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Pitkin County, COGenWeb Project.
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Pitkin County was carved out of Gunnison County in 1881 and the county seat is Aspen. The first settlers came to the Roaring Fork Valley in search of silver in 1879. Almost all of the early settlers arrived from Leadville, Colorado in neighboring Lake County, via Independence Pass. The largest silver nugget in the world, weighing over one ton, was found in Smuggler Mine in 1894. The county contains 975 square miles of rugged terrain. It's eastern boundary is the Continental Divide; the Crystal, Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Rivers flow in from the north. The town of Aspen, originally known as Ute City, was founded in 1880 and incorporated in 1881. Aspen, elevation 7800 feet, is surrounded by 14,000 foot mountains and is located on State Highway 82 on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Roaring Fork Valley. In 1948 Aspen was re-developed by Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke into the world famous ski resort that it is today. The town of Redstone is the site of the historic Redstone Castle, built by John C. Osgood. Charming Redstone Castle is now a bed and breakfast facility and the site of many weddings. Please note that Pitkin County is somewhat boxed in by high mountains. Parts of Gunnison and Garfield County play a large role in Pitkin County history. If you don't find what you are looking for here - be sure to check out these neighboring counties.
Pitkin County includes the towns of Aspen, Snowmass, Snowmass Village, Woody Creek, Redstone and the ghost town of Ashcroft
Neighbors
Chaffee
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Gunnison
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Mesa
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Archives for Pitkin County |
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Ashcroft | Brief History of Ashcroft |
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A list of known cemeteries and graves in the county |
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Colorado Historical Newspaper Project | |
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Court Records Archive Records |
At the Colorado State Archives. Select "court records from the drop down box. This includes Divorce records. |
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Search Highway Markers |
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Early and modern maps to help your research |
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Taken from 1905 "Progressive Men of Western Colorado", transcribed courtesy of Judy Crook. A reading list for further research. Most of these books can be obtained through interlibrary loan. |
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Early photos of Pitkin places and people. Send yours in for posting! |
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Where to go for further research |
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An index to articles from the monthly publication of the pioneer society Sons of Colorado. The title of the publication was later changed to The Trail. |
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An index to obituaries of Colorado pioneers that appeared in the monthly publication of the pioneer society Sons of Colorado. The title of the publication was later changed to The Trail. |
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Index of articles including profiles and obituaries of pioneers that was published 1908-1929 by the Sons of Colorado |
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Find other folks researching your surname in Pitkin County. |
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A list of populated places, with dates of existence and comments. |
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Veterans Gravesite Locator
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World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing: State of Colorado |
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State Coordinator |
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County Coordinator AVAILABLE!! |
© 2002 by Gail Meyer Kilgore for the benefit of the USGenWeb® Project.
A
big thank you is in order for the previous county coordinators,
Gail
Meyer Kilgore, Charles
Barnum, Rod
Skinner, and
Vikki Gray!
If
you would like to contribute your information to this page, please
contact me
Rebecca Maloney
If you would like to volunteer as a
transcriber, county coordinator, cemetery transcriptions, cemetery
gravestone photographs or just about anything email
Rebecca Maloney