WELD COUNTY, Colo. — The federal authorities has launched a particular useful resource research (SRS) of the Dearfield settlement to guage its potential for inclusion within the Nationwide Park Service (NPS) system.
Within the early a part of the twentieth century, Dearfield — situated 25 miles east of Greeley in Weld County — blossomed into Colorado’s most profitable Black agricultural city, attracting African People from throughout who have been eager about farming.
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Dearfield was based in 1910 by Oliver Toussaint (O.T.) Jackson, an African American who labored for a number of governors as a messenger.
“He needed to start out a Black farming neighborhood,” stated Dr. George Junne, an Africana Research professor on the College of Northern Colorado. “He began off in one other neighborhood and it did not work out. So the governor at the moment helped him proceed to get the land that’s now Dearfield.”
It reached its peak within the late 1910s and early Twenties, however the Mud Bowl blew away the soil and their goals within the Nineteen Thirties.
“O.T. Jackson and a few households tried to remain on and a few of them into the Nineteen Forties. However there isn’t any water on the market, so subsequently it failed,” stated Junne.
A provision within the omnibus invoice signed by President Joe Biden directed the U.S. Division of the Inside to check the city’s historical past and “decide the suitability and feasibility of designating the research space as a unit of the Nationwide Park System.”
In keeping with the Nationwide Park Service, a research group will consider the positioning primarily based on 4 standards:
- Nationwide significance
- Suitability
- Feasibility
- Want for NPS administration
The NPS stated all 4 standards should have “constructive findings” to ensure that the positioning to be eligible for potential inclusion.
The research group will even think about public enter. The NPS will host two in-person public enter periods:
- Tuesday, Jan. 16 on the Blair-Caldwell African American Analysis Library in Denver from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Wednesday, Jan. 17 on the Greeley Historical past Museum in Greeley from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A 3rd session can be held just about on Friday, Jan. 19 from 10 a.m. to midday. You may take part by following this hyperlink and searching for the assembly below the “Assembly Notices” tab. The NPS will submit a video recording of the digital assembly on the venture webpage.
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Those that wish to share their enter may submit it just about (which is most well-liked) or by mail. Feedback can be accepted by way of Feb. 23, in line with NPS.
To submit your feedback just about, go to the research web site and click on the “Open for Remark” tab to entry the portal.
To submit your feedback by mail, ship them to the next tackle:
Nationwide Park Service
Denver Service Senter
Attn: Dearfield SRS / Charles Lawson
12795 West Alameda Pkwy
Denver, CO, 80228
For extra data on the research and upcoming public conferences, click on right here.
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