The Hanna Ranch: Online Educational ResourceMain MenuGeology, Climate, and Natural ForcesEarly HistoryHomesteadersThe Hanna FamilyResources and DevelopmentInteractive Map of the Hanna RanchHistoric TimelineMediaCreditsChristopher J. Schrecka2fcfe32c1f76dc9d5ebe09475fa72e5633cc36d
Andrew Lincoln
12018-08-02T18:35:46-07:00Christopher J. Schrecka2fcfe32c1f76dc9d5ebe09475fa72e5633cc36d311135plain2018-08-07T15:21:40-07:00Christopher J. Schrecka2fcfe32c1f76dc9d5ebe09475fa72e5633cc36dAndrew Lincoln was a Swedish merchant who obtained numerous parcels of land along Fountain Creek from the US government following the passage of the homestead act in 1862, land that would eventually become part of the Hanna Ranch. Mr. Lincoln was involved in a number of business endeavors in addition to being a land speculator. The Lincoln Trading Post was opened near the Buttes Station (aka Little Buttes) of the D&RG, which was also located on his property and housed a telegraph office, post office, and a stagecoach station. He sold various goods such as flour, grain, hay, and gems with "intense lustrous reflex" at a shop called the Huggins Store on Pikes Peak Ave. He was an agent for Bain Wagon, Walter A. Wood Harvesting Machines, and Wisner Lock-Level Rakes selling ranching and farming equipment, and he partnered up with a man named Mathias Lock to form the Lincoln-Lock Ditch Company, which helped to irrigate the entire Fountain Valley region.
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12018-08-05T00:00:28-07:00Lincoln Goods Ad, 18771media/Lincoln Goods Ad 1877.pngplain2018-08-05T00:00:28-07:00
