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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2331_dinky-locomotive_Ovid-CO.html
Known as the "Dinky," this unit was owned and operated by the Great Western Sugar Co. from 1926 to 1985.
Its primary function was to shuttle rail cars of coal, lime-rock, beets and sugar in the Ovid factory yards.
Donated to the town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2330_ovid-colorado_Ovid-CO.html
350 rods southeast of this site is the famous and hazardous Upper California Crossing of the South Platte River which was used by the intrepid riders of the Pony Express in 1860-1861. Ovid was incorporated at this site in 1925.
Erected in memor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVT_fort-sedgwick_Ovid-CO.html
Established in September, 1864,as a United States Army Post.Called Camp Rankin and Post JulesburgName changed in November 1865, tohonor General John Sedgwick, who waskilled at Spottsylvania May 9, 1864The fort protected the stage lineand emigrant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVR_sugar-town_Ovid-CO.html
Ovid experienced a tremendous boom in 1925 when the Great Western Sugar Company built a sugar beet processing plant here. The plant closed in 1985 after the owners went bankrupt speculating on the silver market.The "dinkey," a steam-powered locomo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVQ_early-campsites-and-river-crossings_Ovid-CO.html
Native American hunters on the trail of bison and other game found a favorite river crossing and campsite here where the South Platte River and Lodgepole Creek come together. After burning the first Julesburg in 1865, Indian raiders camped here be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVP_prisoners-on-the-plains-ride-em-cowboy_Ovid-CO.html
Prisoners on the PlainsDuring World War II, a seasonal Prisoner of War Camp was located in Ovid. Nearly 400 German prisoners worked in nearby potato and sugar beet fields. Housing was provided in 40 tents and two large downtown buildings.Ride 'Em …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVN_see-and-do-off-the-byway_Ovid-CO.html
Ovid, originally called "Morgan," began as a water stop on the Denver Line of the Union Pacific Railroad. A 1907 document approved a post office for the town under its new name.Jumbo Reservoir's 1906 completion created a controllable water supply …