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GARFIELD
COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT
This is a collection of
historical pictures in and around Rifle Colorado.
Photos are used from Edwin Thompson, Steve Fox, Paul
Bernklau and others.
The Langstaff brothers, John J (JJ or Jack) and his
younger brother Bart (Bartholomew) came to Rifle around 1882
or 1883 among the very earliest pioneers. JJ homesteaded
west of Rifle, was never married. From Reveille clips, Bart
did a little of everything and was well regarded as one of
the areas hustlers, meaning entrepreneurs. Bart did marry,
in 1890 to Henrietta Worral and they had seven children
before she died of either scarlet fever or measles in 1909.
Bart was left with an 8 month old and six other children
aged 15 or under. Then in 1917 JJ died, and because JJ was
single, Bart inherited the ranch. A long line of descendants
has lived in the area
Bart and
Henrietta Langstaff
 
Photoclips below
of newspaper mentions of the Langstaff family in the Rifle
Reveille Newspaper in the early 1900's
John J.
Langstaff
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