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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EU_building-interstate-70-through-glenwood-canyon_Glenwood-Springs-CO.html
From Vision to Reality
Glenwood Canyon has been a critical link in the nation's ground transportation network ever since the completion of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1887. Later, Taylor State Road, a continuous wagon road between Denve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EJ_skiing-in-colorado-the-ski-industry-snowballs-ski-colorado-edwards-country_Edwards-CO.html
Skiing in Colorado
The earliest recorded use of skis in Colorado dates to 1857, when mountain guide Jim Bridger fashioned a crude pair to bail out an army unit snowbound in the San Juan Mountains. Such was the function of "snowshoes" (as they w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EF_pageant-in-the-wilderness_Montrose-CO.html
On July 29, 1776, two Franciscan priests, Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez
and Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante, led their eight companions out through
the gates of Santa Fe and into the heart of the American southwest. Their
five-month 2,000…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EE_so-bold-so-beautiful-a-land_Montrose-CO.html
It took bold men to ride into a bold land—a land of raging rivers,
burning deserts, towering mountains, and rugged canyons.
The land of the Southwest through which Dominguez and
Escalante travelled in 1776 was awesome in beauty and harsh
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EB_mining-and-ranching-early-settlement-westcliffe-and-silver-cliff-westcliffe-country_Westcliffe-CO.html
Mining and Ranching
For a time, the Wet Mountain Valley appeared destined for mining glory. Silver strikes at Rosita (about fifteen miles southeast of here) in 1872, Querida (about twelve miles southeast) in 1877, and Silver Cliff (six miles so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29E8_fort-vasquez-fort-vasquez-country_Platteville-CO.html
Fort Vasquez
As trappers and explorers, Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette
helped build the lucrative fur trade. But by 1835, when they raised
Fort Vasquez midway between Fort Laramie and Bent's Old Fort
along Trapper's Trail and went into…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29E6_the-gunnison-tunnel_Montrose-CO.html
The Tunnel That Made the Desert Bloom
Early settlers in the Uncompahgre Valley found getting water to the fertile but arid soil an ongoing challenge. Originally, irrigation water from the Uncompahgre River was diverted onto the land through a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29E5_weld-county-irrigation-ault-country_Ault-CO.html
Weld County Irrigation
Here is a land where life is written in water.
- Thomas Hornsby Ferril
Hard-pressed to turn crusty sod into fertile soil, northern Colorado's earliest farmers devised an ingenious solution: they built "more rivers." B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29E3_the-dominguez-escalante-expedition-dominguez-escalante-country_Montrose-CO.html
The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition
Just south of here on August 27, 1776, the Spanish explorers Dominguez and Escalante met a Ute Indian whom they called El Surdo (The Deaf One). They were seeking a route west, the two Spaniards explained, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29E1_building-an-empire-the-spanish-frontier_Montrose-CO.html
The Spanish empire's influence on the American southwest began long before the 1776 journey of Dominguez and Escalante. Indeed, Spanish conquistadors, in search of gold and silver, explored the region as early as 1540. Santa Fe, the capital of New…