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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B68_more-than-just-a-mine_Leadville-CO.html
It's only a memory now, but the community of Climax was once called home by several generations of Colorado mining families.
In its early years, Climax struggled to keep quality employees. Cold and snow, isolation and high altitude sent many work…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B67_climax_Leadville-CO.html
This place has seen plenty of changes since Charles Senter discovered a deposit of molybdenum on Bartlett Mountain in 1879.
In the early days, Climax was a sleepy depot at the top of a railroad grade. But by World War I there was a thriving indus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2J_the-highest-compost-pile-in-the-world_Leadville-CO.html
Eighty years of mining operations on Fremont Pass disturbed more than five square miles of land and altered the course of a stream. As of 2009, Climax Molybdenum Company had spent nearly $50 million on land reclamation and water treatment. Not a d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A5A_the-columbine-bar_Mancos-CO.html
As legend has it, The Columbine Bar was established in 1910, and continues to be one of the oldest operating bars in Colorado. In 1948 it was described in the Mancos Times as "an old bar run by old timers." It has always had a rather notorious rep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A59_mancos-opera-house_Mancos-CO.html
Has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United states Department of the Interior
January 9, 1988.
Placed on the
State Register
of Historic Places
January 27, 1988.
This plaque was purchased and dedicated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A58_1892-horse-drawn-pull-grader_Mancos-CO.html
With thanks and appreciation to Pete and Yvonne Doerfer for loaning the following items:
For display only - please do not climb on this equipment.
1892 Horse-Drawn Pull Grader
J.D. Adams invented the first successful leaning-wheel pull grad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29TJ_david-delaplane-father-of-colorado-mountain-college_Glenwood-Springs-CO.html
"It all started with an empty file folder," recalled David Delaplane. In 1962, Delaplane was settling in to his new office as manager of the Glenwood Springs Chamber of Commerce.
He came across a folder titled "Education Committee" that had no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29SH_founders-village_Castle-Rock-CO.html
Founders' Founding
Frank X. Flierl and Frank Hagg were neighboring homesteaders on the southern portion of the land that would become Founders Village in the late 20th century. They, like many other residents of the Ridge Road-Lower Lake Gulch …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29SG_city-hotel_Castle-Rock-CO.html
This property
has been designated as a
Historic Landmark
by the Castle Rock
Historic Preservation Board
City Hotel
1874
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29SF_victorias-house_Castle-Rock-CO.html
This property
has been designated as a
Historic Landmark
by the Castle Rock
Historic Preservation Board
Victoria's House
1889