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 of Ovid – . . . — — Map (db m110323) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m47362) HM
This Memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado Established in September, 1864, as a United States Army Post. Called Camp Rankin and Post Julesburg Name changed in November 1865, to honor General John Sedgwick, who was . . . — — Map (db m47365) HM
"We have no business to put men out here unless we give them food and shelter, and all things but sand and water must be hauled from 1 to 400 miles." Lt. Gen. William T. Sherman, Fort Sedgwick, August 1866Camp Rankin was established just . . . — — Map (db m47341) HM
Military records, diaries and letters of those who survived life at the post reveal a saga of fraud and corruption, bravery and daring-do...triumph and tragedy...where conditions were considered unlivable, pleasures were few and the nearest bath . . . — — Map (db m47342) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m110329) HM
Prisoners on the Plains During 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 . . . — — Map (db m47361) HM
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 so . . . — — Map (db m47359) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m47363) HM
