Re: The Depot Fairplay Stole from Garos, Garo - September 22, 2012

Posted by Robert McFarland on
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John,thanks for posting a photo of my favorite Colorado building-the A.S. Turner General Store in Garo.According to Virginia McConnell Simmons' BAYOU SALADO it used to belong  to Chubb Newitt,and was hauled over from Divide/Newitt on flatcars.
The blue building is not the second Fairplay/Garo station.I believe that it is a replica of the Jefferson depot that used to be located at an RV park  down on 285 close to where the South Park grade nears the highway down by the Salt Works.Fairplay's second depot was rebuilt into a house.There is a picture of it on a website about surviving. South Park depots.There is a picture of the depot when it was at Garo on the PARK COUNTY ARCHIVES photo site.There has been material and photos about Fairplay and the 2 depots in issues of BOGIES AND THE LOOP.The DSP&P Historical Society has a CD available with all back issues on it.