Richard S. Little

Richard S. Little. Westward at the base of the hill, Richard S. Little built near a running spring the first cabin in the Littleton area. A New England engineer, he took up a land claim here in 1860, and homesteaded in 1862. A ditch of the Capitol Hydraulic Company, which he surveyed across this land, later powered the Rough and Ready Flour Mills erected by Little and others in 1867.

On his land in 1872 he platted the town which now bears his name. He helped build its first store, hotel, church and schools. Elected to the legislature in 1873, he promoted irrigation legislation. In 1884, he erected a substantial stone house on Rapp Avenue, where he lived with his family until his death in 1899