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Sticks and then bricks

By CPC | Mar 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photos courtesy of Kevin Grenier, Douglas County Historic Preservation In Douglas County’s early years, hillside lumber yielded logs which were the basic building blocks of construction. Whether…

D. C. Oakes: Famous and Infamous

By CPC | Feb 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of Heritage Collection “History of City and Arapahoe County,” 1880 Major D.C. Oakes struck pay dirt in the California Gold Rush. Returning to Iowa in…

Hattie Beeman: Forged by Fire

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photos courtesy of Sedalia Historic Fire House Museum and Gardens Harriet (Hattie) Davis Beeman was made of tough stuff. Kevlar before its time. Born in Denver in…

Sedalia: What’s in a Name?

By CPC | Dec 1, 2018

By Joe Gschwendtner; photos courtesy of Douglas County Historical Society Ironically captured primarily in black and white, Sedalia’s story is actually quite colorful. She had four names. She was sold…

Sylvester Richardson’s hard-knock life

By CPC | Nov 1, 2018

Article and photo by Joe Gschwendtner Sylvester Richardson was a driven man. Raised in New York’s Catskill Mountains, he worked in the family vineyard near the Hudson River. No vintner…

Career options in early Douglas County

By CPC | Oct 1, 2018

By Joe Gschwendtner; photos courtesy of Our Heritage and People of Douglas County FARMING: Early pioneers had limited options for a livelihood. Most were in agriculture of some kind, as…

Willis Walker: Pioneer and Multi-tasker

By CPC | Sep 1, 2018

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of US Patent office and Douglas County Library History Research Section Willis Walker likely often lived in the shadow of his wife Sarah, known nationwide…

The mystery woman at Hidden Pond

By CPC | Aug 1, 2018

By Joe Gschwendtner; courtesy photo In 2003, Castle Pines Village excavations gave rise to a Nancy Drew-style mystery. While digging utility trenches for Hidden Pond Road, construction workers uncovered the…

LOST AND FOUND: THE SAGA OF WILLIAM HEADLAND

By CPC | Jul 1, 2018

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of The Bureau of Land Reclamation (U.S. Government) William Headland was an early homesteader in the Castle Pines Village area. Having paid $200 cash for…

John B. Karcher, French expat, firebrand and saloonkeeper

By CPC | Jun 1, 2018

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of the Castle Rock Journal John B. Karcher of Sedalia was a Frenchman by birth. A large landholder in Alsace Lorraine, he was politically and…

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