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Julesburg

5 Porch Notes tagged “Julesburg,” from counties across Colorado.

Local rules - Sedgwick County

Inside Sedgwick County towns, ask the town clerk too

Inside Julesburg, Ovid, or Sedgwick town limits, the town clerk holds the building-permit rules, not the county Planning and Zoning office.

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History and culture - Sedgwick County

Julesburg moved four times - and one version was called the Wickedest City in the West

The town anchoring Sedgwick County has been built and rebuilt four times, and one short-lived end-of-track version earned the nickname Wickedest City in the West.

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History and culture - Sedgwick County

The Julesburg Drag Strip Still Races on an Old Airport Runway

On a stretch of the old Julesburg Municipal Airport runway, a quarter-mile drag strip has been running cars since the late 1950s and still races under NHRA sanction.

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History and culture - Sedgwick County

The South Platte River Trail byway loops through Sedgwick County's frontier past

A short state-designated scenic and historic byway near Julesburg follows the old westward route past Fort Sedgwick and a Pony Express station site.

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History and culture - Sedgwick County

Julesburg's old Union Pacific depot tells the county's railroad story

The historic Union Pacific depot in Julesburg, saved by the county and a local historical society, is a regional museum and a State Register property that explains why the railroad shaped this corner of Colorado.

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