Adeline Johnson came to Routt County from Goldhill and by 1907 had homesteaded a piece of land at the Base of Elk Mountain near Steamboat Springs. In 1909 she married John Monger and began their life together on Adelines piece of land in the small one room house that she had built. John would later build another house, barn and stables. They had six children before Adeline died during the 1918 flu epidemic, after which John continued to raise the children.

The original 160 acres of the Mikita Ranch near Calhan in El Paso County was acquired in 1905 through the Homestead Act by Mike Sr. and Susie Mikita. The first house and barn were constructed from dry laid stone and later an adjoining property was purchased where a new house was soon built. Crops raised included oats, wheat, alfalfa, grass hay, potatoes and pinto beans. Mike Sr., Mike Jr. and brothers would take horse drawn wagon loads of potatoes to market in Pueblo, a trip that would take three days one way.

Fred and Roysten Matthies homesteaded 160 native grass acres near Burlington in Kit Carson County in 1907. They worked hard to break the sod and raised feed for their livestock. A wood well house was constructed in 1916, with an adobe and frame garage, adobe well house, concrete cellar, and adobe house constructed in the 1920's and early 1930's- all still in use today. Now encompassing 2080 acres, the land is owned and worked by son Leonard and wife Shirley Matthies who, along with their son Gene and neighbor Rick, grow corn and wheat and provide pasture land.

Andrew Lykkehoy immigrated to the United States from Denmark and eventually settled and homesteaded near Otis in Washington County in 1907. He drilled a 280 foot deep well in1908, farmed with horses for many years, and raised cattle, wheat, corn and feed for livestock. In 1921 he met Amy Adams, who he married and together they raised two sons Carl and John. Both sons served in the military, Carl in WWII and John in Korea. Carl never married and is now deceased.

In 1903, 19 year old Edmond Lanckriet arrived in Julesburg in Sedgwick County by rail after immigrating from Belgium. Shortly after, his parents and six brothers joined him on the Colorado plains running open range cattle and establishing farms and homesteads. Edmond submitted papers for his own place near Julesburg in July of 1907. The brothers continued to work together and help each other out, including a joint investment purchase of a Reeves steam tractor and Nicholas-Shepard thrasher that was used until 1925.

In 1906 Fred J. Sr. and Johanna Klann arrived in Arriba in Lincoln County from Fairmont, Minnesota, after spending most of the trip riding in a railroad boxcar. They homesteaded on a quarter section of land 3 1⁄2 miles north of town and raised various livestock, spring wheat, corn and potatoes. After returning from seminary school at age 16 in 1923, Fred Jr. began to help run the farm and married Sarah Huber in 1940 on the nearby Huber farm. After Fred Sr. and Johanna died around 1957, Fred Jr.

William Harvey Hughes homesteaded 160 acres near Stratton in Kit Carson County in 1907 where he and his wife, Rosa, and four children, lived in a dug-out structure for three years. In 1910 they upgraded to a sod house and two more children were born into the family and 320 more acres were added to the land holdings. A two-story frame house was built in 1922; it is the current residence on the farm. In 1939 the Hughes' moved in to town and daughter Vena and her husband Herbert Scheierman moved onto the place.

Carl Helling immigrated to Colorado with his family after arriving from Germany. As a young man he homesteaded a quarter section of dry land near Idalia in Yuma County in 1907. He built a small sod house where he, along with his horse, survived a terrible spring blizzard. Later a larger farm house and barn were constructed. In addition to raising wheat, corn, hogs and cattle, Carl and his wife raised three sons - Edmond, Carl and Raymond who later formed Helling Brothers Farm. Several thousand acres of grass, irrigated and dry land ground were also added to the original quarter section.

In 1902 Ed Hainlen settled on land in the hills above Bon Carbo in Las Animas County. Soon after an adobe house, along with a shop, chicken coop and windmill were constructed. The original crop was horseradish which was sold to the local coal mining camps and through the family grocery store. A Rumley steam tractor and thrasher aided in harvesting family crops as well as those of neighbors. Later the family owned and operated a lumber mill and continued to produce crops, that included beans, for the coal camps.

Louis Gerstenberger acquired his 160 acre homestead near Byers in Arapahoe County in 1907. Soon a relinquished 160 acres adjoining the farm were added. Louis raised wheat, cattle and six sons on the farm. Louis, wife Ethel and their six sons have all been members of the Bijou Valley Grange and were also members of the Byers Presbyterian church. Louis was also president of the Belleview telephone line and director of the Federal Land Bank. Together the family survived the Stock Market crash, the Depression and the dust bowl.