Evergreen sits at an elevation of 7,220 feet in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains,
15 miles west of Denver, Colorado.
The beauty of the mountains first drew people here and they just keep coming ! Early
in 1859 the early settlement at Bergen Park was founded – just four miles north of
present-day downtown Evergreen. In the early days most people passed through what
would later become Evergreen on their way to the Rocky Mountain gold country in search
of their fortunes. By the 1880s, the town was populated by about 200 people. Six
sawmills operated in neighbouring mountain valleys; downtown, there was a blacksmith,
a barber, a carpenter, two summer hotels, a Methodist church and two general stores.
The tiny mountain town began to grow with the improvement of the Denver-Evergreen
road up Bear Creek Canyon in 1911, and the advent of electrical service to the area
in 1917. From the 1880s through the 1920s, Evergreen had become than a rural logging
and ranching community – it had become a popular summer resort for Denver residents
