Plains Conservation Center
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History
The land that is currently part of the Aurora site was once part of the railroad. The city of Denver bought the land in 1933, and the land later became federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. An education center was established in 1949, and in 1969 a group of sod structures were built.[2][3] In 1997 the West Arapahoe Conservation District sold Script error: No such module "convert". to the City of Aurora; about Script error: No such module "convert". were sold for private development,[4] with revenue from the private sale used to buy the West Bijou Creek site in Strasburg.[5] The Plains Conservation Center non-profit dissolved and the City of Aurora, already owning the land, assumed management of the site in 2017.
Activities
The Aurora site features a replica homestead village that includes two houses, a school house, blacksmith shop and chicken coop, a replica tipi camp, and 1,000 acres of shortgrass prairie. Special seasonal events and education programs are offered through the City of Aurora's naturalist program and the Denver Botanic Gardens.[6]
Gallery
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Entrance sign
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Cheyenne camp looking west
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Students observe prairie dog colony
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Students view farm equipment
References
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- ↑ "Looking in on a plains homestead, just southeast of Denver. (Plains Conservation Center, Aurora, Colorado)"Script error: No such module "Unsubst"., Sunset, May 1, 1990
- ↑ Betsy Lehndorff, "Sod Homes Blend Into Prairie", Rocky Mountain News, October 20, 2001.
- ↑ "Aurora Zoning Hearing Tonight", Rocky Mountain News, January 8, 1997.
- ↑ "The PCC Story" at Plains Conservation Center official website (accessed 2012-01-13).
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Further reading
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External links
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- Nature centers in Colorado
- Open-air museums in Colorado
- Museums in Arapahoe County, Colorado
- Protected areas of Arapahoe County, Colorado
- Education in Arapahoe County, Colorado
- Parks established in the 1940s
- Protected areas established in 1949
- Geography of Aurora, Colorado
- 1949 establishments in Colorado