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FYI Guide
Intro to Garfield County
The Ute Indians were the earliest known settlers of Garfield County. They knew the healing qualities of the hot springs in Glenwood Springs and considered them a sacred place.
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Carbondale
Carbondale was founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1888. It was named, like many settlements in the West, by one of its founders. Carbondale was John Mankin’s hometown in Pennsylvania.
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Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs, now in the forefront of the new West, was one of the last outposts to sprout up on the Western frontier.
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New Castle
New Castle, originally named Chapman, was incorporated into Garfield County in 1888. The Welsh and English coal miners who dominated the area in the late 1800s renamed the area for their familiar Newcastle-on-Tyne, a coal mining town in England.
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Silt
Silt was named for the light, fine soil in the area, and it prospered as a frontier town for many years. In 1915 it was the last city incorporated into Garfield County and boasted six dry-good stores and two blacksmith shops.
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Rifle
Rifle was incorporated in 1905 and now has a population of more than 8,000, rivaling Glenwood Springs in size.
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Parachute
Old-timers in the valley might not know what you mean when you talk about Parachute. The town’s name was Grand Valley from 1904 to 1980.
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Battlement Mesa
Battlement Mesa is actually just as old as its near neighbor Parachute, though it didn’t see much development until the 1970s and ’80s.
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Shopping
Eastern Garfield County is quickly becoming a regional retail center with a small shopping mall and the new Glenwood Meadows shopping center, in addition to a plethora of unique locally owned stores and boutiques throughout the downtown areas of...
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Education
Change is afoot for Roaring Fork School District Re-1. In November 2004 Garfield County voters approved an $86 million bond, and a $1.8 million mill levy override.
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Hospitals
Garfield County has two established hospitals, Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs and Grand River Medical Center in Rifle.
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Airports
For travelers who prefer to fly in and out of the Western Slope — as opposed to making the drive to places such as Denver — they’re in luck.
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Recreation
Garfield County is home to two nationally known fisheries — the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers — that double as playgrounds for rafting, kayaking, and even a lazy day of tubing.
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Libraries
The Garfield County Libraries system got a big boost during the November 2006 election when voters approved a taxing district to support new library buildings and building expansions.
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Church Directory
• A Course in Miracles, Circle of Health office building, Glenwood Springs. 384-1266
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