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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z90_the-jackson-hotel_Salida-CO.html
The Jackson Hotel was built in 1878 by Henry A. Jackson who left his home in Kentucky looking for a place where his family could escape the turmoil of post-Civil War reconstruction. A former Memphis steamboat captain, Jackson found himself high an…
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Marker A:Finding Our RoutesFollowing ancient pathsThe history of Chaffee County as part of the United States began in 1803, with the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France. But human history was established here centuries earlier. Man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C49_christmas-1806_Salida-CO.html
Frustrated in their attempt to climb Pike's Peak on November 27, 1806, Zebulon Pike and his party of 15 trudged on through South Park looking for the Red River, southern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase. After crossing Trout Creek Pass, the expl…
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