Pitkin County, Colorado GenWeb Project

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Pitkin County was carved out of Gunnison County in 1881 and the county seat is Aspen.�� The first settlers came to the Roaring Fork Valley in search of silver in 1879.�� Almost all of the early settlers arrived from Leadville, Colorado in neighboring Lake County, via Independence Pass. The largest silver nugget in the world, weighing over one ton, was found in Smuggler Mine in 1894.� The county contains 975 square miles of rugged terrain.�� It's eastern boundary is the Continental Divide; the Crystal, Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Rivers flow in from the north.� The town of Aspen, originally known as Ute City, was founded in 1880 and incorporated in 1881.� Aspen, elevation 7800 feet, is surrounded by 14,000 foot mountains and is located on State Highway 82 on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Roaring Fork Valley.� In 1948 Aspen was re-developed by Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke into the world famous ski resort that it is today.�� The town of Redstone is the site of the historic Redstone Castle, built by John C. Osgood.� Charming Redstone Castle is now a bed and breakfast facility and the site of many weddings.� Please note that Pitkin County is somewhat boxed in by high mountains. Parts of Gunnison and Garfield County play a large role in Pitkin County history. If you don't find what you are looking for here - be sure to check out these neighboring counties.

Pitkin County includes the towns of Aspen, Snowmass, Snowmass Village, Woody Creek, Redstone and the ghost town of Ashcroft

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	Archives	Archives for Pitkin County
	Biographies
	Cemeteries	A list of known cemeteries and graves in the county
	CIVIL WAR INFORMATION	�
	Colorado Genealogical Events	�
	Colorado Gravestone Project	We need your help to get records uploaded !
	Colorado Historical Newspaper Project	�
	Court Records Archive Records	At the Colorado State Archives. Select "court records from the drop down box. This includes Divorce records.
	Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
	Ellis Island
	Evolution of Colorado's Counties
	Family Group Sheets	Browse or submit a family group sheet.
	Historical Highway Marker Database	Search Highway Markers
	Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
	LDS Surname Search
	Library of Congress
	Lookups, Volunteers & Researchers	Get some help here or give some help!
	Mail List	Join a RootsWeb Mailing List
	Maps	Early and modern maps to help your research
	Progressive Men of Western Colorado	Taken from 1905 "Progressive Men of Western Colorado", transcribed courtesy of Judy Crook.� A reading list for further research. Most of these books can be obtained through interlibrary loan.
	Photos - Page 1 Photos - Page 2	Early photos of Pitkin places and people. Send yours in for posting!
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	Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
	Resources	Where to go for further research
	Social Security Death Index
	SONS OF COLORADO, V. 1 - 2; 1906 - 1908 - ARTICLE INDEX	An index to articles from the monthly publication of the pioneer society Sons of Colorado. The title of the publication was later changed to The Trail.
	SONS OF COLORADO, V. 1 - 2; 1906 - 1908 - OBITUARY INDEX	An index to obituaries of Colorado pioneers that appeared in the monthly publication of the pioneer society Sons of Colorado. The title of the publication was later changed to The Trail.
	TRAIL INDEX 1908 � 1929: INDEX TO DEATHS AND OBITUARIES	Index of articles including profiles and obituaries of pioneers that was published 1908-1929 by the Sons of Colorado
	Surnames	Find other folks researching your surname in Pitkin County.
	Towns and Places	A list of populated places, with dates of existence and comments.
	US Census Bureau
	USGS Mapping Information
	U.S. Military Casualties of the Viet Nam War - Colorado
	Veterans Gravesite Locator
	World War I Draft Registrants

	World War 1 Casualties - Colorado
	World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing: State of Colorado

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Copyright � 1998-2001 by Vikki Gray,
� 2009 by Gail Meyer Kilgore for the benefit of the USGenWeb Project.
A big thank you is in order for the previous county coordinators, Gail Meyer Kilgore, Charles Barnum, Rod Skinner, and Vikki Gray!� If you would like to contribute your information to this page, please contact me

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