1839
Gabriel built Vales Mill in 1839, the second mill to be built in that area (the first was Aiken known as Greer's Mill). He either sold or gave the mill to his brother Thomas who then sold it to Eli and Elizabeth Vale in 1876. John Quincy Adams Vale moved there in May 1876 and purchased it from his parents in 1877.
1848
Gabriel Bowen's outstanding contribution to the family and to Vales Mill is that he built the grist mill at Vales Mill in 1848 that sat on the Raccoon Creek for 100 years. The record shows he purchased one acre of land from Thomas. He operated the mill one year and leased or rented it to Stephen Aiken. Frank Vale also operated for a time. A few years later it was sold to Mr. Aiken. The reason is unknown and it may be that he was in poor health. I have guessed, after reading the transfers of property that occurred in 1848, 1949, and 1850 that Gabriel went to the gold fields of California with James, and did not return. It appears that James and Thomas received the bulk of the land at John's death. Thomas is Vinton Township area and James in Columbus Township, except for the cabins at the Bend.
Excerpted from Adam's Children a Celtic Myth of Family by E.L. Hoy.
Oil Spring, in Canon City, Colorado, was claimed by Gabriel Bowen in September, 1860, one year after the first oil well in the United States was drilled in Pennsylvania. Bowen immediately formed Colorado's first oil company, G. Bowen & Co. Bowen's claim was apparently jumped by J.L. Dunn, who dung four pits at the spring. One of the pits produced a barrel a day, but the others yielded little. Dunn left the area and early 1862, after being charged cattle rustling. Bowen regained control of Oil Spring. He also operated a grain mill father down Oil Creek from the seep. The Oil Spring claim was sold to Alexander Cassidy in January, 1862.
Colorado Encyclopedia's "Oil Spring".
Moved from Bowen Cemetery in Canon City in 1992.
Gabriel built Vales Mill in 1839, the second mill to be built in that area (the first was Aiken known as Greer's Mill). He either sold or gave the mill to his brother Thomas who then sold it to Eli and Elizabeth Vale in 1876. John Quincy Adams Vale moved there in May 1876 and purchased it from his parents in 1877.
1848
Gabriel Bowen's outstanding contribution to the family and to Vales Mill is that he built the grist mill at Vales Mill in 1848 that sat on the Raccoon Creek for 100 years. The record shows he purchased one acre of land from Thomas. He operated the mill one year and leased or rented it to Stephen Aiken. Frank Vale also operated for a time. A few years later it was sold to Mr. Aiken. The reason is unknown and it may be that he was in poor health. I have guessed, after reading the transfers of property that occurred in 1848, 1949, and 1850 that Gabriel went to the gold fields of California with James, and did not return. It appears that James and Thomas received the bulk of the land at John's death. Thomas is Vinton Township area and James in Columbus Township, except for the cabins at the Bend.
Excerpted from Adam's Children a Celtic Myth of Family by E.L. Hoy.
Oil Spring, in Canon City, Colorado, was claimed by Gabriel Bowen in September, 1860, one year after the first oil well in the United States was drilled in Pennsylvania. Bowen immediately formed Colorado's first oil company, G. Bowen & Co. Bowen's claim was apparently jumped by J.L. Dunn, who dung four pits at the spring. One of the pits produced a barrel a day, but the others yielded little. Dunn left the area and early 1862, after being charged cattle rustling. Bowen regained control of Oil Spring. He also operated a grain mill father down Oil Creek from the seep. The Oil Spring claim was sold to Alexander Cassidy in January, 1862.
Colorado Encyclopedia's "Oil Spring".
Moved from Bowen Cemetery in Canon City in 1992.
1839
Gabriel built Vales Mill in 1839, the second mill to be built in that area (the first was Aiken known as Greer's Mill). He either sold or gave the mill to his brother Thomas who then sold it to Eli and Elizabeth Vale in 1876. John Quincy Adams Vale moved there in May 1876 and purchased it from his parents in 1877.
1848
Gabriel Bowen's outstanding contribution to the family and to Vales Mill is that he built the grist mill at Vales Mill in 1848 that sat on the Raccoon Creek for 100 years. The record shows he purchased one acre of land from Thomas. He operated the mill one year and leased or rented it to Stephen Aiken. Frank Vale also operated for a time. A few years later it was sold to Mr. Aiken. The reason is unknown and it may be that he was in poor health. I have guessed, after reading the transfers of property that occurred in 1848, 1949, and 1850 that Gabriel went to the gold fields of California with James, and did not return. It appears that James and Thomas received the bulk of the land at John's death. Thomas is Vinton Township area and James in Columbus Township, except for the cabins at the Bend.
Excerpted from Adam's Children a Celtic Myth of Family by E.L. Hoy.
Oil Spring, in Canon City, Colorado, was claimed by Gabriel Bowen in September, 1860, one year after the first oil well in the United States was drilled in Pennsylvania. Bowen immediately formed Colorado's first oil company, G. Bowen & Co. Bowen's claim was apparently jumped by J.L. Dunn, who dung four pits at the spring. One of the pits produced a barrel a day, but the others yielded little. Dunn left the area and early 1862, after being charged cattle rustling. Bowen regained control of Oil Spring. He also operated a grain mill father down Oil Creek from the seep. The Oil Spring claim was sold to Alexander Cassidy in January, 1862.
Colorado Encyclopedia's "Oil Spring".
Moved from Bowen Cemetery in Canon City in 1992.
Gabriel built Vales Mill in 1839, the second mill to be built in that area (the first was Aiken known as Greer's Mill). He either sold or gave the mill to his brother Thomas who then sold it to Eli and Elizabeth Vale in 1876. John Quincy Adams Vale moved there in May 1876 and purchased it from his parents in 1877.
1848
Gabriel Bowen's outstanding contribution to the family and to Vales Mill is that he built the grist mill at Vales Mill in 1848 that sat on the Raccoon Creek for 100 years. The record shows he purchased one acre of land from Thomas. He operated the mill one year and leased or rented it to Stephen Aiken. Frank Vale also operated for a time. A few years later it was sold to Mr. Aiken. The reason is unknown and it may be that he was in poor health. I have guessed, after reading the transfers of property that occurred in 1848, 1949, and 1850 that Gabriel went to the gold fields of California with James, and did not return. It appears that James and Thomas received the bulk of the land at John's death. Thomas is Vinton Township area and James in Columbus Township, except for the cabins at the Bend.
Excerpted from Adam's Children a Celtic Myth of Family by E.L. Hoy.
Oil Spring, in Canon City, Colorado, was claimed by Gabriel Bowen in September, 1860, one year after the first oil well in the United States was drilled in Pennsylvania. Bowen immediately formed Colorado's first oil company, G. Bowen & Co. Bowen's claim was apparently jumped by J.L. Dunn, who dung four pits at the spring. One of the pits produced a barrel a day, but the others yielded little. Dunn left the area and early 1862, after being charged cattle rustling. Bowen regained control of Oil Spring. He also operated a grain mill father down Oil Creek from the seep. The Oil Spring claim was sold to Alexander Cassidy in January, 1862.
Colorado Encyclopedia's "Oil Spring".
Moved from Bowen Cemetery in Canon City in 1992.
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