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Established in the San Luis Valley in 1889, the Colorado State Veterans Center at Homelake (also referred to as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home) provided a peaceful place for aging and displaced Civil War veterans. This continuously operated complex is the...
The Snowstorm Dredge was part of the largest and last dragline dredge in Colorado, and possibly the last in the nation. Used from 1941 to the 1960s, it completed the work of several hundred men as it dug and processed ore in the gold fields between Fairplay and Alma....
The mall was designed by the internationally renowned architectural firm I.M. Pei & Partners of New York. The main features of I.M. Pei’s design include polychromatic patterned granite pavers, wide sidewalks, and a central tree-lined corridor. The mall opened on...
The Silver Dollar Saloon is one of the many buildings rebuilt in 1899 following a fire that destroyed most of downtown Victor. Built by Jimmy Doyle, founder of Colorado’s richest gold mine, the Portland Mine, the building embodies a high level of craftsmanship...
The Shield Site dates to 1200 A.D., and is in an area that has some of the oldest Native American pictographs and petroglyphs in the state. As part of the area’s Canyon Pintado Project, the site falls into phase II ofthe trail and interpretive installation...
Spanning the Roaring Fork River near Carbondale, the Satank Bridge is a singular throwback to Colorado’s earliest period of wagon bridge construction. Its abutments are hand-laid stone masonry, which had been used extensively in the 19th century before the...
The potential expansion of the U.S. Army’s Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site could encompass hundreds of thousands of acres in the four counties. This could include the transfer of Comanche National Grasslands and the condemnation of private lands. Colorado...
Traditional Hispanic Catholicism collided with conventional Anglo Protestantism in southern Colorado and resulted in the construction of the unusual San Rafael Church. Located in the San Luis National Historic District, the church represents the clash and subsequent...
After a devastating fire in 1888 destroyed more than 30 buildings in Salida, a group of local businessmen organized an Opera Association and spent $30,000 to construct the Salida Opera House. The building was dedicated on January 1, 1889, at which point the local...