Eastern Plains
Sedgwick County
10 Porch Notes tied to Sedgwick County — the local details that change from one part of Colorado to the next.
Money and taxes (1)
Home and property (1)
Water and land (1)
Outdoors and wildfire (2)
Outdoors and wildfire
Jumbo Reservoir near Julesburg is a State Wildlife Area, not a park
The plains reservoir west of Julesburg, near Crook, is managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife as a State Wildlife Area, which carries its own access and pass rules.
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Sedgwick Bar State Wildlife Area sits right on the South Platte River
This riverside State Wildlife Area in Sedgwick County offers fishing, hunting, and wildlife viewing along the South Platte, but it runs on State Wildlife Area rules, not park rules.
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History and culture (4)
History and culture
Julesburg moved four times - and one version was called the Wickedest City in the West
The town anchoring Sedgwick County has been built and rebuilt four times, and one short-lived end-of-track version earned the nickname Wickedest City in the West.
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Julesburg's old Union Pacific depot tells the county's railroad story
The historic Union Pacific depot in Julesburg, saved by the county and a local historical society, is a regional museum and a State Register property that explains why the railroad shaped this corner of Colorado.
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The Julesburg Drag Strip Still Races on an Old Airport Runway
On a stretch of the old Julesburg Municipal Airport runway, a quarter-mile drag strip has been running cars since the late 1950s and still races under NHRA sanction.
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The South Platte River Trail byway loops through Sedgwick County's frontier past
A short state-designated scenic and historic byway near Julesburg follows the old westward route past Fort Sedgwick and a Pony Express station site.
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