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Baugh was unable to pay property taxes in 1876 and he left the Wheat Ridge area in 1877 Also unable to pay the 1880 property taxes, the county treasurer put his farm up for sale to pay taxes. Baugh rented out his farm at that time. He subdivided his 160-acre parcel of land in 1888 and 1889 and sold
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Baugh was politically active, influencing legislation and the community's growth. 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. He also sat on the school board and was a delegate for
Jefferson County to the 1868 State
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Baugh built a log cabin in 1859 on a 160-acre parcel of homesteaded land. The cabin, which he expanded in 1877 and ca. 1892 to a
Victorian farmhouse, is located at 44th Avenue and Robb Street. Baugh was a bachelor for many years. He hired laborers to work his farm.
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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. Baugh was an active community member and political figure, which helped the town grow. Two of his homes,
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Baugh ran a farm and orchard on the land, using water from irrigation ditches from Clear Creek, and raised chickens. He grew potatoes, oats, wheat, and vegetables. He sold his produce in mining camps and Denver.
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with his parents and siblings in 1850. Baugh was the oldest child on the 1850 census. His younger siblings were Julius C., Harvey S., Francis L., John B., Robert E. Baugh, Sarah, and Joseph.
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between 1863 and 1870, Since the sod house was built with tall prairie grass, it is likely that the house was built before 1864 when the prairie grass was gone.
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The house stands now on three acres of the original homesteaded land. The log cabin is "entirely enclosed within a Late
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James H. Baugh House, an 1859 log cabin that is now "entirely enclosed in a Late
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