Resources

Recollections of days gone by

McGraw Park benefits from Eagle Scout projects 

The School at Bailey - 1940

PCHS Cemetery Tour - 2022

PCHS takes a road trip to Shawnee

Christmas in the Park: An historical perspective

Dogs of the Mining West

Snowstorm Dredge Move

Wild Tales from Hall Valley

Keystone Bridge Project

Alma Has a Blaze - 1905

Where Have All The Ghost Towns Gone?

Fact or Fiction: The Reynolds Gang and buried loot

Fremont School

Doin' Time in Fairplay

Lininger Lake

Remembering Ada B. Evans

Leonhard Summers Safe - Laura Van Dusen

MEMORIES of WHISTLES & SMOKE: Remnants of the Denver, South Park & Pacific

Zeblulon Pike 1806 Expedition - Linda Balough

 The Hammonds and Benders - Flip Boettcher

The Hammonds Settle In - Flip Boettcher 

Dake Discovered - Bob Schoppe

Cycling through History in Platte Canyon - Paul Hood 

Azel Slaghts - J. Gilsinger

Azel Slaghts Timeline - J. Gilsinger 

Azel Slaghts Property Transactions - J. Gilsinger

Eartly Communities - Slaughts

History of the Bailey Country Store 

South Park City - RMN June 19, 1966

Park County Local History Archives Photo Index

PCHS Gold Panning Trip at Tarryall 

The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad

Trip down Tarryall Road 

The Blue Sky People were here first 

Bailey - A History Book within itself 

An Interview with Father Dyer 

Historic narrow gauge railcar returns home

PCHS heads to Glen-Isle 

Guffy Roots 

WPA Privy 1935-1943

Stories from former Sheriff Norman Howey 

The Evolution of the Guffey General Store 

Preservation History of Glen-Isle

Railroading Returns to Como

Garo Store and Post Office

Fairplay Placer

Grant, Colorado

Trump, Colorado

Wild Days in Puma City

Leonard Summer's Burglar Proof 

Bailey Depot 

Bailey

Bailey Parade 1960s

Shawnee

Grant

Glen-Isle

Jefferson

Hartsel

Como

Santa Maria-Cassells

Deer Valley Park Association

The Coal Mines of South Park

DSP&PRR Postal Markings

Rankin Ranch

South Park Perils: Short Ropes and True Tales of Historic Park County Colorado

Selected Videos

2021

Como Update - Bob Schoppe

Teddy Roosevelt

Founding of South Park City

2019

Native American Prayer Trees 

Poker Alice

Save That Cabin 

Big Game in Colorado

2018

Lost Ski Towns - Peter & Caryn Boddie

Bradford Junction by Suzi Morris

Drilling, Fracking and Earthquakes by John Rakowski

Christ of the Rockies by Larry Bell

2017 

First Arrivals!1779 to 1865 by Gary Goodson

King City "A Token Tells the Tale" by Brian Heber

King Mine Explosion - January 12, 1893

C&S Railroad in Eastern Park County by Tom Klinger

Images of America - Park County by Christie Wright

Cassell's Among the Pines by Larry Bell

2016

Buckskin Joe by Christie Wright

Geology of South park by Pete Modreski

Railroad History of Park County by Bob Schoppe

Sam Hartsel by Linda Bjorklund

2015

Shendon Jackson by John Redmond

Snowstorm Dredge by Gary Higgins

Robbers & Murders by Christie Wright

Cassell's Among the Pines by Larry Bell

Geology of Bailey by Pete Modreski

Saloon Ballads by Rex Rideout

Colorado - 1870

Bailey Day Map - 1979

Park County School Districts - 1901

Colorado 1894 

Alma 1889

Bailey and Vicinity

Como 1937

Como and Vicinity 1937

CO Hwy 8 1937 Rev 1939 Project Plan

CO Hwy 8 1937 Project Plan

Leadville 1889

Colorado Historic Trail Map

Denver & South Park Wagon Road - 1882

Routes to the Pike's Peak Gold Region

Google Interactive Map

USGS Historical Map Explorer

Alma - August, 1886

Alma - January, 1896

Alma - November, 1902

Alma - September, 1910

Fairplay - August, 1886

Fairplay - October, 1890

Fairplay - January, 1896

Fairplay - November, 1902

Jefferson County Wagon & Toll Roads

Cemetery Tour

Mountain Men

Teddy Roosevelt

Founding of South Park City

Native American Prayer Trees

Como Railroad History 

Gold Panning Adventure 

Save That Cabin 

Tarryall Road Tour 

Big Game in Colorado 

Lost Ski Areas

School Tour

Barnett Cabin

Christ of the Rockies

First Arrivals

King City

Zebulon Pike National Trail

C&S Railroad in  Eastern Park County

Drilling, Fracking & Earthquakes

Glen-Isle

Hartsel

Como Cemetery

Paris Mill

Shawnee

B-24 Crash near Bailey 1943

Twin Forks Dam - EPA Assessment

Harvesting and Storing Ice

Zebulon Pike Curriculum Guide

Salt Works Ranch Historical Assessment

Snowstorm Dredge Historic Nomination

History of Ranching in Park County

How to Harvest Ice - Gilford Wood Company, 1912

Ice Planer Patent

Survey and Inventory of Resources in the Historic Core of Fairplay, Colorado

Obituaries 

Hiking Through History 

Place Names of Colorado 

Marriage Records 1851-1950 

Park County Patents 

The Real Pioneers of Colorado by Maria Davies McGrath - 1934

Mary and James Lamping - Colorado Pioneers 

Park County Gold and Silver Deposits Beaver and Tarryall District, 1942

Tarryall Historic District Nomination 

Snowstorm Dredge and Placer Chronology

Historic Ranching in Park County 

Cline Ranch Historical Assessment

Park County History Timeline

Bill & Ann Bailey Chronology

Caboose and Railroad FAQs

Itinerary of Theodore L. Mead - Kenosha House

Colorado Mining Fatalities - 1844-1981

Park County Mining Fatalities - 1844-1981

South Park Heritage Winter Spring 2020

Father Dyer Autobiography 1890

Doin Time in Fairplayby Linda Bjorklund

The Life and Times of
Elizabeth Entriken and Joseph Barnett

Puma City 1896

Park County Cemetery RecordsSource: Harold and Lenore Warren1976

Fairplay

William L. Bailey - 1874

James W. Price - 1890

Samuel Hartsel - 1903

Charles L. Fitzsimmons - 1927

South Park Site Stewards

Southern Ute Tribe History

Preservation Matters Newsletters 

Western Mining Towns 

Stories from Park County 

Historic Towns of Park County 

Geological and Geological Atlas of Colorado - 1877

BLM General Land Office Records

Colorado Historical Newspaper Collection 

Conifer Historical Society 

South Park Historical Foundation 

Park County Local History Archives

Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative

USGS Historical Map Explorer