History

Courtesy Photo Gertrude McDaniel ,teacher at the Ophir Creek Fairview School edured many hardships to teach the children, including weather, isolation, and a den of rattlesnakes under the school.

Courtesy Photo Gertrude McDaniel ,teacher at the Ophir Creek Fairview School edured many hardships to teach the children, including weather, isolation, and a den of rattlesnakes under the school.

The Fairview Schools Part 3 of 3

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Thursday, August 11, 2022
LOCAL HISTORICAL LORE “One day a caravan of buses and trucks rolled up to the school and a whole company of Hollywood movie makers unpacked. For days they used the area to shoot ‘The Outcast’.
Clair and Ila Kae Akin Avenell remodeled the Frank Susman cabin in the Ophir Creek Mining Camp into a schoolhouse. Courtesy Photo

Clair and Ila Kae Akin Avenell remodeled the Frank Susman cabin in the Ophir Creek Mining Camp into a schoolhouse. Courtesy Photo

The Fairview Schools Part 2 of 3

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
The Ophir Creek Fairview School After the Fairview School closed near what is now Colorado Highway 165, Clair and Ila Kae Akin Avenell remodeled the Frank Susman cabin in the Ophir Creek Mining Camp into a schoolhouse. The school cesspool was leached into an abandoned mine on the side of the hill.
Joseph Bigelow and Thomas McConnell built a new Fairview School with student seats, desks, and blackboards. Courtesy Photo

Joseph Bigelow and Thomas McConnell built a new Fairview School with student seats, desks, and blackboards. Courtesy Photo

The Fairview Schools Part 1 of 3

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The small community of SecondMace/Fairview/Forest dale obviously believed in educating their children as three schools were built for that purpose. The Clarkson School Community members created a petition in 1882 that listed the names of ten school age children. The petition asked Mr. F.G.
At Fairview, more commonly known as Baver-Li-Lodge, there was a small community with a store, hotel, school, post office and several family homes. Courtesy Photo

At Fairview, more commonly known as Baver-Li-Lodge, there was a small community with a store, hotel, school, post office and several family homes. Courtesy Photo

Second Mace/Fairview/Forestdale

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
John D. and Ellen Martha Train Campbell had moved to Fairview by 1885. John was born in New York in 1829; Ellen in Vermont the same year. They had raised at least five children to adulthood while living in Michigan and Illinois.
The Fairview Post Office ruins. Courtesy Photo

The Fairview Post Office ruins. Courtesy Photo

Second Mace/Fairview/Forestdale

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
As the legend is told, Juan Maces’ watchmen used Signal Mountain east of Beulah as a lookout point. “When intruders were spotted, Juan Mace would round up his ‘bootie’ and go to ‘Second Mace's Hole’. The entrance to this second valley was very narrow and easy to guard.
The Fisher’s Hole monument provided by the Beulah Historical Society. Courtesy Photo

The Fisher’s Hole monument provided by the Beulah Historical Society. Courtesy Photo

Second Mace/Fairview/Forestdale

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Fairview Post Office 1882- 1913 Forestdale Post Office 1914-1926 The tiny community of what most people today call Fairview began its history as Second Mace. It was then linked to what is now Beulah, as it was for much of its early history before Colorado Highway 165 made it accessible to Rye.
The Konn family cabin stood in front of this old root cellar which is all that remains of the Konn place. Courtesy Photo

The Konn family cabin stood in front of this old root cellar which is all that remains of the Konn place. Courtesy Photo

The Konn Family

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
The Konn Family Greenhill Divide marked the top of the Konn family homestead [23S 69W Section 23 SE ¼; SW ¼ awarded 1895]. A small dugout on the hill just under the Beulah Road incline at the intersection with Highway 165 is all that is left of the Konn Place.
The gift shop at Bishop Castle burned to the ground in March of 2018. Courtesy Photo

The gift shop at Bishop Castle burned to the ground in March of 2018. Courtesy Photo

The Bishop Castle - Part 4 of 4

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
In April of 2015, David Merrill of Colorado Springs showed up at the Bishop’s door with a pile of paperwork. Jim and Phoebe knew him and he secured the signatures he requested, including the deed to the castle property. Phoebe said, “I was conned into signing over the deed”.
This full view picture of Bishop Castle shows the intricate detail. Courtesy Photo

This full view picture of Bishop Castle shows the intricate detail. Courtesy Photo

The Bishop Castle - Part 3 of 4

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The castle has attracted crowds from its beginning. On July 14, 1983, Jim and Phoebe received non-profit status from the State of Colorado. They transferred the land to ‘The Bishop Castle Non-Profit Corporation and the Bishop Castle Foundation Fund for Newborn Heart Surgery’.
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