A Trip to Fairplay Colorado

  South Park City...a reconstructed mining town stands in tribute to that time of the mining era, and to the men and women who lived it.  Fairplay's "ghost-town" recalls for the visitor, the romance of a by-gone era.

As you look up South Park's Main Street, the mountains you see are the peaks of the Mosquito range:  Sheep, Horseshoe, which has been hollowed out by a glacier, Peerless, Sheridan, Sherman, and Pennsylvania.  They contain the rich mineral deposits which led to the gold boom of the 1860's.  South Park City is high on a bluff overlooking the Platte River, site of early placer mining and dredging for gold.      

     Nanci & Ashley on the Porter Mogul #6, a narrow gauge train built in 1914.  This locomotive was the basic type used by the Denver, South Park and Pacific railroads which serviced South Park. 

This red caboose was a self-contained home and office for railroad personnel.  If you look real close you can see its occupants.  Hey you--that's Nanci & Ashley! 

  A doll herself, Ashley, poses before a treasured exhibit of dolls of the Victorian era...

...and an authentic dollhouse.

  Hmmm...this one is pretty, and another, and another

Here MOM this is for you...

Later, we went to a picnic area that had a really neat playground.  Hey, this slide is really cool...

...Ashley aces this rock-climbing wall...

LATER ALLIGATOR...