Park County Timeline - Park County Local History Archives

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	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	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	Henry Clay Cass and George Read Rankin of Alma was issued US Patent Number 166499 for an improvement in boot trees
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	Hans Mortensen of Alma was issued US Patent Number 202453 for an improvement in torpedo boats
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	Hugh Louis Rice of Fair Play was issued US Patent Number 239547 for a miner's scraper
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	Samuel E. Darne of Fair Play was issued US Patent Number 246729 for a combined cradle and nursery
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	Thomas H. Sheldon of Fair Play was issued US Patent Number 375205 for a bell rope coupling
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	Andrew J. Carter of Alma was issued US Patent Number 534137 for a combined candle holder and cutter
9	10	1895	Willie Hosea Davis and Hugh Cicero Christy of Como was issued US Patent Number 546228 for a signal transmitter
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	Albert Logan Gooden of Lake George was issued US Patent Number 600070 for a WHIM
9	13	1898	Addison Lysle Holmes and James Horace Campbell of Alma was issued US Patent Number 610679 for a nut lock
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	William P. Mcdowell of Hartsel was issued US Patent Number 772574 for a compound tool
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	Elsworth E. Quaintance of Como was issued US Patent Number 785834 for a combination lock
4	4	1905	Isabella Horn, Bailey rancher, dies
5	12	1905	Pikes Peak Forest Reserve created (now Pike NF)
9	19	1905	Daniel W. Denny of Tarryall was issued US Patent Number 799637 for a ditching plow
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	William.W. Ramsey of Como was issued US Patent Number 924533 for an acetylene gas generator
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	David Edward Collard of Jefferson was issued US Patent Number 1035318 for an ignition apparatus for explosive engines
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	Elenore Constance Evans of Hayman was issued US Patent Number 1152308 for a cooking steamer
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	Charles D. Mcnamara of Fair Play was issued US Patent Number 1423131 for an aeroplane
12	4	1922	Lake George Hotel (former George Frost home) burns
9	23	1924	Lulu A. Myers of Bailey was issued US Patent Number 1509604 for a doll
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

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