A Brief History of Logan County, Colorado
With Reminiscences By Pioneers Compiled and Arranged For Elbridge Gerry Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution By Emma Burke Conklin, Assisted by Members of the Chapter Under the Leadership of Past Regents, Mrs. L. W. Davenport, Mrs. Geo. A. Henderson, Mrs. J. E. Youngquist, Mrs. W. W. Brown, Mrs. W. S. Hadfield, Mrs. Felix Ayers, Copyright 1928 by Emma Burke Conklin, Printed by Welch-Haffner Printing Company, Denver, Colorado

Table of Contents
Introduction
First Explorers ………..11
The Indians …………. 19
The Fur Traders ……………..33
The Discovery of Gold ………..35
Colorado – Territory Organized – Statehood ………40
The Seven Counties – Weld, Washington, Logan, Morgan, Yuma, Phillips, Sedgwick ………. 49
The First Settlers – The Southern Colony – Old Sterling ……….. 61
Sterling ……… 90
Mail Services ………. 123
Organization of Logan County …………. 126
Other Towns and Communities – Merino, Fleming, Iliff, Crook, etc. ………… 139
Stock Raising ………. 186
Agriculture – Irrigation ………..202
Logan County Fair ……….. 217
Manufacturers – Sugar Factory …………. 221
Education – Colorado – Weld County, Logan County ….. 224
Clubs and Kindred Organizations ………… 252
Sterling Churches …………… 268
“Sterling in Retrospection” …………. 282
Biographical ……….. 322