Published by The Aspen Times. Compiled from official records and actual surveys in the office of Geo. W. Lloyd, U.S. Dep. Min. Sur., Drawn by C.C. Vickery, U.S. Dep. Min. Sur.
Credit: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
Henry A. Staats, born in Egypt, Illinois, July 9, 1848 was the first to make a claim in the Capitol Creek Valley. In 1881 he staked his claim on Lime Creek, on what is now property of St. Benedict’s Monastery.
St. Benedict’s Monastery is home to a community of Cistercian (Trappist) monks, whose life is devoted to prayer and the manual labor needed to sustain their community’s needs.
