Florissant News

It runs 131 miles and passes through two counties, touching five communities, Canon City, Florence, Victor, Cripple Creek and Florissant.

A The Castello House, the gray brick building at 755 St. Francois Street, is named after one of Florissant's more prominent early families.

Agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation have arrived on the scene where a body was discovered Thursday morning in Teller County.

The Teller County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the El Paso County District Attorney's Office are investigating the discovery of a body in the Indian Creek subdivision, north of Florissant.

Built by Adeline Hornbek in 1878, this homestead house is adjacent to the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and is located about two miles south of Florissant on Colorado 1. Born Adeline Warfield, this pioneer woman lived a complex and difficult life.