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This panorama of Larkspur was taken in 1920. The railroad tracks are clearly
visible. Douglas County History Research Center #xxx.120
Castle Rock was a bustling town in 1925. Notice the courthouse
and newly paved Highway 85 (Wilcox Street) Douglas County History Research Center #678.034
The Highland Ranch Mansion was purchased in 1920 by Waite Phillips, brother
of the founders of Phillips Petroleum. Photo courtesy Philbrook
Museum of Art.
2 men and 1 woman sitting on the Castlewood Canyon Dam
c. 1910. The dam was destroyed by a flood in 1933. Photo from the Bartruff/Bihlmeyer
Photo Album, Douglas County History Research Center #93005.040.3
Parker High School Faculty 1939 L to R. Miss Alice
Swanson - History, Commercial; Mr. Norman Dickinson - Superintendent,
Science; Miss Edith Lankin - English, Spanish, Mathematics; Miss Thelma
Ellison - Junior High; Mr. Lester Shimpfky - Intermediate, Music; Miss
Thelma Brazelton - Primary Grades From the Parker High School Yearbook
1939.
The Star on Castle Rock was built in 1936 by members of the community
including the volunteer fire department. Photo courtesy of Ted Spring
Photography at www.tedspringphotography.com
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1920's
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| *New School constructed at Case/Rock
Ridge/Irving. (Cornish) |
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1920
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| * Florence Martin donates her extensive holdings
in northern Douglas County to the Denver Mountain Parks system. It
is named Daniels Park. (Appleby
p.70) |
| * John Springer's Ranch (present day Highlands Ranch),
along with other land holdings, was purchased and consolidated in
1920 by oil and real estate magnate, Waite Phillips -- brother of
Phillips Petroleum founders Frank and L. E. Phillips. |
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1921
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| * Parker State Bank robbed of $5000, cashier locked
in the vault. |
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* Electricity first supplied to Castle Rock. (Douglas
County News-Press
1/21/1995)
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1923
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| * Electricity is brought to Sedalia. (Roudebush
p. 21) |
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1924-1926
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1924
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| * A teacherage is built at the Franktown school.
It was occasionally used as a classroom (Bull) |
| * Timber fire sparked by lightning burns in Larkspur
Area. (Larkspur p.1) |
| * Denver and Rio Grande depot at Greenland burns
down. (Johnson p.1) |
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1925
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| * Ku Klux Klan at the height of its power in Colorado,
local Klan holds a meeting in the district courtroom of Douglas County.
(Douglas County News 1/27/1925) |
| * Newly paved Highway 85 links Denver and Colorado Springs. |
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1926
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| * Waite Phillips sold his holdings (Highlands Ranch)
to Frank Kistler, president of Wolhurst Stock Farms, for $425,000.
Kistler converted the ranch to dairy/Angus cattle, sheep, hogs and
chickens. Kistler names the ranch the Diamond K Ranch. (Appleby,
p.62) |
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1929
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| * The Arapahoe Hunt was moved to the Diamond K Ranch
(Highlands Ranch) by Lawrence C. Phipps, Jr. (Appleby
p.63) |
| * Columbine School burns down, and is not replaced.
(Our Heritage p.378) |
| * August - Castle Rock installs 3 stop signs on
Wilcox at 3rd, 4th, and 5th streets. (Appleby
p.12) |
| * October - Douglas County Women's club opens first
library in Douglas County. (Maguire) |
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1930's
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| * Baldridge School opens briefly. (Douglas County
School District Number 39) (School
Census) |
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1932-1937
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| * Great Depression and Dust Bowl strike Douglas
County. (Encyclopedia p.99) |
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1933
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| * August 2 - Castlewood Canyon Dam collapses after
three to nine inches of rain falls in 9 hours. Floodwaters reach all
the way to Denver. (Horan p.18) |
| * Louviers Power Plant supplies electricity to
Louviers and Castle Rock. (Fearnow
p.5) |
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1934
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| * Civilian Conservation Corps Company #1845, Castle
Rock Camp, locates in McMurdo Gulch. |
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1935
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| * Flood washes out Colorado and Southern (formerly
Denver and New Orleans) railroad tracks in eastern Douglas County.
They are not replaced. |
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1936
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1937
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| * Financial difficulties forced
Frank Kistler to sell his ranch to Lawrence C. Phipps, Jr. the present
Highlands Ranch holdings were assembled by Phipps. He sold several
of the peripheral parcels and added lands from the East Ranch and
Cheese Ranch between 1937 and 1976. (Appleby
p.63) |
| * CCC Camp near Castle Rock closes. |
| * Colorado and Southern Railroad abandons their
Platte Canyon Rail Line. Parker depot dismantled. |
| * May 28 - Tornado hits Castle Rock, damaging Douglas
County High School (on Wilcox), the Episcopal Church, several residences,
the D&RG toolhouse, the Standard Garage, Kroll's Grocery, the Cottage
Hotel and a metal tower with the fire bell attached to it. The nearby
CCC and WPA camps help out in emergency. (Record
Journal of Douglas County) |
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1937-1939
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| * Douglas County High School graduate Teller Ammons
is governor of Colorado. (Encyclopedia
p.100) |
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