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Huntsville: Stage stock and stockade

By CPC | Sep 1, 2019

Article and photo by Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society Named for Colorado’s fourth Territorial Governor, Huntsville history was fleeting but colorful, beginning in 1859. Located on…

The Wildcats by rail: A ghost town journey

By CPC | Aug 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of Brett Wiebold Readers may recall the grit and determination of General William Jackson Palmer in bringing narrow gauge rail service to Douglas County. Yet…

Cheese Louise! The dairy industry in Douglas County

By CPC | Jul 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of Scott Terhark Collection, Douglas County History Research Center, Douglas County Libraries Not long after the Homestead Act opened the West, some Douglas County settlers…

A milling town gone coaled

By CPC | Jun 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photo courtesy of Newspaperarchive.com People and towns came and went in the early days of statehood. Had it not been for an obscure notation on a map,…

“Wildcat Corner” unveiled in The Village at Castle Pines

By CPC | May 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photos by Terri Wiebold In late March, the formerly bare-walled community room at the Castle Pines Homes Association building received a makeover. A once humdrum meeting space,…

Epic Oaklands pioneers: Henry. H. and Julia Curtis

By CPC | Apr 1, 2019

By Joe Gschwendtner; photos courtesy of Archives & Local History – Douglas County Libraries In 1849, Henry H. Curtis took Julia Paddison to be his bride in South Wales. He…

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…

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