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Town of Julesburg
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Julesburg
typified the frontier town of the rip-roaring days of westward expansion.
For months it was the western terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company when gamblers, dance hall girls, cowboys, railroad workers,
and all of the camp followers of the construction gang swelled its
population to four or five thousand roistering souls and Julesburg
was then known as the “Wickedest City in the West.”
It was the junction point on the Overland Trail, where the wagon trains and stagecoaches either left the main trail to go to Denver and the mining camps of the mountains or continued on to Cheyenne, WY and over the mountains to California or the Pacific Northwest. Julesburg was founded some time in the 1860s by a half-breed Frenchman names Jules Beni for whom the Town is named. He had a trading post, consisting of a store, blacksmith shop, saloon and a few other enterprises. A short time after his post was established the government built Fort Sedgwick close to this little settlement and established a military reservation surrounding the Fort including Jules’ property. This Fort was attacked and burned by the Indians and second Julesburg was built. When the railroad came in 1867 the town found itself several miles from the rails, so it was moved from its site near the river to the railroad (third Julesburg). When the branch line of the Union Pacific was built to Denver in 1881 Julesburg made its fourth and last move, building around the railroad at the point of junction. Julesburg, the seat of Sedgwick County, has a population of 1,465 persons. It is unique in enjoying two harvest seasons - in July it hums with the activity of wheat harvest and in October the irrigation farmers harvest their fall crops including corn and beets. The Town of Julesburg supplies electricity and water utilities as well as sewer and sanitation services to its’ inhabitants. Julesburg is located on one of the major flight paths of migratory birds. During the hunting season many sportsmen come to enjoy the hunting to be found along the river and in the grain and corn fields of the tablelands. |
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