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<br />37 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />were two Overland Stage Stations on the Sherwood Ranch. One <br />on the north side of the river served as a swing station <br />during 1862-1863. The other was just opposite on the South <br />side of the river. It was only used for a short time in <br />1863. Neither of the stations exist today (4). <br />In 1865 and 1866 Arapahoe Chief Friday and his band <br />of Indians camped on the ranch. Fredrick Sherwood was <br />appointed as an Indian Agent to supply the Indians with <br />food and to oversee their welfare (30:399). <br />The original house still stands and is a private <br />residence. However, the house does not show its age. It <br />has been well maintained and remodeled so that it looks <br />like a modern residence. <br />Arapahoe Council Tree. The Arapahoe Indians and <br />Cheyennes held council meetings under an old cottonwood <br />not far from the Strauss Cabin. The tree has died and <br />the site is presently a farm field. Ansel Watrous noted that <br />Robert Strauss saw the Indians hang a redskin enemy from <br />the tree in 1862 (30:266). The Arapahoe were friendly <br />neighbors to the settlers in the 1860's. <br />Strauss Cabin. George R. Strauss had planned to <br />go to California but caught pneumonia and was robbed. He <br />had seen the beauty of the Cache La Poudre Valley and <br />returned here in 1860. There were only a few scattered <br />settlers in the area at the time. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />