Somewhere among the rolls in 1917 was a teenage girl from Estes Park who claimed she had been sexually abused by two older single men for the past seven years. One of the biggest mysteries, likely never to be solved by Estes Park now that 100 years have passed, is "who was she, and why, if any of this was true, was she sent away to reform school?"
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Do any of these young women look familiar? |
Here are some additional clues:
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Four girls from Larimer County were committed to Morrison in 1917, including one from Estes Park | |
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After being found not guilty in 1917, W.T. Parke returned to his unmarried life in Estes Park. Amusingly, the computer (or a human being unfamiliar with Estes) has read "Curio Store" as "Caviar Store" |
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Wayward individuals were still being sent to the Industrial School for Girls as late as 1931, although, intriguingly, some were not afforded anonymity | |
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The Larimer County sheriff claimed he had sent 21 individuals to Morrison over an eight-year period |
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