tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post8941931116356713583..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: SUMMIT COUNTY COLORADO IN LATE 1800SDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-82360116317598060922021-09-03T15:45:27.733-04:002021-09-03T15:45:27.733-04:00Hi, I just came across your blog when I was search...Hi, I just came across your blog when I was searching for the Engle Bros. Exchange Bank. I am working on a history of the Mt. Powell Ranch in Summit County. Many of the homesteaders on this property received loans from the Engle Bros. bank. Can you tell me who or which organization owns this image? I'd love to use it in my final report. Thanks for any help, Carol Taylor carolellentaylor@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244434658415883326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-7384429132593803692014-02-07T17:36:45.166-05:002014-02-07T17:36:45.166-05:00Oh my, had my long comment almost finished and all...Oh my, had my long comment almost finished and all of a sudden this fb just decided to reload this page, so of course it erased my comment. Weird. And, I wasn't touching anything when it happened. Was telling of a small town in KS. where I lived before moving back to TX. It was Elgin, Ks. where the cowboys on cattle drives from Texas and Oklahoma, and maybe other states , ended up to load the cattle on a train. Was a pretty rough place back then. My husband's granddad was a Sheriff there. They had a pit there with Tick treatment stuff in it that the cattle had to go through before they were allowed to be loaded on the train that was waiting for them. There was a low spot across from my house where this pit had been. This was for 16 years before I moved back to Texas in 1996. There isn't much of the town left but people still live there. When we moved there where my husband was born, there were a lot of old timers there who grew up there but most are gone now, like my sweet husband.There was one business, a old fashioned cafe, when I moved there in 1981. Oh, they did have a small shed type building put up a man used for a small store with a little stock of groceries that were used most like milk, bread, etc. but it changed hands from time to time. I worked in the small cafe but has been closed for a good while since the owners passed away. The town is in some Ghost Town books. Maxie mac262(at)me(dot)commaudemaxine@gmail.co,https://www.blogger.com/profile/11612461543816484090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-16262939670163711662014-02-05T18:06:38.900-05:002014-02-05T18:06:38.900-05:00Hi Britney, my agent and I are really praying for ...Hi Britney, my agent and I are really praying for a contract for this series. I guess James and I need to come to Clarksville and visit the historic sites.Lena Nelson Dooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060055435235263556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-70785578881607292102014-02-05T18:05:14.483-05:002014-02-05T18:05:14.483-05:00Hi, Melanie. So glad to see you here. Texas is ful...Hi, Melanie. So glad to see you here. Texas is full of historic tidbits, isn't it?Lena Nelson Dooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060055435235263556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-13077282547089893922014-02-05T15:36:46.405-05:002014-02-05T15:36:46.405-05:00Thank you for sharing these fascinating bits of hi...Thank you for sharing these fascinating bits of history, Lena! I love the pictures!! I hope your Love's Road Home series finds a publishing house soon! <br /><br />I grew up in Clarksville, TX and live just a few miles from there now. Clarksville was founded in 1833 and is known as the Gateway to Texas, as settlers and visitors entered Texas here after crossing the Red River from Arkansas, Louisiana, or Oklahoma. Clarksville has a number of historic homes and buildings that have been restored by the historical society. They include the Red River County Courthouse, the Old Jail, the Colonel Charles DeMorse House, the Lennox Family Home, and Mrs. Belle's Boarding House. Clarksville is an area rich in history!<br /><br />texaggs2000 at gmail dot com Britney Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02972950656114757798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-31278322992700389132014-02-05T10:04:32.097-05:002014-02-05T10:04:32.097-05:00Thank you for your very interesting post, Miss Len...Thank you for your very interesting post, Miss Lena. I live in an area full of history. Three miles down the road was the home of John Nance Garner, one of our Vice President's, and fourteen miles further, Davy Crockett spent some time. <br /><br />mauback55 at gmail dot comMelanie Backushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727406782355039525noreply@blogger.com