Willard

Description: Willard, Colorado: The Burlington Railroad, Community, and Life on the Twentieth Century’s Colorado High Plains In the early 1880s homesteaders arrived in the Willard area in search of free land and a new life for themselves and their families. Soon the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad began construction on a new rail line that began in Nebraska, and stretched across northeastern Colorado and terminated at Cheyenne, Wyoming. The railroad company formed the Lincoln Land Company to develop towns and water stops along the route to support the new steam engines racing across the prairie lands. The town plat for Willard and a new water well led to the incorporation of the town in 1888 and families began to arrive in larger numbers. This film traces the story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things. They proved up homesteads, raised families, built businesses, battled droughts and depressions, and tamed a difficult land. Family and community were raised up on the prairie lands along the Little Pawnee Creek and did their part in settling the American West. Today the winds blow across an almost empty landscape. Most families are gone, old buildings lay scattered and deserted, but memories still linger of the once vibrant world of Willard, Colorado and the people who once called this place home. DVD - Condition: Brand New.

Price: 25 USD

Location: Abilene, Texas

End Time: 2024-09-10T17:42:17.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD