Garo is an extinct town in South Park in Park County, Colorado, United States. The Garo post office operated from January 29, 1880, until February 28, 1955.[2]
Town of Garo | |
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 Garo in 1917 | |
  Town of Garo  Town of Garo | |
| Coordinates: 39°06′28″N 105°53′25″W / 39.1078°N 105.8903°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  State of Colorado |
| County[1] | Park County |
Description
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The now ghost town is about five miles (8.0 km) north of Hartsel and seven miles (11 km) south of Fairplay along Colorado Highway 9, at an elevation of 9,197 feet (2,803 m).
The community was named after its founder, the area ranchers Marie Guiraud, and for her late husband, Louis Adolfe Guiraud, both natives of France.[3]
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References
edit- ^ "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
- ^ Laura King Van Dusen, "Marie Guiraud: 1860s Pioneer, Mother of Ten, Widowed at Forty-five, Amassed One of the Largest Estates in Park County Up to 1909", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 15-20.
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