Historical Commission Corner
The time has arrived to celebrate and mark an important milestone! The Town of Superior and the Historical Commission are excited to announce a ribbon cutting event to acknowledge the completion of the new Historical Museum building, a replica to replace the one lost in the Marshall Fire on Dec. 30, 2021.
All are invited to drop by for the ribbon cutting this Saturday, June 29, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Asti Park (101 W. Coal Creek Drive). While you are there, be sure to get a FREE ice cream from the Sweet Cow MooMobile!
The building consumed by the awful wildfire that day was an original from the Industrial Coal Mine Camp. The complex included 23 small houses, a boardinghouse, casino and other structures comprising the camp. We know the buildings were constructed before 1910. When the mine closed after 50 years of productivity in 1945, the company sold off the remaining houses and the buyers moved them off site.
 Typical mine camp scene probably near the end of mine production due to lack of upkeep on the houses.
Some homes went to Louisville and Lafayette, then remodeled and expanded. Our little house, relocated to 144th Avenue and Zuni Street in Broomfield, was donated to the Town of Superior by a developer. Then it was rehabilitated back to the way it once was, giving the visitor an idea of life in previous decades.
The Mine Camp House Museum served the Superior community well from 2008 to 2021 and we miss it very much. However, a new era dawns as we take custody of the faithful reproduction. Please join us June on 29!
 Superior Historical Museum before the Marshall Fire.
Historical Interim Museum open every first Saturday
Mark your calendars and come visit the Superior Interim Historical Museum – we’re open every first Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Grasso Park Bungalow (112 E. William St.), and will be open again on July 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Did you know that:
- Asti Park in Superior’s Original Town is the former location of the two Superior school buildings and now the Historical Museum?
- Many streets in the Rock Creek subdivision are named after towns in eastern Colorado? One example is Heartstrong, now an abandoned townsite in Yuma County. The source of the town’s name is lost to time, but it could relate to the resolute character of its founder whose earlier attempt at settlement was called Happyville.
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The well-known Colorado attraction Cave of the Winds was discovered by a group of “boy explorers” on a Sunday school hike near Manitou Springs in 1880?
For more information about the Historical Commission and its activities, contact Commission Liaison Jennifer “JG” Garner at 303-499-3675, ext. 167, Commission Chair Larry Dorsey at 303-499-1969, or just click on the “Historical Commission Info” button below.
Written by Larry Dorsey, proofed by Dorothy Mahan.
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