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Offline Stu Kettle

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Scratched on a rock
« on: January 06, 2014, 10:33:44 AM »
A friend of mine found this rock in a pasture in an area where the local folklore is that a large battle between soldiers and Indians took place.  Any ideas what the numbers might signify?






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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2014, 10:47:22 AM »
Any possibility it's a surveyor's stone?


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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2014, 10:58:19 AM »
17th March 1899 ?? next guess?
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Re: Scratched on a rock
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2014, 01:32:35 PM »
Yeah ! I was thinking 17 March 1899
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2014, 01:36:26 PM »
With a name like 'Rufus' - I'm thinking it was a favorite animal...

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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2014, 02:20:19 PM »
What about the 7s after Rufus' name?
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2014, 08:00:46 AM »
A brand maybe???


Maybe we're making this too difficult. Maybe there weren't any trees for the kid to carve his name into so he used a rock???
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2014, 08:15:22 AM »
Might be a brand - I didn't think of that. Could it be a claim marker?
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2014, 08:29:42 AM »
Quote from: Pitspitr on January 08, 2014, 08:00:46 AM
A brand maybe???


Maybe we're making this too difficult. Maybe there weren't any trees for the kid to carve his name into so he used a rock???

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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2014, 08:37:29 AM »
Our family has one of the oldest registered brands in the state. It started out as a 7. There got to be so many people using 7 as their brand that the state required us to add a character. Mine became  (7  (Quarter circle seven).  We also had a pennant seven and the lazy T seven. The Quarter Circle and Lazy T 7's are both still active. 1899 would be early enough that a brand still could have been a single character.
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2014, 08:59:27 AM »
A google search of the data comes up with a plethora of places and historical info, if we can get the exact location it would be helpful to narrowing down the time, place, people. Can we get that info Stu?
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2014, 10:26:20 AM »
It was found in northwestern Colorado.  I'll contact my friend & see if I can narrow it down any more than that.
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2014, 07:11:59 AM »
Howdy Stu,
Yes, let us know where it was found. My wife's family has been in that area since the 1880's and they may know what it means.

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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2014, 07:42:57 AM »
I mistyped my last post - it's northeastern Colorado. & I still haven't spoken to the lady that found it for a more precise location.
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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2014, 01:07:05 PM »
Well that's okay. My neighbor is about 90 and grew up on a place close to Ft Morgan on the Platte.

As an side story. He told me that as a boy he trapped badgers. Once when setting a trap he found an old rifle and his dad
recognized it as a Trapdoor. After they looked it over he is pretty sure it ended up in the scrap pile.

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Re: Scratched on a rock
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2014, 11:12:55 PM »
Near the Fremont Butte?
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