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| Fremont-Custer Historical Society |
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| Contact: | Dave Stubbs |
| Phone: | (719) 783-9696 |
| Email: | Email |
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| The Fremont-Custer Historical Society serves the two counties by collecting historical information, providing speakers who enlarge our historical knowledge, and maintaining historical structures. We also support other community service organizations and award scholarships for students who qualify for college assistance. The society has title to three pieces of property: 1) small lot on county road 67 which has information signs on nearby Hardscrabble Canyon; 2) a cemetery near the county line, near Oak Creek Grade; and, 3) the historic Prospect Heights jail built a century ago, which first housed a builder of the jail and later housed Tom Mix. Board meetings are held in the community room of the Pueblo Bank and Trust in Canyon City, with regular presentations held in the Shepard of the Hills Lutheran Church community room. Additional meetings are occasionally held at sites of historical interest and tours occasionally offered.
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| Newsletters are sent to 25 households in Custer County which continues to provide both speakers and meeting places, and has been especially effective in giving scholarship information to high school students. This year both scholarship winners were from Westcliffe, Colorado. The newsletter is open to writers from many places and organizations and is published 10 times a year. |
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| We have been making efforts to preserve the Prospects Heights jail and are seeking outside assistance. The Society has gathered information on the jail and had the building listed and labeled as historical. Our members have cleaned up the debris in and around the jail and paid for a new roof to prevent further decay of the interior. In-kind labor was used to provide a new front window and protective screen. The society has paid for concrete work used to support the exterior and to provide walkways. Porous plastic has been added to allow water to flow away from the structure and reduce weeds. We would like to replace the interior brickwork which provides the cells and separation from the front of the structure, but need financial assistance to accomplish this task. |
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