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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJK_evergreen-cemetery-pioneers-memorial_Colorado-Springs-CO.html
This monument erected in memory of those unsung pioneers who helped build the Pikes Peak Region, the infants born to pioneer families of this area, and those later residents, both known and unknown, who came to this final resting place: Blocks 20,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC04_the-holiday-drive-in-marquee-1953_Boulder-CO.html
This sign marks the site of The Holiday Drive-In, which operated from 1953 until 1988. Drive-In theaters were popular in the 1950s and 1960s, especially among young families and amorous couples, where films could be viewed from the relative privac…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9F5_lower-downtown-walking-tour-union-station_Denver-CO.html
Denver's Union Station was constructed to consolidate rail activity in the City and to replace the four separate stations serving the boom town. When completed in 1890 in an Italianate style of Colorado Rhyolite with sandstone trim, the station me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8U4_argentine-central-railway_Silver-Plume-CO.html
Argentine Central Shay Locomotive No. 1 in Silver Plume, 1905.
The Argentine Central Railway, incorporated in 1905 and built to service the Argentine Mining District in the Waldorf area, reached the summit of Mt. McClellan in 1906. The railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM42U_sand-creek-massacre_Denver-CO.html
The controversy surrounding this Civil War Monument has become a symbol of Coloradens' struggle to understand and take responsibility for our past. On November 29, 1864, Colorado's First and Third Cavalry, commanded by Colonel John Chivington, att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40L_oxford-hotel-and-annex_Denver-CO.html
1891The Oxford Hotel, built in 1891, is Denver's Oldest Hotel. Bankrolled by Brewer Adolph Zang and his partners Philip Feldhauser and William Mygatt, the hotel was designed by Denver's greatest 19th century architect, Frank E. Edbrooke. Through t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3CC_the-rocky-mountain-news_Denver-CO.html
This tablet is theProperty of the State of ColoradoOn this site stood the original home ofRocky Mountain NewsFirst newspaper established inthe Pike's Peak Gold RegionFounded by Wm. N.Byers, April 23, 1859,Champion of Law and Order inJefferson Terr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37Z_in-memory-of-sadie-m-likens_Denver-CO.html
1840-1920Who devoted many years of her life aiding the survivors of the Civil War and other wars.
Erected A.D. 1923By the Grand Army of the Republic, affiliated orders and friends.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2OF_zebulon-montgomery-pike_Manteo-CO.html
In recognition of the notable career ofZebulon Montgomery Pike,? Soldier — Explorer ?The people of Colorado have placed this tablet on the summit of the great mountain first seen by Pike, November 15, 1806.General Pike was born at Lamberton,…