Finding herself widowed and all the children grown, what should Temperence Potter do now? Wither her son, Isaac Newton Potter, she took off from Indiana, moved to Iowa for a short time, then continued to Colorado. She was eligible to file for land under the Veteren’s Homestead Act since her husband, Thomas had fought in the Civil War. Her son built her a home, and she bgan living on this land in April of 1887. Her claim became finalized in May of 1891. Isaac, her son, homesteaded land next to her in 1891 and 1900. He aslo bought a quarter of land in 1907 to finish out his section of land. When these two landowners died, the land was passed down to other family members. Isaac willed part of his land to his nephew, Joseph E. Rogers and some to Mae Merell and others. The land continued down the lineage to Gale Rogers and from Gale to his estate when he passed. The Gale Rogers estate eventually ended up in teh hands of Jim and Carol Rogers and today is owned and farmed by Don and Susan Rogers with their son and his wife, Bryan and Sheila Rogers.