08/11/2025
Here is something interesting about the town of Highlands:
And new people flooded into the new homes. In 1885, LeFevre and his friends applied to Arapahoe County to upgrade the village to a town. A set of ordinances, adopted in 1889, laid out the rules for living in Highlands and read as such:
“No person shall permit to run at large any chickens, ducks, geese, guinea hens, turkeys, rabbits, cows, horses, cattle or other fowls within the Town of Highlands. No person shall drive, toss, knock, or play ball, marbles, pitch pennies, quoits, or fly any kites within the Town of Highlands. No person shall engage in any quarrel or fight or ask or invite or defy any other person to fight or quarrel. No person shall within the limits of the Town of Highlands use any common vulgar, indecent, abusive, foul or improper language. No person shall perform any indecent, immoral or lewd play or behavior within the Town of Highlands. A liquor license shall be issued at the prayer of twenty-five residents of said town attesting to the good moral character of the applicant.”
Would you like to know more? Come to tea and a tour on Thursdays at the Lumber Baron Inn!! Tea starts at 3:00, reservations only 303-477-8205
"I personally have been guilty of some of these"
Joel Bryant