Azubah's Grave

(all directly quoted from internet source) The Batterson Barn, along what is now the Red Feather Lakes Road, has been a familiar landmark in the Livermore area for more than 100 years. The following account is based on Linda Adams's contribution The Batterson Barn and The Family Who Built It in the second edition of Among These Hills and on material she wrote for the website and newsletter of the Red Feather Historical Society.

Solomon Batterson and his wife Mary both were born in Hume, New York, but did not meet until some 20 years later in Iowa where they were married on Christmas Day in 1852. In 1870, Solomon, Mary and their 3 children packed up and became part of the westward migration to California. However, they found the area of the Cache La Poudre River valley so appealing that they settled in Greeley rather than continue on to California and remained there until 1873 when they found a place to homestead in the Livermore area. the Battersons homesteaded 160 acres with the intent of developing a stock raising business.

Initially, Solomon, with the help of 17 yr old billy, made a living by hunting and selling elk, mountain sheep, and deer to customers in Fort Collins, Greely, Denver, and Cheyenne. However by 1878, the Battersons were milking 32 cows, selling 3400 pounds of butter (as well as milk), and putting up 75 tons of native grass hay. The family was beginning to prosper. Unfortunately, as 1878 neared its end, traedy befell the family when 10 yr old Azubah, the youngest of the three Batterson children, died just days before Christmas.

Azubah was buried on the east slope of what is now known as Mount Moriah in a sheltered spot west and within sight of the Batterson home. the headstone marking her grave is shown on the left. Over the years, the grave marker had been broken into several pieces. Residents of Glacier View Meadows repaired the stone and built a fence around the gravesite to protect it in the future.

Additional Waypoints

P15RKNC - Park on south side off road
N 40° 44.320 W 105° 24.471
There is opening in fence just below visual area.