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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29LG_greeley-p-o-w-camp-202_Greeley-CO.html
These stone gateposts are remnants of the entrance gate into Greeley Camp 202, a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp located directly north, housing approximately 3,000 German and Austrian prisoners. This "small city" accommodated 3,600 pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29LD_pow-camp-202_Greeley-CO.html
In 1943, the Army Corps of Engineers purchased 320 acres of Ray Abbott's wheat field and constructed POW Camp #202 for German World War II prisoners. Prisoners arrived in 1944 and lived here and worked on farms in the surrounding area. They were r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29LC_german-prisoner-of-war-camp-202_Greeley-CO.html
These pillars mark the spot where 2,000 German soldiers were incarcerated for security reasons in the last years of World War II. The first occupants of this 320 acre camp, surrounded by tall barbed wire fences, were German-Austrian prisoners…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29H6_building-a-dam_Montrose-CO.html
Fir logs, up to 30 feet in length, formed the base for the diversion dam. Although built in the winter when the river was sluggish, pumps were needed to divert the flow around the construction site. The dam is used to fill the tunnel when the wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GA_early-exploration_Montrose-CO.html
Standing here, it is difficult to imagine anyone trying to cross the canyon or navigate its waters. Like hikers today, the Utes and early explorers faced rigorous hardships. In 1900, William Torrence led a crew to explore the possibility of div…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29G9_george-w-hazard-memorial_Saguache-CO.html
Left plaque George W. Hazard (1868-1938) was the second child of James Glann and Mary L (Stoddard) Hazard, and the only child to survive childhood. His older brother Henry died at the age of ten, and his younger sister Cora died in infancy. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29G8_otto-mears-park_Saguache-CO.html
This park is dedicated to Otto Mears, Russian-born Colorado Pioneer, know as "The Pathfinder of the San Juan", who came to the San Luis Valley in 1865. In Saguache (A Ute Indian word meaning "blue earth"), Otto Mears was marrie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29G7_old-spanish-trail-north-branch_Saguache-CO.html
This sign marks an important junction of the Old Spanish Trail. Both forks, east and west, of the North Branch of this Trail converged at Saguache before continuing west of Cochetopa Pass and on to Los Angeles. The Old Spanish Trail was the pri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29G6_saguache_Saguache-CO.html
The land around Saguache (pronounced "sah-WATCH") has been inhabited for thousands of years - first by unnamed nomads, later by the Utes (who camped here seasonally), and later still by Mexican traders bound for California on the Old Spa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29FX_preserving-our-heritage_Montrose-CO.html
Within a few years, one generation passes and another comes on the scene. If those who follow are to have any notion of what it was that went before, it must fall to those who possess a tie to the past to preserve what may be known. In that spirit…
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