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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...
Once an important site for processing precious metals from mines in Park County’s Buckskin Gulch, the Paris Mill is now abandoned, despite the fact that the nearby Sweet Home Mine is currently producing rhodochrosite, a rose- colored gemstone and the official Colorado...
Two stone pillars along the business loop of U.S. Highway 34 west of Greeley are all that remain of what was once a 320-acre World War II prisoner-of-war camp. The camp was significant to the history of many communities in northeastern Colorado because German and...
The Preston Farm was the first “save” on Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Most Endangered Places list. When first listed, the site was threatened by development along the Harmony Corridor in Fort Collins. Constructed in 1877, Preston Farm was the last...
R&R Market is the oldest continuously operated business in the State of Colorado, dating from its establishment in 1857 in the town of San Luis by Costilla County pioneer Dario Gallegos. The building was partially rebuilt after fires in 1895 and 1947 and is a...
The Red Mountain Project was launched in 1998 in an effort to preserve threatened historic landscapes and structures along the San Juan Skyway and in and around Red Mountain Pass. Dating back to 1874, this scenic, National Register-designated mining district covers...
When empires were built in a nationwide drive toward industrialism, John Cleveland Osgood constructed a forty-two-room castle, which he christened Cleveholm Manor as a testament to his achievements. Osgood formed the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company (CF&I), which...
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...
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 –...