Kiowa County | History Colorado

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Oswald Family Ranch on Rush Creek

On a cold windy day in May of 1907, Casper Oswald and family arrived by emigrant train with two carloads of belongings to the Colorado eastern plains. Capser had traded 800 acres of Missouri farmland for nearly 6,000 acres in Kiowa County 10 miles south and 5 miles east of Kit Carson. They moved into the existing two room house and soon moved into a two story house a few miles away which remains the current headquarters today. Upon Casper's death sons Joe, Frank and Martin purchased the ranch, with Joe eventually buying out his two brothers.

Lindholm Farm

By 1902 Carl Victor Lindholm had resided in Colorado for a few years, registered a stock brand, the V-J, and had recently purchased 160 acres northeast of Eads, land that had originally been a homestead. In 1909 Hanna Kelly joined Carl as his wife and they had two sons, Carl John and Victor Kelly. In 1936, V. Kelly married Eunice Hollister and moved into the 1929 farmhouse and later bought a part of the farm for themselves. Crops have included grain sorghum and forge sorghum in addition to raising cattle. V.

Blooding Farm

County. John W. and Willie Blooding began their dry land farming operation in 1914, with the farm eventually passing to their son Robert, and then to their grandsons, Arthur and Lee. Arthur’s method of farming was listing corn, milo, and wheat, choosing this method because he believed it helped catch any moisture that was available to water the crops. A family corporation, Arthur Blooding & Daughters, now owns the Blooding Farm.

East View Farm & Ranch

In 1921 Augusta Shalberg and his two sons, Roy and Gilbert moved from Croften, Nebraska to Sheridan Lake, Colorado. Augusta had purchased 160 acres one and one-half miles north of Sheridan Lake. They built a two-story barn and lived in it while the house was being constructed. At that time the farming was done with a team of horses. Their livestock consisted of cows, pigs and chickens. Roy Shalberg married in 1930, he and his wife Lucille, lived the rest of their lives on the farm. They had three children, Charlotte, Merle, and Shirley.

Spady Ranch

Five generations of the Spady Family have called Kiowa County, Colorado home. Conrad Spady and his wife Wilhelmina and their six children came to Haswell in 1914. Conrad traded a cow for a house and had it moved by 8 teams of horses and two wagons to its present location. The couple added three more children to their family and the roof of the house was raised to add two bedrooms. A homestead patent was granted in 1920.