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Estes Park (/ ˈ ɛ s t ɪ s /) is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. [1] The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States Census. [4] Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
The Estes Park Trail began as a seasonal weekly magazine catering to the tourists who flocked to the Rockies from June through September. John Y. Munson, a retired farmer who lived in Berthoud, Colorado (perhaps a summer resident of Estes Park), was the first publisher (U.S. census, Berthoud, Larimer Co, Colorado, 1910, household 188).
The McGraw Ranch, also known as the Indian Head Ranch, the =Y Ranch (Double Bar-Y) and the =X Ranch (Double Bar-X), was established in the Cow Creek valley near Estes Park, Colorado by Peter J. Pauley, Jr., who built a barn at his 160-acre (0.65 km 2) =Y Ranch in 1884, running 2500 head of cattle on the land.
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park – Glenwood Springs; Lakeside Amusement Park – Lakeside; Mile High Flea Market – Henderson; Mustang Mountain Coaster – Estes Park; Purgatory Resort – Durango; Santa's Workshop – Cascade; Vail Adventure Ridge – Vail
Gift shop in Estes Park, Colorado A gift shop or souvenir shop is a store primarily selling souvenirs , memorabilia , and other items relating to a particular topic or theme. [ 1 ] The items sold often include coffee mugs , stuffed animals , toys , t-shirts , postcards , handmade collections and other souvenirs, intended to be kept by the buyer ...
The Stanley Hotel is a 140-room Colonial Revival hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, United States, about five miles from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley , co-founder of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company , and opened on July 4, 1909, as a resort for upper-class Easterners and a health retreat for ...
The reservoir behind the dam, Lake Estes, is the main source of drinking water for Estes Park. The dam was constructed between 1947 and 1949. The dam was constructed between 1947 and 1949. The dam is 70 feet high, has a crest width of 10 feet, a base width of 49.5 feet, and a crest length of 320 feet. [ 2 ]
Estes Industries was founded by Vernon Estes in 1958; in 1961, the company moved to a 77-acre tract of land on the outskirts of Penrose, Colorado. [10] [1] In 1969, Vernon sold the company to the Damon Corporation of Needham, Massachusetts, a company which also purchased a number of other hobby companies including a smaller competitor of Estes, Centuri Engineering of Phoenix, Arizona.