# O. P. Jackson ranch

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/o-p-jackson-ranch/
- Also known as: Johnson ranch; Saue ranch (from about 1915)
- Kind: Ranches and homesteads
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.053, -104.8222 (from a cited description (good to a quarter mile))

- Updated: 2026-10-17

## What we know

The pioneer ranch of Oliver P. Jackson, homesteaded by 1878 and enlarged to 1888 (S-0080). Lavelett: Olaf Johnson of Kansas bought 'the pioneer ranch of O. P. Jackson' and sold it to his brother-in-law Hans Saue, who married Selma Johnson in 1915; they spent their first year 'in the log cabin that had been built by O. P. Jackson' before building a new house. The ranch 'had several good springs and water, and produced many tons of oats and native hay', with pasture for cattle (S-0013, pp. 72-73). The homestead is the north part of today's Gleneagle.

## Where it was

Oliver P. Jackson's homestead patent of Jan. 25, 1878, E1/2 NW and W1/2 NE of Sec. 31, T11S R66W, with smaller cash entries in Sec. 31 (1885, 1888) and Sec. 30 (1881) (BLM GLO, read 2026-10-09, S-0080). The point is the homestead's center on the BLM PLSS grid; good to about a quarter mile. Lavelett puts the ranch 'two miles east of Husted', which would be about two and a half miles south of here; where on the land Jackson's cabin stood is not known.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0011: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0011
- S-0013: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0013
- S-0080: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0080
- S-0120: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0120

## Nearby

- [Gleneagle](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/gleneagle/): 0.5 mi south
- [Black Forest Baptist Assembly](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-baptist-assembly/): 1.2 mi northeast
- [Black Forest Fox Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-fox-ranch/): 1.3 mi northeast
- [Hardesty Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/hardesty-ranch/): 1.5 mi east
- [Agnew's sawmill](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/agnews-sawmill/): 1.7 mi southwest
- [Bassett's Mill](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/bassetts-mill/): 1.8 mi east

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.