Hayden’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Hayden. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Ute people used the area for summer hunting before the town was settled. Trappers worked in the area in the early 1800s.
The area was first settled in 1875, with the town established in 1894 and incorporated in 1906. Hayden was named for F.V. Hayden, head of a survey party for the U.S. Geological & Geographic Survey in the late 1860s. Hayden explored western Colorado during the late nineteenth century.
The Denver and Salt Lake Railway reached Hayden by 1913, and the rail line continues on today as part of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Historically a center of coal mining and agriculture, it consists today of a small cluster of homes and businesses.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hayden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hayden’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHayden CO 1942, 1942: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Hayden
See all 1 →Hayden, decade by decade
1990s
5 historic places in Hayden
5 places in Hayden are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1992Hayden Depot
Listed 1999Hayden Rooming House
Listed 2015Hayden Co-Operative Elevator CompanyListed 2011Solandt Memorial HospitalListed 2012Kimsey-Bolten Ranch Rural Historic LandscapeThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hayden CO 1942 (1942) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.