Adams County

The Comanche Crossing Museum highlights the history of the Strasburg area through exhibits that include late 19th century period rooms such as a doctor's office, cobbler's shop, beauty parlor and two relocated school buildings. The museum also commemorates the 1870 "joining of the rails", which was when the Denver extension of the Kansas Pacific Railway reached Strasburg.

Thornton is located 10 miles north of Denver in Adams County. The city was founded in 1952 when Sam Hoffman purchased a lot off Washington Street about seven miles north of Denver.