Hartsel

At the center of Colorado, the Hartsel area served as a summer hunting ground for the Mountain Utes and other American Indian tribes. After 1860, fields of irrigated hay replaced native grasses, domestic cattle and sheep replaced the bison, and European-American ranchers and settlers displaced American Indian hunters. Today, recreation is the main pursuit of most visitors. Two state parks in the Hartsel area receive 300,000 visitors per year.

Hartsel, Colorado · United States