Archive Collections

The Archive collects and maintains many historical records including buildings, pictures, families, events, and much more. Focusing on Florence, CO and may include some of the surrounding communities within Fremont County, CO and other parts of Colorado. Information ranges from cookbooks to ??? Additions to the Archive Collections are on-going as is this listing. Please check back regularly to see what’s new at the Archive.

Family Files by Surnames

Family files may contain one or a variety of documents depending on what has been collected and/or researched.

Birth, Death, Marriage

Cemeteries

www.findagrave.com also a resource

  • Union Highland
  • Beaver Creek
  • Wetmore

Obituaries

  • Canon City Record (year ranges)
  • CC Shopper (year ranges)
  • Florence Citizen (year ranges)

Churches

Phone Directories

  • Florence, Rockvale, …  year 

Newspapers

The Archive maintains a hard copy of some issues within the following years, however not all issues are available. More recent years are more complete than older date ranges.

  • Florence Daily Tribune 1900, 1901, 1903
  • Paradox 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930
  • Florence Daily Citizen 1916, 1918
  • Misc Newspapers 1903, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1919
  • Microfilm

Maps

Railroads

Mining/Coal Camps

Oil

Fossils

Buildings, Depots, Historical Landmarks

City Histories, Information and Events

  • Florence
  • Hardscrabble
  • Westcliffe
  • Rockvale
  • Coal Creek
  • Beaver Creek

Social Societies, Organizations and Clubs

  • IOOF
  • Knights of Pythias
  • Elks
  • Mason’s
  • Lions
  • Kings of Malta, Order of Red Men
  • Klu Klux Klan

Archive Assist Projects

  • Territorial Daughters
  • Historic Rialto Theater