Palisade in Mesa County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Colorado River Highway
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 7, 2018
1. Colorado River Highway Marker
The Pioneers
of the
Mountains and the Valleys
of
Western Colorado
Erected 1931 by Grand Junction Lodge No. 575 B.P.O.E.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 39° 9.537′ N, 108° 17.986′ W. Marker is in Palisade, Colorado, in Mesa County. It is on Interstate 70 Frontage Road at milepost 47, on the right when traveling north. Located at Exit 47 on Interstate 70 on the east side near a truck stop. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1040 I-70, Palisade CO 81526, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Western Slope. It is also in the American Mountain West and on the Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Mexico’s Alta California.
More about this marker. This is the only plaque, of four, left on the obelisk. As of June, 2012, there were two left.
this page online
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 7, 2018
2. Colorado River Highway Marker and missing plaque looking south towards truck stop.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 7, 2018
3. Two additional missing plaques.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 7, 2018
4. View of obelisk and remaining plaque looking west.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 368 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 12, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
