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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYW7_the-buckhorn-exchange_Denver-CO.html
In November 1893, Henry H. "Shorty Scout" Zietz opened a saloon in this building, which was built about 1886 by Neef Brothers Brewery. Known as the Rio Grande Exchange, the saloon catered to the railroaders working across Osage Street at the Burnh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYW6_the-auraria-townsite-and-ninth-street-historic-park_Denver-CO.html
The Auraria higher education center is located on the site of Denver's oldest continuously occupied settlement. In 1858, William Green Russell and his brothers found gold nearby and established this pioneer town of Auraria, which merged with Denve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYNI_carnegie-library_Fort-Collins-CO.html
The building that today houses the Fort Collins Museum was constructed in 1903, as a public library. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie provided $12,000 in funds for the construction. Opened to the public on August 24,1904, the Carnegie Library boasted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKA_sterlings-first-public-school_Sterling-CO.html
This tablet commemorates the establishment of the first public school in the Sterling settlement, October, 1875. It was taught by Carrie G. Ayres, later Mrs. J. N. Hall of Denver. The sod schoolhouse stood 3160 feet east and the sod fort built by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYK7_indian-wars-1864-1869_Sterling-CO.html
In November 1864, in southeastern Colorado, U.S. Volunteers troops attacked Black Kettle's peaceful band of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek. In retaliation for the massacre and mutilation of 163 Cheyenne men, women, and children, Cheyenne warriors …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYK5_the-overland-trail_Sterling-CO.html
Call it the Pikes Peak Trail, the Denver Road, Overland Trail, or the South Platte River Trail - by any name, it dominated the movement of people and goods in Colorado between 1858 and 1867 and ranks with the great trails of American history. Trav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYK4_valley-station_Sterling-CO.html
This tablet is the Property of the State of Colorado3.8 miles north along county road is the site of Valley Station, built in 1859 as a stagecoach station of the Leavenworth and Pike Express. Station on the Overland Trail to California, 1862-67. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYK3_old-fort-morgan_Fort-Morgan-CO.html
Occupied from 1864 to 1868 and the divergence of the Denver Cut Off from the Overland TrailThis monument is erected by Fort Morgan Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJL_namaqua_Loveland-CO.html
This Memorial Is the Property Of The State Of Colorado NamaquaHome, trading post and fort of Mariano Modena, early trapper, scout and pioneer. First settlement in the Big Thompson Valley. Station on Overland Stage route to California in 1862.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5K_gold-in-clear-creek_Golden-CO.html
From the mid-1800s, to the mid-1900s, gold mining and dredging represented an economic boon to the Clear Creek region.In 1904, the National Dredging Company, led by Herman J. Reiling, purchased the historic Arapahoe Bar in Clear Creek, which had b…
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