Palmer Divide Research

Pillsbury Store

Also: Mayflower House

What we know

General store opened in 1886 by Charles H. L. Pillsbury and Charles C. Pillsbury, who were not related: coal oil, flour and Colt revolvers, the town's first groceries, William Younger's meat market in the back and the post office; the partnership ended in 1887 (PPLD record of survey B51).

Where it was

319 Glenside Road (PPLD record of survey photo B51), El Paso County parcel (county composite 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 Pillsbury Store?

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