Fowler along with Lark Bailey and Ernest Scott took out Homestead Act Claims in 1909 in Eastern Colorado. In the fall of 1910 Fowler went back to Elmo, Missouri and married Beatrice Lamar. Fowler and Bea took their belongings and rode the train to Sligo, Colorado to their homestead.
Fowler and Anna Beatrice Lamar Hamilton
Married September 14, 1910
Helen, Frances and Ruth Hamilton
Fowler, Helen, Ruth, Frances and Bea Hamilton
Frances, Bea, Ruth, Fowler and Helen Hamilton
Donna Spangler Pierpoint and Joyce Spangler Ecker
Ruth Hamilton McCumber and Family
Ruth Hamilton McCumber and Family
Jim and Maxine Dinsdale, Anita and Ed McCumber, Nancy and Mike Obert
Ruth and Bonnie
Fowler and Bea Hamilton's descendants at the 2001 Hamilton Family Reunion
Keith Phillips, Ethel Phillips, Gary Ecker, Burdette Pierpoint, Susan and Terry Ecker, Jim Dinsdale, Mike Obert
Vickie and Joyce Ecker, Donna Pierpoint, Ruth McCumber, Bonnie Gray, Maxine Dinsdale, Nancy Obert
Left lower corner....Keith and Dick Phillips, Maxine Dinsdale, Nancy Obert
Bonnie Gray, Joyce Ecker and Donna Pierpoint