The Douglas County History Repository, established by the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, is dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, display, and curation of historic and prehistoric cultural materials. The materials are derived from and relevant to the cultural and natural history of Douglas County, the Palmer Divide, the High Plains, and the State of Colorado. The Douglas County History Repository operates for research, education, and curation to preserve in perpetuity, for the public benefit, the history of the community from the time of the earliest human inhabitants to the present.