Douglas County is the seventh-most populous of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. The county seat is Castle Rock.
Douglas County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located midway between Colorado's two largest cities, Denver and Colorado Springs.
These amazing photos from Archives and Local History at DCL that captured everyday life of Douglas County, Colorado in the late 19th century.
Douglas County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located midway between Colorado's two largest cities, Denver and Colorado Springs.
These amazing photos from Archives and Local History at DCL that captured everyday life of Douglas County, Colorado in the late 19th century.
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| Arthur White outside the Manhart Store and Sedalia Post Office, Plum Avenue, Sedlia, Colorado, 1885 |
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| Manhart Store and Sedalia Post Office, Plum Avenue, Sedalia, Colorado, 1885 |
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| Manhart Store and Sedalia Post Office, Plum Avenue, Sedalia, Colorado, 1885 |
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| A couple (George Nickson and Sarah Paddison Nickson) stands outside their cabin was which made of logs and has a stone chimneyin the West Plum Creek area, 1887 |
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| Group of people posed near debris after 'a big fire' in Sedalia, Colorado, 1889 |
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| Two young women sitting on Castle Rock, view to the south. Town of Castle Rock is visible in the distance, 1889 |
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| Whittier family and house, Castle Rock, 1889 |
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| Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot, Sedalia, Colorado, 1890 |
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| Plum Avenue in Sedalia, Colorado looking southeast, 1890 |
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| Plum Avenue in Sedalia, Colorado, looking southeast, 1890 |
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| The Marquis Victor house on Plum Avenue in Sedalia, Colorado built before 1876 by John Craig. The house is two stories, brick, and has a pitched roof with a chimney in the back, 1890 |
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| The Weaver House at 5068 N. Plum Avenue in Sedalia, Colorado, 1893 |
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| Castle Rock and the town of Castle Rock from the top of the courthouse, 1895 |
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| Manhart Store and house, Plum Avenue, Sedalia, Colorado, 1895 |
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| Meat market, Sedalia, Colorado, 1895 |
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| Sedalia creamery which stood 'south of the railroad tracks, near East Plum Creek on land purchased from Lizzie Beeman', 1895 |
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| Sedalia creamery which stood 'south of the railroad tracks, near East Plum Creek on land purchased from Lizzie Beeman', 1895 |
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| The Methodist Episcopal Church at the northeast corner of 3rd Street and Wilcox Street in Castle Rock, Colorado, 1895 |
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| United States Cavalry leaving Sedalia, Colorado, July 9, 1985 |
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| Men standing on and near wagons with a team of four horses, West Creek, Colorado, Feb. 25, 1896 |
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| Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad area north of Sedalia, Colorado looking north, 1897 |
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| El Capitan Livery Stable and Feed Store, Castle Rock, Colorado, 1897 |
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| Children and women pose outside the Jarre Creek School, in use from 1888-1908 at the mouth of Jarre Canyon near Highway 67 west of Sedalia, 1898 |
