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Lyons Sandstone

Added by yongli on 01/15/2020 - 15:23, last changed on 06/11/2020 - 13:24
Named for the Boulder County town whose historic quarries made it famous, the Lyons Sandstone formation is a Permian age rock layer in the foothills of the Front Range from the Wyoming border to south of Colorado Springs . It is the primary formation in the scenic red rock outcrops at Garden of the...

Great Divide

Added by yongli on 01/15/2020 - 13:44, last changed on 07/04/2020 - 01:07
The beautiful and imposing mountain scenery of Colorado’s Great Divide has led to the common belief that the state is home to a singular “Continental Divide.” The divide in Colorado, however, is only a piece of the larger Great Divide, a geologic crest that runs from Alaska through South America...

Trout Creek Archaeological Site

Added by yongli on 01/14/2020 - 15:13, last changed on 01/14/2020 - 15:13
Trout Creek in east Chaffee County is an extensive archaeological site exhibiting natural outcrops of colorful jaspers that were used for thousands of years as raw material for toolmaking by many different groups of Native Americans. It is one of the best-known toolstone sources not only in central...

Shield Cave Archaeological Site

Added by yongli on 01/14/2020 - 15:07, last changed on 01/14/2020 - 15:07
Shield Cave is a large limestone cavern in Eagle County that contains painted rock art dating to the Historic period and deposits of the iron mineral pigment material used to make ochre-color paint. This site is one of hundreds of caverns that have developed in the Mississippian Period Leadville...

Prehistoric Stone Quarrying in Colorado

Added by yongli on 01/14/2020 - 14:37, last changed on 07/02/2020 - 01:07
From exquisitely flaked Folsom spear points to the spectacular cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park , among the most visible vestiges of Colorado’s Native American history are those crafted from naturally available rock. Archaeologists and others have documented nearly 1,000 places across...

Elitch Gardens

Added by yongli on 08/20/2019 - 14:40, last changed on 06/05/2020 - 01:07
Elitch Gardens is an amusement park in Denver that opened in 1890 as a zoological garden and amusement park with a renowned summer stock theater. John Elitch and his wife, Mary , founded Elitch Gardens on land that was formerly Chilcott Farm in northwest Denver. When Elitch Gardens opened, it...

Cache la Poudre River

Added by yongli on 01/22/2019 - 11:13, last changed on 06/08/2020 - 15:53
Rising in Rocky Mountain National Park and coursing 126 miles to its junction with the South Platte River near Greeley , the Cache la Poudre River is the lifeblood of several northern Colorado communities and contributes significantly to the economy of the region. Today, those who live in the...

Pueblo

Added by yongli on 01/08/2019 - 16:05, last changed on 05/09/2020 - 01:07
Pueblo is a city of approximately 110,000 people located near the confluence of Fountain Creek and the Arkansas River , along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains . It is the county seat of Pueblo County , lying just off Interstate 25 about 100 miles north of New Mexico and 100 miles south of...

Hose Company No. 1

Added by yongli on 06/21/2018 - 11:45, last changed on 03/30/2020 - 01:07
One of Denver ’s earliest firehouses, the Hose Company No. 1 building was built in the 1880s and has since served as a print shop, welding shop, and storage facility. It will soon reopen as a restaurant for a new hotel. The preservation of Hose Company No. 1 is an example of Colorado’s dedication...

Greeley

Added by yongli on 06/19/2018 - 13:33, last changed on 05/11/2020 - 09:58
Greeley is a growing community of 100,000 people along the Front Range in northeastern Colorado. Founded as an agricultural colony in 1870, the city has an economic, political, and cultural reach that extends far beyond its municipal borders. Greeley is the county seat of Weld County , one of the...

Colorado: An Overview

Added by yongli on 06/19/2018 - 12:08, last changed on 05/01/2020 - 11:54
Colorado, “the Centennial State,” was the thirty-eighth state to enter the Union on August 1, 1876. Its diverse geography encompasses 104,094 square miles of the American West and includes swathes of the Great Plains , southern Rocky Mountains , and the Colorado Plateau. Colorado has an average...

Pleasant Park School

Added by yongli on 05/24/2018 - 13:26, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
The Pleasant Park School is located at 22551 Pleasant Park Road, about three and a half miles southeast of Aspen Park in rural Jefferson County . Built by local families in 1894, the one-room school served Pleasant Park students until school consolidation in the early 1950s. In 1956 it was acquired...

Swanson Farm

Added by yongli on 05/24/2018 - 10:56, last changed on 06/21/2020 - 01:07
Platted in 1902, the Gustav and Annie Swanson Farm stands at 1932 North Highway 287 in Berthoud . The farm is located along US Highway 287 roughly one-and-a-half miles north of downtown Berthoud at the intersection of CR-10E. The Swanson Farm is an example of the Craftsman Bungalow architectural...

Hagerman Mansion

Added by yongli on 05/23/2018 - 16:18, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
Railroad magnate James John Hagerman built Hagerman Mansion in Colorado Springs in 1885. The Hagerman Mansion served as luxury housing for a family of Colorado Springs pioneers until 1899. Today the building is comprised of the original 1885 mansion, a pre-1899 addition, and several wings...

Department of Energy Grand Junction Office

Added by yongli on 05/23/2018 - 16:12, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
Built in 1943, the Department of Energy Grand Junction Office, also known as the “Manhattan Engineer District Grand Junction Office” and the “Atomic Energy Commission Grand Junction Operations Office,” stands at 2591 Legacy Way in Grand Junction . During and after World War II , the complex served...

The Daniels School

Added by yongli on 05/23/2018 - 13:36, last changed on 06/16/2020 - 01:07
Built in 1911, the Daniels School stands at the intersection of US Highway 60 and Weld County Road 25 in Milliken . As some of the only surviving brick schoolhouses in the state, the school and its teacherage served the educational needs of the area for nearly a half-century, closing in the late...

Cortez High School

Added by yongli on 05/23/2018 - 13:32, last changed on 09/02/2018 - 01:07
Cortez High School, built in 1909 at 121 East First Street in Cortez , was for decades the only public school serving kindergarten through high school in the city. In 1968 the school closed and became the home of school district offices. Today, a Kansas City investment group is attempting to...

Steamboat Springs Depot

Added by yongli on 05/23/2018 - 13:15, last changed on 10/07/2019 - 13:24
The Steamboat Springs Depot was built in 1909, when the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway arrived to connect the Yampa Valley with mineral, agricultural, and livestock markets in eastern Colorado and beyond. Abandoned in 1968 with the cessation of passenger service, the two-story red brick...

Trail Ridge Road

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 15:50, last changed on 04/17/2020 - 08:19
Trail Ridge Road snakes roughly fifty miles across Rocky Mountain National Park , from Estes Park to Grand Lake . Planned and built from about 1929 to 1938, the road provided a safer route across the Continental Divide for the park’s growing number of visitors. Trail Ridge Road reaches an elevation...

Hotel Boulderado

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 15:33, last changed on 06/03/2020 - 01:07
Hotel Boulderado is located at 2115 Thirteenth Street in Boulder . Since opening its doors in 1909, it has stood as a luxury hotel and community-gathering place as well as a statement of civic pride. The hotel was built by the Boulder Hotel Company, a joint enterprise sponsored by the Boulder...

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