First living in "The Soddy" E.O. bred Percheron horses and farmed wheat which doubled during WWI because of an increase in demand and a reduction in supply. Prices shot up from about 1.5 cents to 3.25 cents per bushel and were on average about 2.21 per bushel. Had the government not stepped in to put a restriction on the prices, they most likely would have continued to rise.

Luckily for E.O. the increase had made it possible for him to build the frame home and move out of the sod home which had been their first Colorado Home, and because wheat had made it possible, the home became known as "The Wheat House."

The family remained here until he traded 950 acres (of the 1200 acres he had accumulated) for land in Livermore. The transaction also included a hotel of which little is known except it is believed to have been just across the border in Nebraska. The Livermore land, which was in the mountain area, was not suitable for growing the wheat he was accustomed to farming, and was more suited to hay, which he had never grown. When his wheat crops failed, the family decided to move and eventually located in Fort Collins where they lived the remainder of their lives.

Edward's wife Hattie died in Fort Collins on 20 May 1964 and Edward on 23 Dec 1971. They were laid to rest at the Riverside Cemetery in Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado.