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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WV_comanche-crossing-centennial_Strasburg-CO.html
Erected by Union Pacific Railroad in commemoration of Comanche Crossing Centennial
Marking point where rails were joined to form the first continuous land link by railroad across the U.S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TAG_a-memorial-to-the-pioneers-historical_Littleton-CO.html
A Memorial
to the pioneers of the
Upper Platte Valley
who began settlement
here in 1859
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N69_first-transcontinental-railroad_Strasburg-CO.html
A continuous chain of rails, from the Atlantic to the Pacific had long been a vision of pioneer railroaders and frontier tamers. It became a reality at 3:00 pm on August 15, 1870 at a point 928 feet east of railroad milepost 602, near Comanche Cro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIE_colorado-freedom-memorial_Aurora-CO.html
"It is for us the living, rather, to
be dedicated here...
to the great task remaining
before us...
that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that
cause for which they gave the last
full measure of devotion, that we
here highly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHV_buckley_Aurora-CO.html
In honor of
1Lt John Harold Buckley (1896-1918)
Longmont, Colorado
Lost his life in World War I,
on a mission behind German lines.
Buckley Field 1942-1947
Denver Naval Air Station
1947-1959
Buckley Air National Guard Base
1959-2000
Buckley Air F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C5N_front-range-flight_Bennett-CO.html
The Rocky Mountains proved a formidable barrier to early aviation, leaving Colorado in a familiar position: bypassed. As with the railroads fifty years earlier, transcontinental air traffic went through Wyoming; Colorado had to make do with a Denv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C5L_high-five-plains-towns-ten-miles-a-day_Bennett-CO.html
High-Five Plains TownsWatkins, Bennett, Strasburg, Byers, Peoria, Deer Trail, Agate, Godfrey, Cedar Point, Riverbend—most of these Colorado high plains towns were founded around the time when the Kansas Pacific Railroad arrived in 1870. Five…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV11_littleton-war-memorial_Littleton-CO.html
This memorial is dedicated to the millions of men and women of the United States who served their country during World War II. The cause was freedom. Their actions and sacrifices will always be remembered. November 11, 2000American Theater of WarD…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIG_the-rail-chains-final-link_Strasburg-CO.html
A continuous chain of rails from Atlantic to Pacific — long a vision of pioneer railroaders and frontier-tamers — became reality at 3:00 P.M. on August 15, 1870. At a point 3,812 ft. east of the depot in what now is Strasburg, Colorado…