The Kramer and Carlson farms joined each other on the River Road midway between Brighton and Henderson. The children form both families were good friends and played together every chance they had.  There was a path right through Carlson's tomato field straight to the Kramers' yard made by the children going back and forth.

August Gottlieb Kramer born 7 December 1892 (Gus) as he was known fell in love with Margaret Beda Carlson, born 18 October 1898 (Maggie) as she was called in he younger days.  When Gus was courting Margaret he liked to bring her chocolate covered cherries.  Gus's brothers and sisters would remove the cherry and put it back in the box, so when Gus gave it to Margaret it looked like no one had touched it.  Margaret got the candy less the cherries.

On November 27, 1919, they were married.  It was the coldest day of the year.  Instead of being married at the church, they chose the Kramer home.  Gus's father had been badly hurt by a ball several months before and was unable to travel to church.

They farmed several places on the River Road for about three years.  Gus worked part time at the Celeryville Farm.

God gave them a daughter Matilda Ruth born 2 November 1921 at Brighton.

They gave up farming and moved into Brighton for about four years.  Gus worked for Tom Hall, a general contractor and helped dig the basement for the high school on Bridge Street.  He was with the Sheriffs' department for a while.  Then worked for the Hunter Hardware.

Little Matlida was only 22 months old when diphtheria claimed her life on 13 September 1923 at home.  She as layed [sic] to rest at Elmwood Cemetery with other family members.

On August of 1926, Gus got a job with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad as a boilermaker.  They moved to Denver and lived there for twelve years.  Margaret worked as a floor lady at the Columbine Laundry.

On 23 July 195, God gave them another daughter after over 15 years of marriage.  Margaret wanted to name her May after her mother, but yet a name that non of the family had.  A fried had the middle name of Mazell, so the new baby was named Mazell Ann.

After the death of Margaret's father John Carlson in 1932, Gus and Margaret bought the farm from her two sisters and brother.  The farm was rented for a few years. On April Fools' Day 1938, the family moved back to the farm that Margaret was born and raised on.  Gus farmed it and worked at the railroad until 1945.  Then he farmed and picked up sugar beet samples from the beet dumps and took them to the factory during harvest.

They built up a nice herd of guernsey cattle. The years the milk was shipped to meadow Gold and later to Rucker's Guernsey Dairy.  March 1946 the brand 6-K was registered to them at the State Brand Board.  Gus served a couple of years as secretary for the upper end of the Brantner Ditch.

They belonged to Zion Lutheran Church.  Margaret took Mazell to and from school every day until the public school buses picked up the Lutheran school children.  Mazell was about in the sixth grade then.

Gus's health started to fail.  In 1960 she bought a smaller home in South 2nd Street in Brighton where she still lived today.  She goes to the Senior Center and has been active with the group.  She is an honorary member of the Ladies Missionary Guild at Zion and attends Bible Classes and church regularly.

Margaret Beda (Carlson) Kramer born 19 October 1898 near Brighton, Colorado, the daughter of John A. Carlson, born 12 April 1867 and died 29 March 1932, married 31 May 1897 in Brighton to Mary (May) (Blundell) Carlson, born 19 March 1871 and died 17 February 1905 in Brighton. Her sisters are Ella DeBerard born 1 December 1899, Mable Karich born 17 December 1903, a brother Albert Carlson born 19 February 1902.  Her great grandfathers are James Blundell and Thomas Donelson who were two of the six white men to settle here in 1856.

Margaret the oldest of four children was six years old when her mother died.  John's mother, Clara Holmes came and lived with them and helped raise the children until her death in 1915.  The family raised vegetables.  The children all worked in the fields. A treat was to ride along with Dad when he took produce to market in Denver with the horse and wagon. She walked three miles to Brantner School and three miles back with her sisters and brothers.

August Gottlieb Kramer born 7 December near Beathume, [Bethune] Kit Carson County, Colorado, the son of John Kramer born 8 May 1860 and Sophia (Schlichenmeyer) Kramer born 15 November 1862.  They came to Brighton in 1896 in a covered wagon.  Gus attended Lutheran School and was confirmed with the class of 1908 at Zion Lutheran Church.