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Riverside Cemetery, incorporated in 1876, is the oldest operating cemetery in Denver. Designed by landscape engineer Harvey C. Lowrie, it was originally envisioned as a park-like setting with dense trees, expansive lawns, and a central rose garden. Today, the 77-acre...
With great fanfare and more than 1,500 valley residents in attendance, U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes placed the cornerstone of the American Legion Hall in Alamosa on July 27, 1925. The Legion Hall – to become the Rialto Theater two years later –...
Reiling Gold Dredge is one of the most important surviving reminders of Summit County’s early twentieth-century gold dredging era. Located about 2.6 miles east of Breckenridge in French Gulch, the dredge was built for the French Gulch Dredging Company during 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...
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...
The Hotchkiss Barn is a unique 19th-century eclectic masonry barn. The Hotchkiss Barn is the oldest major building in the North Fork Valley surrounding the Town of Hotchkiss and reflects the agricultural nature of the area. It was built by Enos T. Hotchkiss, who led a...
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...
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.