The Knight/Bankston Ranch dates to 1879 when Henry Knight preempted 160 acres in the Disappointment Valley in Dolores County. The original log cabin that he built in 1881 still stands as do numerous other buildings constructed in the 1880's. Henry built ditches on the ranch as well and acquired the first water decree from Disappointment Creek in 1883.

Built circa 1891, this two-story brick house is the town’s only masonry residence.  The Kauffman family lived in the house until 1915.

This two-story light red brick building, with a raised basement, was constructed in 1892.  Red sandstone was used at the basement level and for window detailing.

The second floor of this Two-Part Commercial Block was designed to house offices.  Since its construction in 1892, the first floor retail space has been utilized almost continuously as a saloon. 

Pre-dating 1910, the station is one of the oldest U.S. Forest Service administrative sites in Colorado.  

The district consists of two large, sequentially occupied prehistoric habitation sites and is likely to yield important information in the areas of Community Planning, Social History, and Ethnic Heritage.  Brewer Mesa Pueblo is a good example of an 11th century mesa-top village, and Brewer Canyon Pueblo is an excellent example of a large 13th century canyon head village.

The site is significant in the history of southwestern Colorado.  In June 1885, it was the site of a "battle" between white settlers and a group of Ute Indians.

Constructed in 1914 and associated with the early settlement of Dove Creek, most locals agree that this was the second building to be constructed in town.

The site, a loose cluster of individual habitation units surrounding several community structures, is believed to have been built and occupied between AD 1050 and 1150.  As one of the few "pure" large Pueblo II sites in Southwestern Colorado, it is important as a representation of the broad patterns of Mesa Verde Anasazi cultural change.  Listed under Great Pueblo Period of the McElmo Drainage Unit, AD 1075-1300, Multiple Property Submission.

In 1915 Leslie V. Allen filed a homestead in Dove Creek with the Department of the Interior.  At the time, the farm was just 160 acres.  Three years later, Allen applied for an additional 80 acres of land.