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Cherokee Ranch
Cherokee Ranch, in Douglas County, Colorado near Sedalia, has been a purebred cattle ranch since 1954, including raising Santa Gertrudis cattle. The ranch is private property but offers frequent public and private events and tours. The property overlaps with portions of the Cherokee Ranch petrified forest. A large portion of the ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The listing included 19 contributing buildings, five contributing structures, a contributing site, and a contributing object on . The buildings are distributed among four historic building groups created by two homesteaders and a rich heiress. The four groups are: *Ranch Headquarters, originally the John Blunt Homestead and later known as Amnicola *Cherokee Castle *the Flower Homestead (Chickamauga), and *the Johnson ranch buildings. The first part of the property eventually assembled was homesteaded by Maine-born John E. Blunt. A former Union soldier, he arrived with his fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedalia, Colorado
Sedalia is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated town, a post office, and a Census-designated place, census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Sedalia post office has the ZIP Code 80135. At the United States Census 2010, the population of the Sedalia CDP was 206, while the population of the 80135 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 3,833 including adjacent areas. History The Sedalia post office has been in operation since 1872. The community was named after Sedalia, Missouri. Geography Sedalia is located in northern Douglas County along U.S. Route 85, which leads southeast to Castle Rock, Colorado, Castle Rock, the county seat, and north to downtown Denver. The Sedalia CDP has an area of , all land. Demographics The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the Education The Douglas County Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |