Leslie Kimsey established this ranch just above the Yampa River in 1917.  By 1919, he had a modest craftsman style house and a large Gambrel roof barn constructed to accommodate his farming and ranching operations. 

The Summit Creek Ranger Station, with its 1912 date of construction, represents the transition between the 1890-1910 pre-design phase and the 1911-1932 pre-Civilian Conservation Corps phase of Forest Service construction, exhibiting details and methods of both phases.  

Built in 1911, this simple wood frame rural schoolhouse continued to house classes during the fall semester until the mid-1960s.  Listed under Rural School Buildings in Colorado Multiple Property Submission. 

Columbine was established in 1881 to provide housing and provisions for the nearby miners at Hahns Peak.  James R. Caron emigrated from Canada to Columbine with his wife Martha in 1896.  He constructed a post office, then purchased an existing store and moved its contents into his new Columbine Mercantile building in 1898.  He served as Columbine’s postmaster for 31 years, as well as justice of the peace and coroner.

These trail segments are part of the larger Santa Fe Trail Mountain Route that provided a vital transportation link between the United States and the newly independent Mexico fostering not only commercial trade, but also establishing social ties that were pivotal to regional development and expansion of the United States from 1832-1879.  Contrary to popular perception, the Santa Fe Trail was not a single trail with two branches, but a complex transportation system made up of various routes, starting points, and destinations.  The sites contain visible trail ruts of the Santa Fe Tr

This 1918 two-story brick school, with a large auditorium, functioned well as a community center and remains virtually intact.

A project of the Public Works Administration (PWA), the Rocky Ford Post Office is associated with President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal legislative agenda.  The federal government used the construction of new post offices to aid the economy through expenditures for materials and construction crews.  The only PWA project in Rocky Ford, it provided the town with its first purpose-built post office.

Constructed in 1935, the Grand Theatre is important for its long term use as a local entertainment center and for its ability to convey changes in movie theater design.

The 1908 building reflects the nationwide public library movement sponsored by steel manufacturer and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. 

This 1901 building is associated with the development of the Arkansas Valley Fair, an annual event important to the social history of the area.