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<br />36 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br />i'i <br />f <br /> <br />built stood where Ranch Way Feeds is today. Their original <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />building was destroyed by fire in 1886. <br /> <br />The mill was run by a water wheel. A one and <br /> <br />one-half mile mill race, a canal which conducted water <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />in a more direct course, was constructed to turn the <br /> <br />wheel (3). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The mill was burned tWice, but always was rebuilt. <br />It was remodeled and changed hands several times. In <br /> <br />1952 the mill became Ranch Way and began to manufacture <br />feeds. Flour from the mil~ was sold under several names: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Defiance, Jack Frost, Snow Drift, Queen of the West, <br /> <br />Trader, Snow Flake, and Prtde of Colorado (28). <br /> <br />Henry Clay Peterson's Workshop. Henry Clay <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Peterson was first employe~ as a gunsmith at the fort. His <br /> <br />workshop is still standing not far from the mill on <br /> <br />Lincoln Street (46). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Coy Farm. John G. Coy was a well respected farmer <br />and early settler along the Poudre. Mr. Coy and his wife <br /> <br />settled in 1862. Still standing on what was their farm <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />is the old barn and a brick house (46). <br /> <br />Sherwood House. The Sherwood House was built by Jesse <br /> <br />M. and Fredrick W. SherWOOd, two brothers. They came to <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado in search of gold. However, finding it was not <br /> <br />plentiful, they built their ranch along the Cache La <br /> <br />Poudre in 1850 (5). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The brothers raised horses as well as grains and <br /> <br />vegetables, and were considered very successful. There <br /> <br />. <br />