Douglas County Topic Indexes
The Douglas County History Research Center has collected articles and manuscripts on various topics of Douglas County History.
Can't find your Douglas County History topic? Check
- The Douglas County News-Press website (for 1999-present)
- Colorado's Historic Newspapers (1881-1923)
- Colorado's Newspapers (1989-present Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Boulder Daily Camera, etc.)
To propose a new topic, email sboyd@dclibraries.org.
Parks: Castlewood Canyon - Daniel's Park - Devil's Head - Pike National Forest - Roxborough State Park
Roxborough: The development.
South Platte River Valley Area: Deckers, Nighthawk, Westcreek
Telecommunications : Computers, Internet, Telephones, Newspapers, Radio, Telephone, Television.
Transportation: Aviation, Bicycles, Public Transportation
West Plum Creek (Includes Happy Canyon)
More topics in our Clippings Notebooks at the Philip S. Miller Library:
Advertising
Archaeology : Lamb Spring - Other Sites.
Arts: Bands/Musicians - Poetry - Theatre/Plays
Athletics: Golf courses - High School Sports - Little League - Olympics
Banks and Financing
Businesses
Castle Rock: Brass band - Castle Rock Quilt - Heritage Park - Rec Center/Senior Center - Star on the Rock - Early Castle Rock - Written Works - Articles with no date, Articles sorted by date (1900- )
Cemeteries, grave sites, markers: General Information - Douglas County Markers - Grave Sites - Bear Canyon - Case - Cedar Hill - Fonder / McMurdo - Franktown - Jarre Canyon (Indian Hill) - Parker - Spring Valley
Cherry Valley and Spring Valley: General information - Maps
Churches: History of churches - Baha'i - Baptist - Catholic - Chapels - Church of Christ - Church of the Rock - Community Churches - Covenant Fellowship - Episcopal - Harvest Christian - Jewish - Lutheran - Methodist - Mormon (LDS) - Non-Denominational - Presbyterian - Seventh Day Adventist - St. Mary's Orthodox.
Civic Organizations: Veterans Groups, Civilian Conservation Corps, other civic organizations
Crime
Dairy business
Dams: General - Castlewood Canyon - Chatfield - Cheesman - Two Forks Dam - Cherry Creek - Cherry Creek Dry Dam.
Demographics: Charts and Tables
Douglas County: General History of Douglas County
Douglas County fair books indexes : by name - by city - by year - by business name
Douglas County fairs, 4-H, grange activities: Horses - Prize Animals
Douglas County Libraries: Articles by District employees.
Emergency Services: Fire Department - Hospitals
Fires
Franktown
Ghost towns: Acequia - Citadel - Douglas - Dunway - Eastonville - Englewood - Fondis - Glade - Huntsville - Lehigh - New Memphis - Nighthawk - Oakes Mill/Oakesville - Pemberton - Pike's Peak City - Silica - Westcreek - Williamsville
Government and Elections
Greenland
Hayman Fire
Highlands Ranch: Highlands Mansion - Hunt club - (1861-present)
Hilltop
Historic Preservation: Architectural Preservation - Historic Sites Preservation - Local Architecture.
Historical Societies: Bicentennial Celebrations - Centennial Celebrations
Jarre Canyon: Manuscripts - Recollections
Land Use
Larkspur: Larkspur '76ers - Student Papers - Historical articles written 100 years ago - A survey of DC history by Betty Meyer - Albert Dakan's reminiscences - Pioneer Day reports by students - Interviews of R. Peterson, M. Dakan, J. Marr and C. Kirk - The Pioneer Times - The '76ers Play - Local Field Trips - D. Sweeney remembers Indian raids
Legends and Oddities: Ghosts - Monsters - Mysteries - UFOs
Lone Tree
Louviers & E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Monument and Palmer Lake
Native Americans
Natural disasters: Flood 1885 - flood 1933 - flood 1935 - flood 1965 - flood 1973 - flood 1983 - Tornadoes -- Earthquakes -- Snowstorms -- Rainstorms -- Drought
Natural history : General Science - Birds - Geology - Paleontology - Vegetation - Wildlife
Natural Resources: Endangered Species - Water
Newspaper columns: Pioneer stories [Margaret Benn] - Turning back the leaves [Helen Daley] - Walk with our pioneers [Mrs. John (Josephine) Marr] - Time traveler [Ruth L. Miller] - History [William Kirby].
If you would like more information on resources available in the DCHRC, or would like to volunteer to help, call (303) 688-7730.