Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site

Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site presents life in the Central Front Range of the Rocky Mountains across several eras, including an American Indian area from 1775-1835 with an elk or buffalo hide tepee, tools and everyday items, games, and stories of Ute or Plains Indian culture; an 1868 homestead showing pre-railroad life before the founding of Colorado Springs with a reconstructed 1860s log cabin and demonstrations of 19th century cooking, crafting, and gardening; an 1895 working ranch centered on the 1874 Rock Ledge House and the history of the Chambers family, who established Rock Ledge Ranch in 1874, with a farm, organic vegetable garden, apple orchard, livestock, blacksmith shop, and General Store; and a 1907 estate at the Orchard House, built for Charlotte and William Sclater, relatives of city founder General William Jackson Palmer, featuring a servant call system, electricity, a working kitchen, a coal stove, and insight into the servants' cooking, cleaning, and household labor.

Colorado Springs, Colorado · United States