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Tiny Town

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1915, George Turner. 10 miles west of Morrison off U.S. 285 on Turkey Creek Canyon Rd.

George Turner, owner of Turner Moving and Storage in Denver, designed and built Tiny Town in a picturesque forested foothills valley. Some of its 125 buildings survived fires and floods, but not the moving of U.S. 285 in 1949. Bypassed, the town faded until 1989, when volunteers restored and reopened it. Hobbyists built and rebuilt more than one hundred of the miniature landmarks at varying scales, including replicas of the Stanley Mill outside Idaho Springs, the Arvada Flour Mill, and The Fort Restaurant in Morrison. A 15-inch-gauge train, capable of carrying small children, has also been restored for excursions through this Lilliputian village.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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What's Nearby

The Fort
Everhardt-Herzman Ranch
Ken-Caryl Ranch Manor House
Red Rocks Civilian Conservation Corps Camp
Morrison Schoolhouse

Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Tiny Town", [Morrison, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-JF41.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 162-162.

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