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The Keystone Hotel was built in 1901 out of Rhyolite. It sits on the corner
of 4th and Wilcox Streets in Castle Rock, and is now the home of the Castle
Cafe. Douglas County History Research Center #96053
When it was completed, Cheesman Dam was the tallest dam in the world. Ttaller than any structure in Denver. The structure was built of granite quarried from
the nearby mountains. Photo courtesy of Denver Water Board.
Theodore Roosevelt may have come through Douglas County
on a "whistle stop" tour of the west in 1905. Douglas County History Research Center #98058.006.
Douglas County High School graduated 16 students in
1911. Find out their names.
Douglas County History Research Center #678.105
The Douglas County High School was rebuilt on Wilcox
Street after a disastrous fire that destroyed the earlier brick building.
Photo courtesy William Kirby, Douglas County History Research Center..
The oldest part of the Highlands Ranch Mansion was built in 1891. The
mansion was expanded to double its size before 1925.
Photo by Mile Hi Photo, American Memory Project. Library of Congress.
The Parker Consolidated School was formed by the closing
of the Pine Grove, Plainfield and Allison Schools. Douglas County History Research Center
#666.02
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1900
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| *April
7 - Cherry Post Office opens (Bauer,
Post Offices p.33) |
| * July - Acequia Post Office closes
(Bauer, Post Offices, p.9) |
| * The population of Douglas County reaches 3120.
(Weir p.185) |
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1901
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| * Keystone Hotel built at the corner
of 4th and Wilcox in Castle Rock (now the Castle Cafe) (Appleby
p.26) |
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1902
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| * March 28 - Bethesda Post Office
opens (Bauer, Post Offices,
p.19) |
| * April 14 - Pemberton Post Office
becomes Westcreek (Bauer, Post
Offices, p.112) |
| * Columbine School built. (Everest
p.5) |
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1904
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| * First National Bank built out of
rhyolite in Castle Rock . (later the Masonic Lodge) (Appleby
p.25) |
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1905
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| * Cheesman Dam built
in southwestern Douglas County by the Denver water department. (Appleby
p.44) |
| * Teddy Roosevelt makes a campaign stop in Sedalia.
School children were released early to see the future president. (Roudebush
p. 17) |
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1906
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| * Louviers explosives factory started
by DuPont, town of Louviers is built to support the factory. (Fearnow
p.2) |
| * Quarry business
declines dramatically around Castle Rock due to the increased use
of concrete and lack of demand because of the panic of 1893. |
| * Christ Episcopal
Church built in Castle Rock (Appleby
p.21) |
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1907
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| * Douglas County High School is built
on Wilcox Street in Castle Rock. (Weir
p.185) |
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1908
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| * February 19 - Daffodil Post Office
changed to Deckers (Bauer, Post
Offices, p.41) |
| * DuPont changes the name of Toluca
to Louviers. (Douglas County News
11/16/1972) |
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1909
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| * May 17 - Glen Grove School burns
down a second time. (Castle Rock Journal
May 26, 1909) |
| * Pike's Peak Grange Hall constructed
(Appleby p.58) |
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1910
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| * Douglas County High School burns
down. (Weir p.185) |
| * First long distance phone call from
Denver to New York, first airplane leaves Denver. (UCCS) |
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1911
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| * May 24 - Murder at Denver's Brown
Palace Hotel prompts John and Isabel Springer to divorce (Isabel was
his second wife) (Appleby p.62) |
| * September 27 -
Strontia Springs Post Office opens (Bauer,
Post Offices, p.136) |
| * Douglas County
High School rebuilt. (Cornish) |
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1912
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| * National Forest Fire Lookout established
on Devil's Head. |
| * July - A rain and hail storm kills
one in Douglas and wipes out the trestle bridge in Parker. (Miller
p.84) |
| * New Cherry School constructed after
first school burned down. (Everest
p. 5) |
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1913
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| * John Springer sells his ranch (later
Highlands Ranch) to his first father-in-law, Col. William Hughes,
owner of Perry Park Ranch. (Appleby
p.62) |
| * June 24 - Case Post Office changed
to Irving (Bauer, Post Offices,
p.78) |
| * Major snowstorm along the front
range, everything closes for 11 days. (Miller
p.84) |
| * Nighthawk renamed Bethesda. |
| * June - Louviers school opens. (Our
Heritage p.372) |
| * State of Colorado beings licensing
automobiles.(UCCS) |
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1913-1915
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| * Douglas County resident Elias Ammons is governor
of Colorado. (Encyclopedia
p.97) |
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1914
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| * Pine Grove, Plainfield, and Allison
Schools combine to form the Parker Consolidated School (Our
Heritage p.373) |
| * New East Cherry School Built. (Everest
p.10) |
| * World War I begins |
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1916
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| * Colorado adopts prohibition. |
| * Emily Griffith Opportunity School
is opened in Denver, later has campus in Douglas County. (CSA) |
| * Castle Rock's ditch system replaced
by underground iron pipes. (DC News-Press
1/21/1995) |
| * Dewey School consolidated with Castle
Rock. (School Census) |
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1917
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| * Louviers Village Club opens, holds
the oldest continually operating bowling alley in the state. Clubhouse
is owned by DuPont, membership dues are $1 per year. (Record
Journal of Douglas County 11/9/1917) |
| * Town of Daffodil changes their name
to Deckers. (Record Journal of Douglas County) |
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1918
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| * May - Glade School consolidates with Castle Rock
(Record Journal of Douglas County
May 10, 1918) |
| *World War I ends, |
| * Worldwide Flu epidemic is felt in Douglas County,
as at least one family is wiped out in the Cherry Valley area. |
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