Cowgill moved to Assumption for a few years, returning to Rosamond where he worked for grain dealer S.M.

After moving to Montrose, Mo., he returned to Rosamond and worked for Hawood & Son until 1878.

He then returned to Rosamond, and re-entered the employ of Hawood & Son, with whom he continued until 1878.

B. Waddington in the grain business, and the firm is now enjoying a good trade.

[6] A year later, Wesley Simpson arrived and turned hundreds of acres of prairie into farmland.

[8] A year after Dodge arrived the church added Lyman Wilcox as a member.

[10] By 1868, Rosamond could boast of a Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, with Charles H. Hill serving in both capacities.

[12] The church added another member when Benjamin Franklin Carper arrived in 1869 and became a local stock-raiser.