Volume 12 , Issue 52

Historical Crystal Park Colorado

Back in July 1909, my grandmother Constance Estella Warwick (before she married my grandpa Wm. J. McGill, march 24, 1910) traveled to Colorado Springs and toured Crystal Park and other sites around that area in Colorado.

Because of the scrapbook Grandma kept and that I scanned and put up on my Oakiepics Webshots, I have heard the following from the Historical committee for the Crystal Park, in Colorado.

Mike Doughty commented, "I am on the Historical Committee in Crystal Park Colorado. I found your photos of your ancestor on a burro ride to Crystal Park very interesting. We would love to get scans of these photos for our archives. Let me know if that is at all possible, please. Thank you."

Mike Doughty ran across our OkieLegacy, Vol. 5, Iss. 12 concerning Grandma's July, 1909 Vacation in Colorado -- Constance Warwick & Friends - On the Road to Helen Hunt's Grave - 27 July 1909Did I forget to mention last week about the 1909 Vacation Photo Album that I have included on Oakie's Webshots? These were photos that my Grandmother Constance (Warwick) McGill put together of her trip to areas around Colorado Springs, Crystal Park, Helen Hunt's Grave and Seven Falls in Colorado back in 1909.

From looking through the photos, things were rugged back then without paved roads -- mules, horse and buggy were used as their mode of travel. I love viewing the fashion of that time. They were still wearing the long, floor-length dresses, skirts. 27 July 1909 - Constance Warwick at Helen Hunt's grave. Helen Hunt was buried on the summit of Mount Jackson, Colorado (a Cheyenne peak named for her, about four miles from Colorado Springs.

Here is another link to our Picasa Album concerning Grandma's 1909 trip to Colorado:
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