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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ECG_grand-lake-lodge_Grand-Lake-CO.html
Grand Lake Lodge. Built 1919. Grand Lake Lodge Built 1919 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior . var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ECF_the-smith-eslick-cottage-court_Grand-Lake-CO.html
The Smith Eslick Cottage Court. . The Smith Eslick Cottage Court (panel 1). The Smith-Eslick Cottage Court is believed to be the oldest original-condition motel in the United States. Built at about the same time as the 1915 opening of Rocky Mounta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ECD_rapids-lodge-historic-site_Grand-Lake-CO.html
Rapids Lodge Historic Site. . Rapids Lodge is one of three tourist hotels built between 1900 and 1920. The other two burned. Laps Ish, the owner and builder, sawed all lumber of lodgepole pine. Until about 1935 the lights and some heat for the hot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ECC_grand-lake_Grand-Lake-CO.html
Grand Lake was formed by glacial action, the ice gouged back into the mountains to the east. As the climate warmed, the glacier melted irregularly, leaving ridges of clay and rocks called moraines. Moraines edge the west and north shore, and are a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EBK_public-square_Grand-Lake-CO.html
Public Square. . When the town of Grand Lake was platted in 1881, Grand Avenue was designed to be 100 feet wide. Although traffic congestion was not a problem, extra space was allowed for rodeos and horse races. . . The Public Square was often …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EBJ_cairns-humphrey-store_Grand-Lake-CO.html
Cairns-Humphrey Store. . In 1881 James Cairns built his first store here to serve the miners. In 1908 he replaced it with a better building, purchased by Matilda Humphrey in 1924. It survives as the central part of the Humphrey store. The small re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CU3_rock-flour-millstone_Golden-CO.html
Rock Flour Millstone. . The Rock Flour Mill, which stood near here in the late 1800's, used waterpower from the creek to turn large stone wheels that ground wheat into flour. Water-powered gristmills have been in use since the time of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CMF_cretaceous-time_Morrison-CO.html
Cretaceous Time. The tan sandstone of the Dakota Group form the crest of Dinosaur Ridge and were deposited more than 100 million years ago during Cretaceous time along the western shore of the Western Interior Seaway. At that time, only low hills…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CME_volcanic-ash_Morrison-CO.html
Volcanic Ash. A volcano erupted hundreds of miles from here and ash from the volcano blanketed this area, which was a swampy environment. Subsequent burial, compaction, and chemical alteration led to this four inch white to rusty orange colored …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CKG_brontosaur-bulges_Morrison-CO.html
Brontosaur Bulges. The downward bulges in the rock layers are most likely dinosaur tracks viewed in cross section. When dinosaurs walked in soft sand they sank in, pushing down and distorting the layers beneath their feet. The tracks later fille…
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