Park County Historical Society
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The Shawnee Historic District is locally significant for its historic association with transportation, entertainment/recreation, and community planning and development. Included in this historic district is a small cemetery. The town of Shawnee played a significant role in the history of Colorado. The community is associated with the history of transportation in the Rocky Mountain region, sitting along the route of the Denver, South Park and Pacific...
10) Bailey, Colorado
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2023
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Harold Warren was a well-known Park County historian. He was an ardent researcher of all aspects of the history and heritage of Park County. However, he also understood that today’s news is tomorrow's history.
With that quality in mind, Mr. Warren kept copious files of the news of the day. This publication is an effort to preserve his records.
The records include interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, articles written by local Bailey residents,...
12) Kiowa Lodge
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Pub. Date
2022
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The Kiowa Lodge, built in 1899, was a local landmark of Bailey Colorado. It was destroyed by fire in 1940. It was one on many lodges built by the Colorado and Southern Railroad in the Platte Canyon and beyond.
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Pub. Date
2022
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The Tarryall Rural Historic District is located in Park County in central Colorado. The high altitude scenic rural district embraces land along Tarryall Creek and Tarryall Road bounded by the Tarryall Mountains to the north and the Puma Hills to the south. The district begins about 2 miles south of the small service and supply hub of Jefferson on Highway 285 and extends southeasterly for approximately 39 miles to Highway 24 northwest of the small...
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Pub. Date
2022
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Mining was far and away the most significant industry in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Colorado and has remained important since that time. The Pike’s Peak Gold Rush brought unprecedented numbers of people into the region and that in turn led to powerful social, economic, and political changes that brought about the creation of Colorado Territory in 1861, culminating in the admittance of Colorado to the Union in 1876.
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Pub. Date
2022
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The Deatherage/Gibbs house is locally significant for architecture as an example of a Pioneer Log two-story dwelling. As with most pioneer log buildings, the house is located in a mountainous region, the Pike National Forest, and is characteristic of dwellings of early settlers in the region who were often engaged in timber and ranch endeavors.
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2022
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The 1922 Fairplay Hotel is significant in the area of Commerce for its important role as the largest and longest-lived hotel in town. From its opening in 1922 to the present day, the hotel has provided accommodations and meals for travelers, tourists, sportsmen, workers, and the local community.
18) Como Cemetery
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Pub. Date
2022
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The 1887 Como Cemetery is a 4.48 acre burial ground containing nearly five hundred graves. Located a half mile north of the railroad and mining town of Como, the cemetery sits on an elevated site overlooking the community on the west side of Park County Road 33, Boreas Pass Road. The former roadbed of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway, whose presence gave rise to the town, lies between the road and the cemetery.
