Palmer Divide Research

Higby Store

What we know

Two-story frame store of about 1890; the Higby family ran it from 1900 for 67 years. 'General Merchandise' was still faintly painted on it in 1976, when it housed the Lewis-Palmer Youth Center (PPLD records of survey B64).

Where it was

105 Second Street, at 2nd and Washington (PPLD records of survey photos B64), El Paso County address point (county locator, 2026-10-05).

A street address, located with the county's address points.

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Sources

Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.

Know more about Higby Store?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.