"Lincoln Hills Country Club"(1922-1966)

In the years prior World War2,it was a renowned vacation development for African Americans in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.Located in Gilpin County,an hour outside Denver,between Pinecliff and Rollinsville,Lincoln Hills was for years the only African American resort area west of the Mississippi River.Other African American resorts included Oaks Bluffs in Martha's Vineyard,Masschusetts,;Idlewild Michigan;and American Beach in Florida.Lincoln Hills was the brainchild of African-American entrepreneurs Robert E. Ewalt and E.C. Regnier,who in 1922 created the Denver-based Lincoln Hills Development Company which sold mountain property to African Americans to build summer cabins at a time when they were not otherwise allowed to obtain lodging or enjoy the amenities of public parks Colorado.The resort area extended over 100 acres on both sides of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad which brought the cabin owners and their guests to the resort.Over 600 lots were sold in the 1920s and 1930s.Most of the lots were small,only 25 feet by 100 feet and they sold for between $50 & $100 dollars.