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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U40_cherry-creek-camp-historical_Parker-CO.html
In 1846 the unsettled area that is now Parker, Colorado, consisted of wild open plains, inhabited only by local Indian tribes and passing trappers and traders. The Crosby-Brown Company, otherwise known as the Mississippi Saints, and detachments of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TAC_franktown-historical_Franktown-CO.html
This tablet is the
property of the State of Colorado
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Franktown
Named for J. Frank Gardiner, a
pioneer who settled here in 1859.
First known as "California Ranch,"
it was a way station on the stage
line between D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TAA_twenty-mile-house-historical_Parker-CO.html
This tablet is the
property of the State of Colorado
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Due West ΒΌ mile stood the
TWENTY MILE HOUSE
(Twenty miles from Denver)
First house built in Parker, 1864.
On the Smoky Hill Trail, an
emigrant route that was do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXM6_castle-rock_Castle-Rock-CO.html
The founders of Castle Rock platted their town beneath a prominent rock outcrop of the same name in 1874, and proudly advertised it as a year-round resort, knowing the value of beautiful scenery to attract settlers and tourists. But even greater v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1R_the-rock_Castle-Rock-CO.html
A geologic phenomenon known as a "glowing avalanche" formed Castle Rock and the other buttes of Douglas County 36.7 million years ago. A volcanic eruption near Mount Princeton, about 95 miles southwest of here, spewed a frothy, gleaming cloud of l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV14_good-roads-in-colorado_Castle-Rock-CO.html
Even before people began driving automobiles in Colorado, they clamored for good roads. In the late 1880s men, women, and children of all backgrounds jumped on breezy bicycles known as "velocipedes" or "Wheels" but cursed the roads-rutted, unmarke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV13_douglas_Castle-Rock-CO.html
The reasons for Douglas County's popularity in the late twentieth century-rolling landscapes, pastoral scenery, and the proximity to a big city-also attracted late-nineteenth century settlers. In November 1861, territorial legislators created Doug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2NZ_southwest-rises-the-summit-of-pikes-peak_Larkspur-CO.html
This mountain, 14,110 feet above the sea and the most celebrated peak in America, is named for the explorer, Capt. Zubulon M. Pike, who saw it first in 1806. He attempted to climb it, failed and reported it unclimbable. Ascended in 1820 by Dr. Edw…