RICH IN COLORADO HISTORY
oon after the 1859 discovery of placer gold in valley streams between the Mosquito and Park ranges of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado Territory, mining camps sprang up across what came to be called South Park. Designated a National Heritage Area in 2009, the present-day valley remains home to Fairplay, which in turn is home to South Park City, an outdoor museum whose 35 period structures comprise an authentic reconstruction of a 19th-century mining town. Though most buildings were relocated to the grounds, they impressed the National Park Service enough to add South Park City to
