Garo, Colorado Explained

Official Name:	Town of Garo
Settlement Type:	Ghost Town
Pushpin Map:	Colorado#United States
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Coordinates:	39.1078°N -105.8903°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	County^[1]
Subdivision Name2:	Park County

Garo is an extinct town in South Park in Park County, Colorado, United States. The Garo post office operated from January 29, 1880, until February 28, 1955.^[2]

Description

The now ghost town is about 5miles north of Hartsel and 7miles south of Fairplay along Colorado Highway 9, at an elevation of 9197feet.

The community was named after its founder, the area ranchers Marie Guiraud, and for her late husband, Louis Adolfe Guiraud, both natives of France.^[3]

Notable people

• Cleo Spurlock Wallace

See also

• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
  • List of ghost towns in Colorado
  • List of post offices in Colorado
• Outline of Colorado

External links

• State of Colorado
  • History Colorado

Notes and References

1. Web site: Active Colorado Municipalities . State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs . 2007-09-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html . 2009-12-12 .
2. Book: Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. William H.. Bauer. James L.. Ozment. John H.. Willard. 1990. Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. Golden, Colorado. 0-918654-42-4.
3. 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 (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013),, pp. 15-20.