This tepee bristling with antlers wears its Halloween costume all year long in the town of _____. Finish that sentence to name the hamlet where
Denver Newspaper Agency state circulation manager Rick Charbonneau snapped this picture. Another hint: The late Denver Post columnist Jack Kisling once suggested that the local athletic team change its name to the _____ Plates.
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How'd you know?
The winner: David Whatley, Denver:
The old building in Hartsel served as a school until the 1940s and is next door to the Hartsel Community Library, which was the high school. The building has been remodeled and now is a community center and election polling place (or was until mail-in ballots). My mother was instrumental in turning the adjacent building into the present library.
Tim Payne, Cañon City: My grandfather worked on the Hartsel ranch, and my aunt and my mom went to school there from the late 1920s through the 1930s. The picture is my mom in front of the school in August 2004.
Terry Ray, Castle Rock: We have pictures of this schoolhouse and Hartsel as it looked originally. Before he died early this year, my cousin, Dick Grumet, owned a part of Hartsel Springs Ranch. Hartsel was named for its founder, Sam Hartsel, in the 1860s. His original ranch at one time was the largest operating ranch in the state, at almost 235,000 acres. It extended 36 miles in one direction and 42 miles in another.
