Sedgwick’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Sedgwick. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was named for Fort Sedgwick, which was named after John Sedgwick, who was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Sedgwick’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sedgwick’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThreshing wheat near Sedgwick, Co…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Sedgwick, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Sedgwick is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sedgwick has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Deuel County Courthouse in Chappell, 11.3 miles away.
Sedgwick and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Threshing wheat near Sedgwick, Colo., South Platte Valley on Union Pacific (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.