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Platte Canyon Community Partnership Resale Boutique
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to the businesses that donated to Shawnee History
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Cemetery Project

The Price-Tyler Cemetery is a Historic Landmark in the heart of  the Shawnee Historical District. It contains multiple 19th century headstones that we work to preserve and maintain. Rhonda Dusatko, a long time board member and volunteer, discovered buried headstones and excavated them so that we could reset them in a preservational mortar. Special thanks to Steve Plutte from the Park County Cemetery Board.

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 Shawnee Historical District Book
Shawnee Historical District Book

Jim Sapp's 133 page book about Park County's Shawnee

Historical District. The book describes the history of the

houses and buildings built in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the pioneers that built them. It includes historical photos, portraits, postcards, and information about people and landmarks starting from the 1880's. 

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FEATURED HISTORY
John Parsons minted Colorado gold coin
John Parsons minted Colorado gold coin

John Parson's Gold Coins

Bill Douthet visited Time Capsule last week and told me the story of John Parsons and his mobile mint that he built in the back of his wagon. In 1861, after the Park County gold rush, Parsons traveled around minting $2.50 and $5.00 gold coins from the gold that the Colorado prospectors acquired from their claims. We don't know how many that he minted, but their are only a handful still in existence, making the modern value of them $200,000 to $300,000. It is likely that the banking industry melted down most into ingots.

"Oro" is spanish for gold, but it is speculated that Parsons wanted to solidify his business in Oro City, Colorado...

Reynolds Gang Historical Etching
Jim Reynolds Confederate Guerilla

Historical information about the infamous 

Reynolds Gang and their activities in the Shawnee area including leader Jim Reynold's claims of buried treasure in the hills near town...

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