Description: Homesteading Haxtun and the High Plains, Colorado, Brief History, Paperback Very little has been written about the real" northeastern plains of Colorado, the small communities that dot its open, sky-filled, mountainless landscape. Haxtun began as two separate homesteads, "proved up" by Alice Strohm and Kate (Fletcher) Edwards, who sold their land to the Lincoln Land Company in 1887, which led to the founding of the town. The area was generally viewed as useless land in those early days but was promoted as being full of opportunity--neglecting mention of a proclivity toward drought, hailstorms and blizzards and the gamble of the land. The High Plains survived, though. Its settlers, proving to be hardy and industrious, faced the challenges head on. Today, Haxtun and the surrounding communities of Fairfield, Dailey, Fleming and Paoli are filled with the descendants of those early settlers, people with a strong sense of community and pride in their little High Plains towns."
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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MPN: 9781609498436
Book Title: Homesteading Haxtun and the High Plains: : Northeastern Colorado History
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / General
Item Height: 0.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 8.6 Oz
Author: Jean Gray
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Brief History Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
