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<br />. <br /> <br />35 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Denizens of the wilderness! It becomes my duty <br />as a United States Officer to address you. Do you <br />see that flag? That flag is the emblem of .my <br />native country! And under the stars and stripes <br />of that old banner, I proclaim martial law in your <br />midst; and it also becomes my duty to inform you, <br />as commander of this region, that in the future I <br />will hold you firmly, as I would a wine glass, in <br />the follow of my hand. <br />War is now breaking out in all directions, and <br />the various Indian tribes who inhabit these Western <br />territories have shown marked degrees of <br />rebelliousness by which the peace and safety of my <br />country is greatly threatened. At this hour of my <br />speaking part of my troups are doubtless under <br />fire at Fremont Orchard. I therefore call you to <br />arms as reserve militia to cooperate with my <br />warriors in supressing the ruthless invaders, and <br />any man who refuses to obey my commands, I will <br />make wolf's bait of his carcass, by God, sir <br />(30:223) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The troops were raised and the soldiers were absent <br /> <br />about two months. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Andersonville and Buckingham. Andersonville and <br />Buckingham were first settled in the early 1900's by <br /> <br />German-Russians and then later by Spanish Americans. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />These people were recruited to the area to work with the <br /> <br />sugar beets, when the Great Western Sugar Company <br /> <br />operated its factory on Vine Drive (44). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mi lIs . <br /> <br />"Auntie" Stone, the first white woman <br /> <br />resident in Ft. Collins, was truly a remarkable pioneer <br /> <br />woman. She conducted a hotel; cooked for the army officers; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />helped organize the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; <br /> <br />and helped erect a flour mill. She accomplished all these <br /> <br />things after coming to Ft. Collins at the age of 63 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(30:291-293). <br /> <br />Mrs_ Stone and H.C. Peterson, realizing the need <br /> <br />for flour, decided to build a flour mill. The mill they <br /> <br />. <br />