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Sandstone Ranch: a history sculpted by strong women

By CPC | May 1, 2025

March 13 made for a remarkable presentation by Beryl Jacobson, a volunteer historian for Douglas County, on the history of Sandstone Ranch at the Douglas County Libraries – Philip &…

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Beans galore in Douglas County

By CPC | Apr 1, 2025

  Our Douglas community thrived on Beans in the late 19th and early 20th Century. But not the kind you think… The Bean family lineage began with John Marean Bean…

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The father of Franktown, and more

By CPC | Mar 1, 2025

  Our early settlers were tough and resilient. Even so, James Frank Gardner from Attica, New York, stood out. Tired of living with his parents at age 22, Frank came…

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Chasing windmills

By CPC | Feb 1, 2025

  Windmills played important roles on our county’s often-parched ranchlands.  Simple and necessary, some also see them as works of art, even symbols. In 2021, the Highlands Ranch Historical Society…

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The Helmers of Roxborough

By CPC | Jan 1, 2025

  Television series like Yellowstone, with its stunning backdrops, paint a grand picture of a dynastic family. Though it was Henry Persse who promoted the area as a resort it…

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Roxborough: food for the heart

By CPC | Dec 1, 2024

  Sixty-eight million years ago, red sandstone spires in the Fountain Bedrock Formation, moved from horizontal to the vertical in Roxborough, much like the Garden of the Gods. Later, it…

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Castle Rock: aptly named

By CPC | Nov 1, 2024

  Castle Rock was named after the rock formation towering over it. An outlier for its name, it is also the perfect icon for minerals that were early foundations for…

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The path of an eccentric, renaissance man

By CPC | Oct 1, 2024

Civil War veteran Chester Leach and his wife, Lucy, were among the early settlers in Denver, brought here by a team of oxen. Their son Clarence was born in 1872.…

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Douglas County’s first immigrants

By CPC | Sep 1, 2024

The Douglas County Wildcat Lore pioneering stories would be incomplete without addressing the forerunners: Native Americans. In fact, using historian Larry Schlupp’s words, they were indeed our “first immigrants.” As…

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The Pavilion in The Village showcases original settlers

By CPC | Aug 1, 2024

When The Village at Castle Pines chose to build its Pavilion seven years ago, it was designed to serve as a multiple-use facility: a gathering place, a venue for larger…

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