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Not every sacred place has stained glass or steeples. Some are constructed of adobe, built by hand, and held together by generations of faith and community. In the oldest town in Colorado, the quiet walls of La Morada tell the story of the Penitentes, men (and later,...
A post office, hat-making factory, hotel, restaurant, opera house, bank, bar, and telephone exchange – oh my! Nestled in the heart of Main Street in Brush, the Knearl Block and Opera House embodies the multifaceted use of buildings in Eastern Colorado...
Location Located on 800 acres near La Junta in Otero County, CO Date of Construction Original post built 1833; 1976 reconstruction History Bent’s Old Fort is one of only 21 National Historic Landmarks in Colorado. The fort and its surrounding area is a significant...
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...
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...
Rock Creek Stage Stop was built in the 1880s by James and Katherine Gates and is a unique two-story log structure near Gore Pass in Routt County. Over the years, it served many roles, including as a family home, hotel, post office, and stage stop. Located along an...
Koch Homestead is one of the most important surviving historic resource clusters in the Hunter Creek Valley near Aspen. Set within a beautiful high-country landscape now managed as part of the White River National Forest, the homestead reflects the earliest period of...
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...