Wildcat Lore
Local author Susan Consola Appleby summed up the early South Platte/Deckers area as: “A seedbed for flowering enterprises attempting to capitalize directly upon the extraction of resources such as timber,…
Discovering natural beauty for the first time always inspires. Consider the upper South Platte River Valley. If names like Trumbull, Nighthawk, Twin Cedars, Ox Yoke (once home to Governor Elias…
“Cherry Creek” is somewhere and everywhere. Today, it is a school, a dam, a recreational area, a shopping district, a church and more. Cherry Creek’s early fame came in 1859…
At last census, Westcreek, an unincorporated community in Douglas County, had about 120 citizens. Nestled along Colorado State Highway 67, a scenic drive connecting Woodland Park and Sedalia, Westcreek paradoxically…
Douglas County is chock-full of Hiers. The family came early in our history and in force. So much so that there was a time when brothers Bob and Ed…
On March 16, Forrest Dykstra, former Highlands Ranch Metro District Manager, gave an engaging presentation on the history of the Fly’n B Ranch, today called the Fly’n B Park. The…
Northeast of Castle Rock, near Elizabeth, are the remains of Spring Valley, a historic rural settlement known to most as a stagecoach stop on the West Cherry Stage Road…
Jacob and Benedict Schultz of Switzerland were among the earliest Europeans immigrating to Colorado, finding their way to Russellville in the midst of gold fever in 1859. Housed at the…
Governor Alexander Cameron “Cam” Hunt had an eye for real estate, building his final home on a mountain in southeast Douglas County bearing his name. Born in 1825 in New…
Pine Grove simmered early rather than grew. A mere transit point, freighting and lumber processing at Gomer and Foster’s Running Creek sawmill were its early sparks. George and Mary…
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