Rocky Mountain National Park in Grand County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
People of Kawuneeche Valley
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2015
1. People of Kawuneeche Valley Marker
Homesteaders, miners, and trappers were not the first people to inhabit this valley. Ute Indians have hunted game and gathered plants here for more than 6,000 years. The Arapaho came later in the early 1800s. Members of both tribes still return to a place that once was home.
Erected by National Park Service.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.
Location. 40° 22.338′ N, 105° 51.266′ W. Marker is in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, in Grand County. It can be reached from the intersection of Trail Ridge Road (U.S. 34) and Ditch Road, on the right when traveling south. Located at the Holzwarth Historic Site pullout on the west side of Trail Ridge Road. Touch for map.
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Regionally, this marker is in the Colorado High Rockies and on the Continental Divide. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Never Summer Ranch (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Moose (approx. 0.2 miles away); Holzwarth Trout Lodge 1920-29 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Continental Divide (approx. 4 miles away); Beaver Trade (approx. 4 miles away); Gore Range (approx. 6.2 miles away); Trail Ridge Road at Rock Cut (approx. 7 miles away); Glacial Cirque (approx. 7.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia article on the Kawuneeche_Valley. (Submitted on September 27, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Loveland Reporter Herald article on Kawuneeche Valley visitors.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2015
2. Fleshuts miner's cabin.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2015
3. Marker, cabin and homesteaded land
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2015
4. Part of the Holzworth Historic Site.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,157 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 27, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
