In 1923, a Colorado businessman opened a hotel around an abandoned railway station beside giant petrified tree stumps; four decades later his 160-acre resort became part of a national monument

In 1923, a Colorado businessman opened a hotel around an abandoned railway station beside giant petrified tree stumps; four decades later his 160-acre resort became part of a national monument

US News: In the spring of 1923, John D. Coplen opened a hotel on his ranch in Florissant, Colorado, built around the town's old railway station, which he had m.