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Home > Colorado History > Farming and Ranching By, Ada In the 1800's to the 1900's they ate mosly the same thing we do now. They grew corn, melons, pumpkins, squash, Mexican beans, hay, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, cherries, plums, and pears. They raised chickens, ducks, turkeys, and cows for meat and eggs.