Garo, Colorado
Garo, Colorado is a former populated place in South Park in Colorado, in Park County. The now ghost town is about five miles north of Hartsel and seven miles south of Fairplay on Colorado Highway 9, at an elevation of 9,196 feet (2,803 m).
Town of Garo | |
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 Garo in 1917 | |
  Town of Garo  Town of Garo | |
| Coordinates: 39.10777°N 105.890290°W | |
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| County[1] | Park County |
Garo in 2017.
The community was named after its founder, the area ranchers Marie Guiraud, and for her late husband, Louis Adolfe Guiraud, both natives of France.[2]
Notable people
References
- "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- Laura King Van Dusen, "Marie Guiraud: 1860s Pioneer, Mother of Ten, Widowed at Forty-five, Amassed One of the Largest Estates in Park County Up to 1909", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 15-20.
External links
Municipalities and communities of Park County, Colorado, United States | ||
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| Towns |  Map of Colorado highlighting Park County | |
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| Unincorporated communities | ||
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