1858-1859 Pikes Peak Area Pioneers, El Paso County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/elpaso/history/pioneer1859.txt Newspaper clipping transcribed and donated by Marta Norton Dec 23, 2004 See the copyright notice at the end of this file. ================================================= [Headline] Pioneers Outfoxed Indians in Attempt at Trade (1858-1859) The Colorado Springs Gazette 8 March 1959 page BB 12 Hannah BASSETT, who came to the Pikes Peak Region with her husband, William, in 1859, was both ambitious and beautiful. Because she was ambitious, the family crossed the plains five times. Because she was beautiful, a band of Indians tried to trade a large number of horses to William BASSETT for her. BASSETT, who operated a sawmill at the pinery, now known as Black Forest, didn’t want to irritate the Indians who proposed trading horses for his wife, since members in the wagon train were greatly outnumbered, so men in the party decided on a ruse that was effective. Slipping away from the wagon train, several of the men made their way to a nearby creek, where they spotted their faces with berry juice. Returning to the conference being held over Hannah BASSETT, the men confronted the Indians, explaining they had smallpox. Frightened, the Indians broke up the conference and drifted away. William and Hannah BASSETT are among 160 persons listed at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum as having arrived in the Pikes Peak Region in 1858 and 1859. Among the early arrivals was Melancthon S. BEACH, who located Colorado City, built the first house there, was the first county recorder and represented El Paso County in the first territorial legislature. Others on the 1858-1859 list are: Adams, William A. - Claimed 160 acres on Fontaine qui Bouille about 7 miles below Colorado City. Archibald, A. W. Auchinvole, Charles J. Aux, George Baldwin, Amanda Melvina (Mrs. Elisha E.) Baldwin, Elisha Emery - Father of Mrs. Zopher Holden of Colorado Springs Banning, Laura (Mrs. Sylvester) Banning, Sylvester Barth, Andrew Bassett, Alden - Had a sawmill Bassett, William - Picture of him in the article Blake, Charles H. - Member Colorado City Town Company Blodgett, A. D. Blodgett, Martha (Mrs. A. D.) Blodgett, W. R. Bolin, B. H. - Claimed 160 acres 12 miles from Colorado City on "Cut Off" to Denver Road. Bollman, Edward Bott, Anthony - Came with a party from Kansas City in November 1858, and laid out a town which they called "Eldorado" on the site soon to be claimed at "Colorado City" Burghardt, H. J. Burghardt, M. D. Bute, George A. - Was with Anothy Bott in 1858 when the party laid out "Eldorado" Cable, R. E. - Credited with naming "Garden of the Gods" Cady, F. W. - Claimed 160 acres 15 miles from Colorado City on north fork of the Little Fountain Chesstnut, James D. - Claimed 160 acres in Squirrel Creek Pinery about 15 miles from Colorado City Chever, C. B. Chever, David A. - Member original Colorado City Town Company Clark, Henry S. - Appointed county commissioner by Governor Gilpin Cobb, Frank M. - Climbed Pikes Peak in 1858 Coby, Henry - Belonged to Company G, Colorado Cavalry and took park in Civil War and in the Battle at Sand Creek Comstock, Harris S. - Claimed 160 acres lying on the west side of Cheyenne Creek at its junction with Fontaine qui Bouille Cook, F. A. - Claimed 160 acres on Fontaine qui Bouille one half mile below Cheyenne Creek Cook, G. W. Corson, W. A. Cotten, James Madison Cotten, Oliver Martin - On grand jury in 1861, Justice of the Peace in 1862 and father of Frank Cotten Cotten, William - Great Uncle of Frank Cotten Cramer, Nathan Crowley, John DeLong, James - Claimed 160 acres on Fontaine qui Bouille 10 miles below Colorado City Devlin, Pat - Killed by "Jim" Laughlin in Colorado City Donovan, Joe B. Dugen, Seth - Claimed 160 acres where road leads to "Big Mountain Pinery" Enos, James - Claimed 160 acres being the first to claim north of and adjoining the claim of M. S. Beach on Camp Creek Eskins, Peter Phillip Fletcher, William Dudley Ford, Col. F. R. and his wife Henrietta Fosdick, H. M. (Colonel) - Platted original Colorado City town site and was the first to show that farming could be successful. He plowed up a few acres on the south side of Fountain Creek and planted all sorts of fruit and vegetables Foushee, John G. Fulerton, James - Claimed 160 acres on Fountaine qui Bouille at mouth of Bear Creek Ganit, G. Garvin, Dr. James Paul - Was the first physician of El Paso County. He built the cabin that was located "just above" the Templeton Block on Colorado Avenue, called by some uniformed people the "State Capital" Garvin, William Gilmore, Charles - Led a party of about 12 men from a place near Denver and laid out "El Dorado City" in 1859 Girton, Sarah (Mrs. Thompson) Girton, Thompson Gleason, A. H. Goldberg, Gumpert - Claimed 160 acres on Fontaine qui Bouille about 9 miles below Colorado City Graves, W. H. Gregory, John Hall, George B. Hall, H. I. Hall, O. C. Harman, Lewis Hayden, Lewis - Claimed 160 acres near Colorado Avenue; grandfather of Zopher Holden of Colorado Springs Higgens, Thomas J. - Higgens and Cobb and a Mr. Baker, known as "Hog" Baker, were among the first business men in Colorado City Hinman, "Hersey" Holden, Daniel M. - Father of Zopher Holden of Colorado Springs Holliday, Duncan Holmes, James A. and his wife - Climbed Pikes Peak in 1858. It is thought that she is the first woman to have made the trip Holmes, William Humbert, Prosper - Claimed 160 acres on the Little Fountain Husted, Calvin R. - Had a ranch at what is now called Husted, parted of Air Force Academy site. Irion, John W. - A government surveyor Long, Isaiah K. - Claimed 160 acres on Fountain qui Bouille one mile below its (can’t read) on with Monument Love, Arthur B. Love, James Love, William A. - Platted Love and Quimby addition to Colorado City; the site occupied by Philadelphia and Colorado Smelting McAlroy, E. P. McCarty, Michael - Member of Colorado City Town Company McCloud, Alexander - Claimed 160 acres in "Big Valley" McClure, W. P. - Member Colorado City Town Company. He fought a duel with Richard Whitsitt in Denver and was severely wounded, but recovered. McCrea, Reuben McDonald, Angus R. McMahan, John - Claimed 160 acres on south side of Fontaine qui Bouille Macomber, Major W. H. - Belonged to "Old Time Cowboys" Middleton, Robert and his wife Miller, Frank Miller, John D. Miller, Paul Moore, James A. and Minerva, his wife with T.A. Jones, G. Chapman and M. D. Burghardt, he claimed 160 acres in the "Squirrel Creek Pinery" Moore, William B. Morrow, Robert - Grandfather of Robert Morrow of Colorado Springs Murphy, Patrick - Lived near Monument and used to walk to Denver carrying butter and eggs. Lived to be 103 years old Murphy, William - Claimed 160 acres on the Monument Myers, Ira - Claimed 160 acres on Camp Creek Oaks, Joseph - Homesteaded on Kiowa Creek Ohlinger, Jacob Owens, Thomas Parkinson, John T. - Member original Colorado City Town Co Parr, Joseph - Claimed 160 acres about 1 mile below junction of Fontaine qui Bouille and Cheyenne Creek, being on road that leads to "South Pinery" Persall, Charles W. - Helped M. S. Beach build the first house at 28th and Colorado Ave. Price, C. W. Price, John J. Putnam, George W. - Member Colorado City Town Co Richardson, Albert D. - Was connected with New York Tribune and was an active member of this community; had a claim on Monument Creek and was a member of Colorado City Town Co Reed, Asa Harden Roberts, David Rowley, I. H. Shepherd, I. T. - Claimed 160 acres on Monument Creek Simpson, Daniel Simpson, Hiram Simpson, Jim Simpson, Lorenzo Dow Skerritt, Joseph - Chestnut, Skerritt, McDonald and Smith claimed 640 acres in Squirrel Creek Pinery, 15 miles from Colorado City Smith, Joseph Smith, Julian - One of the founders of "El Dorado City"; also member of Colorado City Town Co Smith, Samuel Smith, W. A. Spielman, Clementina Girto (Mrs. David) Spielman, David Steele, Robert W. Stout, E. P. - Member Colorado City Town Co Tallman, John M. Tappen, George H. - Member of Tappan and Company, owners of a general store in Colorado City; built a concrete residence near Colorado City Tappan, John G. - Member of Tappan and Company Tappan, Lewis N. - Was one of the surveyors with M. S. Beach, who laid out the town site of Colorado City Tappan, Samuel - Friendly toward the Indians, member of First Colorado Regiment, come from Massachusetts Tappan, William - Owned what is now 720 S. 8th St. Templeton, Andrew J. - Templeton Gap is named for him Thompson, John - Claimed 160 acres 20 miles from Colorado City southward on Fontaine qui Bouille Tucker - "There was at the time a man named Tucker, and two others, encamped on the Fountain a little distance above the new town site" (Eldorado City) Voorhees, August Wade, A. B. - Claimed 160 acres on a stream called Antelope Creek Waggoner, Seymour W. - A member from Colorado City of the First Colorado Battery on the Union side in the Civil War and served in Missouri Wanless, John W. Warren, T. H. West, Robert S. - Claimed 160 acres in the "Big Valley" and in 1862 was constable Whitsitt, Richard E. - Fought a duel with pistols with W. P. McClure in Denver Wilking, Oscar - Claimed 160 acres "near H. D. L. Morse" Willis, Robert B. - Supervisor of District one of roads, Colorado City Winchester, L. J. - President of Colorado City Town Company Wineka, Otto - One of the four founders of Fountain City near Pueblo also had claim near Garden of the Gods Woodward, G. A. - Member of original Colorado City Town Co Wootten, Rickens L. - Had an early claim on the Soda Springs of Manitou Wright, Andrew C. - Road overseer in Colorado City Wyatt, N. G. ================================================================= All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives Project (http://www.usgwarchives.net/). 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