History

Apache City Mail boxes Courtesy Photo

Apache - Part IV

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Apache - Part IV Prohibition brought law enforcement officers into the Apache Valley. Irwin Thacker remembers, “The federal men were around a lot, looking for stills in the area. My father made homemade beer, but they were looking for moonshine, or ‘White Lightning,’ as we called it.

Apache Post Office remains Photo Courtesy of Neppie Williams

Apache - Part III of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Old Apache - 1878 - 1882 The first post office called Apache opened on May 31, 1878. A small, substantial building, it had port-type “holes used to shoot Indians through”. This Apache was an agricultural community.

Stage Line Receipt Courtesy Photo

Apache - Part II of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Early Huerfano County The Territory of Colorado was established in 1861. Huerfano County boundaries were based on the Vigil St. Vrain Mexican land grant encompassing the entire Huerfano River watershed and much of what is now southern Pueblo County. Vigil St.

Louisa Sandoval Beckwith Brown Courtesy Photo

Apache - Part I of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

The area referred to Apache has long been linked by families, community and schools with the Rye area and what is now Colorado City. Apache Not one community, Apache is more of a district about 40 miles south of Pueblo along the Pueblo/Huerfano county line.

Fred and Pam Thacker - 1987 Reunion Courtesy Photo

The Thacker Family - Part IV of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Irvin Earl Thacker (continued) Irvin kept the land at Apache, but the family moved into Rye on what is now Maple Drive. It was easier for the children to get to school, but harder for Irvin to keep the ranch on ‘the flats’ going. Madelyne worked at the State Hospital with Ada Clark.

Irwin and Madelyne May Thacker - 1987 Reunion Courtesy Photo

The Thacker Family - Part III of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Irvin Earl Thacker Irvin was born in Pueblo in 1923, the second son of Edgar and Stella Meyer Thacker. He attended the Apache School and graduated from Rye High School in 1940. He married Madelyne Louise May in 1944. She grew up on Table Mountain and had graduated from Rye High School in 1943.

Thacker family property Courtesy Photo

The Thacker Family - Part II of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Edgar Franklin Thacker Edgar Franklin married Stella Emma Meyer in 1917. She was two years older than Edgar and was born in Chicago. The newlyweds lived in Seminary, Illinois where Edgar worked for his father. Sometime in late 1920 or early 1921, Edgar and Stella joined his brothers in Colorado.

George Albert Thacker with grandchildren Courtesy Photo

The Thacker Family - Part I of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The first of the Thacker family arrived on the plains of Colorado from central Illinois in 1915. Thacker Road is named for this family. The George Albert Thacker Family George Albert Thacker married Melissa Catherine Wilkinson in 1880. George and Melissa were both born in 1858 in Illinois.

Eugene Weston - Part III of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

In the spring of 1865, Eugene Weston was appointed deputy county clerk and deputy clerk of the United States Court, Third Judicial District. The only records he found were papers jumbled together in a candle box.

Eugene Weston by JA Smith Courtesy Photo

Eugene Weston - Part II of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

In the fall of 1862, Eugene was elected constable of Pueblo County in the Colorado Territory. For almost two years he served with Sheriff John B.

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