, ▁and ▁it ▁appears ▁that ▁this ▁stone ▁pla que ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁wrong ▁place . ▁ ▁Rail road ▁and ▁agricult ure ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁eastern ▁Colorado ▁attract ed ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁attention ▁by ▁far ming ▁interests ▁who ▁didn ' t ▁yet ▁know ▁that ▁long - term ▁agricult ure ▁was ▁uns ust ain able ▁in ▁this ▁ar id ▁landscape , ▁and ▁the ▁rail ro ads ▁were ▁sn aking ▁west ▁across ▁the ▁pla ins ▁towards ▁the ▁gold ▁fields ▁of ▁the ▁Rock y ▁Mountains ▁during ▁the ▁Colorado ▁Gold ▁R ush . ▁The ▁Missouri ▁Pacific ▁Rail road ▁crossed ▁into ▁what ▁would ▁soon ▁become ▁Ki owa ▁County , ▁Colorado ▁from ▁Kansas ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 . ▁ ▁Several ▁small ▁cam ps ▁for ▁rail road ▁workers ▁were ▁established ▁just ▁over ▁the ▁border ▁from ▁Kansas , ▁and ▁beginning ▁after ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Sher idan ▁Lake , ▁new ▁towns ▁and ▁cam ps ▁were ▁sequ entially ▁named , ▁alphabet ically , ▁starting ▁with ▁" A " ▁and ▁proceed ing ▁west ward ▁along ▁the ▁rail road ▁line . ▁ ▁Ar den , ▁Br andon , ▁Ch iving ton , ▁Dist on , ▁E ads , ▁Fer g us , ▁Gal ate a , ▁Has well , ▁In man , ▁J ol iet , ▁and ▁Kil burn ▁appeared ▁one ▁after ▁another , ▁some ▁developing ▁into ▁towns , ▁others ▁being ▁only ▁a ▁pipe ▁dream ▁in ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁developers . ▁Ch iving ton ▁was ▁intended ▁as ▁a