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 1^st 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

William E. Musgrove of Fair Play was issued US Patent Number 143176 for an improvement for machines for clearing streets of snow

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