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Collection Summary |
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| Creator: | Godfrey Ditch Company | |
| Title: | Records of the Godfrey Ditch Company | |
| Dates: | 1870-1996 | |
| Quantity: | 0.75 linear feet | |
| Identification: | WGOD | |
| Abstract: | The Section No. 3 Ditch Company was incorporated in March 1870 in Weld County. The company constructed its ditch to divert water from the South Platte River for agriculture, milling and dairying purposes. In 1910, it was reincorporated as the Godfrey Ditch Company. The collection contains the minute books of both companies, which span the years 1870 to 1986. Also included are account ledgers and stock registers, as well as some legal documents and historical information. | |
| Contact Information: | Water Resources Archive Archives and Special Collections Morgan Library Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1019 USA Phone: 970-491-1844 Fax: 970-491-1195 Email: specialcollections@library.colostate.edu URL: http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/water/ |
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Not all of the material in the collection is in the public domain. Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.
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Index Terms |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Colorado State University Libraries online catalog. Researchers seeking materials about related subjects, persons, organizations or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Ditches--Colorado. | ||
| Water utilities--Colorado. | ||
| Water-supply--Colorado. | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| Section No. 3 Ditch Company. | ||
| Godfrey Ditch Company. | ||
| Places: | ||
| Weld County (Colo.) | ||
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One of the many ditch companies founded to make the lands of the Colorado Territory productive by moving water, the Section No. 3 Ditch Company was incorporated in March 1870 in Weld County. Specifically, the company's ditch "has its headgate in the South Platte River in the southeast quarter of section 3, township 4 north, range 66 west, and extends thence in a northeasterly direction." The company constructed its ditch to divert water for agriculture, milling and dairying purposes. Its founding officers were Lewis Allen, Allen R. Godfrey and Charles E. Miller.
In 1910, the Section No. 3 Ditch Company was reincorporated as the Godfrey Ditch Company, at which time its shares of stock increased from 20 to 100. The officers elected upon reincorporation were Walter T. Sylvester, C. B. Norris and B. K. Hanbury. The company became a member of the Consolidated Ditches Company in 1940 as part of a contract with Denver related to use of the South Platte River water. In the 1980s, as litigation relating to the contract began, the company decided not to rejoin Consolidated.
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The Records of the Godfrey Ditch Company consists of documents dated 1870 to 1996. Most significant are the minute books, which span the years 1870 to 1986 and record the business conducted at the annual stockholder and special meetings. Also included are account ledgers and stock registers, as well as some legal documents and historical information.
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Materials in the collection were arranged as two series in two boxes:
| Series I: Bound volumes, 1870-1996 and undated | ||
| Series II: Papers, 1976-1995 | ||
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Records of the Godfrey Ditch Company, Water Resources Archive, Colorado State University.
The Records of the Godfrey Ditch Company was donated to the Water Resources Archive in March 2006 by the current officers of the company, Charles W. Sylvester, Jr., Glenn Werning and Jerry L. Loeffler.
Processing was completed in November 2006. Materials were inserted in acid-free folders and stored in acid-free boxes. Metal fasteners were removed and replaced with plastic clips.
The minute books have been scanned and are available on the Water Resources Archive website. In the electronic version of this document, they appear as links in context. Note that blank pages were not scanned.
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The Water Resources Archive also holds the Records of the Iliff and Platte Valley Ditch Company.
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Note: Estimated pagination is preceded by an "e."
Series I: Bound volumes |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minutes. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Section No. 3 Ditch Company, Secretary's book. 1870-1910. 1 bound volume VIEW | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Section No. 3 Ditch Company, Secretary's book -- loose papers. 1877, 1950. 2pp. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Combined record book. 1910-1924. 1 bound volume VIEW | |||||||||||
| Includes certificates of incorporation, by-laws, stock register and transfer records. | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Combined record book -- loose papers. 1899-1927, undated. 7pp. | |||||||||||
| Includes deed of water rights from Section No. 3 Ditch Company to Godfrey Ditch Company. | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Record. 1926-1986. 1 bound volume VIEW | |||||||||||
| 1 | Finances. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Section No. 3 Ditch Co. ledger. 1870-1909. 1 bound volume | |||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Treasurer's book. 1905-1936. 1 bound volume | |||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Stock register. 1919-1959. 1 bound volume | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Account book. 1937-1996. 1 bound volume | |||||||||||
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