Route 1 Mack, Colorado

By Homer C Likes and Phyllis C Maluy Likes

A History of the Communities of Mack and New Liberty and the families who settled there.

All of the original pioneers are gone, as are many of their descendants. We are happy to bring their lives to light through this history so generations present and future can enjoy and learn from their great examples. In these pages we will attempt to tell at least part of the story of the people of the communities of Mack and New Liberty.

We will share some of their hopes, their triumphs, their heartbreaks - to help you appreciate and know them better.

It is our sincere hope that whoever reads this history will enjoy it at least half as much as we have enjoyed compiling it. We have come to better know and appreciate the many people among whom we lived and with whom we associated for so many years. That alone is considerable reward for the time, effort, and expense we have invested in this work.

Homer & Phyllis

Table of Contents

About the Authors

A Tribute to the Pioneers of Mack and New Liberty

PART ONE - Mack and New Liberty Histories

Chapter One-The Beginning

The Grand Valley

The Uintah Railway

Chapter Two-Mack

Mack

The Mack Post Office

Rural Route I

Mack School

Highline Hustlers Club

Uintah Country Club

Chapter Three-The Challenges and Blessings of 1918

World War I

The Flu Epidemic

The Highline Canal

The Siphon

The First Settlers

The Drawing

Chapter Four-The Work Begins

"Homesteading"

Crops and Machinery

Turkey School

Chapter Five-New Liberty

New Liberty School

New Liberty Sunday School

Social Life

Marriages and Births

New Liberty Community Club

Sew and So Club

Sorosis Club

Chapter Six-Progress

Automobiles & Roads

Fruita Union High School

Rural Electricity

Chapter Seven-More Challenges

Prohibition & Moonshining

The Great Depression

World War II

Chapter Eight-Nowadays

Mack

New Liberty

PART TWO - Family Biographies

Alstatt, Anderson, Appier, Archuleta, Arpke, Ashburn, Baird, Bainter, Banning, Barcus, Barnes, Barr, Berry, Blasde, Blasier, Booth, Bowen, Boyden, Brandon, Brayton, Brewster, Brisbin, Bryan, Burkett, Bush, Carroll, Caruthers, Cavendish, Chaffin, Chilson, Christofferson, Cole, Collins, Cook, Cooper, Corn, Cotner, Cox, Crews, Currey, Cutler, Daily, Davidson, Davies, Deacon, Dean, DeCrow, Denton, Diehl, Dillbeck, Dille, Dodge, Earp, Ebright, Eddings, Everetts, Fisher, Foss, Gadbury, Garber, Garcia, Geeting, Gerry, Glass, Gnagey, Griebel, Grimsby, Harris, Harrison, Hawthorne, Henderson, Herron, Hiatt, Hollinger, Homedew, Jones, Keffalos, Kelley, Kelly, Kennedy, Kessinger, Kiefer, King, Koch, Komatas, Lander, Leach, Likes, Loftin, Lyman, MacTaggart, Maluy, Martinez, McCoy, Morrow, Muths, Nelson, Overbye, Pacheco, Paulson, Penfield, Phillips, Pollock, Post, Puckett, Raver, Rector, Rich, Roberts, Robertson, Rowe, Sanders, Saunders, Schunter, Shires, Simpson, Sisler, Slaugh, Smith, Snavely, Spencer, Stotts, Summers, Sumnicht, Sweitzer, Swyhart, Thomas, Thompson, Tomlinson, Turner, Underwood, Wagaman, Wallace, Wassenberg, Weimer, Weir, Wells, Wesner, White, Wilkinson, Wing, Winkle, Wright, Wynkoop, Young, Zahnen

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5XZTYTG
• ISBN13: 9798889020820
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Likes Publishing
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 4.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"