A Douglas County History Timeline trainforest
Roxborough
Era Menu
Precolumbian Era: 1 Billion BC - 1500 AD
Exploration: 1500 - 1854
Kansas Territory: 1858 - 1861
Douglas County Infancy: 1862 - 1874
Closing the Frontier: 1875 - 1881
Building Douglas County: 1882 - 1899
Agriculture and Ranching: 1900 - 1918
Boom and Bust: 1920 - 1939
Small Town USA: 1940 - 1959
Destruction and Recovery: 1960 - 1979
Growth and Prosperity: 1980 - 2000
 
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9000 - 8000 BC
    Roxborough: Paleo-Indians of the Cody Complex hunt wild game near Lamb Spring. (Heckendorn)
1863 AD
    Roxborough: April 7: Keystone post office opens. (Bauer: Colorado Post Offices, 1859-1989.: p.82)
1900 AD
    Roxborough: July: Acequia post office closes. (Bauer: Colorado Post Offices, 1859-1989.: p.9)
1968 AD
    Roxborough: The Army Corps of Engineers announces plans to build Chatfield Dam and channelize the river to provide downstream flood control. (City of Littleton)
1975 AD
    Roxborough: Colorado Division of Parks purchases 500 acres which will be the nucleus of Roxborough State Park.
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