Beaver Park Cemetery, Penrose, Colorado

Beaver Park Cemetery in Penrose Colorado rests south of Highway 50 near Penrose.

Here is a brief virtual walkthrough of the cemetery established in 1915. The cemetery is still in use, but there are many older graves on the grounds.

Quick facts.

770 memorials are listed. The oldest death date in the records of the cemetery are for H. Lionel Barnhart in 1899. Then the next listed date is not untill 1908. There are several with dates before the 1915 listed non the entrance sign.

The entrance sign is dedicated in the memory of the president of the cemetery board, Hardee ‘Pat’ Carter.

The water spigot is provided for maintenance of the graves of loved ones, when the water is in service. This is a somewhat unusual finding, and even more interesting that the spigot platform had benches built into the surround.

Beaver Park was the name of the settlement along Beaver Creek. It’s history really dating back to the homestead act. Some of the earliest residents being traders and blacksmiths. Farming carried three landed over into the new century.

When Spencer and Julie Penrose began development through the company Beaver Park Land and Irritation in 1907, after purchasing the water rights to Beaver Creek and building Shaeffer Dam, the began development of Penrose.

Spencer andJulie Penrose also developed much out the Colorado Springs Area, and with joint philanthropy contributed to the backbone of many landmarks in Colorado Springs, including the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Penrose was originally planned to be named Fremont although the county was already named Fremont. The community decided to name the town Penrose after the Land developer in 1909. Many still call the area Beaver Park.

More to come on the Shaeffer Dam. That is a whole other page in the history books…

Speaking of books, The must have books for all things Penrose history are written by Sherry Skye Stuart.