Pvt. John E. Harris, Capt. Dearing's Cavalry Company (Wheeler Dragoons) 1 Reg't GA. Local Troops
After he and a friend (Alfred Blue) were released from the Confederate Prison they were held in they went to South Dakota and created the Deepwell Ranch.
From a history:
"Deepwell Ranch was established in 1865, near the Beaver Creek in section 32, Hamilton precinct, by John Harris and Alfred Blue. It became a famous stopping place for early freighters for the deep well never failed to supply good cold water for man or beast. It was on the Oregon Trail which continued west through Hall County to old Fort Kearny. Harris and Blue came from Georgia after the Civil War and established Deepwell Ranch, building a big sod house and barn, and dug a well 65 feet deep, from which the ranch received its name. The barn was half-dugout and half sod and was capable of holding 165 head of horses. The men who accompanied the wagons usually camped outside. Harris reported that they had 25 men inside the house at one time, and never were lonesome, as wagon trains passed constantly between Nebraska City and Denver. Mr. Harris reported that shortly before they left Deepwell Ranch that Brigham Young Jr., with a Mormon wagon train of 83 six-mule teams passed through enroute to Utah. Great herds of buffalo were common on the prairie in those days and in the fall of 1868, about 4,000 Winnebago and Pawnee Indians camped about a mile west of Deepwell. They were returning from the warpath and carried five Sioux scalps. They remained five days and nights celebrating a war dance for each scalp."
After he and a friend (Alfred Blue) were released from the Confederate Prison they were held in they went to South Dakota and created the Deepwell Ranch.
From a history:
"Deepwell Ranch was established in 1865, near the Beaver Creek in section 32, Hamilton precinct, by John Harris and Alfred Blue. It became a famous stopping place for early freighters for the deep well never failed to supply good cold water for man or beast. It was on the Oregon Trail which continued west through Hall County to old Fort Kearny. Harris and Blue came from Georgia after the Civil War and established Deepwell Ranch, building a big sod house and barn, and dug a well 65 feet deep, from which the ranch received its name. The barn was half-dugout and half sod and was capable of holding 165 head of horses. The men who accompanied the wagons usually camped outside. Harris reported that they had 25 men inside the house at one time, and never were lonesome, as wagon trains passed constantly between Nebraska City and Denver. Mr. Harris reported that shortly before they left Deepwell Ranch that Brigham Young Jr., with a Mormon wagon train of 83 six-mule teams passed through enroute to Utah. Great herds of buffalo were common on the prairie in those days and in the fall of 1868, about 4,000 Winnebago and Pawnee Indians camped about a mile west of Deepwell. They were returning from the warpath and carried five Sioux scalps. They remained five days and nights celebrating a war dance for each scalp."
Pvt. John E. Harris, Capt. Dearing's Cavalry Company (Wheeler Dragoons) 1 Reg't GA. Local Troops
After he and a friend (Alfred Blue) were released from the Confederate Prison they were held in they went to South Dakota and created the Deepwell Ranch.
From a history:
"Deepwell Ranch was established in 1865, near the Beaver Creek in section 32, Hamilton precinct, by John Harris and Alfred Blue. It became a famous stopping place for early freighters for the deep well never failed to supply good cold water for man or beast. It was on the Oregon Trail which continued west through Hall County to old Fort Kearny. Harris and Blue came from Georgia after the Civil War and established Deepwell Ranch, building a big sod house and barn, and dug a well 65 feet deep, from which the ranch received its name. The barn was half-dugout and half sod and was capable of holding 165 head of horses. The men who accompanied the wagons usually camped outside. Harris reported that they had 25 men inside the house at one time, and never were lonesome, as wagon trains passed constantly between Nebraska City and Denver. Mr. Harris reported that shortly before they left Deepwell Ranch that Brigham Young Jr., with a Mormon wagon train of 83 six-mule teams passed through enroute to Utah. Great herds of buffalo were common on the prairie in those days and in the fall of 1868, about 4,000 Winnebago and Pawnee Indians camped about a mile west of Deepwell. They were returning from the warpath and carried five Sioux scalps. They remained five days and nights celebrating a war dance for each scalp."
After he and a friend (Alfred Blue) were released from the Confederate Prison they were held in they went to South Dakota and created the Deepwell Ranch.
From a history:
"Deepwell Ranch was established in 1865, near the Beaver Creek in section 32, Hamilton precinct, by John Harris and Alfred Blue. It became a famous stopping place for early freighters for the deep well never failed to supply good cold water for man or beast. It was on the Oregon Trail which continued west through Hall County to old Fort Kearny. Harris and Blue came from Georgia after the Civil War and established Deepwell Ranch, building a big sod house and barn, and dug a well 65 feet deep, from which the ranch received its name. The barn was half-dugout and half sod and was capable of holding 165 head of horses. The men who accompanied the wagons usually camped outside. Harris reported that they had 25 men inside the house at one time, and never were lonesome, as wagon trains passed constantly between Nebraska City and Denver. Mr. Harris reported that shortly before they left Deepwell Ranch that Brigham Young Jr., with a Mormon wagon train of 83 six-mule teams passed through enroute to Utah. Great herds of buffalo were common on the prairie in those days and in the fall of 1868, about 4,000 Winnebago and Pawnee Indians camped about a mile west of Deepwell. They were returning from the warpath and carried five Sioux scalps. They remained five days and nights celebrating a war dance for each scalp."
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