Springfield, Colorado

As usual, I drove through town looking for historic architecture. I found quite a few beautiful statues all along Main Street. Someone in Springfield did a really nice job getting these in place. The statue to the left is at the City Park on Main Street. The rusted iron statues are spread out all along Main Street in the business section of town.

Obviously, Springfield has seen days of higher population, back before Dust Bowl times. Still, it's a nice looking town with wide streets and some gorgeous parks.

As a lot of the early settlers in the area came here from Springfield, Missouri, that's how Springfield got the name. The town was first founded on 80 acres owned by Frank Tipton, who came to the area in a covered wagon back in 1886 or 1887.