Ulin Brothers (Gustavus, August & Charles) 1905 Bio, Eagle County, Colorado
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Donated April 2001
Transcribed by Judy Crook <jlcrook@rof.net> from the book:
Progressive Men of Western Colorado 
Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill.

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Ulin Brothers

     These three enterprising and prosperous ranchmen and cattle-
growers and excellent citizens, Gustavus, August and Charles Ulin, are 
natives of Sweden, the first born on April 16, 1863, the second on 
August 10, 1865, and the third on October 2, 1867, and son of Nels and 
Mary (Magnisdotter) Ulin, also natives of Sweden, where the father died 
on August 5, 1890, and the mother and the rest of the family are still 
living.  The father was during his manhood foreman in extensive iron 
mines and prospered in his occupation by steady industry and attention 
to duty.  He was a member of the Lutheran church, to which also his 
widow belongs.  Seven of the children born to them are living, Nels, 
Victor, Ole, Louise, and the three who are the subjects of this 
article.  These three sons were all educated in the common schools of 
their native land except Charles, who had also a course in the high 
school.  They worked in the interest of their parents until they became 
men, and then severally came to the United States, Gustavus arriving in 
Colorado in 1885, Charles in 1888, and August in 1890.  Gustavus was 
one of the earliest settlers in the Gypsum valley.  He came to this 
country on borrowed capital, and after his arrival worked on ranches 
for wages, saving his money until he paid off the loan and had enough 
to buy a ranch, which he did in 1890.  He improved this ranch and lived 
on it until 1901, then sold it.  It is located one mile east of Gypsum 
in a fertile and well-favored region, and he turned it over to its 
purchaser in good condition as to tillage and with good buildings and 
other necessary improvements sufficient for present purposes.  The 
three brothers than together bought the ranch which they now occupy and 
on which they have since expended their energies to such good purpose 
that it is one of the best of its size, one hundred and sixty acres, in 
Eagle county.  Cattle are raised on it extensively, and good crops of 
hay and grain are produced.  Nearly the whole acreage is under 
cultivation, the dwelling, barn, sheds and corrals, with fences and 
other improvements, are such in number, extent and quality as to meet 
the requirements of the situation and to indicate the native thrift, 
taste and enterprise of its occupants.  The water supply is from 
independent ditches and furnishes enough for the needs of the place at 
present, and there is a means and source of increasing it as occasion 
may demand.  The brothers do the greater part of their work, and find 
in the new home which they have built up in the wilderness of the 
western world congenial and profitable employment, opportunity for 
advancement, freedom from restraint in thought, speech and action, and 
beneficial civil institutions, that have fully justified the 
expectations and hopes which brought them hither.  They have been 
warmly welcomed in the region as aids in development, and have so 
conducted their business and their private lives as to win the 
commendation of their neighbors and fellow citizens generally, and add 
substantially to the civic, industrial and social forces of the county 
in which they have cast their lot.  They are all Republicans in 
political affairs, and Gustavus and August are Odd Fellows fraternally.  
When such emigrants as these smite the rock in our wilderness, it is no 
wonder that streams of living water gush forth in refreshing abundance-
-when such as they command it, the opposing forces of nature are bound 
to yield a prompt and generous obedience.

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