Local notes from Rocky Ford and Ordway area
A roundup of small items: C P Guiou of American Beet Sugar Co. takes a vacation at Grand Island and E J Glessner fills in. Wiley Buchanan of the Denver Republican tours Rocky Ford country. D W Burrell buys 160 more acres near Ordway, totaling 320, to fuel a seed farm. Rocky Ford Canning Co. seeks 1903 tomato contracts at 10 per ton. W G Steele coordinates. Various classifieds include a Belgian shot gun exchange, coffee sale, furnished rental wanted, a 10 year old horse for sale, and free-delivery system preparations for June 1 with carriers named. Reports on postal changes, appointment of carriers, and state equalization board actions. Kreider moves to City Drug Store and a Rushmer branch in Pueblo is planned. Burrell donates bluegrass seed for park planting. Ordway New Era.
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Rocky Ford Canning Co
W. GC. Steele
Sec
Garden supplies and chores plus local sales notices
Advertisements offer Sugar Beet Seed Seed Corn and garden goods at D W Burrells plus canning items at Houx-Brown Grocery Co. A competent girl for general housework is sought. For sale a 5x7 camera with outfit priced at 25 dollars. Man and wife wanted on small ranch German preferred. Enquire at Enterprise office.
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Enterprise Office
Enterprise
Marital Reverie for Miss Jane Cheney and Samuel Mathews
A society wedding in Rocky Ford united Miss Jane Cheney and Samuel Mathews with a large guest list. The affair featured pink and white decor, a crepe de chine gown, a silver ring bearer, and a bouquet toss. After a reception at Mrs. Alma Cheney's home, gifts ranged from cut glass to bric a brac, and guests lingered into a celebratory send off.
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Jane Cheney
Alma Cheney
Samuel Mathews
Cheney
Jessie Harter
Wilma Godding
Alice Alexander
Naomi Davenport
Davenport
Samuel Matthews
Fruit Commission
Miss Leffingwell
Mr. DeWitt Young
Chas. Cheney
Carrie Maxwell
Miss Lefiggwell
Ruth McDonald
Fowler
Miss Stevens
Pueblo
Sabin
la Junta
Ole Maxwell
Las Animas
J. C. Funderburg
Samuel Hamm
Prowers
Alice P. Frantz
Rocky Ford
Therm
Ditch plan pits Colorado Fuel against Arkansas River water rights
Canon City May 9 reports claims that Colorado Fuel and Iron plans a fifty foot bottom ditch from the Royal Gorge to Bessemer, diverting Arkansas River water for a steel plant. The project, costing about 850000 dollars and sixty miles long, would flood out irrigators and rely on northern tributaries, with Boone Ditch priority rights cited.
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Canon City
Colo
Bessemer
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Arkansas River
Royal Gorge
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
C. F. &. I. Company
Boone Ditch
Boone
Booneville
Pueblo
Denver Post
Early Rocky Ford History and town growth details
A Rocky Ford history feature records the town’s early development from 1877 when Santa Fe trains arrived, Swink’s stores and the adobe building, to the 1887 boom led by the Rocky Ford Town and Investment Company. It notes lots verkaufen, a sugar factory era, and key buildings including the State Bank, Hendricks Bros., and the St. James Hotel. Also covered are a liquor prohibition clause bid, Woman's Club officers, and Judge Wallis’s Pueblo visit.
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Rocky Ford
G. W. Swink
Santa Fe
Lyon & Coggins
Rocky Ford Town and Investment Company
State Bank
Hendricks Bros
F. H. Hilfiker
St. James
Swink & Daennes
Seeley
J.S. Seeley
de Seeley
Mr. Swink
Mr. Seeley
Seeley Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. B. Tutele
The
Austin Institute of Dermatolog
Quincy Building
Denver, Col
C. P. Guiou
American Beet Sugar Co
Grand Island, Neb
E. J. Glessner
Wiley Buchanan
Denver Republican
Rocky Ford Country
D. W. Burrell
Boymer Land & Investment Company
Ordway
Mr. Burrell
C. R. Douglass
Wolfe's
Lee R. Fenlason
Jersey
Wakefield
Winningstadt
Excelsior
Excelsior Farm
All Purpose Horse
Brown
Call
C.D. McGoy
P. O. Box
Young
Geo. F. Wiest
Geo. W. Edwards
Leroy E. Love
State Board of Equalization
Gov
Peabody
Kreider
Jewler
Rushmer
Church News
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
German Baptist Brethren
G. E. Studebaker
G. Nevinger
J. C. Funderburgh
J. M.elliott
Emma Fisher
Christian Science
Lafayette School House
A. E. Welch
Kreider the
Woman's Exchange
Boulder Sanitarium
Whipper
Burrell
Kimzey
R. W
English Lumber Co
Rocky Ford Steam Laundry
Houx-Brown Grocery Co
Dukes
D. W. Burrell’s
Saratoga
Kimzey Grocery Co
C. F. Abel & Co's
Abbott
Glenna
H. GC. Wiley
Mrs. Wiley
C. F. Evans
C. D. Abbott
Littleton
Abbot
McMillan
Wiley
Dean
Joe Israel
New Mexico
Meyer
Justice Washburn
Lloyd Kern
Clara Bowman
Kansas City
Glenna Abbott
H. K. Wiley
Gertrude Kellogg
Stringtown On the Pike
Clara Wiest
Miss Thomas
S. H. Masters
Chicago
Rocky Ford Masons
Messrs
Smith
Howett
Miller
Becker
Maxwell
Curran
Gobin
Barkley
Edna Drummond
Jennie Adams
Belvidier
Ill
R. S. Beymer
Carroll
Lottie Beymer
W. H. Stevens
Portland
Ind
J. F. McKelvey
Stevens
McKelvey
H. A. Steadman
the Commercial College
J. F. McKelvy
Cora Stevents
Pacific Slope
W. H. Young Jr
Bob Young
Union Depot
Erwin O. Blair
Trinidad Chronicle-News
D. W. Barkley
J. B. Hunt
California
R. W. English
Denver
Rocky Ford House
Wm Harrison
Duluth
A.C. Sloan
Sloan
E.R. Cook
Kansas
Usal
H. J. Maxwell
Walter Kimzey
Lewis Ks
J. E. Weaver
Weaver & Bond
E. J. Wilcox
Leadville
Prison City
Weist
Barcroft
Round Table Club
Miss Barcroft
Clara McPherson
Wardner Williams
J. N. Beaty
Manzanola
Miss Peck
F.G. Thede
Texas
Hlomer Wimzey
New England Furniture Co
Minneapolis
Kinizey Grocery Co
the Kimzey Grocery CO
P. C
Patent Colt
Peters Shoe Co
Miche-Partner Shoe Co
Joe Repair Shop
Connection
Arkansas
Rockyford
Holbrook Bros
Board of Trade
Alta Vista House
Chamberlain
Soi
Woman's Club
Jennie Irvine
C.F. Evans
M. A. Randel
Warren Mayo
W. E. Fenton
J. E. Godding
J. M. McBride
W. N. Randall
A. B. Wallis
L. B Gibson
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