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THE STARSMORE HISTORY
Jim & Mary Starsmore ran the Ivywild Evergreen Nursery near Cheyenne Blvd and Nevada. After Jim's death in 1978, she sold the nursery where Safeway now resides. With the funds from
that sale she established the Starsmore Center for Local History (SCLH). Mary took another bold step by
agreeing in 1989 to sell her stone house property to McDonalds. Through
an agreement with the Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation Department,
the stone building was moved, and in 1992 (the same year as the Friends of Cheyenne Cañon mobilized) became the visitor center and
the focal point for a wide variety of activities in the North Cheyenne
Cañon area. Mary said, "I was elated with the move, and proud of the end result, a perfect setting for my former home."
After
her death, Mary Starsmore left a fund now called the Mary Starsmore
Fund which allows for the City run building named for her the Starsmore
Discovery Center to hold programs, serve as a visitors center, retail
location, as well as educational and welcome center for the Park.
Learn more by coming to the Starsmore Discovery Center at it's new location to see our Video Presentation available at your request.
 
 
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