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Two stone pillars along the business loop of U.S. Highway 34 west of Greeley are all that remain of what was once a 320-acre World War II prisoner-of-war camp. The camp was significant to the history of many communities in northeastern Colorado because German and...
Once an important site for processing precious metals from mines in Park County’s Buckskin Gulch, the Paris Mill is now abandoned, despite the fact that the nearby Sweet Home Mine is currently producing rhodochrosite, a rose- colored gemstone and the official Colorado...
Founded in 1874 as a supply and service center for hard rock mining, Lake City is now a community with a year-round population of less than 400 and a tourism-based economy. Key to Lake City’s heritage tourism efforts are its beautifully preserved commercial district...
Neon Signs of Colfax are vivid reminders of the avenue’s past life as the “Gateway to the Rockies.” During the mid-twentieth century, brightly lit and elaborately designed signs lined Colfax as motels, restaurants, lounges, and roadside businesses competed for the...
Conical brush homes constructed from living trees, bark, and brush, wickiups are primarily associated with Colorado’s Ute People, an indigenous group that dates from prehistoric times to the latter 19th century. As a result of the Utes’ increased migratory lifestyle...
The Montoya Ranch in Huerfano County is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial and Territorial Adobe architecture. Potentially the only adobe basement building in the United States, the building housed different functions beginning in 1860 as a farmhouse. Between...
The Moffat Road / Hill Route over Rollins Pass represents one of the most ambitious and consequential early twentieth-century rail alignments constructed across the Continental Divide in Colorado. Completed in 1904 under the direction of David H. Moffat, the line...