What we know
In 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Hunt bought the ranch on what became Hunt Mountain; their daughter Isa called it 'a beautiful spot' (county map, S-0123). Probably the family of Gov. Alexander C. Hunt, whose wife is credited with naming Larkspur.
Where it was
The county map's pin (DCHR-033, S-0123). It lies between GNIS's Hunt Mountain (summit, 39.2592, -104.8733), 1.6 miles southwest, and Hunt Gulch, about a mile northeast; both are north of Larkspur, so the map text's 'west of the town of Larkspur' looks like the error. Good to about a mile.
Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.
Sources
- S-0006: USGS Geographic Names Information System, Colorado file, 2021-08-25 edition
- S-0123: Douglas County Historic Resource Map (Douglas County Community Planning and Sustainable Development, the Douglas County History Research Center of Douglas County Libraries, and the Douglas County Historic Preservation Board, 2012), as put on Google Maps and Google Earth by the Larkspur Historical Society
Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.