31. Purinton Family. Lucius and Nancy. Lucius passed away 6 months after purchasing ranch. Source: Helen Purinton Jones

32. Purinton Family. Lucius and Nancy. Lucius L. Purinton and wife, Nancy Fickes Purinton at time they purchased Crow Gulch Ranch. Source: Helen Purinton Jones.

33. Purinton Family. Lucius and Nancy. Lucius L. Purinton and wife, Nancy Fickes Purinton at time they purchased Crow Gulch Ranch. Source: Helen Purinton Jones

43. Purinton Family. Nancy Fickes. Took the state teachers examination in Denver and passed with 98% average and received life certificate to teach in Colorado. She taught school in Missouri when a young girl. She taught at country school above Colorado Springs 1922. Como 1922-23. Evergreen 1923-24. Deer Creek 1927-28. Shawnee 1928-29. She sold the ranch in 1930 and moved to Cambridge, Nebraska. Source: Helen Purinton Jones.