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Flagler, for free


Flagler, for free
Sofia Jeremias
© Marc Piscotty, for the Deseret News
A billboards promoting “Free Land” off of I-70 greet passing motorists in Flagler, Colorado, on Friday Dec. 4, 2020. Flagler is a rarity in the West it’s offering land without a price tag to someone willing to stake a future in the town and open a business that will provide a much needed infusion of jobs in the small Colorado Plains town of 620 people. Flagler is near Exit 395 on I-70 and about 120 miles east of Denver.
For the past 15 years, two billboards have stood on the city limits of Flagler, Colorado, waiting to greet those who may be looking for a place to land. From 10 feet in the air overlooking I-70 and Flagler, the two signs deliver their proclamatory message: “Got Land! Got Water! All we need is you.” ....

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Why Flagler, Colorado, and other rural areas are offering free land


For the past 15 years, two billboards have stood on the city limits of Flagler, Colorado, waiting to greet those who may be looking for a place to land. From 10 feet in the air overlooking I-70 and Flagler, the two signs deliver their proclamatory message: “Got Land! Got Water! All we need is you.”
Flagler is a rarity in the West it’s offering land without a price tag to someone willing to stake a future in the town.
Situated in eastern Colorado, this small town is an agricultural community akin more to the tilled-and-planted Midwest than the Rocky Mountain reveries most envision upon hearing “Colorado.” The ground is flat, and most houses are separated by a mile or two of grain fields and grassland for cattle. The two main employers in town are a grain co-op and bird seed factory. It’s the kind of small, blue-collar town that residents are quick to compare to Mayberry the idyllic and sleepy setting of “The Andy Griffith Show” in the 1960s. A trip to ....

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