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Named
in honor of President James A. Garfield
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Home
of the Glenwood Springs Hot Springs Pool and Lodge, the largest
naturally heated outdoor swimming pool in the world
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Host
to Strawberry Days, the oldest town celebration in the state,
which began in Glenwood Springs in 1898.
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The
final resting place for Doc Holliday who died in Glenwood Springs,
exactly where is debated to this day.
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A
destination visited by President Theodore Roosevelt several times
to hunt bear, elk and mule deer.
Garfield
County begins 150 miles West of Denver on the I-70 Corridor. It is
bordered to the East by Eagle County home of the Vail Ski Resort,
to the South by Pitkin County home of the Aspen Ski Areas, continues
56 miles West to the Mesa County border and extends Northwest to the
Utah border.
The County
covers nearly 3,000 square miles with a population of less than
50,000. About 2/3 of this land mass is publicly owned—about
1.13 million acres, many of which are in pristine wilderness.
Key
industries in Garfield County are tourism, gas and coal mining, sheep
and cattle ranching and fruit and vegetable farming.
The area
is famous for gold medal trout water featuring the confluence of
the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers and for ample game including
deer, elk, and wild turkey.
There
is both passenger and freight rail service along the I-70 transportation
corridor. The County also features a rapidly growing general aviation
airport and is within one hour in any direction of three commercial
aviation airports.
Garfield
County is committed to sustaining a positive business climate by
promoting a stable and diversified economy. It possesses a talented
and ready workforce to accommodate most any work requirement.
