Garo, Colorado is a former populated place in South Park in Park County,

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The now

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is about north of

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and south of

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along Colorado Highway 9, at an elevation of . The community was named after its founder, the area

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ers Marie Guiraud, and for her late husband, Louis Adolfe Guiraud, both natives of

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.Laura King Van Dusen, "Marie Guiraud: 1860s Pioneer, Mother of Ten, Widowed at Forty-five, Amassed One of the Largest Estates in Park County Up to 1909", ''Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past'' (

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: The History Press, 2013), , pp. 15-20.

Notable people

Cleo Spurlock Wallace Cleo Spurlock Wallace (July 29, 1914 - August 26, 1985) was an American speech therapist born in Garo, Colorado. In 1933, Spurlock was one of the first six recipients of four-year scholarships to the University of Denver; she graduated in 1937. Tha ...

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ePodunk Community Profile for Garo, Colorado
Ghost towns in Colorado Former populated places in Park County, Colorado {{Colorado-stub

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