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Rock Ledge Ranch

Rock Ledge Ranch
Christmas 2000

Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is a living history farm and agricultural museum located adjacent to the Garden of the Gods Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado and is owned and managed by the City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services with assistance from the Living History Association.

The Ranch portrays development in the Pikes Peak Region through site preservation and living history interpretation.  Four distinct historical periods are represented.

• 1775-1835 - American Indian Area
• 1860's - Galloway Homestead
• 1880's - Chambers Farm/Rock Ledge House
• 1907 - Orchard House/Palmer Estate

The Ranch opens for it's 23rd season on June 2, 2001.  In addition to scheduled tours, special programs are offered throughout the season and on holidays.  On-site school programs are offered in September and October.  For more information, call (719) 578-6777.  Web Site: www.colorado-springs.com (click on Parks)

Mailing Address:
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site
City of Colorado Springs
Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services
1401 Recreation Way
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80905

Search the Web:

• Starsmore Center For Local History, C. S. Pioneers Museum - www.cspm.org

• Pikes Peak Library District - http://library.ppld.org

• The Gazette Telegraph - www.gazette.com

Read More About It:

• Colorado: A History of the Centennial State
• Invisible People of the Pikes Peak Region
• Utes, The Mountain People
• Newport in the Rockies: The Life and Good Times of Colorado Springs
• Memories of a Lifetime in the Pikes Peak Region
• Black Pioneers

        Refer to BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thanks to Nancy Bernard for her assistance.
Painted by: Katie Flemate