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Howell William Lizzie tombstone Courtesy Image

Howell William Lizzie tombstone Courtesy Image

Howell Family - Part II of II

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The William Howell Family William was born in 1834 and raised in Auraria, Georgia where his father, Andrew worked as a gold miner. He had two older and two younger brothers, and one younger sister.
Hardin Cemetery Remains Courtesy Image

Hardin Cemetery Remains Courtesy Image

Howell Family -

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Part I of IISeveral families from the Cherokee homeland followed the early settlers to Colorado. There were two Howell families linked to the Greenhorn Valley. Both of the families originated in the Cherokee homeland, one from Ashe County, North Carolina and one from Auraria, Georgia.
Duckworth James Marion Courtesy Image

Duckworth James Marion Courtesy Image

Scroggs Family - William Calvin Part III of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
As a landowner with a herd of cattle, William returned to Montgomery County, Illinois to marry Mary Etta Corey. She was born in Illinois in 1857, and they likely met while William was working there. The couple married in Illinois and William brought Etta back to his ranch.
Scroggs Arroyo Courtesy Image

Scroggs Arroyo Courtesy Image

Scroggs Family - William Calvin Part I of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Scroggs Arroyo is named for this family. The arroyo drains into Greenhorn Creek just east of the interchange at I-25 Exit 77 which was on land owned by the family.William Calvin Scroggs came to Colorado from the Cherokee homeland with a stop in Illinois.
Lookout Mountain TN Chatanooga Railroad Courtesy Image

Lookout Mountain TN Chatanooga Railroad Courtesy Image

The John Joseph Thomas Family

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
This family is related to members of the Nix family and they traveled to Colorado with Elizabeth Souther Nix and her children.Thomas is a very common first and last name. This Thomas family originated in the Cherokee homeland of southwest North Carolina and northwest Georgia.
Nix Family - Part III-IV

Nix Family - Part III-IV

Nix Family - Part III-IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Elizabeth Souther, Widow of William Nix “With their team and wagon filled with sparse household goods,” James, his mother, Elizabeth and two sisters “went down to the Arkansas River, through Los Animas, Granada, Fort Dodge, Great Bend, Hutchinson, Wichita, and Union Center.
Kansas Pacific Map to Denver Courtesy Image

Kansas Pacific Map to Denver Courtesy Image

Nix Family - Part II-IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
LOCAL HISTORICAL LORENix Family - Part II-IVElizabeth Souther, Widow of William Nix Elizabeth’s son, James William Nix outlined their itinerary, “We took the train for Colorado by way of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Mobile, Alabama; and Corinth, Mississippi where we lay over for a few days.
James Bly Nix Courtesy Image

James Bly Nix Courtesy Image

Nix Family - Part I-IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
By 1873, the railroad had reached Denver from the east and a narrow-gauge railroad was completed to Pueblo. This eliminated the need for a long trip from Georgia by wagon to the west. Families related and interrelated to previous Georgia settlers began to travel to Colorado in greater numbers.
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