Month |
Day |
Year |
Event |
11 |
4 |
1817 |
James Link,
Como rancher,
is born |
10 |
27 |
1827 |
Elizabeth
Link, Como
rancher, is
born |
2 |
7 |
1848 |
James Tyler,
Shawnee
rancher, is
born |
8 |
31 |
1851 |
Benjamin
Tyler,
Shawnee
rancher, is
born |
6 |
26 |
1859 |
Prospector
killed near
Jefferson
Lake |
1 |
4 |
1860 |
Tarryall P.
O.
established |
7 |
26 |
1860 |
Hamilton P.
O.
established |
9 |
15 |
1860 |
Laurette
(Buckskin
Joe) town
council
organized |
12 |
31 |
1860 |
Fairplay gets
oldest county
water right |
2 |
28 |
1861 |
Colorado
Territory
established |
6 |
15 |
1861 |
Beery Ditch
oldest
irrigation
right in
South Park |
8 |
2 |
1861 |
Fairplay P.
O.
established |
8 |
19 |
1861 |
800+
residents
vote in 1st
Territorial
election.
Hamilton’s
Daniel Witter
elected to
Legislature |
11 |
1 |
1861 |
Park County
established |
11 |
14 |
1861 |
Laurette
(Buckskin
Joe) P. O.
established |
1 |
7 |
1862 |
Co. seat
moved from
Tarryall City
to Buckskin
Joe |
1 |
10 |
1862 |
Abraham Bergh
land filing |
1 |
29 |
1862 |
Charles Hall
land filing |
3 |
12 |
1862 |
Adolph
Guiraud land
filing |
5 |
20 |
1862 |
Homestead Act
enacted |
7 |
21 |
1862 |
Montgomery P.
O.
established |
8 |
16 |
1862 |
South Park
salt for sale
ad in Rocky
Mountain News |
12 |
6 |
1862 |
James
Castello land
filing |
12 |
23 |
1862 |
Sterling P.
O.
established |
4 |
1 |
1863 |
Hepburn
Ditch, oldest
water right
in Platte
Canyon |
6 |
3 |
1863 |
James
Castello land
filing |
8 |
14 |
1863 |
Pro-Union
party picks
candidates at
convention in
Fairplay |
8 |
20 |
1863 |
O. W. Turner
land filing |
10 |
6 |
1863 |
Samuel
Hartsel land
filing |
11 |
15 |
1863 |
Henry Farnum
land filing |
6 |
26 |
1864 |
Reynolds gang
robs stage |
7 |
26 |
1864 |
Reynolds gang
robs stage
near
McLaughlin
Ranch |
5 |
1 |
1866 |
Borden,
Crosier,
Farnum (1868)
Ditches,
oldest water
rights on
upper
Tarryall |
7 |
17 |
1866 |
George
Williams of
Sterling was
issued US
Patent Number
56480 for a
dumping car |
7 |
17 |
1866 |
George
Williams of
Sterling was
issued US
Patent Number
56481 for an
improvement
in elevators |
10 |
20 |
1866 |
New buildings
at Salt Works
nearing
completion |
6 |
9 |
1867 |
Salt Works
reports 4,000
lbs. salt per
day |
8 |
14 |
1867 |
Henry Farnum
land filing |
9 |
20 |
1867 |
Sarah Tyler,
Shawnee
rancher, is
born |
10 |
1 |
1867 |
Margaret
Kleinknecht,
Hartsel
merchant, is
born |
11 |
2 |
1867 |
Daniel
McLaughlin
land filing |
11 |
13 |
1867 |
Thomas Dunbar
land filing |
12 |
18 |
1867 |
William Beery
land filing |
5 |
1 |
1868 |
Farnum Ditch
oldest water
right on
lower
Tarryall |
6 |
6 |
1868 |
Jacob Radliff
land filing |
8 |
27 |
1868 |
Schuyler
Colfax
(future vice
president)
party makes
pilgrimage up
Mt. Lincoln |
2 |
26 |
1869 |
South Park
City
(Fairplay)
incorporated |
3 |
17 |
1869 |
George
Parmelee land
filing |
5 |
16 |
1870 |
Huge forest
fire in
northeast
part South
Park |
7 |
30 |
1870 |
James
Castello land
filing |
9 |
24 |
1870 |
Edward Smith
land filing |
10 |
25 |
1870 |
Frederick C.
Morse of
Buckskin was
issued US
Patent Number
108617 for an
ore mill |
1 |
2 |
1871 |
Louis Guiraud
land filing |
2 |
18 |
1871 |
John Buyer,
South Park
rancher, is
born |
5 |
10 |
1871 |
Tremayne #1
ditch, oldest
water right
on W.
Fourmile |
5 |
16 |
1871 |
Grant P. O.
established |
5 |
28 |
1871 |
Buffalo
Springs P. O.
established |
6 |
23 |
1871 |
John Link
land filing |
8 |
25 |
1871 |
Deer Valley
P. O.
established |
9 |
18 |
1871 |
Elizabeth
Entriken land
claim near
Bailey |
10 |
2 |
1871 |
Henry Guiraud,
South Park
rancher, is
born |
4 |
2 |
1872 |
William
Bailey land
claim |
5 |
10 |
1872 |
Mining Law
enacted |
10 |
31 |
1872 |
Dudley P. O.
established |
12 |
12 |
1872 |
Slaght
reports
season’s crop
of 40,000
lbs. potatoes |
3 |
7 |
1873 |
Alma P. O.
established |
5 |
28 |
1873 |
Charles Hall
land filing |
7 |
10 |
1873 |
Mary Ella
Tyler,
Shawnee
rancher, is
born |
9 |
23 |
1873 |
|
9 |
26 |
1873 |
Most of
Fairplay
burns |
12 |
2 |
1873 |
Alma becomes
incorporated |
2 |
1 |
1874 |
No snow
reported in
South Park |
2 |
24 |
1874 |
Holland P. O.
established |
3 |
13 |
1874 |
Charles Hall
land filing |
6 |
18 |
1874 |
South Park
City P. O.
established |
7 |
15 |
1874 |
Hall Valley
smelter
reported
ready for
operation |
7 |
24 |
1874 |
Zach Taylor
shoots Indian
at Kenosha
House
|
8 |
10 |
1874 |
Hall Valley
P. O.
established |
8 |
10 |
1874 |
Kester P. O.
established |
9 |
20 |
1874 |
Fairplay
Masons
reported to
have had
meeting on
top of Mt.
Lincoln |
10 |
5 |
1874 |
Vigilantes
run hoodlum
Jack Reynolds
out of Alma |
11 |
7 |
1874 |
Dedication of
Fairplay
Presbyterian
Church is
reported |
11 |
21 |
1874 |
Courthouse is
reported
completed |
11 |
28 |
1874 |
Telegraph
line from
Denver to
Fairplay near
completion |
12 |
7 |
1874 |
Telegraph
line from
Denver to
Alma is
completed |
12 |
23 |
1874 |
Rocky P. O.
established |
12 |
26 |
1874 |
Telegraph
line is
reported
completed
from Denver
to Hall
Valley
smelter |
3 |
16 |
1875 |
Hartsel P. O.
established |
3 |
20 |
1875 |
Olney Borden
land filing |
8 |
10 |
1875 |
|
10 |
13 |
1875 |
Attempted
break in at
Fairplay bank |
11 |
6 |
1875 |
25,000 lbs.
weekly
freight from
Colorado
Springs to
Fairplay &
Alma is
reported |
11 |
13 |
1875 |
Attempted
break in at
Fairplay bank |
1 |
16 |
1876 |
Ned Corbin,
Bailey
rancher, is
born |
3 |
1 |
1876 |
Tim Borden
land filing |
8 |
1 |
1876 |
Colorado
becomes a
state |
4 |
25 |
1877 |
Hardy
Epperson land
filing |
5 |
7 |
1877 |
Webster P. O.
established |
10 |
22 |
1877 |
John Tremayne
land filing |
4 |
16 |
1878 |
|
9 |
13 |
1878 |
Fairville P.
O.
established |
9 |
27 |
1878 |
Platte
Station
(Weston Pass
tollgate) P.
O.
established |
11 |
20 |
1878 |
Bailey Post
Office
established |
2 |
20 |
1879 |
First issue
of Fairplay
Flume |
4 |
1 |
1879 |
Johnny Hoover
(later
lynched)
kills Tom
Bennett in
Fairplay |
5 |
19 |
1879 |
Railroad
construction
reaches
Kenosha Pass |
6 |
21 |
1879 |
Railroad
construction
reaches Como |
7 |
23 |
1879 |
Como P. O.
established |
7 |
23 |
1879 |
Mosquito Pass
toll road
opens |
9 |
11 |
1879 |
Garo plat
filed |
9 |
29 |
1879 |
Bordenville
P. O.
established |
10 |
3 |
1879 |
Jefferson P.
O.
established |
10 |
23 |
1879 |
Gambler Red
Hanley kills
William
Cochran at
Weston |
10 |
29 |
1879 |
Drunken Keogh
shoots
bystander at
Alma bar |
11 |
11 |
1879 |
E. L. Thayer,
contractor
for Chinese
labor, badly
beaten by
Como Italians |
11 |
26 |
1879 |
Park City P.
O.
established |
1 |
5 |
1880 |
Mountaindale
P. O.
established |
1 |
25 |
1880 |
Cicero Simms
(later
hanged) kills
John Johnson
in Alma |
3 |
22 |
1880 |
Murder in
Alma |
4 |
28 |
1880 |
John Hoover
lynched &
hanged from
Courthouse
window |
6 |
1 |
1880 |
“Long Jack”
shoots Jack
Taylor in hip
at Hamilton |
6 |
28 |
1880 |
Mullenville
P. O.
established |
6 |
29 |
1880 |
Garo P. O.
established |
7 |
19 |
1880 |
Fairplay
incorporated |
7 |
19 |
1880 |
Robbers take
stage
strongbox at
Red Hill
Station |
7 |
23 |
1880 |
Hundreds see
murderer
Cicero Simms
hang in
Fairplay
|
8 |
9 |
1880 |
Estabrook P.
O.
established |
8 |
23 |
1880 |
Horse Shoe P.
O.
established |
11 |
5 |
1880 |
John Herman
killed in
Handcart
Gulch
avalanche |
11 |
19 |
1880 |
Harry
Epperson,
South Park
rancher, is
born |
11 |
24 |
1880 |
Miner John
Dunn dies in
Mt. Bross
avalanche |
11 |
25 |
1880 |
Courthouse
saved from
serious fire |
11 |
25 |
1880 |
Grant
roundhouse
burns |
3 |
21 |
1881 |
Alma Town
Hall
destroyed in
fire |
3 |
29 |
1881 |
|
3 |
29 |
1881 |
Hugh Louis
Rice of Fair
Play was
issued US
Patent Number
239548 for a
miner's
candle holder |
4 |
1 |
1881 |
Horseshoe
smelter burns |
6 |
11 |
1881 |
Mack Harris,
12, drowns in
flume near
Fairplay |
8 |
9 |
1881 |
Bailey plat
filed |
9 |
6 |
1881 |
|
1 |
1 |
1882 |
Marie
Reichenecker,
South Park
pioneer, dies |
1 |
17 |
1882 |
Open house at
Fairplay’s
new stone
school
|
6 |
1 |
1882 |
Peter Horn
land filing |
8 |
13 |
1882 |
15-24” snow
in mountains |
8 |
31 |
1882 |
High country
miners driven
out by 15-24
inches of
snow |
10 |
10 |
1882 |
Gunplay in
attempted
Mosquito
Gulch holdup |
10 |
12 |
1882 |
3 die in
train wreck
near Park
City
|
10 |
25 |
1882 |
Billy Redman
blinded by
dynamite at
Champaign
Mine |
11 |
28 |
1882 |
Boiler blast
kills Julius
Gomer at Hall
Valley
sawmill |
2 |
17 |
1883 |
Fairplay gets
quarantine
law for
smallpox |
5 |
23 |
1883 |
Dake P. O.
established |
6 |
12 |
1883 |
2 feet snow
in high peaks
near Fairplay
and Alma |
6 |
25 |
1883 |
London P. O.
established |
11 |
22 |
1883 |
Old Mose
(grizzly)
kills Jake
Radliff |
12 |
23 |
1883 |
1 killed, 2
injured in
Montgomery
Gulch
avalanche |
3 |
19 |
1884 |
Fairplay
jailbreak by
accused
murderer
Byard |
4 |
6 |
1884 |
2 month snow
blockade on
Boreas Pass
RR ends |
4 |
14 |
1884 |
King P. O.
established |
6 |
14 |
1884 |
Peter
Allstrum
kills
neighbor
Horace Voss
on 31 Mile
Creek |
9 |
9 |
1884 |
Simeon Truby
of Alma was
issued US
Patent Number
304765 for an
amalgamator |
9 |
25 |
1884 |
Garo depot
burns |
6 |
23 |
1885 |
Boiler blast
kills 2 at
sawmill near
Herring Park |
7 |
3 |
1885 |
J.J. Smith
kills ex
partner J.W.
Grow at
Webster |
9 |
22 |
1885 |
John Parmalee,
Deer
Creek/South
Park, pioneer
dies |
8 |
11 |
1887 |
Truro P. O.
established |
12 |
20 |
1887 |
|
12 |
22 |
1887 |
Howbert P. O.
established |
6 |
25 |
1888 |
Howbert plat
filed |
11 |
13 |
1888 |
Charles W.
Fishel of
Fair Play was
issued US
Patent Number
392793 for a
flour or meal
bin |
12 |
13 |
1888 |
Phone line
from Denver
gets close to
Jefferson |
2 |
14 |
1889 |
Spinney P. O.
established |
11 |
6 |
1889 |
John Horn
land filing |
11 |
22 |
1889 |
Cortrite P.O.
established |
5 |
15 |
1891 |
Lake George
P. O.
established |
5 |
16 |
1891 |
Kenosha P. O.
established |
7 |
6 |
1892 |
Louisa
Holthusen,
Como rancher,
dies |
7 |
15 |
1892 |
Chase P. O.
established |
11 |
8 |
1892 |
Milo Case,
Como rancher,
dies |
12 |
9 |
1892 |
S. Platte
Forest
Reserve
created (now
Pike NF) |
1 |
10 |
1893 |
Explosion at
King Coal
Mine kills 24
|
9 |
26 |
1893 |
Charles O.
Sumner of
Fair Play was
issued US
Patent Number
505684 for a
placer mining
machine |
2 |
6 |
1894 |
Balfour P. O.
established |
6 |
2 |
1894 |
Streeter
sentenced to
hang for
killing Como
Marshall Cook |
9 |
3 |
1894 |
Saloon in
King robbed |
11 |
16 |
1894 |
William Derby
homestead
land filing |
2 |
12 |
1895 |
|
9 |
10 |
1895 |
|
4 |
10 |
1896 |
Hammond P. O.
established |
5 |
23 |
1896 |
Guffey P. O.
established |
9 |
19 |
1896 |
Tarryall II
(Puma City)
P. O.
established |
11 |
9 |
1896 |
Pacific Hotel
in Como burns |
12 |
29 |
1896 |
Leavick P. O.
established |
7 |
7 |
1897 |
Conrad P. O.
established |
1 |
11 |
1898 |
Maggie
Harrington of
Hartsel was
issued one
fourth US
Patent Number
597346 for a
wheel |
3 |
1 |
1898 |
|
9 |
13 |
1898 |
|
6 |
19 |
1899 |
Cassells P.
O.
established |
6 |
20 |
1899 |
Black
Mountain P.
O.
established |
9 |
7 |
1899 |
Fireman
Clayton dies
in runaway
train on
Boreas Pass |
12 |
17 |
1899 |
Snow closes
RR between
Fairplay &
Alma for 3
mos. |
2 |
2 |
1900 |
Last train
over Boreas
Pass before 5
week snow
closure |
3 |
9 |
1900 |
5-week snow
closure on
Boreas Pass
RR ends |
3 |
17 |
1900 |
End of
3-month RR
snow closure
between
Fairplay &
Alma |
4 |
19 |
1900 |
Shawnee P. O.
established
|
5 |
30 |
1900 |
William
Bailey,
Bailey
pioneer, dies
in California |
6 |
3 |
1901 |
Ward Maxcy,
early South
Park sheepman,
dies |
11 |
1 |
1901 |
Doran P. O.
established |
4 |
5 |
1902 |
Alice Eos,
Bailey saw
mill owner,
is born |
6 |
5 |
1902 |
Insmont P. O.
established |
7 |
27 |
1903 |
Town hall &
blacksmith
shop burn in
Jefferson |
8 |
24 |
1903 |
Joseph
Hartsel’s
body found
after missing
for 2 yrs. |
4 |
30 |
1904 |
Old Mose
(grizzly) is
killed |
8 |
13 |
1904 |
Hayman P. O.
established |
10 |
18 |
1904 |
|
10 |
29 |
1904 |
Hayman plat
filed |
2 |
1 |
1905 |
Forest
Reserves
transferred
to USFS |
3 |
12 |
1905 |
Agnes
Hepburn,
Grant
rancher, dies |
3 |
28 |
1905 |
|
4 |
4 |
1905 |
Isabella
Horn, Bailey
rancher, dies |
5 |
12 |
1905 |
Pikes Peak
Forest
Reserve
created (now
Pike NF) |
9 |
19 |
1905 |
|
9 |
23 |
1905 |
2 killed at
London Mine |
10 |
18 |
1905 |
Fire in Alma |
11 |
11 |
1905 |
Cassells
Hotel burns |
3 |
10 |
1906 |
Richard
Tremayne,
Guffey
rancher, dies |
6 |
11 |
1906 |
Forest
Homestead Act
enacted |
11 |
27 |
1906 |
William
Bemrose of
Alma was
issued one
third US
Patent Number
837082 for an
ore
concentrator |
3 |
4 |
1907 |
Pike National
Forest
evolved from
Forest
Reserves |
7 |
29 |
1907 |
Timothy
Borden,
Tarryall
rancher, dies |
10 |
22 |
1907 |
Sam Hartsel
sells his
ranch |
1 |
19 |
1909 |
Milton Gibbs,
Shawnee
rancher, dies |
6 |
5 |
1909 |
Marie Guiraud,
Garo rancher,
dies |
6 |
8 |
1909 |
|
8 |
19 |
1909 |
Bailey flood |
8 |
21 |
1909 |
Flood on 31
Mile Creek
destroys
crops and
house |
10 |
31 |
1910 |
RR closes
Boreas line
and reopens
in 1913 |
6 |
17 |
1912 |
1½ feet of
snow in
Fairplay &
Alma |
8 |
13 |
1912 |
|
12 |
16 |
1912 |
Silas Wright
homestead
land filing |
2 |
5 |
1913 |
Oswald
Henriks
killed in
Montgomery
Gulch |
2 |
11 |
1913 |
James Link
killed in
train wreck
in Guatemala |
8 |
21 |
1913 |
Maria Decker
robbed and
murdered at
Hay Ranch |
10 |
14 |
1913 |
Lulu A. Myers
of Bailey was
issued US
Patent Number
1075931 for a
safety hat
pin |
1 |
30 |
1914 |
Ah Yut, last
Chinese
miner, dies
near Fairplay |
6 |
17 |
1914 |
Lake George
dam breaks |
2 |
4 |
1915 |
Hotel,
Catholic
Church and
mine office
destroyed in
Alma fire |
2 |
25 |
1915 |
3 Lake George
ice houses
filled with
7,000 tons of
ice |
8 |
31 |
1915 |
|
11 |
26 |
1915 |
Henry Rockett
kills Tom
Mullican in
Lake George |
1 |
28 |
1916 |
Charles
Wilkin
(Fairplay
lawyer,
judge) dies |
5 |
14 |
1916 |
William
Craig,
Jefferson
rancher, dies |
5 |
17 |
1916 |
Henry Rockett
acquitted of
murdering Tom
Mullican in
Lake George |
12 |
29 |
1916 |
Stockraising
Homestead Act
enacted |
1 |
7 |
1917 |
18 bldgs.
burn in Alma
fire |
6 |
19 |
1917 |
Charles A. De
Yarman of
Garo was
issued US
Patent Number
1230134 for a
coupling
device |
10 |
10 |
1917 |
4 businesses
& P.O. burn
in Alma |
8 |
5 |
1918 |
Last Midland
RR passenger
train leaves
Park Co. |
11 |
21 |
1918 |
Sam Hartsel,
South Park
rancher, dies
in Denver |
12 |
31 |
1920 |
Ann Bailey,
Bailey
pioneer, dies |
4 |
13 |
1921 |
Glentivar P.
O.
established |
7 |
18 |
1922 |
|
12 |
4 |
1922 |
Lake George
Hotel (former
George Frost
home) burns |
9 |
23 |
1924 |
|
5 |
20 |
1926 |
Harriet
Cassells,
rancher
(later Camp
Santa Maria),
dies |
3 |
6 |
1928 |
Engineer J.P.
Nichols dies
in RR wreck
near Como |
3 |
11 |
1928 |
6 county
residents
arrested for
bootlegging |
5 |
1 |
1928 |
Trump P. O.
established |
5 |
15 |
1928 |
Alma School
burns |
5 |
29 |
1928 |
Charles
Fitzsimmons,
Bailey
pioneer, dies |
2 |
12 |
1930 |
William
Tyler,
Shawnee
rancher, dies |
4 |
13 |
1931 |
Charles Eddy,
South Park
rancher, dies |
5 |
30 |
1933 |
George W
Biller and
Harriet S.
Biller of
Bailey was
issued US
Patent Number
1911423 for a
hose coupler |
7 |
8 |
1934 |
Bank of Alma
is robbed |
3 |
25 |
1935 |
Wood part of
Como
roundhouse
burns |
1 |
21 |
1936 |
Boreas Pass
train wreck |
7 |
25 |
1936 |
Engineer
McGowan dies
in runaway
train on
Kenosha Pass |
12 |
24 |
1936 |
Criminal
killed in
Bailey |
3 |
24 |
1937 |
Fire in Alma
|
4 |
10 |
1937 |
Last
passenger
train leaves
Como |
4 |
11 |
1937 |
Last freight
train leaves
Como |
3 |
5 |
1938 |
William
McConnell,
Fairplay
miner, dies |
9 |
2 |
1938 |
Last scrap
train leaves
Como |
10 |
11 |
1940 |
Kiowa Lodge
in Bailey
burns |
11 |
15 |
1943 |
Ned Corbin,
Bailey
rancher, dies |
7 |
18 |
1946 |
Gus Peterson,
Bailey
rancher, dies |
2 |
26 |
1951 |
Shorty,
Fairplay
burro, killed
by car |
8 |
19 |
1951 |
Lightning
hits Ling
Mine |
11 |
16 |
1951 |
Raymond
Knisely,
Bailey
pioneer dies |
12 |
15 |
1953 |
Lucinda Alden
Rogers, 100,
South Park
rancher dies |
5 |
15 |
1957 |
South Park
City Museum
first opened |
1 |
6 |
1962 |
Roberts
Tunnel from
Dillon
Reservoir
completed |
9 |
5 |
1962 |
Sarah Tyler,
Shawnee
rancher, dies |
2 |
22 |
1965 |
Tom McQuaid,
Salt Works
Ranch owner,
died |
10 |
3 |
1965 |
Mary Ella
Tyler,
Shawnee
rancher, died |
8 |
7 |
1966 |
New Park
County
Hospital
dedicated |
6 |
6 |
1969 |
Park County
Historical
Society
organized |
12 |
11 |
1971 |
Walter
Schattinger,
Jefferson
rancher, dies |
12 |
8 |
1972 |
Hartsel Hotel
burns |
12 |
31 |
1993 |
Eric Eos,
Bailey area
sawmill
owner, dies |
6 |
12 |
2000 |
Hi Meadow
fire begins |
6 |
4 |
2001 |
Reggie’s
Restaurant
near Pine
Junction
burns |
4 |
23 |
2002 |
Snaking fire
begins |
6 |
8 |
2002 |
Hayman fire
begins |