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Cabin 9781 Highway 165 Courtesy Photo

Cabin 9781 Highway 165 Courtesy Photo

San Isabel - Silver Stallion Ranch and Restaurant

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The Silver Stallion Restaurant and Bar was one mile east of Lake Isabel. It sat on the flat spot on the east side of Colorado Highway 165 just north of the north intersection with Old San Isabel Road. The 1891 James McCarty and 1882 George W.
The Pine Lodge Courtesy Photo

The Pine Lodge Courtesy Photo

San Isabel - The Pine Lodge

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
The Pine Lodge 18488 Colorado Highway 165 Arthur H. Carhart’s plans for the San Isabel Forest included the building of small cabins with prefabricated materials to be sold to the public on Forest lands. The cabins were sold for as little as $200.
San Isabel Anna Lee Inn Courtesy Photo

San Isabel Anna Lee Inn Courtesy Photo

San Isabel

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Anna Lee’s was open to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner at least five days a week during the summer; and was open during the winter for skiers on the weekends for a few years. They served 3.
San Isabel Inn Courtesy Photo

San Isabel Inn Courtesy Photo

The Lodge at San Isabel

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
- The building that held these businesses was torn down and replaced with a small modular building on the corner of Colorado Highway 165 and Custer County Road 371. The San Isabel Inn In 1937, William I.
Harmons - 1992 San Isabel Courtesy Photo

Harmons - 1992 San Isabel Courtesy Photo

The Lodge at San Isabel

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
David and Shirley owned and operated ‘ The Lodge at San Isabel’ from 1991 until 2020. David was born in 1943 in Kansas the second son of Cecil Dale and Marjorie Evelyn Batterton Harmon. He had a younger sister, Marion Leigh.
The Lodge 2006 Courtesy Photo

The Lodge 2006 Courtesy Photo

History of the Valley

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
LOCAL HISTORICAL LORE The Lodge at San Isabel Part III of III The Lake Isabel Lodge Charles Richard and Pauline Hoffman Hogue (1972 – 1991) Charles and Pauline owned and operated the lodge and restaurant for almost 20 years.
San Isabel Lodge 1960’s Courtesy Photo

San Isabel Lodge 1960’s Courtesy Photo

The Lodge at San Isabel Part II of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
The Lodge Glen Floyd and Bernice ‘Ella’ Harvey McCauley (1937 – 1942) From 1937 to 1942 Glen and Ella McCauley operated the Lodge. They restored the cabins to use as rentals and were there to welcome the tourists when the new lake was filled the spring of 1939. The San Isabel Lodge Robert C.
Early San Isabel Lodge Courtesy Photo

Early San Isabel Lodge Courtesy Photo

The Lodge at San Isabel Part I of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
San Isabel City began as the town of Jerusalem. There is a wealth of history in this area including timbering, the Marion Mine and the construction of the Lake by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression.
Pikes Peak painting by Albert Bierstadt Courtesy Photo

Pikes Peak painting by Albert Bierstadt Courtesy Photo

The Legends of the Creation of Pikes Peak

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
The Legends of the Creation of Pikes Peak Pikes Peak, at 14,115 feet, is the highest summit of the southern front range of the Rocky Mountains. Early Spanish explorers called the mountain “El Capitan”, meaning ‘the leader’.
Cora Smith Meredith Courtesy Photo

Cora Smith Meredith Courtesy Photo

The William T. Smith Family - Part II of II

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
The Children of William T. and Carrie Baker Smith D. ‘Frank’ Smith Frank, the second son of William and Carrie Smith, grew up on his parents ranch and homestead land directly east of his father’s awarded in 1906 [25S 67W Section 3 SW1/4 NW ¼; N ½ SW ¼; Lot/Trct 4].
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