Palmer Divide Research

Hardesty Ranch

Ranches and homesteadsHistoric or vanishedEl Paso County

What we know

Ranch whose grain silo was photographed in 1976; the silo was gone by 2026, per the library's cataloger (PPLD record of survey B34). George Hardesty bought part of the old Allen Ranch; the Community Church's Hardesty Hall is named for the family (von Ahlefeldt pp. 91, 102; Ellett p. 46).

Where it was

1885 Spring Valley Drive (PPLD record of survey photo B34), El Paso County address point (county locator, 2026-10-05).

A street address, located with the county's address points.

See it on the map

Sources

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.

Know more about Hardesty Ranch?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.