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Contributed by: Charmaine Robledo/YourHub.com on 10/2/2006

It was a sunny and windy day as a crowd of about 60 people attended an open house for the Crull Hammond Cabin, located near Larkspur on Bear Dance Road.

The Larkspur Historical Society and the Douglas County Historical Preservation Board spent about five years restoring the cabin for public viewing, according to Danna Hamling, a member of the historical society.

"It was a lot of hard work," Hamling said about the restoration. She said society members repaired the outside of the cabin by taking chunks of wood and sticking them between the existing logs, which she said was called "chinking." This was to reinforce the structure of the cabin. They then refurbished the inside of the cabin, putting down new mattresses for the bed and restoring the artifacts inside.

"This will be our first winter," Hamling said, "It's not totally tight, but I'm sure the furnishings will fare well."

William Crull first built the cabin in 1873, and John Hammond, a former Douglas County sheriff, later purchased the property to raise turkeys and cattle. In the 1980s, Wallace E. Carroll bought the property and donated it to the county.

"I think it's cool," Phia Gannett said about the event. "We like old things." She and her husband, Jay, moved to Castle Rock a year ago from St. Louis and still are getting to know Douglas County.

In addition to the open house, cowboys from around the area demonstrated different brands from their family ranches. Cat Bell, of the Bell Hammond ranch in Larkspur, actually lived ina two-story stucco house near where the cabin stood. He said his family owned the house for about 30 years and he lived in it for 10 years.

Kenny Noe, whose ranch is on Noe Road in Larkspur, said his family has been ranching for more than 116 years. His mother, Ida May, is a member of the Larkspur Historical Society and was helping out with the cabin's open house.

Hamling said the historical society is considering opening the cabin up again to the public next spring. For more information about the Crull Hammond Cabin or the Larkspur Historical Society, visit www.larkspurhistoricalsociety.com.

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