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Bonny Colorado

A High Plains Ghost Town

by

Velma Bonny Jacobs

Alice Mae Barnhart Jacober

and

Dr. Andy Gibbons

Smallest Room Press Bonny, Colorado

A High Plains Ghost Town

The Families of Ike and Laura Bonny & and Charlie and Jennie Barnhart

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VELMA BONNY JACOBS, BONNY EDITOR & ALICE MAE BARNHART JACOBER, BARNHART EDITOR DR. ANDY GIBBONS, EDITOR IN CHIEF * *

PRINTED BY DR. JON & BARBARA FORTUNE REVISION DATE - OCTOBER 17, 1995 COPYRIGHT - 1995 *

Smallest Room Press 2500 15th Avenue Court Greeley, CO 80631 Phone (790) 356-6527 TABLE OF CONTENTS * * MAPS DEDICATION INTRODUCTION Chapter One ASH ROCK, KANSAS ROOTS Selected Ash Rock Census Information When Velma Was Small Brothers Bill, Louis, and Vernon Bonny Family Friends

Chapter Two THE BONNY, COLORADO POST OFFICE Post Offices and General Stores Homestead Patent from President Wilson Isaac's Application and Location Description U.S. Post Office Description The Bonnvs at Bonny, Colorado Mail from Bonny Goldie Camp Frinqer Visits Bonny A Second Interview with Goldie Bill Bonnv and Goldie Frinqer Bill Bonny Visits Bonny Dam Lela, Lvle & Casey Bonny Cousin Ike [1886] in Idaho Obituaries for Isaac ri865l and Laura Local Schools

Chapter Three PICTURES The Bonnys Ike's December 25, 1915 Postcard. Velma at Bonny, 1991 Bonny Families at Bonny, 1919 Ike and Laura in Idaho lma, Velda and the Bonny Post Office, 1919. Four Isaac Bonnys Velma's Uncle Ike. Her Papa Jacob Bonnys in Kansas Including Velma's Mom at age 12 The Barnharts The Charlie F. Barnhart Family The Ira Barnhart Family Charlie and Jennie's Wedding photo, 1905 Jennie, Dile Henderson and Marveline. Dile and Charlie Esther Barnhart and Harley Rhoades Wedding Picture Ira Barnhart's Family at Bonny Jennie and Three Grand-daughters The Winfrey Home, Adobe as was Bonny Home Bonnv Dam and Schools Bonny Dam Signs, 1951 and 1991 Happy Hollow School. Broadsword School, 1945-46 Term The Editors, Early and Late MAPS "Ash Rock Township Maps." (in) Ash Rock and the Stone Church, pp. 7 & 313. (In) Standard Atlas of Rooks County, Kansas, 1904-1905. George A. Ogle and Company, & Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. In Chapter 1 and Appendix 1. [Bonny Area Plats] "Section 11, Township 6, South Range, 43 West" [of the 6th principal meridian], p. 4 8 [Plat map] (in) Standard Atlas of Kit Carson County, Colorado, Including a Plat Book of the Villages... 1922. (Seen at Old Town Museum, Burlington, CO. The best map of Bonny Post Office location and area. Shows all Isaac Bonny [1865] property in the area in 1922). In Appendix 1.

Bonny, Isaac. [Application for Post Office. Map]. "Diagram, Explanation, and Instructions", January 19, 1915. (Plot showing proposed location. It accompanied the "Application..." as page 2). In Chapter 2.

"Bonny Dam Dedication; June 1, 1952" [Sketch of area] (in) Bonny Dam Dedication; Hale, Colorado at Bonny Reservoir, June 1, 1952. p. back cover. In Chapter 5.

[Colorado State Highway Dept. Map] 1924. Seen in the Denver Public Library by the Action on the Plains staff. (Bonny, Colorado shown as an established community). In Chapter 4.

"Early Day Post Offices". [Map] (in) History of Kit Carson County... p.75. In Chapter 2.

Nell's Topographical Map of the State of Colorado. [Map] Denver, CO: Hamilton and Kendrick, 1902. (From Erwin H. Engert. Published before Bonny was founded by Isaac [1865]). In Chapter 2.

North Republican Unit. USBR Map 58-D-488, March 15, 1944. House Doc. 191. In Chapter 5.

Post Route Map of the State of Colorado Showing Post Offices... in Operation in 1916. Published by order of Postmaster General A. S. Burleson. [Dated 1 January, 1916]. Source, Denver Public Library Western History Department. (From Erwin H. Engert. Note Morris location). In Chapter 2.

Whistle Stops... History of Kit Carson County... p. 75. (Note Morris location). In Chapter 2.

[Winfrey Homesteads] "Eastern Colorado 1964 Map - Area Where The Winf