Internment date: 7/16/1902
Age: 70 (according to records) However the date on the stone indicates otherwise
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A Colorado Pioneer
Discover the 150 Year History of Hugo, Colorado
In the 1850s, a young white man from Missouri arrived in the area later known as Colorado. His name was John W. Barron, later known as "Cap" Barron.
Soon, gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountain, but to get to the gold, prospectors had to cross what New York newspaperman Horace Greeley dismissed as a region "of sterility and thirst." This region was home to Cap Barron, and later was home to Hugo.
A couple of stage lines came through the area not long afterward; the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak line arrived in 1859 but was in business only a few months. The Butterfield Overland Dispatch arrived in 1864 and stayed longer. The B. O. D. located a station just west of present day Hugo, and called it "Hogan's station." Cap Barron became the B. O. D. agent at Hogan's station, and had land in that area, including a plentiful supply of water, later known as Cap Barron's Spring. https://townhugo.com/?page_id=38
Info submitted By Contributor #48486692 Dorothy Downer Saddler
Age: 70 (according to records) However the date on the stone indicates otherwise
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A Colorado Pioneer
Discover the 150 Year History of Hugo, Colorado
In the 1850s, a young white man from Missouri arrived in the area later known as Colorado. His name was John W. Barron, later known as "Cap" Barron.
Soon, gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountain, but to get to the gold, prospectors had to cross what New York newspaperman Horace Greeley dismissed as a region "of sterility and thirst." This region was home to Cap Barron, and later was home to Hugo.
A couple of stage lines came through the area not long afterward; the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak line arrived in 1859 but was in business only a few months. The Butterfield Overland Dispatch arrived in 1864 and stayed longer. The B. O. D. located a station just west of present day Hugo, and called it "Hogan's station." Cap Barron became the B. O. D. agent at Hogan's station, and had land in that area, including a plentiful supply of water, later known as Cap Barron's Spring. https://townhugo.com/?page_id=38
Info submitted By Contributor #48486692 Dorothy Downer Saddler
Internment date: 7/16/1902
Age: 70 (according to records) However the date on the stone indicates otherwise
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Colorado Pioneer
Discover the 150 Year History of Hugo, Colorado
In the 1850s, a young white man from Missouri arrived in the area later known as Colorado. His name was John W. Barron, later known as "Cap" Barron.
Soon, gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountain, but to get to the gold, prospectors had to cross what New York newspaperman Horace Greeley dismissed as a region "of sterility and thirst." This region was home to Cap Barron, and later was home to Hugo.
A couple of stage lines came through the area not long afterward; the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak line arrived in 1859 but was in business only a few months. The Butterfield Overland Dispatch arrived in 1864 and stayed longer. The B. O. D. located a station just west of present day Hugo, and called it "Hogan's station." Cap Barron became the B. O. D. agent at Hogan's station, and had land in that area, including a plentiful supply of water, later known as Cap Barron's Spring. https://townhugo.com/?page_id=38
Info submitted By Contributor #48486692 Dorothy Downer Saddler
Age: 70 (according to records) However the date on the stone indicates otherwise
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Colorado Pioneer
Discover the 150 Year History of Hugo, Colorado
In the 1850s, a young white man from Missouri arrived in the area later known as Colorado. His name was John W. Barron, later known as "Cap" Barron.
Soon, gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountain, but to get to the gold, prospectors had to cross what New York newspaperman Horace Greeley dismissed as a region "of sterility and thirst." This region was home to Cap Barron, and later was home to Hugo.
A couple of stage lines came through the area not long afterward; the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak line arrived in 1859 but was in business only a few months. The Butterfield Overland Dispatch arrived in 1864 and stayed longer. The B. O. D. located a station just west of present day Hugo, and called it "Hogan's station." Cap Barron became the B. O. D. agent at Hogan's station, and had land in that area, including a plentiful supply of water, later known as Cap Barron's Spring. https://townhugo.com/?page_id=38
Info submitted By Contributor #48486692 Dorothy Downer Saddler
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