https://insideelizabeth.com/ An independent guide to Elizabeth, Colorado: Main Street, the Stampede, the Palmer Divide, and what it’s like to live an hour from Denver on the prairie. en-us Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT https://insideelizabeth.com/articles/elizabeth-history/ https://insideelizabeth.com/articles/elizabeth-history/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT A timber camp on the Palmer Divide named for a governor's relative, a post office in 1882, incorporation in 1890, a bank that closed in the Depression and waited a century for the National Register, and a sculptor who saved the oldest building on Main Street. History