Kinds of places

• Towns and settlements62 placesTowns, settlements and townsites, from the gold camps and stage stops of the 1850s and 1860s to the railroad towns and farm communities that followed. Some are living towns today; many survive only as a name, a cemetery or a few foundations.
• Railroad stations, depots and structures14 placesStations, sidings, depots and section houses on the Denver & Rio Grande, the Santa Fe and the other railroads that crossed the divide.
• Post offices and stage stations12 placesPost offices and stage stations, many of them kept in a ranch house or a store, with the dates they opened and closed where the postal records give them.
• Sawmills5 placesSawmills of the Pinery, the pine forest on the divide that supplied lumber and railroad ties to Denver, Colorado Springs and the railroads.
• Cheese factories, creameries and other works3 placesCheese factories, creameries, dams and other works of the dairy and farm economy.
• Ice harvesting3 placesIce ponds and icehouses, where ice was cut for the railroads and the towns before refrigeration.
• Fox and fur farms5 placesFox and fur farms, mostly of the 1920s to the 1950s.
• Stores, hotels and other businesses before 19507 placesStores, hotels, saloons and other businesses that operated before 1950.
• Mines and quarries3 placesCoal mines and stone quarries.
• Springs and water works1 placeSprings and water works that mattered to travelers and settlers.
• Forts, raids and the Indian wars6 placesForts and stockades, and the raids and fights of the 1860s on the divide.
• Murders, lynchings and killings4 placesMurders, lynchings and other killings recorded in newspapers and local histories.
• Native American sites and finds (generalized)2 placesNative American sites and finds. Graves and artifact sites are shown only at the nearest named place, to protect them.
• Schools11 placesOne-room schools and later school buildings. Several have been moved, some more than once.
• Churches10 placesChurches and church sites.
• Cemeteries10 placesCemeteries and family graves, from town cemeteries to single graves on ranch land.
• Ranches and homesteads21 placesRanches, homesteads and farms, many placed from their original land patents.
• Historic homes and cabins12 placesHistoric homes and cabins.
• Other historic buildings3 placesOther historic buildings: halls, lodges and more.
• Other sites6 placesPlaces that don't fit the other kinds.