National and State Register

Hartwell Park

Ouray County

D.C. Hartwell purchased the land for a new town from local ranchers and started selling lots in 1890.  He and other members of the Ridgway Townsite Company graded, seeded, and fenced the parcel of land designated as a community park. 

A view of the park with path leading up to a line of leafless trees in black and white.

Hartwell Park (1991 photograph.)

In 1892, they solicited help in planting 100 trees in recognition of Arbor Day.  Many of these trees remain on the site.  Over the years, ownership of the park changed hands several times.  In 1898, the Ridgway Town Board took over its administration, and the town now owns and maintains the park.

State Register

Address

Bounded by Sherman, Lena, Clinton St., and D&RG right-of-way, Ridgway

Site Number

5OR.999