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LHS  TOUR October 11, 2010


Tour guide Bill Noe.

 A educational tour showing the LHS members sites of the earliest Ranches, Roads and other items of historic interest was presented by Bill and Beverly Noe on October 11, 2010. The area covered was South of Larkspur, along the Spruce Mountain Road and the south end of the Perry Park Road.  Those attending the tour were Danna Hamlin, Penny Burdick, Larry Schlupp, Ida May Noe, Beverly Noe and Bill Noe.

Thanks to Larry Schlupp for capturing the photos of the tour.

 Below is the list of the items that were the subject of this tour.

 

1.                1st Oil Well drilling site? Higby Land & Cattle Co

2.                1st Highway from Greenland to Palmer Lake

3.                Oil Well Drilling site 1974+ -

4.                Old House foundation Site of Spruce Station? Shadwell

5.                Santa Fe RR Stone Bridge @ Higginson Ranch  Spruce Mtn.


Santa Fe Stone Bridge at the Higginson Ranch over Carpenter Creek.

6.                Beacon Lights Spruce And Hunt Mountains

7.                Green Mount Cemetery

8.                RR “Y”

9.                Palmer Lake Stop

10.             Southern Perry Park Road

a.      Ben Lomond Ranch

b.      Hanks Canyon  Gravel Pit, 1965 Flood, 5 Cabins, Tom Hanks Tours, Hanks Ranch?    http://palmerdividehistory.org/newsletter/plhsnewsv2-n3_web.pdf

c.      Casa Loma Ranch (Higginson Ranch) Russell Mine

d.      Site of burned building, Early Perry Park Rd

e.      Spruce Mtn Estates- Clay Pits

f.       Palmer Lake Park Subdivision on Higginson Ranch

g.     Grave Site

h.      Butler Canyon           

                                                    i.     Butler House

                                                   ii.     Lombard Place

                                                  iii.     Schubarth Sawmill & Schubarth Trail

                                                 iv.     Still

                                                   v.     Cook Creek  (Flows into East Plum Creek near Carr Lamb Ranch)

                                                 vi.     Road Access to National Forest Grazing Permit area.

                                                vii.     Plane Crash (Boy Scout Plaque)

i.       Woodmoor Mtn Subdivision


Butler Canyon off of Hwy 105..

j.       Green Valley Ranch(Wilber Johnston)

k.      Noe Road to Greenland

l.       Stone Canyon School Site

m.    Stone Canyon and Glen Rose Park

                                                    i.     Headwaters of East Plum Creek

                                                   ii.     Counter Cabin

                                                  iii.     Buildings, PO Employees, LeFave Freedom School, Frontier Boys Village, Griffith Center (Ida May’s Family Summer Home)


Griffith Center admin. building.

                                                 iv.     Cold Springs Ranch

n.      Valley Park Area

                                                    i.     Scott Ware Ranch

                                                   ii.     Palm Ranch

                                                  iii.     Metz Canyon

                                                 iv.     Starr Canyon

                                                   v.     Potash Mine

o. Fox Farm Rd

p. McInroy Ranch

            1965 Flood

q. Abbe Ranch and Abbe Hills Acres Subdivision

Old Perry Park or Territorial Rd ?

r. Perry Park Ave Intersection

s. Tom Starr Ranch

t. Gove Canyon

u. Tucker Ranch

v. Perry Park Gate

 

At Stone Canyon Ida May gave the group a good history of the owners and activities that had taken place over the years. Her family had lived in the Canyon during the summers when she was a child.

1930 picnic of Denver National Federation of Postal Employees at Stone Canyon.

 The tour ended at the entrance gate at Perry Park. After the tour ended the group had a nice lunch at the Spur in Larkspur.

 Bill suggested that we do another tour along Perry Park Road north from the Perry Park entrance north to the St Philips Church. There are many Larkspur area families associated with this historic area including the Glen Grove and Dakan Community Sites.