Welcome to Historic Shawnee!
In 1886, English immigrant J.W. Price homesteaded 160 acres along the verdant South Platte River that would later become Shawnee. Born in 1841, Price worked in the English shipyards before immigrating to Illinois in 1869 with his wife Catherine Mary Bourne and their three small children, William Henry, James, and Sarah. Three more children, Thomas, Mary, and Eliza, were born while the family lived in Illinois. On the advice of doctors, Price headed west in 1877, arriving in the Platte Canyon area where he joined a logging crew preparing railroad ties for construction of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad (later the Colorado & Southern). He sent for his family and settled near the town of Slaghts, just a half mile east of what would become Shawnee. J.W. opened and operated a general store in Slaghts and with his sons William Henry (Harry), and James would play a significant role in the early development of Shawnee.In 1878, the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad reached Slaghts and the railroad quickly began promoting its new line as a leisurely way for tourists to experience the scenic majesty of the Rocky Mountains. A brochure produced by the railroad in 1886, "South Park and the Alpine Pass," described the vistas from the train car window as "the loveliest on the continent... the writer or the painter has never lived who could convey ... the surpassing beauty and grandeur of this spot."In 1899, the railway, now operated by the Colorado and Southern Railroad, advertised the grand opening of the Kiowa and Shawnee Lodges, "two new and swell resort hotels, in picturesque Platte Canon." The opening of the Kiowa, located in Bailey, and the Shawnee Lodge, built on part of J.W. Price’s original homestead, signaled the beginning of the area a summer playground for Denver elite. In the following years, the Denver society pages chronicled the goings on at Shawnee Lodge, which operated from June to September. The community of Slaghts soon took on the name of the famous lodge.Ever the entrepreneur, J.W. Price expanding his business interests to take advantage of the new tourist trade. In 1889, he opened the Grand View Hotel, a twenty-room summer resort near the Shawnee Lodge. The following year, Price officially platted the town of Shawnee and began selling lots.The newly incorporated Shawnee Resort & Investment Company also began offering lots for sale in Shawnee in 1900. The company modeled its new development after the famed resorts of the Catskill Mountains and hoped to interest Denver socialites in a venture they believed would "transform Shawnee into one of the most select resorts in the West." In 1902, the Denver Post reported that at least forty families—apparently many from Denver’s toney Capitol Hill neighborhood—were considering building summer cottages in Shawnee.The town developed quickly as summer homes, resorts, and businesses were built. Between 1900 and 1920, Shawnee boasted a robust social scene during the summer months, with dances, parties, picnics, and dinner gatherings. Additionally, the area offered a myriad of sporting opportunities, including croquet, tennis, golf, hiking, fishing, and hunting.During the 1920s and early 30s, Shawnee's first wave of wealthy summer residents began selling their summer homes. The automobile opened up new opportunities for travel and interest in the grand resorts of the early 1900s began to wane. After the Shawnee Lodge, the area's greatest tourist attraction, burned to the ground in 1929 and railroad service ended in 1937, Shawnee's growth slowed.The area's exceptional beauty and excellent fishing continued to attract tourists and summer residents, though in smaller numbers and Shawnee continued to serve as a hub of social activity for local area ranch families and seasonal residents. During the 1950s, Shawnee experienced a period of renewed growth when Roy Thompson began redeveloping the Shawnee Lodge property and several new homes were built. Today Shawnee is a close-knit mix of seasonal and full-time residents who take great pride in their community's rich history. In 2010, the Shawnee Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places. This tour highlights the homes and businesses located within the historic district.
Callie Brinker Thomas House
Born in Kentucky in 1863, Callie Brinker Thomas moved to Colorado as a young child in the 1870s. Her father, Joseph Brinker Sr., founded the Brinker Collegiate Institute (later The Navarre) in 1880. Located near the Brown Palace in Denver, the institute was the first co-educational school for musical training west of the Mississippi. Callie, an accomplished vocalist, performed publicly during the early 1880s and was "a great favorite in both musical and social circles." In 1886, she married William C. Thomas, a junior partner in the Denver real estate firm of his father, Hugh H. Thomas.Despite William's untimely death in 1901, Callie and her father-in-law continued with plans to construct a summer retreat in Shawnee for Callie and her three young children. Callie held musicales in the living room of the home and spent many summers in Shawnee before selling the property in 1923.In 1929, Al Gould, a Denver attorney and member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, purchased the residence. Gould later acquired the 1,000-acre ranch located across the highway and behind Shawnee, which is now home to the U.S. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Specialty Pack String. After a succession of owners, artists Vincent and Carolyn Tolpo acquired the home in 1981 and opened the Shawnee Mountain Gallery, which features jewelry, ceramics, paintings, and sculpture.
Carlson House
This house was constructed on land formerly associated with the Shawnee Lodge, a large resort hotel built by the Colorado and Southern Railroad in 1899. The thirty-room lodge epitomized Rustic style architecture and incorporated natural tree limbs and branches in its construction. The Colorado and Southern Railroad provide supplies and split the profits with the lodge managers, who leased the property from the railroad. Tourists flocked to the popular guest lodge and the surrounding community soon became known as Shawnee. The lodge's rustic architecture echoed similar recreational lodges found in the Adirondacks and Berkshires and influenced the design of many summer homes built in the area during the early 1900s.After fire destroyed the popular tourist destination in 1929, local real estate developer Roy Thompson purchased the lodge property and subdivided it for redevelopment. In 1952, Thompson and his wife Ava sold this parcel to Montana residents Mildred and Don Carlson with the unusual stipulation that the Thompsons could continue to live on the land rent free until one of them should die. The Carlsons continued to own the property until shortly before Ava Thompson’s death in 1975 at age 95. Today this home is owned by Betty Russell.
Roy/Blewett House
After fire destroyed the Shawnee Lodge in 1929, developer Roy Thompson sold this lot to Carl A. and Audrey P. Roy who built this house near the old concrete steps of the former lodge around 1950. In 1959, the Roys sold the home to Donald and Leonie White. Six years later, J. Nathaniel and Gertie Blewett acquired the home and members of their family retained ownership for the next 23 years. Changes have been made to the home over time, but it still retains the milled log siding typical of 1950s era homes built in the Platte Canyon area. The present owner, David Winner, purchased the house in 2000.
Foster House
After purchasing this lot from real estate developer Roy Thompson in 1949, Albert Foster, owner of Denver's Foster Auto Supply Co., and his wife, Ethel, built this house on land that was once part of the Shawnee Lodge. Like many of the seasonal residences built on the site of the former resort hotel, the home's design incorporates features typical of Rustic style architecture. The Rustic style, characterized by the use of forms and materials that echoed early pioneer cabins, gained popularity after 1900, especially in the mountain communities. The present owners are Steve and Beverly Fanestil.
Jim Price Garage & Dance Hall
In 1917, J.W. Price's son, James, decided to expand the family businesses by erecting this two-story building next door to the Shawnee post office and store. The building originally housed a garage and filling station. The dance hall located on the upper floor became a center for community events, in particular regular community dances. Drawing residents from miles around, the dance hall was noted for its social and civic programs for many decades. In the early 1940s, S.H. Herbert operated the garage and offered notary services. In the late 1960s, the building was converted to apartments and private offices and in 1978 LeRoy and Leona Nelson purchased the property along with the Shawnee Post Office and Trading Post. LeRoy passed away in 2007 and Leona Nelson is the present owner.
Shawnee Post Office & Store
In 1898, J.W. Price was appointed postmaster of Slaghts and two years later he built the eastern section of this building and relocated the post office here. Price's son, William Henry (known as Harry), lived in the quarters above the post office, now renamed Shawnee, and held the position of postmaster from 1900 until 1940. In 1910, J.W. Price decided to build a store in Shawnee and added a large wing to the post office. The store quickly became the center for the town's social gatherings.Harry, who eventually took over operations of the store, was an amateur botanist and filled the store with flowering plants. Still a gathering place, it is now known as the Shawnee Tea Room. In 1978, LeRoy and Leona Nelson purchased the post office, store building, and the apartments next door. They operated the Shawnee Trading Post, which offered antiques, collectables, and groceries until LeRoy’s death in 2007. Leona Nelson continues to own the property today.
Grand View Lodge & Hotel
Constructed in 1888 and known over time as the Grand View Hotel or Grand View Lodge, this impressive building first served as the hotel and home of the J.W. Price family. Like the Shawnee Lodge, J.W. Price’s hotel catered to summer tourists looking for a break from urban life. In 1907, visitors could book one of the hotel's twenty-five rooms for just $10.In 1931, Ava Wilson took over ownership of the Grand View Lodge, trading a parcel of land in Indian Hills for the aging resort. After closing for three years to complete renovations, the lodge reopened to great success. Ava Wilson was an accomplished cook and the hotel dining room reportedly enjoyed a brisk business as did her coffee shop located in the adjacent building near the road. After the death of her husband, Clifford, in 1937, Ava managed the hotel and coffee shop by herself while serving as Shawnee's postmistress. In 1941, she married local real estate investor Roy Thompson and three years later sold the Grand View Hotel and Coffee Shop to J.C. and Nettie Jordan. Ownership changed frequently over the years and the Late Victorian-era hotel was eventually converted to a private residence. The home is currently owned by Mike Szygielsky and Michelle Barry.
The Grand View Barn
Constructed around 1903, this building first served as the barn for the Grand View Hotel. The basement level initially housed animals and later automobiles and equipment. The main floor was used for community events, including regularly scheduled dances during the summer season. The barn was converted into a residence sometime after 1933 and it is likely that a new main level was constructed over the original 1903 stone foundation around this time. There have been several owners since the 1930s, including John Wonder. Wonder's father, Henry, established the Wonder Ranch on Deer Creek in the 1890s and the family was well known in the community. Mia Foley and Brian Heber are the present owners.
Price Cabin
This home was built between 1901 and 1905 by members of the Price family, which owned a number of adjacent parcels along this street during the early 1900s. After her marriage to William A. Tyler, J.W. Price's daughter, Sarah, used this cabin as a summer home and rental property until its sale to Roscoe and Anna Soll in 1951. Roscoe Soll worked for the Colorado and Southern Railroad before an accident cost him one of his legs. He later worked as a security guard at the Roberts Tunnel for several years and lived in an apartment above Price's garage before purchasing this cabin. The cabin is currently owned by the Soll's granddaughter, Sharon Warner.
Price-Fitzsimmons House
This house was built for the Price family around 1915, one of several built for the family in Shawnee during the early 1900s. It is unclear, however, whether or not members of the family lived in the home or if the property was leased seasonally. In 1924, May Davis acquired the home from J.W. Price. Prior to her death in 1937, Davis sold the log residence to Emma Fitzsimmons.Emma's husband, Charles L. Fitzsimmons, spent his teenage years on his widowed mother's ranch in Jefferson County before establishing his own ranch near Slaghts around 1888. Charles married Emma in 1893 and the couple raised four children, Charles Jr., Perry, Jesse, and Ethel, on their ranch. Charles died in 1928 and Emma passed the property to her son, Jesse, and his wife, Martha, in 1955. The couple developed an extensive ranching business across the highway from Shawnee.In 1982 the Fitzsimmons family sold the property to Willard “Hoagie” Hoganson and his wife, Mary, a Platte Canyon High School librarian. In 1997, owner Jacqueline Robinson found material under the basement floorboards related to horses and mail delivery reportedly connecting the home with the Price family. A trash dump found at the rear of the property contained a number of broken dishes and bottles from the late 1910s and 1920s, confirming the age of the home. The present owners, Larry and Barbara Behl, purchased the house in 2007.
Shawnee Cemetery
The Shawnee Cemetery is located across the Frontage Road from the Fitzsimmons House on land homesteaded by J.W. Price In 1886. Many of the original settlers of Shawnee are buried here, including members of the Price, Bonnifield, and Tyler families.The earliest burial is that of J. W. Price's infant grandson, Perry James Price, who died in 1895. All of the burials appear to be connected to J.W. Price through blood or marriage, including Civil War veteran William A. Bonnifield. Bonnifield enlisted in the Union Army in 1863, serving in Company M of the Kansas 15th Cavalry Regiment. He moved to Colorado in the 1870s and established a homestead in Elbert County. His daughter, Maud Bonnifield, was William Henry (Harry) Price's first wife and mother of Perry James Price.Several members of the influential Tyler family and their descendants, the Kniselys, are buried here as well. The Tyler brothers—Ben, Charles, James, and William—established significant ranching and lumber interests in the Shawnee area during the 1880s. Ben and William Tyler married daughters of J.W. Price—Mary and Sarah, respectively—and are buried in the Shawnee cemetery along with their brother James.
W.H. Price House
J.W. Price’s son, James, received this parcel when his father platted Shawnee in 1900. According to the Price family, James built this house in 1905 and his brother, William Henry (Harry) Price, acquired the residence shortly afterward. The home remained in the Price family for many years and has undergone several renovations since it was first built. The property passed through many hands after 1940 including real estate developer Roy Thompson. In 1971, Steve and Betsy Hickel purchased the property and soon afterward sold it to Steve's mother and stepfather, Martha and Jesse Fitzsimmons, who owned other property in the Shawnee area. In 1982, the house was purchased by its present owners, Gary and Patty Goodson, who completed additional renovations to the century-old home.
Juanita Lodge
In 1901, J.W. Price sold this property to Denver resident Anna E. Riddle with the stipulation that the cost of any house built on the property exceeded $500. Riddle and her husband, Albert, proprietor of the Riddle Store Fixture Company, built this Rustic style home, which they called Juanita Lodge, shortly afterward. The Riddles spent summers in Shawnee, entertaining friends with parties and dinner gatherings. In the early 1900s, Shawnee’s scenic beauty attracted a number of Denver socialites seeking to transform Shawnee into a "cottage colony of the wealthy class." The residence is particularly notable for its striking octagonal tower.During the 1920, the Fontius family, owners of Frontius Shoe Co. a longtime downtown Denver business, owned the residence. The Herrons, relatives of J.W. Price's daughter, Cora Price Wells, purchased the home in 1937 and retained ownership until the late 1950s when the family of the current owner, Jeanne Robertson Rische, acquired the residence. The home underwent renovations during the 1950s, but still retains much of its early 1900s charm.
Cara Glen
This 1902 house, a fine example of Shingle style architecture, served as the summer residence of Josephine Law Little and her husband Walter, owner of Denver's Sorosis Shoe Store. Built just a few years after the couple married in 1899, the home reportedly cost between $1,500 and $1,800 to construct and has changed very little since it was first built. The home includes a number of fine architectural details and several of the fireplace surrounds incorporate Josephine Little's initials. After the Littles moved to Massachusetts, the couple sold the home to wealthy Chicago-area socialite Kathleen Mary Healy Besly in 1909. Kathleen, an artist, used the upper room of the tower as her studio and the lowest tower room was converted to living quarters for the family chauffer. Besly owned the property until 1933.In 1977, the home was purchased by Howard and Freda Mason, long-time owners of the Bailey Country Store. Under the lower level floorboards, Mason found crates filled with empty and full drug and liquor bottles, some with labels from 1872. Mason sold the home to the current owners, Heather and Kenneth Dunn, in 2013.
Stoneleigh
Florence James Adams and her husband, Chicago theater impresario Milward Adams, acquired a number of parcels in Shawnee during the early 1900s and began construction of this home, which they named Stoneleigh, in 1904. Milward Adams managed the Chicago's famous Auditorium Theatre after its completion in 1889 as well as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He helped organize the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and was awarded France's Legion of Honor for his work at the 1900 Paris Exposition. As a young woman, Florence studied acting in Boston, before moving to Chicago where she became a highly esteemed teacher of the dramatic arts.The couple built their Rustic style house in Shawnee as a seasonal residence and entertained a wide variety of guests at their mountain retreat. According to local lore, Adams honored his foreign guests by flying their country's flag outside the home during their visit. After 1921, the property changed hands several times before the Denver YMCA acquired the property in 1948 for use a retreat and meeting facility. In 1960, Rich and Dorothy Personette purchased the house. Personette, an executive for the Cunard Corporation, brought his family from their east coast home to Shawnee each summer. The present owners, Michael and Karen Davidson, acquired the property in 2007.
Green Gables
Abigail D. Thayer Mack and her husband, builder George H. Mack, acquired considerable acreage in Shawnee during the late 1890s. Around 1902, they built Green Gables, an impressive late-Victorian Era home, and a number of cottages that they advertising for rent. The Macks and their daughter, Belle, entertained frequently and their son, William, and his wife visited Shawnee often. Around 1914, the Charles H. McArthur family purchased Green Gables, which was described as one of the finest homes in the canyon, from Belle Mack Winslow. McArthur, "an influential ranchman of Shawnee…a man of the highest integrity and an old-timer in the county," came to Park County in 1886 and built one of the most successful ranches in the Shawnee area, served in the Colorado General Assembly, and was appointed Park County Treasurer in 1916.During the 1940s, Francetta Ringer and Charlene Cochran, winter residents of Dallas, Texas, operated the "Peace and Quiet Guest Ranch" at Green Gables. They later sold the guest ranch to Russell and Katherine Elkin in 1968. In 1999, current owner Susan Hedges Lambert acquired Green Gables. Two outbuildings located on the property are historically significant—an icehouse built to store ice from the Maddox Ice Company—a large Denver operation that cut ice from two lakes near Shawnee—and a barn thought to have once been part of the ranch of Azel Slaghts, founder of the town of Slaghts and one of the earliest settlers in the area. The barn is considered the oldest surviving building from the area's initial development during the 1860s. Susan Hedges Lambert and her husband Wayne are currently restoring the well-known barn.
Shawnee Community Center
What is today called the Shawnee Community Center or the Platte Canyon Community Center is the result of one woman's vision. Ava Wilson moved to Shawnee with her husband, Clifford, in the mid-1920s after selling their boarding house in Denver. They purchased the Grandview Hotel and opened a coffee shop in front of the hotel. After her husband died in 1937, Ava ran both businesses.In 1941, she married local real estate agent Roy Thompson. The couple sold the hotel and coffee shop in 1944 and moved to a ranch, which gave Ava more free time for community activities. In 1946, she convinced local rancher Jesse Fitzsimmons to donate a piece of land near Shawnee for a community center. As an accomplished baker, Ava promised angel food cakes to anyone donating funds for the building. After numerous fundraising events, over $3,500 was raised and in 1948 construction began.The building was owned and managed by the Women's Club for many years. Ownership later transferred to the Mountain Doer's Women's Club, a group with membership from Bailey, Shawnee, and Grant. In about 1990, the building was deeded to Park County, its current owner. VFW Post 8661 shares the building with the American Legion and over a dozen other community organizations and remains a central place in the life of the Shawnee community.
James Price-Wells House
This house was built by James Price, son of J.W. Price, as his personal residence. James helped operate the Price family businesses and was a well-known hunting and fishing guide. Upon his death in 1931, the house was acquired by his niece, Catherine Price Herron. After her death in 1963, Catherine’s sisters, Cora and Lillian, assumed ownership. Soon afterward, Lillian deeded full title to her sister, Cora. Cora and her husband, Dwight Wells, treasurer of the Gates Rubber Co., lived in the home until 1974. The couple shared and recorded much of the early history of the community. In 1974, a nephew, Raymond Graham, son of Minerva Price Graham, took possession from the Wells estate. In 1981 he passed the property to his brother, current owner Ronald Price Graham.
Knight-Finesilver House
This house was built as a summer bungalow for Stephen Knight, his wife Kate, and their three children in 1905. At the time, Knight managed the Eagle Milling & Elevator Company in Denver. An avid fisherman, he spent the summer seasons in Shawnee and neighboring areas before buying two lots from J.W. Price. Reportedly bored by fishing Kate had a single-lane "Ladies" bowling alley built behind the house. Local lore tells of the women of Shawnee and their children spending hours at the alley. Many generations of Knight's enjoyed spending time in Shawnee.After the death of Stephen and Kate's daughter, Evelyn, in 1982, the home was sold to Sherman and Anne Finesilver. A Denver native, Sherman Finesilver excelled at football in high school and attended the University of Colorado before graduating with a law degree from Westminster Law School. Elected as a U.S. District Court judge in 1962, Finesilver was appointed to the federal district court bench by President Richard Nixon in 1971. In 1990, current owner University of Denver law professor emeritus Timothy Walker and his wife, Sandra, purchased this home from the Finesilvers. The Walkers also own the home to the east of the Knight-Finesilver House.
Walker House
This house was built in 1905 for Herbert R. Walker and his wife, Ethel Blake Walker. Ethel Walker's family hailed from Bailey and she had spent many summers in the area before the arrival of the railroad in 1878. Their son, Harold, was born in 1904 in Denver and later became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Illinois. Harold Walker and his wife, Mary, continued to spend summers in Shawnee over the years and received title to the house in 1947. In 1975, the couple gave the property to their three sons, Herbert, Howard, and Timothy. In 1990, Timothy acquired sole ownership of the property and remains the current owner.
Fisher/Tjernlund/Pearson House
William E. Fisher paid J.W. Price $60 for this lot in 1904. Two individuals named William E. Fisher lived in Denver at the time, but the owner of this property was most likely Denver architect William Ellsworth Fisher. Fisher worked as a draftsman for the Denver firm of Balcomb & Rice during the early 1890s before opening his own firm in 1892. He focused primarily on modest residential design before partnering with Daniel Riggs Huntington in 1901. Fisher and Huntington worked together until 1905, expanding the practice to include the design of larger more expensive residences as well as apartment and commercial buildings. In 1907, Fisher formed a partnership with his brother, Arthur Addison Fisher, which lasted until William's death in 1937. The brothers designed several prominent homes, churches, hospitals, and schools in Denver as well as the Denver City Tramway Building and A.C. Foster Building, both of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.It is unclear whether or not Fisher is responsible for construction of the home that now stands on the property, which has undergone a number of renovations over time making it difficult to pinpoint a date of construction. However, Fisher sold the property in 1915 for $800 suggesting that the property included a residence at the time. Like many of the summer homes built in Shawnee, the home features milled log siding, however, it is somewhat unique in that the logs are mitered at the corners as opposed to notched.Nebraskans Mrs. G.A. Latta and Mrs. J.G. Bennett acquired the property from Fisher in 1915, eventually selling the summer home to Hugo E. Tjernlund and Anton Palmer in 1921. Tjernlund, an accountant, lived in Denver with his wife Mabelle Pearson and presumably used the house as a summer getaway. In 1935, C. Melvin Pearson,and wife, Lila, acquired the property from his widowed sister, Mabelle. The son of Swedish immigrants, Pearson grew up in Denver and worked as a salesman. The descendants of C. Melvin and Lila Pearson continue to own the home today.
Gregory/Ehrenkrook/Hobson House
Denver hardware merchant George Tuck acquired two lots from J.W. Price in 1904 with the intent of building a summer home. Three years later, he sold the property to Texas attorney Thomas Watt Gregory for $1,050. Gregory began a success legal career in Austin in 1885 and later served as United States Attorney General from 1914 to 1919. In 1922, Gregory sold his property in Shawnee to Denver real estate investor and grocer William H. Ehrenkrook and his wife Nellie. The couple's eldest daughter, Ila, married Ralph S. Hobson (b. 1889), the schoolteacher son of Denver lawyer Linneaus D. Hobson, in 1915. Ila and Ralph both taught school in Denver where they raised two daughters, Beverly and Gwendolyn.In 1932, William Enhrenkrook deeded the Shawnee house to Ila who presumably used the Shawnee house a summer residence for her family. Ila and Ralph’s daughters inherited the property sometime before 1960 when Gwendolyn sold her interest in the summer home to her sister and her sister's husband, Robert Olds. After Beverly and Robert Olds divorced in the mid-1960s, Beverly kept ownership of her family's property in Shawnee. Beverly's second husband, Robert Martin, was a well-known sports announcer in the Denver area and an inductee in the Colorado Sport Hall of Fame. Known as "the voice of the Denver Broncos," Martin enjoyed a long and respected career in broadcasting before his death in 1990.The Martins apparently used the home as a vacation home during the 1970s and early '80s. After 1986, the home passed through several owners including Mark and Sonia Caldwell, Ronald and Sarah Brown, James Casperson, Dale and Barbara Cochran, and William Garretson before current owner Jason Amstutz purchased the property in 2013.
Anthony Cabin
This property was once part of a large parcel purchased by Florence J. Adams of Chicago from J.W. Price in 1904. The Adams' early 1900s residence, Stoneleigh, stands nearby and this small cabin and its neighbor may have housed guests of the Adams family or Stoneleigh's subsequent owners. This large lot was one of three separate parcels connected with Stoneleigh until 1977, when Ward and Doris Anthony sold all but this parcel to others. After Doris' death in 1993, her husband sold the property and its two rustic cabins to current owner Jody M. Oker.
Thanks for Visiting!
Thank you for taking our tour of historic Shawnee, we hope you enjoyed your visit. While in Park County be sure to take advantage of the many other tours of local historic sites available through our app.Credits:All historical photos generously provided by the Park County Local History Archives.This tour was developed by the Park County Office of Heritage, Tourism, and Community Development with funding assistance from the South Park National Heritage Area. To learn more about Park County and the South Park National Heritage Area visit www.southparkheritage.org
