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Here's a history of the one of the most successful, but short-lived railroads to serve the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining District. The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad was the first RR to reach the district. It opened up Cripple and Victor to the world.
Read the continuing story of Carl Mangurt, an article first introduced in the April 2007 issue of Pikes Peak Country. Recommend reading the original story first (see at the bottom of list of newsletter titles).
In 1949 the Midland Terminal Railroad was sold for scrap to a Texas salvaging company. Paul Bowman, as an 18-year old, worked on the crew taking up the rails.
Just in time for Halloween, read some death notices from 1898 - 1900 from the Cripple Creek Morning Times. Much more interesting than your standard obituary.
A reprise of a 2008 newsletter article about Crystola; this time focusing on the Spiritualism that influenced nearly the entire history of the place.
Read about the history of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway, the highest cog railroad in the world.
A revisit to the Skelton Ranch (see the March issue of Pikes Peak Country) after touring the resort ranch grounds, especially Balanced Rock - now in the Pike National Forest.
Adeline Hornbek built a fine 2-story home in the Florissant valley on land she purchased via the Homestead Act. The Hornbek Homestead is one of the attractions of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
A story about Divide, Colorado in the early 1900s and some of the history of that period.
Drive through Hartsel today in the middle of South Park and you may never imagine that it was once a spa with miraculous healing mineral waters.
The Skelton Ranch was perhaps one of the first "dude" ranches in Colorado, operating from 1905 - 1916 about 3.5 miles west of Woodland Park.
In 1900 there was an amusement park and zoo in a little town called Cameron on the northern outskirts of the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining District. Pinnacle Park is gone but what remains can be saved.
In 1896 and 1899 both Cripple and Victor burned, causing a rebuilding that changed the face of both towns in the World's Greatest Gold Camp.
Besides Cripple Creek and Victor - the greatest gold camp on earth, there was lots of mining activity elsewhere in Teller County in the 1890s around Woodland Park.
Read about the famous photographer who captured images of the most significant features of the American West, of the expansion of the railroads through the mountains and the first-ever pictures of Yellowstone.
A light-hearted drive to work with fantasy in mind.
Read about Anthony Bott, one of the founders of Colorado City in 1858.
Read about Colonel Benjamin F. Montgomery, perhaps one of the most charismatic men to come to Colorado, and the champion who fought for the creation of Teller Country by the Colorado General Assembly in 1899.
An inspirational anthem to the journey up Ute Pass and the amazing area that is Teller County.
Read about the Fred Harvey Company who created the first restaurant chain in the U.S. through a string of Harvey House restaurants that served the Santa Fe railroad. For much more information about the Fred Harvey Company and the Harvey family, read Stephen Fried's book, Appetite For America.
The celebration that marked the formation and beginning of Teller County.
Biography of Homer D. Fisher, the man credited with the idea of building a major railroad from Colorado Springs through the central Rockies of Colorado. One of the founders of the Colorado Midland Railway.
The history of the finest hotel in Woodland Park which sat just west of town on a hill overlooking the "Midland" tracks with a great view of Pikes Peak.
A short history of the town of Midland, about 6 miles south of Divide. No longer a town there, but certainly a history.
A review of the lives of two cousins, Count James Pourtales and Louis O. Pourtales, in the Colorado Springs/Ute Pass region. James Pourtales is credited with establishing the Broadmoor Land and Investment Company, forerunner to the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort.
The history of the little settlement of Crystola, just east of Woodland Park, and the man who founded it.
An 1895 story about a Scottish Terrier who was the mascot of the police and fire departments in Cripple Creek.
The real story of prostitution in the Cripple Creek Gold Camp.
The opposing forces trying to control traffic in Woodland Park while trying to cross the street.
Read how I've become an internet radio personality.
A story about tumbleweeds; and a story taken from the archives of the Leadville Herald-Democrat about a society girl's train ride.
An essay about folks who migrate to Colorado from other places, and the need for them to adapt to the environment, customs and climate of the mountains.
Sometimes the human and animal world cooperate and miracles happen.
