During his trip to Colorado, President Roosevelt surprised the cowboys in Hugo and ate breakfast with them.
Frank Sherman owned a photography and souvenir shop in Colorado City. He had three brothers, Francis, and the twins, Stanford and Seeley, who lived with their family on Rush Creek near Chivington, Colorado. Stanford was the roundup foreman for the Holt Cattle Company when he was only twenty years old. The Holt Cattle Company headquarters was about twenty miles Southwest of Hugo, Colorado. Frank photographed the cowboys out on the range and sold the photos at his souvenir shop.
Sherman’s glass plate negatives are now part of Chuck Bowen’s collection. Dominating the Bowen collection is over 4,000 Sand Creek battle and village artifacts. See the blog about the glass negatives: LongTrailHome
Below is the newspaper article from 1903, documenting Roosevelt’s visit and speech in Colorado.
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