Henry Limbach

Henry Limbach platted the town site in 1874. He became the first mayor when the town was incorporated in 1879. West from here was the D&RG Depot, the first school site, and present-day Monument Lake, built in 1890. Ice was harvested from the lake until the mid-1940s.

Caroline Limbach was a renowned dress and hat maker. Her Dry Goods & Millinery shop was the envy of all the ladies in the area, ca 1880’s.

Circa 1869. “Henry’s Station” was the focal point of the village for decades. It did have two fatal shootings, one over cattle-rustling, and the other over the theft of a plow. Both victims died but were later found innocent. They are buried in the Monument Cemetery.