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Location Buffalo Creek, CO Date of Construction 1880s History The Blue Jay Inn was constructed in the 1880s in Buffalo Creek as a boarding house for lumbermen. It became a lodge for tourists with the arrival of the railroad. In the early 1900s it became a retreat for...
The South Platte Hotel is under imminent threat of demolition. It is currently managed by Denver Water, which has owned the area near the confluence of the South Platte River and its North Fork. The South Platte Hotel is located in the North Fork Historic District and...
In June of 1850, Lewis Ralston made the first documented discovery of gold in Colorado. The creek where he “found color” was named Ralston’s Creek by members of his party. The pull of the stories of riches in the California goldfields was too great for them to stop...
The Genesee Park Interchange in Jefferson County is a 1970 continuous steel box girder bridge carrying US 40 over I-70. Known as the “Picture Bridge,” it is significant as Colorado’s first continuous steel box girder bridge and a preservation-priority historic bridge.
The Foxton Post Office is a local landmark in the North Fork National Historic District. The post office was established in 1909 and also served as a train depot until 1927. Located near the Colorado Trail, this log structure is passed by more than 300,000 visitors...
After relocating from Wyoming, the family of Samuel and Sarah Shaffer settled on 35 acres of land along Elk Creek, where the stagecoach route crossed, about 35 miles southwest of Denver. At what became known as Shaffer’s Crossing, four of Samuel Shaffer’s...
On July 3, 1950, the clatter of Denver’s once-thriving transportation system fell quiet as the last streetcar for the Denver Tramway Company (Streetcar No.04) completed its final route. Today, Streetcar No. 04 is one of the only remaining streetcars from the Denver...
Residence of Major Robert Boyles Bradford, a prominent Denver pioneer who founded the Bradford Wagon Road, a principal route in the 1860s from Denver to Leadville and South Park. Previously considered an eyesore in the midst of a spectacular open space park, increased...