[3] Described about 1880 "to be in extremely backward condition", it was subject to mountain lions, rattlesnakes, and flooding of Buckhorn Creek.

[4] Lewis Kern, the county assessor, stated the same year that settlers were doing well and flourishing.

[7] Ben Milner and his wife Rose Rosebroook moved to Buckhorn in 1881[8] and established a ranch there.

[9] His widowed sister, Sarah Milner Smith and her children homesteaded and operated a ranch on the land.

[10] Eugene Smith wrote the book Pioneer Epic about his life with his mother in Buckhorn.