At the center of Colorado, the Hartsel area served as a summer hunting ground for the Mountain Utes and other American Indian tribes.
After 1860, fields of irrigated hay replaced native grasses, domestic cattle and sheep replaced the bison, and . . . — — Map (db m107886) HM
Sam Hartsel:
Life in Hartsel has always called for character and adaptability.
Sam Hartsel came to South Park in 1860 to mine but realized that he could make a better living raising food for miners.
Starting with a 160-acre homestead in . . . — — Map (db m107890) HM
Originally the office for the Boston Colorado Ore Smelter. Later, Alma’s Ladies Aid Society held community events including theater and box socials. The building survived the fires of 1907 and 1937. Current plans are for a restoration as a . . . — — Map (db m283397) HM
Jeremiah Johnson was a Mountain Man. Indians gave him the name “Dapiek Absaroka”, meaning Crow Killer. He carried on a one-man war with the Crow Indian Nation in retaliation for the death and scalping of his Flathead Indian wife, The Swan, and . . . — — Map (db m288398) HM
Water is a precious commodity here and throughout the West.
Forests, fisheries, wetlands, waterfowl populations, and recreation all rely on healthy
watersheds. In addition, the Forest Service manages watersheds in this area that provide large . . . — — Map (db m153269) HM
When gold became hard to find in the 1860s, some Park County gold-seekers turned to ranching.
They quickly learned that irrigation was essential, and that water could turn Park County fields into rich meadows of native hay. By 1861, the rights . . . — — Map (db m153265) HM
This landscape tells countless stories of human journeys, building homes and lives on the land.
People have always been drawn here for the natural resources: wild game, water. salt, timber, minerals, open spaces, and sweeping mountain views. . . . — — Map (db m153277) HM
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