In the early 1900s, Mr. Cloon owned a general store and was the postmaster in LeLoup, KS, about 50 miles southwest of Kansas City.   From 1922 to 1933, he also owned a 120 acre farm near Edlowe, Colorado, on the south side of Hwy. 24 between Woodland Park and Divide.  In 1953, at the age of 71, George returned to Colorado in search of acquiring land to develop.  He initially sought to re-purchase his old Edlowe farmland, but it was not for sale.  Eventually, he settled for some land around an old Forest Service road that led into the Pike National Forest (aka, FR #252), subsequently named Blossom Rd.

Between 1953 and 1959, Mr. Cloon purchased land parcels from four individuals totaling about 470 acres (ranging in cost from $20 per acre in 1953 to $100 per acre in 1957).  He initially sold off a couple of large tracts, presumably to finance the costs associated with further development, such as surveying, roads, and water.  Between 1955-1960, the remaining 230 acres would become Tranquil Acres subdivision—one of the first new subdivisions in Teller County since the heyday of the Cripple Creek gold rush.  There was no county planning department back then, and few regulations to adhere to.  Although the county commissioners did object to the narrow, substandard width of the roads and never officially “accepted” the roads, so they remain privately owned to this day.  In 1979, Joe and Marge Dover (Cloons' heirs) deeded the existing roads over to the water company.

In the early 1960s, 1⁄3 acre lots typically sold for $250 cash, or could be financed for $25 down and 11 subsequent payments of $25 (for a total of $300).

The Colorado Midland Railroad followed the route of the old Ute Pass Indian Trail from Colorado Springs up Fountain Creek, and reached Divide in 1887. During World War I, Ute Pass was a major wagon trail that became part of the Ocean-To-Ocean Highway—which was billed as the fastest route from Washington, DC, to San Francisco. It was improved and designated as U.S. Hwy. 24 in 1932. But it wasn’t until 1965 that it bypassed Manitou Springs and became a 4-lane highway to Cascade; and it wasn’t 4-lane to Woodland Park until 1977. The road to Tranquil Acres from Woodland Park, CR-25 (aka, Trout Creek Rd.), wasn’t paved until about 1994.

• Through the efforts of Steven Denton, Maggie Weien, and Dave Sebesta in 2003-04, TAWS was the recipient of an $81,000 "drought relief" grant from the State of Colorado.  This money was used primarily to re-drill Well #2 and to drill a new Well #4--both of which represented major upgrades to the system.  John Schwab of JPS Engineering had previously developed a long-term improvement plan with the Board, which proved invaluable in this and other subsequent major system improvement projects. 

• In 2016, TAWS was awarded a "Small Communities Drinking Water System Improvements" grant in the amount of $791,198 by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment!  This money was used to purchase a new property (Lot #915), install a new 100,000 gallon water storage tank on the new lot, replace the transmission line from Well #1, improve aging distribution lines, increase water pressure to households, and to try to make the new deep Well #1 operational.  The grant was written and submitted by John Dover; John Schwab of JPS Engineering was again employed as the Chief Engineer of the project; and Wayne Owens served as the project administrator.