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The McLaughlin Block was built in 1891 in the Victorian Eclectic style with Romanesque features. The building was erected in dedication to Michael McLaughlin, who died in 1888. Originally constructed as a multi-purpose building, it contained a hotel and in the...
McIntire Ranch and Mansion is a historic archaeological site near Sanford in Conejos County that preserves the visible remains of one of the San Luis Valley’s most distinctive nineteenth-century ranch complexes. Established by Albert and Florence McIntire in 1880 near...
In 2020, the National Scenic Byways Foundation awarded its Public-Private Partnership Ward to Colorado’s Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway for their work at the McElmo Creek Flume interpretive stop, so now the restored Flume and the interpretive signs at the new TOTA...
One of the oldest surviving reminders of century-old natural springs tourism in Manitou Springs. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a Local Landmark, and a Save America’s Treasures Project, the spa retains original murals, marble floors, and a...
Located in the Disappointment Valley in Southwest Colorado, Lizzy Knight’s cabin and three small outbuildings are all that remain of the Lizzy Knight homestead. Lizzy Knight was an important female pioneer in early Colorado and this homestead helps tell the colorful...
The early town of Calcium was booming in 1888 with a post office, a boarding house, a store, two saloons, and many log houses. In the same year, the Calcium Limestone Company formed and built several limestone kilns. Shortly thereafter, the town of Thomasville grew...
Lewis Mill is one of the most significant surviving high-country mining structures in Colorado. Located at approximately 12,450 feet above sea level in Bridal Veil Basin above Telluride, within a National Historic Landmark District, the mill was built in 1910 as a...
The Leadville Mining District is an architectural testament to the silver boom in Colorado. It is arguably one of the most important cultural landscapes that remains from Colorado’s frontier mining days. The Leadville Mining District includes four stages of...
Lafayette Head Home & Ute Indian Agency is a rare and historically significant site in the San Luis Valley that reflects the cultural convergence, political change, and territorial development that shaped early Colorado. Built in 1855 by Lafayette Head, the...