Shawnee in Park County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Shawnee Historic District

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 5, 2020

1. Shawnee Historic District Marker

Inscription. In 1886, James W. Price homesteaded here & in 1889 built the Grandview Hotel. In 1900 he & the Colo. & Southern Railway developed Shawnee & built Shawnee Lodge which burned in 1929. In 1900 Price built the Shawnee Mercantile Co. Store & moved the Slaght's Post Office to Shawnee. W.H. "Harry” Price, J.W. Price's son, became Shawnee Postmaster in 1900, serving until 1940. Shawnee became a popular summer resort as the slow meandering river was great for fishing. The local economy was tourism, ranching, farming, logging and winter jobs at the Maddox Ice Co. which vanished with the railroad in 1937. The Shawnee Water Consumers' Association was formed in 1929 by C.O. Cook, W.W. Garwood and Roger D. Knight.

[Reverse] The Shawnee Cemetery is 350 feet to the east. Since 1895 settler families of Tyler, Bonnifield, and Price have been interred. Civil War Union veterans, Private W. A. Bonnifield rests there. Prior valley history includes: Ute hunting ground, a route to South Park's 1859-60s gold rush and route of the 1878 Denver, South Park and Pacific narrow-gauge R.R. Homesteaders Azel & Alice Slaght, arrived in 1859-61. Long

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known as "Slaght's Valley", Slaght's Ranch, located ½ mile to the SE, was also called: Granite Vale Post Office, 1861-70; Slaght's Stagestop, 1862-78; Fairville Post Office & Townsite, 1878-82; Slaght's P.O., 1882-1900.

Erected 2008 by Citizens of Shawnee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 39° 25.331′ N, 105° 33.331′ W. Marker is in Shawnee, Colorado, in Park County. It is on Frontage Road north of County Road 115, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 56052 South U.S Highway 285, Shawnee CO 80475, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Colorado High Rockies. It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as

Shawnee Historic District Marker (Reverse) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 5, 2020

2. Shawnee Historic District Marker (Reverse)

the crow flies: South Park (approx. 10.7 miles away); Ralph Carr Memorial Highway (approx. 10.7 miles away); University of Denver (approx. 12.4 miles away); Drexel Lacey (approx. 12.4 miles away).

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 5, 2020

3. Shawnee Historic District Marker

Shawnee (CO) Post Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 5, 2020

4. Shawnee (CO) Post Office

Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 734 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.