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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUP_colorados-wildlife-story_Julesburg-CO.html
From the eastern prairie to the Rocky Mountains and the western plateau country beyond, Colorado enjoys a rich abundance of wildlife. Protecting this heritage has been a challenge, and Colorado's success is due to the efforts and cooperation of pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUO_fort-morgan_Fort-Morgan-CO.html
Junction Station, the first settlement at this site, suffered numerous Indian attacks similar to those that raged all along the South Platte during the mid 1860s. To protect the crucial crossroads, which joined the South Platte River Trail with it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUN_sugar-beets_Fort-Morgan-CO.html
Sugar beets didn't become Colorado's first major cash crop by accident. Scientists, businessmen, and newspapers spent thirty years singing the praises of this starchy root, which as early as the 1860s was found to be perfectly suited to Colorado's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUL_last-days-of-the-buffalo_Julesburg-CO.html
For thousands of years, these grasslands have supported tens of millions of buffalo, from the giant species of ancient times to the smaller version of today. As North America's largest land animal, buffalo dominated life on the Great Plains. In 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUI_watching-river-wildlife_Fort-Morgan-CO.html
Take a few moments on this spot to explore the South Platte River and the riparian woodland that runs beside it. You'll discover that this ribbon of life is a great place for wildlife watching.Where the South Platte flows through prairie, farm, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVRL_rainbow-arch-bridge_Fort-Morgan-CO.html
Spanning the South Platte River, the Rainbow Arch Bridge carried vehicular traffic from its completion in 1923 until its closure in 1988. Engineer James B. Marsh of Des Moines, Iowa, designed the structure in 1922. Denver bridge contractor Charles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVRJ_the-molly-brown-house_Denver-CO.html
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Building under the provisions of the historic site act of 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the State of ColoradoUnited States Department …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVKQ_labor-wars_Victor-CO.html
Miners Win 8-hour Day
Underground gold mining was difficult, dangerous, labor intensive work. Two major labor conflicts between the Association of Mine Owners and the Western Federation of Mines (WFM) Labor Union changed Victor and Gold Camp fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVK2_lowell-thomass-victor_Victor-CO.html
Tomkins Hardware/Victor Museum
In 1900, the Victor museum building was the Tompkins [sic] Hardware Store, part of the Reynolds Block.
At one time the offices upstairs served as the Mining Exchange. In later years it became the Hackley Store …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVK0_the-bawdy-side-of-town_Victor-CO.html
Fortune ClubThe Fortune Club was a famous gambling house and saloon and it was reported to also be home to one of the area's most talked about Red Light Social Clubs with rooms for rent on the second floor - later the Fortune Club Hotel/B&B.
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