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.
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