Perry Park Barn
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Perry Park Barn
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Image is a snow scene of a beautiful old barn, silo, and wagon on Perry Park Road, near Sedalia, Colorado. Sedalia was first established by John H. Craig in 1859 when he staked a claim and built a circular corral at the junction of East and West Plum creeks. His pioneer claim soon became an area landmark along the First Territorial Road (1864) and was known by local settlers and travelers as Round Corral. In 1869, John H. Craig sold his claim to Jonathan House, who renamed the site Plum based on the local creek by that name, which was named after the large number wild plum trees growing in the lowlands at that point. When the narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway reached this point in 1871, the officials listed the growing village in their timetables as Plum Station, and through their subsidiary land company, later filed a plat for the Town of Plum in 1873. One of the early settlers in the area, Henry Musick Clay, had reportedly moved there from Sedalia, Pettis, MO in 1859, and with the coming of the new railroad, laid in a stock of supplies to sell to the railroad construction crews. When the first post office was established in1872, Henry M. Clay was named first postmaster, and had arranged for the new post office to be named Sedalia, reportedly in honor of Sedalia, Pettis, MO. While the railroad continued to call the site Plum or Plum Station, the local post office was instead always officially known as Sedalia. Finally, some ten years later, the town was officially re-platted and renamed Sedalia to honor first postmaster Henry Clay and his hometown of Sedalia, MO. This belated change finally resolved the lingering confusion between the post office name and railroad station name.
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September 26th, 2013
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Lenore Senior
This is so outstanding, as is all your work I've seen. Stunning and beautiful. Instant v/f