Fairplay

Fairplay is a town in the south central region of Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the United States of America. It is believed to be the virtual basis of the fictional town of South Park, in the animated series of the same name.

The town was named by gold prospectors who settled it in 1859 when they were driven from nearby Tarryall by miners who had staked more claims than they could work. In "Fair Play" every man would have an equal chance to stake a claim. Visitors aware of the town's gold-mining roots will find it impossible to miss the remains of the industry that mark the surrounding countryside. Anyone interested in the history of the old west and western mining should visit the South Park City Museum in Fairplay.

South Park City

• 🌍 South Park City Museum, 100 4th Street, ☏ +1 719-836-2387, southparkhistorical@gmail.com. South Park City is an open-air museum located at the west end of Fairplay. The museum is a historic reconstruction of a mining town from the days of the Colorado Gold Rush and the later Colorado Silver Boom in South Park in the late 1850s through the 1880s. The museum contains thirty-five authentic relocated buildings filled with over 60,000 artifacts that depict life in a gold or silver mining town in Colorado in the late 19th century. Two of the buildings, the South Park Brewery and the Summer Saloon, are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. (updated Aug 2024)