Hardscrabble, Colorado

Hardscrabble was a settlement established by traders and trappers in the 1840s below the fork of Adobe and Hardscrabble Creeks of present-day Custer County, Colorado. It was called San Buenaventura de los Tres Arrollos—for three creeks Newlin, Adobe, and Hardscrabble—by its founders, George Simpson, Joseph Doyle, and Alexander Barclay. The name Hardscrabble became more common. —Alexander Barclay in a letter about life in Hardscrabble

Hardscrabble, Colorado

Hardscrabble was a settlement established by traders and trappers in the 1840s below the fork of Adobe and Hardscrabble Creeks of present-day Custer County, Colorado. It was called San Buenaventura de los Tres Arrollos—for three creeks Newlin, Adobe, and Hardscrabble—by its founders, George Simpson, Joseph Doyle, and Alexander Barclay. The name Hardscrabble became more common. —Alexander Barclay in a letter about life in Hardscrabble