathers
Romig
Merle Turner
Turner
Dillingham
Dodson
Irv
Costello
Skull Outfit
Merle
Carlton
Kathy
Faster Valley
Alton
Sangre de Cristo Range
San Luis Valley
Easter Creek
King Ranch
Curly King
Alton’s