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City and Destination Information
The following information is provided by the city of Avon. For additional information about Avon and the surrounding area, visit their website at http://www.avon.org.
Before the first settlers arrived in the Avon
area around 1874, the Eagle River Valley was a summer hunting and fishing
haven for the Ute Indians. Elk, deer and buffalo were among the hunted animals
in the valley.
The early English immigrants in the area were said to have named the area Avon
because it reminded them of the Avon River Valley in England, birthplace of
William Shakespeare.
Early ranchers and farmers produced cattle,
sheep, potatoes, peas, lettuce, and cream. From the late 1880's through the
turn of the century, there were 10 passenger trains a day going through Avon.
The Nottingham family moved to the ranch 1896. The Nottinghams ran cattle and
grew potatoes, lettuce, oats, wheat, peas and hay. In 1941, the ranch made the
change from cattle to sheep and continued to do so until 1972 when they sold
their controlling interest in the land to Benchmark Companies. Third and
fourth generation Nottinghams are still in the area and have several things
named after the family: Nottingham Park, Nottingham Rock, Nottingham Road and
Nottingham Ranch Road.
Avon was incorporated as a town on February 24, 1978. After 10 years, in 1988,
Avon had a permanent population of 1,500 people. Twenty years after
incorporation, in 1998, that population doubled to 3,000. The 2000 census
indicates that in just two short years, Avon's population has once again
practically doubled to 5,561.
Avon has is often referred to as the commercial core of the Eagle River
Valley. It has boomed into a wonderful family community where people can live,
work and play in the "HEART OF THE VALLEY."
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