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Wolfe Family:
By 1898, Civil War veteran John Wesley Wolfe and his son, Fred, had settled more permanently than other ranchers, in a cabin on the bank of the Salt Wash. Wolfe found enough water and forage to raise a few cattle. Building a small dam across Salt Wash, they were able to grow a garden. The first cabin was fairly primitive and when John's daughter, Flora Stanley, and her family arrived in 1906, she convinced her father to build a new cabin, this time with a wooden floor! The first cabin washed away in a flood but the 1906 cabin can still be seen today and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |