James H. Baugh

[1][2] Baugh homesteaded 160 acres near Clear Creek in present-day Wheat Ridge, Colorado where he operated a farm and an orchard.

He built irrigation ditches from Clear Creek for his potato, oat, and wheat fields and orchard trees.

[4] His younger siblings were Julius C., Harvey S., Francis L., John B., Robert E. Baugh, Sarah, and Joseph.

[4][5] Baugh arrived in Denver on June 1, 1859, at the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek.

[6] He settled and began farming on August 15, 1859, .25 miles (0.40 km) from Clear Creek and along the Old Prospect Trail in present-day Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

[12] During his years in the Clear Creek Valley, he sat on a grand jury, was a petit juror, and led an effort to relocate a road.

[14] He was a charter member of the local chapter of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.

[16] Baugh ran a farm and orchard on the land, using water from irrigation ditches from Clear Creek, and raised chickens.

Native Americans and Colorado pioneers camped at the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek , an area that became part of Denver , Colorado
James H. Baugh House, an 1859 log cabin that is now "entirely enclosed in a Late Victorian farmhouse" [ 9 ]
Pioneer Sod House