South Fork’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of South Fork. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗South Fork was founded in 1882, by which date its location was already marked by the presence of a coaching post, dating from the construction of the railroad connection of the Rio Grande Western Railroad line to Creede, which had been built to support the Creede silver mine. It was only in 1992 that South Fork achieved independent statutory town status, making it the youngest statutory town in the state. Originally the principal economic activities involved forestry and mining, but in recent decades these have been overtaken in the employment statistics by tourism.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart South Fork’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Fork’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRiviere Motel, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to South Fork
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South Fork, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in South Fork
2 places in South Fork are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Riviere Motel (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.