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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29BX_western-slope-agriculture-delta-county_Delta-CO.html
Western Slope Agriculture
According to an 1888 U.S. Department of Agriculture report, western Colorado's thin soils, high altitude, and lack of rainfall rendered the region totally unfit for cultivation. The document's author apparently failed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29AL_fort-uncompahgre_Delta-CO.html
One of the many trading posts built by
Antoine (Anton French) Robidoux,
First built around 1828 at the juncture of the
Grand (Gunnison) and Uncompahgre Rivers
then a territory of Mexico and Ute Indian country
on the well traveled "Old Spani…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM296D_ute-council-tree_Delta-CO.html
This ancient tree was once part of a grove of native cottonwoods under which the local Ute Indians would camp and hold council prior to 1881. An Indian trail passed nearby. It has been identified as the Ute Council Tree since 1930, when the local …