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The Hanging Flume illustrates the ingenuity and fortitude of miners, intent on extracting gold from the land. There are a few remaining segments of hanging flumes throughout the western United States, and as a result of this Save! It is the only segment preserved for...
Constructed in 1959 within the former Stapleton International Airport complex, this unique 9,400 square foot cement structure is an example of how sophisticated engineering can make an innovative architectural design a reality. This barrel-vaulted, thin-shelled...
Located within the original square mile platted by Grand Junction’s founder, George A. Crawford, Handy Chapel was built in 1892 on land deeded to the “black citizens of Grand Junction” in 1883. The intervening nine years were required to undertake a...
Hahn’s Peak Fire Lookout represents the early conservation movement, the development of fire management strategies in the early years of the Forest Service, and the evolving role of the agency through the Great Depression and World War II.
Greeley Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad Grade is a National Register-listed linear landscape in Larimer County, west of Fort Collins near LaPorte, that preserves the last intact segment of the former Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad’s Stout Branch. Constructed...
Early prospectors came to the mountains of Colorado seeking riches of gold and silver, while many early 20th-century pioneers found agricultural prosperity through “White Gold,” also known as the sugar beet. Sugar beets were cultivated in Colorado as early as 1869....
For nearly one hundred years, the Grant Avenue Community Church and Sacred Space have graced the corner of South Grant and Cedar in Denver. While the name has changed, the building has always played an important role in service and involvement in the surrounding...
Entire neighborhood of 1900s-1930s era historic bungalows and apartments located on the University of Colorado campus, at the foot of the Flatirons in Boulder. The University of Colorado regents and City of Boulder negotiated a deal to allow 11 bungalows to be...
Grand Junction Depot is one of western Colorado’s most significant railroad landmarks and a powerful reminder of the role rail transportation played in shaping the growth of Grand Junction and the Grand Valley. Grand Junction was established in 1881, and just one year...