Places

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...

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...

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...

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...

Originally established in 1863, Churches Ranch, also known as Long Lake Ranch Park, stands at 17999 West Sixtieth Avenue in Arvada . It is a typical example of a Ralston Valley farming and ranching operation. Churches Ranch is now owned by Denver Water , which maintains Ralston Reservoir and allows...

Constructed in 1908, Bemis Hall stands at 920 North Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs . A three-and-a-half story dormitory building located on the Colorado College campus, Bemis Hall is historically significant as an early example of a coeducational dormitory and for its distinctive architecture...

Completed in 1893, All Souls Unitarian Church—now known as All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church—stands at 730 North Tejon Street in Colorado Springs . Located close to the Colorado College campus, the church is notable for its distinctive Shingle architectural style and its association with the...

Located about two miles west of Nederland in western Boulder County , the Cardinal Mill processed gold, silver, and tungsten ore from its parent mine, the Boulder County Tunnel, as well as other local mines between 1902 and 1942. The Cardinal Mill was an essential part of the area’s tungsten boom...

Cleora Cemetery is a historic four-and-a-half-acre burial ground located on a hill south of the Arkansas River about two miles southeast of downtown Salida . Originally associated with the short-lived town of Cleora, the cemetery received its first burials around 1880 and was the only cemetery in...