Title & escrow in Florence.

Oil seeps near Florence were known by 1862, and the 1881 Cassiday well made this among the first commercial oil fields west of the Mississippi — the field's own historical marker calls it the oldest in the West, and Well No. 42, drilled in 1889, is billed as the world's oldest continuously producing well. South and west sit the coal towns — Rockvale, Coal Creek, Williamsburg — company towns from the CF&I era when nearly seventy mines worked Fremont County. Today Florence is better known for twenty-plus antique shops and the most affordable homes on the corridor, with the federal prison complex as the steady employer.

That history writes the title work. Severed minerals: coal reservations ride chains around the satellite towns, and oil-and-gas severances, old leases, and royalty conveyances appear east and north toward the field — the commitment shows what's outstanding, and it's often something. Manufactured homes: a real share of the housing stock — and whether the home is legally part of the real estate depends on whether its title was purged through a recorded Certificate of Permanent Location or the older affidavit process; if not, it's still personal property and can't be insured with the land. We check, and we can help cure it at closing. Old townsite plats: the incorporated ex-company towns carry century-old plats with vacated streets, merged lots, and description quirks that reward careful reading.

We write title throughout Fremont County from our Salida and Westcliffe offices, and Florence closings happen wherever suits — in person, in Denver, or remotely with a notary.