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S.L.W. Ranch

The history of the S.L.W. Ranch dates back to 1888 when J. M. Studebaker and his associates purchased some 13,000 acres ten miles east of Greeley from Lord Ogilvy. By 1899, Studebaker's nephew, Harvey E.  Witwer, Sr., was established as the partner- manager of a registered cattle operation under the name S.L.W. Ranch, named for the three partners, J. M. Studebaker, Lafayette Lamb, and Harvey Witwer, Sr. By 1913, with property at 9,000 acres, Witwer decided to buy out his partners and go it alone.

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Schattinger Ranch

The 1,400-acre Schattinger Ranch is located in Park County near the town of Jefferson·. The history of the Schattinger Ranch dates back to 1879 when brothers Peter and Henry Schattinger began homesteading  and ranching 640 acres in South Park. By 1890, the ranch had grown too small for two families, so Peter sold his part of the ranch to his brother and purchased the adjacent property. That property has since been home to five generations of Schattingers.

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Ruddock-Roper Ranch

The Ruddock-Roper Ranch is located in Pueblo County near the town of Beulah. The ranch began in 1892 as a 160-acre homestead settled by Richard J. Ruddock and his wife Elizabeth A. (Roper) Ruddock. Elizabeth passed the farm down to her son, Francis M. Roper, who, in turn, passed it on to his son, William F. Roper. Some of the land was dry farmed up until World War II; all the farmland has now been converted back to grass. The ranch is currently owned and operated by Elizabeth's great-grandsons, Melvin and Roy Roper.

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Rice Rundle Farm

The Rice-Rundle Farm is located in Boulder County near Longmont. The farm began with a homestead established by John J. Rice in 1870. A year later, John married Georgiana Black who had come to Longmont from Ontario, Canada. In addition to livestock, they raised barley, corn, sugar beets and other garden crops. Today the farm is owned by John and Georgiana's great-grandchildren, Robert and Jane Rundle. The Rice-Rundle Farm is also being recognized with the National Trust's historic structures award for several early structures including two dating to 1870.

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Price Ranch

The Price Ranch encompasses nearly 28 square miles in Arapahoe County near the town of Deer Trail. The history of the Price Ranch began in Wales in 1883 when Richard Price married Isabella Gwyenne. Three years later, they moved to Colorado where they first lived in a dugout located about eight miles north of Byers. In 1898 Richard and Isabella purchased the Pooler Horse Ranch on the East Bijou Creek north of Deer Trail, where they started a cow/calf operation and raised their ten children.

The J. Warner Mills House is a Late Victorian dwelling situated in Denver's Whittier neighborhood. The asymmetrical west side faces Gilpin Street and is divided into two sections. The larger south section is topped by a front-facing gable roof with decorative fish-scale shingles and bargeboards. The smaller north section steps back slightly from the south section and holds the primary entrance.

J. Warner Mills House

The 1892 J. Warner Mills House is a Late Victorian dwelling situated in Denver's Whittier neighborhood, approximately 1.5 miles northeast of the Colorado State Capitol. Mills, the home's first occupant, a lawyer, and women's suffrage advocate, was the author of the 1893 legislative bill that enabled women to have full voting rights in Colorado. 

The photo is of the north and west sides of the church and prominently features the tower which contains the entrance to the church.

First Baptist Church of Salida

The First Baptist Church of Salida occupies the south corner at the intersection of D and E. 4th streets in Salida, CO. Construction of the Late Gothic Revival church began in 1885, based on plans drawn in Denver by an unnamed architect. 

The photo is of a brick church painted red. To the left side of the image there is a two story tower that marks the entrance to the building. To the right of the tower is the south elevation of the church. It contains a pointed arch window in the center of the elevation with stained glass inserts.

Eighth Street Baptist Church

Home to one of Pueblo's oldest Black congregations and the site of women's suffrage activities, the Eighth Street Baptist Church was first built at the southwest corner of W. 8th and Elizabeth streets in 1891 and then substantially expanded in 1908. 

Photo is of a cemetery with many headstones. There is a large line of trees to the right of the majority of the headstones.

Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery

The Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery sits almost precisely one mile southeast of the center of the town of Rocky Ford, at the southeast side of the intersection of County Road EE and County Road 20. 

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Peterson Farm

The Peterson Farm is another of this year's Centennial Farms located in Weld County near Greeley. It was started on 1897 when August Peterson purchased the farm from the McCall family; and the farm is still owned by August's son Carl and his wife Evelyn. In the early days, the farm's principal crops were potatoes, alfalfa, and sugar beets; today the main crops are onions, sugar beets and corn.

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