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On July 3, 1950, the clatter of Denver’s once-thriving transportation system fell quiet as the last streetcar for the Denver Tramway Company (Streetcar No.04) completed its final route. Today, Streetcar No. 04 is one of the only remaining streetcars from the Denver...
The Depot is one of three surviving structures from a major Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad Complex. It retains the telegraph office, freight doors, ticket rooms, paint, and telegraph wires.
The Craig Depot is an example of the architectural style of the early 1900s. The Moffat Line and the Craig Depot served as the hub of activity for the transportation of livestock, coal, supplies, and people to and from an isolated area. The railroad depot was the...
Crossan’s Market, built in 1903, is an excellent and remarkably intact example of a small-town mercantile building that reflects the development of Yampa and the surrounding agricultural economy. For generations, it served the community with everything from groceries...
On the National Register of Historic Places, the school was built in 1911 and met the educational needs of the community for almost fifty years. The building is reported to be the last remaining rural brick schoolhouse in Weld County. The Daniels family immigrated to...
Booker T. Washington’s book, Up From Slavery, was published in 1901, advocating education and land ownership for African-Americans to obtain social, political, and economic parity in America. This became Oliver Jackson’s inspiration to seek a farming...
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot is not only one of Antonito's greatest historic assets, but it is also a key to the revitalization of the town itself. This station, constructed out of quarried ashlar volcanic stone, served the town of Antonito and the...
Located on the grounds of the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, the Deputy Warden’s House is an unmistakable architectural landmark in Cañon City. Designed by architect C.C. Rittenhouse in the Queen Anne Style, the house was built in 1901 for $7,500 using...
The 320 acre 4 Bar 4 Ranch was homesteaded in 1895 by Dick McQueary to provide a stop for the Georgetown Stage Line as well as a roadhouse for other travelers. The Georgetown Stage Line traveled on the road through the 4 Bar 4 Ranch from Idaho Springs to Hot Sulphur...