History

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

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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.

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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

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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.
Mary Eliza Bragg married James Sylvester Watts in Florence, Colorado.

Mary Eliza Bragg married James Sylvester Watts in Florence, Colorado.

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The Bragg Family - Part 2 of 4

News Staff
Friday, October 29, 2021
Cheryl Johnson Huban Greenhorn Valley View George A. and Mary Myers Bragg’s Children Martin V. Bragg Martin Bragg was the oldest child of George and Mary Bragg. He was born in Alabama in 1839 and moved with his family to the Texas Frontier when he was two or three years old.

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The Bragg Family - Part 1 of 4

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Friday, October 29, 2021
The Bragg Family This family was made up of true frontiersmen and women. This is an account of only one branch of the family; the one that eventually settled in Huerfano and Custer County, Colorado. The collective Bragg family owned many slaves.
Alice Elnora ‘Ella’ Austin remarried to Charles Burns and they had children Katie and William. Courtesy Photo

Alice Elnora ‘Ella’ Austin remarried to Charles Burns and they had children Katie and William. Courtesy Photo

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The Austin Family - Part 6 of 6

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Thursday, October 7, 2021
The Children of Hiram Terry and Mary Ann Anno Austin Alice Elnora ‘Ella’ Austin After her husband’s death, Ella remained in Denver, but struggled to support her children. The boys may have been sent away or taken from her.
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