Family lore states that the Kinkel brothers arrived in Philadelphia and were met by an "Uncle Eustace" who gave them a gift of a watermelon. They had never seen such a thing and weren't quite sure what to do, so they ate the whole thing - rind and all!
Louis Kinkel, an apprentice sausage-maker and butcher in Germany, came to America with two brothers and a friend. In 1882, they were "sent" from Philadelphia to Denver, where they worked briefly on a railroad section gang. Soon they were employed by Abner S. Baker, a founder of the town of Fort Morgan, to work on the Morgan ditch and encamped in "Tomato Can Hollow" (the draw where the Mexican Colony is situated west of the sugar factory) near Ft. Morgan.
After the ditch was completed, they returned to Denver and worked in meat markets; they moved on to Durango and from there traveled back to Denver, and finally to Akron CO - always working as butchers - before they were pushed by a drought into Fort Morgan.
Louis Kinkel came back to Fort Morgan in 1894 with his wife, Anna Voss Kinkel, a German woman whom he met and married in Denver, with their small daughter, Elsie. A baby son had died previously. Brother Charles accompanied them, and he joined Louis in establishing the Kinkel Meat Market in an 8-by-10 foot shack located near the site of the present City Hall. The shop moved several times, finally being located at 306 Main Street, which as of 1993 was the Tieman's Clothing store.
A brother Henry had preceded the others to this country, and died comparatively young in 1903. Brothers Charles and George eventually moved to Littleton, CO, working as meat-cutters. Louis carried on for nearly 50 years in Fort Morgan, most of that time with the assistance of his son Carl and of brother Henry's son Albert.
The first Kinkel home in Fort Morgan was at 330 Prospect Street, and their son Carl was born here. Later, the family moved to the Boughton House, known then as the "horse camp," situated on the flats north of Fort Morgan High School. It is thought that this complex of buildings (house, blacksmith shop, ice house, cafeteria) was a part of old Fort Morgan and a station on the old Overland Trail. After a few years, the Kinkels "returned to town" to live in the 400 block on Prospect Street.
After Anna (an asthmatic) died in 1928, Louis remarried to Mrs. Meta Walbrecht, and moved to South Platte, twenty miles southwest of Denver.
Louis was a member of various lodges in Fort Morgan, including B.P.O.E., the Woodmen of the World, the Knights Templar and the Shrine.
Louis died in September of 1953, just five months before his ninetieth birthday. It was a very large funeral. People came from all over to pay tribute.
Louis Kinkel, an apprentice sausage-maker and butcher in Germany, came to America with two brothers and a friend. In 1882, they were "sent" from Philadelphia to Denver, where they worked briefly on a railroad section gang. Soon they were employed by Abner S. Baker, a founder of the town of Fort Morgan, to work on the Morgan ditch and encamped in "Tomato Can Hollow" (the draw where the Mexican Colony is situated west of the sugar factory) near Ft. Morgan.
After the ditch was completed, they returned to Denver and worked in meat markets; they moved on to Durango and from there traveled back to Denver, and finally to Akron CO - always working as butchers - before they were pushed by a drought into Fort Morgan.
Louis Kinkel came back to Fort Morgan in 1894 with his wife, Anna Voss Kinkel, a German woman whom he met and married in Denver, with their small daughter, Elsie. A baby son had died previously. Brother Charles accompanied them, and he joined Louis in establishing the Kinkel Meat Market in an 8-by-10 foot shack located near the site of the present City Hall. The shop moved several times, finally being located at 306 Main Street, which as of 1993 was the Tieman's Clothing store.
A brother Henry had preceded the others to this country, and died comparatively young in 1903. Brothers Charles and George eventually moved to Littleton, CO, working as meat-cutters. Louis carried on for nearly 50 years in Fort Morgan, most of that time with the assistance of his son Carl and of brother Henry's son Albert.
The first Kinkel home in Fort Morgan was at 330 Prospect Street, and their son Carl was born here. Later, the family moved to the Boughton House, known then as the "horse camp," situated on the flats north of Fort Morgan High School. It is thought that this complex of buildings (house, blacksmith shop, ice house, cafeteria) was a part of old Fort Morgan and a station on the old Overland Trail. After a few years, the Kinkels "returned to town" to live in the 400 block on Prospect Street.
After Anna (an asthmatic) died in 1928, Louis remarried to Mrs. Meta Walbrecht, and moved to South Platte, twenty miles southwest of Denver.
Louis was a member of various lodges in Fort Morgan, including B.P.O.E., the Woodmen of the World, the Knights Templar and the Shrine.
Louis died in September of 1953, just five months before his ninetieth birthday. It was a very large funeral. People came from all over to pay tribute.
Family lore states that the Kinkel brothers arrived in Philadelphia and were met by an "Uncle Eustace" who gave them a gift of a watermelon. They had never seen such a thing and weren't quite sure what to do, so they ate the whole thing - rind and all!
Louis Kinkel, an apprentice sausage-maker and butcher in Germany, came to America with two brothers and a friend. In 1882, they were "sent" from Philadelphia to Denver, where they worked briefly on a railroad section gang. Soon they were employed by Abner S. Baker, a founder of the town of Fort Morgan, to work on the Morgan ditch and encamped in "Tomato Can Hollow" (the draw where the Mexican Colony is situated west of the sugar factory) near Ft. Morgan.
After the ditch was completed, they returned to Denver and worked in meat markets; they moved on to Durango and from there traveled back to Denver, and finally to Akron CO - always working as butchers - before they were pushed by a drought into Fort Morgan.
Louis Kinkel came back to Fort Morgan in 1894 with his wife, Anna Voss Kinkel, a German woman whom he met and married in Denver, with their small daughter, Elsie. A baby son had died previously. Brother Charles accompanied them, and he joined Louis in establishing the Kinkel Meat Market in an 8-by-10 foot shack located near the site of the present City Hall. The shop moved several times, finally being located at 306 Main Street, which as of 1993 was the Tieman's Clothing store.
A brother Henry had preceded the others to this country, and died comparatively young in 1903. Brothers Charles and George eventually moved to Littleton, CO, working as meat-cutters. Louis carried on for nearly 50 years in Fort Morgan, most of that time with the assistance of his son Carl and of brother Henry's son Albert.
The first Kinkel home in Fort Morgan was at 330 Prospect Street, and their son Carl was born here. Later, the family moved to the Boughton House, known then as the "horse camp," situated on the flats north of Fort Morgan High School. It is thought that this complex of buildings (house, blacksmith shop, ice house, cafeteria) was a part of old Fort Morgan and a station on the old Overland Trail. After a few years, the Kinkels "returned to town" to live in the 400 block on Prospect Street.
After Anna (an asthmatic) died in 1928, Louis remarried to Mrs. Meta Walbrecht, and moved to South Platte, twenty miles southwest of Denver.
Louis was a member of various lodges in Fort Morgan, including B.P.O.E., the Woodmen of the World, the Knights Templar and the Shrine.
Louis died in September of 1953, just five months before his ninetieth birthday. It was a very large funeral. People came from all over to pay tribute.
Louis Kinkel, an apprentice sausage-maker and butcher in Germany, came to America with two brothers and a friend. In 1882, they were "sent" from Philadelphia to Denver, where they worked briefly on a railroad section gang. Soon they were employed by Abner S. Baker, a founder of the town of Fort Morgan, to work on the Morgan ditch and encamped in "Tomato Can Hollow" (the draw where the Mexican Colony is situated west of the sugar factory) near Ft. Morgan.
After the ditch was completed, they returned to Denver and worked in meat markets; they moved on to Durango and from there traveled back to Denver, and finally to Akron CO - always working as butchers - before they were pushed by a drought into Fort Morgan.
Louis Kinkel came back to Fort Morgan in 1894 with his wife, Anna Voss Kinkel, a German woman whom he met and married in Denver, with their small daughter, Elsie. A baby son had died previously. Brother Charles accompanied them, and he joined Louis in establishing the Kinkel Meat Market in an 8-by-10 foot shack located near the site of the present City Hall. The shop moved several times, finally being located at 306 Main Street, which as of 1993 was the Tieman's Clothing store.
A brother Henry had preceded the others to this country, and died comparatively young in 1903. Brothers Charles and George eventually moved to Littleton, CO, working as meat-cutters. Louis carried on for nearly 50 years in Fort Morgan, most of that time with the assistance of his son Carl and of brother Henry's son Albert.
The first Kinkel home in Fort Morgan was at 330 Prospect Street, and their son Carl was born here. Later, the family moved to the Boughton House, known then as the "horse camp," situated on the flats north of Fort Morgan High School. It is thought that this complex of buildings (house, blacksmith shop, ice house, cafeteria) was a part of old Fort Morgan and a station on the old Overland Trail. After a few years, the Kinkels "returned to town" to live in the 400 block on Prospect Street.
After Anna (an asthmatic) died in 1928, Louis remarried to Mrs. Meta Walbrecht, and moved to South Platte, twenty miles southwest of Denver.
Louis was a member of various lodges in Fort Morgan, including B.P.O.E., the Woodmen of the World, the Knights Templar and the Shrine.
Louis died in September of 1953, just five months before his ninetieth birthday. It was a very large funeral. People came from all over to pay tribute.
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