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Robert S. Littrell, MD Courtesy Photo

Robert S. Littrell, MD Courtesy Photo

The Littrell Family - Part 3 of 3

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Dr. Robert Sebastian Littrell Robert Sebastian was born near Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri on November 18, 1848. He was the seventh child of Robert and Matilda Littrell. His father studied medicine, but never practiced. Robert grew up on the family farms and excelled at school.

Some Facts About New Year’s Day and Eve

Press Release
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
What does “Auld Lang Syne” mean, and why do we sing the song at midnight on New Year’s Eve? “Auld Lang Syne,” the title of a Scottish folk song that many English speakers sing at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, roughly translates to “days gone by.
The Reverend Joseph Calvin Littrel was born in Missouri in 1835. He served in the Civil War for the Confederacy even though his father and two brothers were loyal to the Union. Courtesy Photo

The Reverend Joseph Calvin Littrel was born in Missouri in 1835. He served in the Civil War for the Confederacy even though his father and two brothers were loyal to the Union. Courtesy Photo

The Littrell Family - Part 1 of 3

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Four of the nine children of Robert and Matilda Reed Littrell contributed to the development of Southern Colorado. Reverend Joseph Calvin Littrell served as a Presbyterian minister in Walsenburg and Colorado Springs.
George Walter Gallemore owned an impressive Percheron stallion that he took around to neighboring ranches to service the work horse mares. Courtesy Phot

George Walter Gallemore owned an impressive Percheron stallion that he took around to neighboring ranches to service the work horse mares. Courtesy Phot

The Gallemore Family - Part 5 of 5

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
George Franklin ‘Frank’ Gallemore FrGeorge Franklin ‘Frank’ Gallemore Word of the shooting of Frank was carried by Gallemore’s son to Crow.
The Gallimore and Beckwith families ran cattle in the same vicinity and had an off and on feud/friendship relationship. Jim Beckwith shot Frank Gallimore during a fued over Beckwith driving away cattle that included one of Gallemore’s bulls. Courtesy Photo

The Gallimore and Beckwith families ran cattle in the same vicinity and had an off and on feud/friendship relationship. Jim Beckwith shot Frank Gallimore during a fued over Beckwith driving away cattle that included one of Gallemore’s bulls. Courtesy Photo

The Gallemore Family - Part 4 of 5

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Water for the stock and for washing had to be hauled in barrels from the Greenhorn. One time Clair and Nell had driven to the creek crossing to fill the water barrels and there they met a neighbor, Jim Beckwith. He was driving cattle, but waited there so as not to roil the water for the children.
This closeup of the headstone for John Gallemore is clearly marked “Murdered” as his death resulted from injuries sustained during an argument with Charles R. Keele. Courtesy Photo

This closeup of the headstone for John Gallemore is clearly marked “Murdered” as his death resulted from injuries sustained during an argument with Charles R. Keele. Courtesy Photo

The Gallemore Family - Part 3 of 5

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
John Monroe Gallemore An indictment for Charlie An indictment for Charlie was issued based on the John Gallemore murder verdict. However, the last recorded sighting of Charles Robert Keele was “in town on Friday last, (April 28th) when he purchased some ammunition”.
John and Frank Gallemore ran cattle next to the Keele family’s homestead and the two families argued repeatedly over disputed land. During one of these quarrels Charles Robert “Charlie” Keele pulled his 44 caliber Colt revolver and beat Gallemore over the head with it. The beating resulted in severe wounds that later developed erysipelas, resulting in John’s death. Courtesy Photo

John and Frank Gallemore ran cattle next to the Keele family’s homestead and the two families argued repeatedly over disputed land. During one of these quarrels Charles Robert “Charlie” Keele pulled his 44 caliber Colt revolver and beat Gallemore over the head with it. The beating resulted in severe wounds that later developed erysipelas, resulting in John’s death. Courtesy Photo

The Gallemore Family - Part 2 of 5

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
John Monroe Gallemore John was the youngest son of George and Nancy Medlin Gallemore and was only four-years-old when his father died in 1848. He traveled with his family to Colorado, lived with his mother at her homestead in Weld County and then in the Greenhorn Valley. He never married.
A Stamp Mill was a crushing machine powered by water or steam. Iron stamp heads or shoes are dropped on pieces of ore which rest on iron dies. The finely crushed ore proceeds to the next stage of processing. Courtesy Photo

A Stamp Mill was a crushing machine powered by water or steam. Iron stamp heads or shoes are dropped on pieces of ore which rest on iron dies. The finely crushed ore proceeds to the next stage of processing. Courtesy Photo

The Gallemore Family - Part 1 of 5

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Like many of the families in the Greenhorn Valley, the Gallemore family originated in North Carolina. They settled in Illinois, where many of the children married, before coming further west to Colorado.

The Bragg Family - Part 4 of 4

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
The Children of Nathan V. and Virginia Allen Bragg Charles ‘Charlie’ Bragg The youngest son of Nathan V. and Virginia Allen Bragg moved to Custer County as a three-year-old child with his family and spent his entire life there.
Nathan V. Bragg was born in 1841 and became a corporal in the Frontier Regiment in Young County, Texas. Courtesy Photo

Nathan V. Bragg was born in 1841 and became a corporal in the Frontier Regiment in Young County, Texas. Courtesy Photo

The Bragg Family - Part 3 of 4

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Thursday, November 4, 2021
George A. and Mary Myers Bragg’s Children Nathan V. Bragg Nathan Bragg was born on the Texas Frontier in 1841. Like his older brother, he was a corporal in the Frontier Regiment in Young County, Texas. In 1860, he married his brother’s wife’s sister, Virginia E. Allen.
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