Sedgwick County Colorado

Sedgwick County, the northeasternmost county in Colorado, was first part of Weld County, later Logan County, and was established in its own right on April 9, 1889. It consists of 554 square miles and includes three towns: the county seat, Julesburg, Ovid, and Sedgwick. The cattle industry developed there, then irrigation contributed to agricultural crops such as sugar beets, small grain, corn, and beans, and later circular irrigation spread to the tablelands. Sedgwick County was the first in the state to be served by the Union Pacific Railroad. Famous trails through the county included the Pony Express and the Military Road to Laramie, which crossed the South Platte River at the Upper California Crossing near Ovid, while the Denver Road continued west on the south side of the South Platte River. Buffalo, once abundant, disappeared from the plains around 1880.

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