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Photo Gallery 1 Photo Gallery 2 When O. T. Jackson decided to found a Negro agricultural colony, he considered homestead tracts in Larimer, Elbert and Weld counties, deciding upon the Weld location 30 miles east of the county seat, Greeley. In 1910, he filed on the homestead and began advertising for colonists. The name Dearfield was suggested by one of the early settlers, Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook, a physician from Denver. The name was adopted because the land was to be very dear to the hearts of the settlers. The autumn of 1911 found seven families and three teams of horses in residence. The struggles of the colonists, most of whom had no agricultural experience, taught them techniques of dry land farming, livestock and poultry raising.
In 1998, a few deserted buildings still stand to remind those
who knew its history, of the grand dream. Attempts to preserve the
town site are being undertaken by the Black American West Museum in Denver, which
submitted an application to the National Trust for Historic Preservation through
the Colorado Historical Society. Links to Dearfield Websites
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