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| Frisco - Mt. Royal Witchita Chief |
Frisco began with the first white men known as "mountain men" who trapped in the high mountain lakes for the thick coat of the beaver to come through this area. The mountain men trapped in this territory from 1810 to around the 1840's.
The 1870's ushered in mining to the area. By 1882 the permanent population reached 250 with two railroads, many businesses, hotels and saloons, not to mention "loads of mines." The mining boomed lasted until 1918.
Frisco's permanent population had dropped to only 18 people during the depression. Frisco persevered and by 1946 the population had increased to 50. Frisco, with a current population just under 2,800 full-time residents, remained a sleepy town with a sprinkling of summer tourists until the ski industry - which now attracts some 3 million people a year to the area.
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