Resources

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• 1870 Greenwood Census
• COGenWeb Archives
• FamilySearch
• USGenWeb Tombstone Project
• USGenWeb Archives Project
• USGenWeb Archives Obituaries Project – Colorado
• USGenWeb Kidz Project - genealogy resources for children!
• Vital Records - State of Colorado
• Internet Archive
• National Register of Historic Places
• Ghost Towns
• USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Colorado Secretary of State
• Historical Markers
• Colorado Historic Newspapers

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County Government

Lincoln County Court House [located at 103 3rd Avenue, Hugo]
P.O. Box 39
Hugo, CO 80821-0067
Phone: (719) 743-2455


Lincoln County Clerk and Recorder
103 3rd Avenue,
P.O. Box 67
Hugo, CO 80821
Phone: (719) 743-2444
Webpage:


Lincoln County Assessor
Estelle Thaller
103 3rd Avenue
P.O. Box 277
Hugo, CO 80821
Phone: (719) 743-2358
Webpage:


 City Government

Arriba, Town Clerk [located at 214 Main, Arriba]
P.O. Box 10
Arriba, CO 80804
Phone: (719) 768-3381


Genoa, Town Clerk
P.O. Box 137
Genoa, CO 80818
Phone: (719) 736-2312


Hugo, Town Clerk [located at 522 Second Avenue, Hugo]
P.O. Box 367
Hugo, CO 80821
Phone: (719) 743-2485


Limon, City Hall [located at 100 Civic Center Drive, Limon]
P.O. Box 9
Limon, CO 80828
Phone: (719) 775-2346



  Public Libraries
Hugo Public Library [located at 522 2nd Avenue, Hugo]
P.O. Box 367
Hugo, CO 80821
Phone: (719) 743-2325


Limon Memorial Library [located at 205 E Avenue, Limon]
P.O. Box 236
Limon, CO 80828
Phone: (719) 775-2163


  Museums and Historical Societies
Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park
799 First Street
Limon, CO 80828
Phone: (719) 775-0430


Lincoln County Historical Society and Museum
3rd Avenue & 7th Street
Hugo, CO 80821
Phone: (719) 743-2209


Lincoln County Historical Society
PO Box 115
Hugo CO 80821
Phone: 719-743-2233


Lincoln County (Hedlund House) Museum
PO Box 115
Hugo CO 80821
Phone: 719-743-2233


Pioneer Schoolhouse Museum
517 D Avenue
Limon, CO 80828
Phone: (719) 775-2350



  Local Newspapers

Eastern Colorado Plainsman [located at 505 3rd Ave., Hugo]
P.O. Box 98
Hugo, CO 80821
Phone: (719) 743-2371


Limon Leader [located at 801 Main, Limon]
P.O. Box 1300
Limon, CO 80828
Phone: (719) 775-2064


  State Resources
Colorado Historical Society
Stephen H. Hart Library
1300 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-866-3682


Colorado Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 9218
Denver, CO 80209-0218


Colorado State Library
201 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-866-6728
FAX: 303-830-0793
Hours: Mon - Fri, 8 am - 5 pm


Division of Archives and Public Records
Department of Administration
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-866-2358 or 303-866-2390
Hours: Mon - Fri, 8 am - 4:45 pm


Colorado State Archives - genealogy section -

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Vital Records Section
Online searchable database: Colorado marriages and divorces from 1975-1998

 

Books about Lincoln County Colorado

HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY, COLORADO
By Laura Solze Claggett, Curtis Media Corporation, 1987. Information about Lincoln County families.


LINCOLN COUNTY, COLORADO. The Homeseeker's and Investor's Paradise
Originally published in 1916. Reprinted and is available for sale


LINCOLN COUNTY The Beginning to 1940.
Lincoln County Historical Society, Hugo, CO. 80821

TRI-COUNTY HISTORY: A CENTENNIAL, 1889-1989.
History and families of Cheyenne, Lincoln, and Kiowa counties.


OUR HERITAGE: A Collection of tales East Central Colorado. Vol. I and II


WHERE THE WAGONS ROLLED.
Information on Lincoln County and pre-1925 settlers. Published by the Lincoln County Historical Society. 1976. Reprinted 1998. Available for purchase through the Lincoln County Historical Society.


OTHER SUGGESTED RESOURCES:
MAGAZINE RESOURCE:
Glen R. Durrell's "Homesteading in Colorado" article in The Colorado Magazine Spring 1974 Vol LI Number 2 is most informative and interesting. His article covers 1908-1916 when he was age 6-14, including excellent photographs. Only family names are W. B. DURRELL

BOOK RESOURCE:
Hal Borland's autobiography "High, Wide and Lonesome" describing his family homesteading 1910-1913 is also a wonderful read.

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