Call NumberCPHOTO141-2024-1682CreatorJessen, KennethDateOctober 3, 2006SummaryExterior view of an abandoned house that has wooden siding covered in peeling white paint.Physical Description1 digital file : colorBorn-Digital or AnalogBorn-digitalSubjectAbandoned buildings--Colorado--WestplainsDwellings--Colorado--WestplainsGeographic AreaWestplains (Colo.)Logan County (Colo.)Finding Aidhttps://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/2088Type of MaterialDigital photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC PHOTO 141. Kenneth Jessen photo collectionNotesPhotographer's note: "Ranching and farming kept it alive for many years, but now its buildings sit abandoned. The site lacks a street system and there aren't any municipal buildings, but it is composed of a number of small dwellings. There was a grange that acted as a community center. Starting in 1910, the land was settled as homesteads of the allotted 160 acres. The earliest pioneer was a former steel worker, J. M. Walker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Some speculate that Walker named the place Westplains for a town of the same name in Missouri, but there are those who think the name
represents its location in the extreme western part of Logan County. The post office in Westplains opened in 1910 and lasted until 1949, well after the area's population had declined and much of the land had been turned back into grazing."DonorGift; Kenneth Jessen; 2020.
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