Part V of V William Vernon Codding The youngest son of John Sullivan and Harriett Case Codding, William was born in Kansas in 1870 and moved to Kansas as an infant. He grew up on his parents’ ranch eventually purchasing his own farm.

LOCAL HISTORICAL LORE The Lodge at San Isabel Part III of III The Lake Isabel Lodge Charles Richard and Pauline Hoffman Hogue (1972 – 1991) Charles and Pauline owned and operated the lodge and restaurant for almost 20 years. Charles was born in Fowler in 1936, the only child of Carrol Webster and Estella Lindsey Hogue.

William ‘Henry’ Edward Davis Described as “one of the most comfortable properties on the Apache” Henry and Louisa Biffen or Bitten Davis had resided in the area since 1873, and had a “fine herd of cattle”. They also raised horses. Henry and Louisa were both born in England; married there in 1858; and had three children: Henry Percy, Maude Louise May and Isabel.

An early settler of Pueblo County, Eugene farmed at the St. Charles River before helping to develop Pueblo and Canon City. Quotes and most of the information that follows are from his biography recorded in the 1899 “Portraits and Biographical Records of the State of Colorado” published by the Chapman Publishing Company.

Two days after the militia was ordered up, two men named Fredrick Lehman and Sol Seyga were ambushed and killed three miles northeast of Fairplay on the west side of Red Hill. The two men were traveling together on the road to Denver when the attack occurred. One of the victims was killed by a single gunshot, while the other suffered a gunshot through a wrist before his head was bashed in with a rock.”

Life was not much better in San Rafael. Felipe made adobe bricks while the other family members farmed the land. It wasn’t enough, driven by poverty, Felipe and his brother, Jose Vivian robbed a freight wagon belonging to a priest from Galisteo, New Mexico in early 1863. The wagon was driven by a teamster from the Conejos area named Juan Flugencio Gonzales. “The Espinosas took what they wanted and then tied the Mexican teamster in a knot and swung him to a staple on the end of the wagon tongue and started the team. After a time a traveler stopped the team and untied the teamster.”

Roy Ernest Crites Cheryl Johnson Huban Greenhorn Valley View Roy Ernest Crites was born in Missouri in 1903. He was the son of Oscar Luther and Cora E.