The complex is representative of a family operated ranch as it developed over more than fifty years and two generations.  The family operated the ranch from 1902 through the early 1970s when it was purchased by the National Park Service.  

The 1924 apartments are associated with the pattern of community planning and development which occurred when the Craig area experienced a spurt of economic and population growth resulting from the local discovery of oil.

The original portion of the church dates from 1902.  It was constructed with 12x6 inch sawn logs that were covered with lap siding.  The gabled roof is steeply pitched, and the south slope includes a large hipped roof dormer. 

This 1922 two-story light brick building was designed by John J. Huddart. 

The customized car was built by the Pullman Company in 1906 and named in honor of David Moffat’s daughter, Marcia.  The interior woodwork is solid mahogany imported from Africa and there are sleeping quarters for up to twelve people.  

The two-story brick building was constructed in 1917 during the period of local economic optimism that followed the coming of the railroad in 1913.  It remains Craig’s most important example of early 20th century commercial architecture.

The site is believed to be a contact point with Native Americans and possibly the location of Fort Davy Crockett, a fur trading post dating from the mid 1830s. 

Constructed in 1906, the 140,000 gallon steel tank measures 24 feet in diameter and 43 feet in height.  Around 1900, railroads began using steel tanks to replace the elevated wood tanks that provided water for coal-fired steam locomotives.

This simple, wood frame rural schoolhouse operated from 1884 to 1959.  Listed under Rural School Buildings in Colorado Multiple Property Submission.

At 9,748 feet, the Devils Head Lookout sits on the highest point of the Rampart Range, the first and eastern most part of the Rocky Mountains.