17 Facts About Enos Mills

Enos Abijah Mills was an American naturalist, author and homesteader.

Enos Mills was the main figure behind the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Enos Mills was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame by Junior Achievement–Rocky Mountain and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce in 2016.

Enos Mills was born in Pleasanton, Kansas, near the later site of the Mine Creek Battlefield of the Civil War.

Enos Mills suffered from an unidentifiable illness which he later discovered to be an allergy to wheat.

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Enos Mills built his homestead near Longs Peak and the town of Estes Park, Colorado at the age of 15, completing it at 16.

Enos Mills filed his homestead application on 3 February 1893 and received his patent on 16 November 1898 for 160 acres.

Enos Mills's tract is located in Larimer County, Colorado on the west half of the southwest quarter of section 26 and the west half of the northwest quarter of section 35 of township 4 north and range 73 west of the 6th PM.

In 1889, he had a chance encounter with famed naturalist John Muir on a San Francisco beach, and from that point on Enos Mills dedicated his life to conservation activism, lecturing, and writing.

In 1902, Enos Mills returned to Colorado and purchased the Longs Peak House near Estes Park from his cousin, Elkanah Lamb.

Enos Mills hired and trained nature guides there, who guided many people up Longs Peak and the surrounding area.

From 1902 to 1906, Enos Mills was a Colorado State Snow Observer, a position in which he measured the snow depths to predict spring and summer runoff.

Enos Mills authored several articles and books on nature and Estes Park area, beginning in the first decade of the 20th century.

Enos Mills continued to lecture and write books until his death.

Enos Mills led the fight to preserve the area around Longs Peak as a national park, and used his speeches, his writing, and photography to lobby for the park.

Enos Mills was aided by the Sierra Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, American Civic Association, the General Federation of Women's Clubs and especially, Freelan Oscar Stanley, founder of the Stanley Hotel.

Enos Mills was called the "Father of Rocky Mountain National Park" by the Denver Post.