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Prehistoric Stone Quarrying in Colorado

Added by yongli on 01/14/2020 - 14:37, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 12:43
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 11/02/2022 - 07:47
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 11/02/2022 - 13:54
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 11/02/2022 - 13:54
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 10/18/2022 - 08:45
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 11/02/2022 - 05:48
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 01/26/2023 - 09:44
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 10/26/2022 - 07:40
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 10/26/2022 - 07:40
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 09/30/2022 - 06:44
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 11/12/2022 - 10:09
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 11/02/2022 - 12:54
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 10/18/2022 - 20:42
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...

City Hall of Colorado City

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 15:23, last changed on 12/10/2018 - 09:11
The City Hall of Colorado City, located at 2902 West Colorado Avenue in what is now Colorado Springs , was built in 1888 to provide space for city offices, a jail, and a fire department for Old Colorado City . The building was used as a city hall for only four years, however, because it was too far...

Alamosa Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 15:15, last changed on 10/18/2022 - 06:48
The Alamosa Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot (D&RG), located at 610 State Street, was built in 1908–9 to replace the former depot, which had burned down the previous year. The depot operated as the central hub of rail shipping in the San Luis Valley until the 1950s. The D&RG Depot has...

Alamosa County Courthouse

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 15:01, last changed on 10/18/2022 - 06:48
The Alamosa County Courthouse, located at 702 Fourth Street in Alamosa , was built by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers between 1936 and 1938 to serve as an administrative and judicial headquarters for Alamosa County . The original structure included a jail, which was remodeled into...

Alpine Tunnel Historic District

Added by yongli on 05/22/2018 - 14:47, last changed on 08/27/2022 - 08:19
At 11,612 feet, the Alpine Tunnel Historic District preserves what was once North America’s highest narrow-gauge railroad tunnel. Completed in 1881 a few miles northeast of the small town of Pitkin , the tunnel helped connect Denver with the silver mines of the Gunnison region via the Denver, South...

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