This Seven Feet and Apartment Entrance
is Dedicated to the City Council and Administration
2016 - 2020
Ron and Sheila Kimmell restored this ground level apartment in April of 2012. Nine months later, the City changed the code disallowing any . . . — — Map (db m153074) HM
During the late 18th century and early 19th century, Cañon City prospered as a trade and transportation center serving the agriculture and mining industries of the region. From its earliest days, Cañon City attracted visitors to soak in warm . . . — — Map (db m153316) HM
Cañon City
During the late 18th and early 19th Century, Cañon City prospered as a trade and transportation center serving the agriculture and mining industries of the region. From its earliest days, Cañon City attracted visitors to soak in warm . . . — — Map (db m56132) HM
The Colorado State Penitentiary, "Old Max," opened in 1871 as part of the federal prison system when Colorado was still a territory. It was built by convicts using stone quarried and cut on-site. In 1876 when Colorado achieved statehood, " Old Max" . . . — — Map (db m141395) HM
The Ute Indians inhabited this region long before European explorers set foot on this continent. Other tribes like the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, and the Comanche moved through the area following herds of buffalo. The Utes left traces of their . . . — — Map (db m153077) HM
In the 1890s, it was the envy of every hotel owner in Colorado. It offered steam heat,
electric lights, running water, an elevator, and a first class dining room with linen
tablecloths and napkins and snappy waiters. It had thirty guest rooms with . . . — — Map (db m239851) HM
A Fitting Name
This amazing chasm was originally known as the "Grand Cañon of the Arkansas," which was sometimes confused with the "Grand Canyon of the Colorado." In the summer of 1874, Charles Savage, a famous railroad photographer from . . . — — Map (db m232533) HM
Travel the route of these explorers and read Lt. Pike's own words from his journal
U.S. Army Expedition to explore the United States' new southwest boundary with New Spain
The men
Lt. Zebulon M. Pike • Dr. John H. Robinson . . . — — Map (db m153315) HM
This Memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado
In Florence and surrounding area
was developed the first recognized oil
field west of the Mississippi River, as
a result of the discovery of oil by
A.M. Cassidy in . . . — — Map (db m232226) HM
330-332 Main Street
National Register: #5FN 573
Date of Construction: 1882-1883
Builder: Frederick A. Raynolds
Architecture: Gothic Revival
Housed: Raynolds Bank
The Handy & McGee Mercantile Store
Known as the "Ornament of Canon . . . — — Map (db m153088) HM
Lt. Zubulon M. Pike and his men, who traveled through this area in November and December 1806, were the first American explorers to view the Arkansas River Canyon now known as the Royal Gorge. A small party from the Maj. Stephen H. Long expedition . . . — — Map (db m34858) HM
Highest suspension bridge in the world
Completed in seven months - Dedicated Dec. 7, 1929
Chief Engineer George Cole
Consulting Engineer O.K. Peck
This property has been placed on
National Register of Historic Places
By
U.S. . . . — — Map (db m39304) HM
This Memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado
Built in 1860 by Anson and Harriet Rudd, the cabin is one of the few original log cabin homes still standing in Colorado. First local building with a wooden floor, this . . . — — Map (db m232229) HM
This region is called the "Banana Belt of Colorado” for a reason. The climate is milder here year round than most counties in the state. Good weather creates the best environment for farming and raising livestock to feed the local economy. . . . — — Map (db m153091) HM
Drive the Gold Belt Tour National Scenic Byway and follow the historic travel routes to the Cripple Creek Mining District, one of the world's wealthiest gold mining districts. Phantom Canyon Road follows the grade of the Florence and Cripple Creek . . . — — Map (db m153320) HM
To commemorate
the fact that
Zebulon Pike
built a block house
on the west bank of
Sand Creek near
the Arkansas River
and spent the winter
of 1806-07 there — — Map (db m232221) HM
[Side A:]
Rainbow Route
Completion of this road opens up a scenic paradise unequalled in any other state of the Union and unsurpassed by the scenic gems of the Wild West.
Governor George A. Carlson on the opening of the . . . — — Map (db m55639) HM
"Set up for yourself roadmarks...the way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel" Jeremiah 31:21
Nearly 70 Jewish immigrants were settled in and near Cotopaxi. Facing insurmountable challenges, the ill equipped . . . — — Map (db m134127) HM
The original two story business building at the corner of S. Pikes Peak and
W. Main St,, built with local white
brick from Pueblo and white stone
trim from Norman McKay's quarry,
was considered "the handsomest and
most pretentious building in . . . — — Map (db m232407) HM
This building, erected in (approx.) 1893, housed a
dry goods store operated by J.H. Dils. By January,
1897, Robert A. Ramsey purchased the stock and
business of Dils for his Golden Rule Store, managing the business himself. Golden Rule Stores . . . — — Map (db m232413) HM
This property has been used for many
businesses. In 1895 it housed a grocery
store. By 1900 "The Fair" store was
housed in this building. A harness shop
owned by Henry J. Owens was located
here in 1906, with R.H. Paton, M.D.
conducting his . . . — — Map (db m232476) HM
Henry Andrews, a real estate investor,
erected the building with space for two
businesses on the first story and rooms
for renters on the upper story. Although
the first story has been altered by chang-
ing from two storefronts to one, the . . . — — Map (db m232459) HM
Thomas Carmondy was the original owner
and his business advertised furniture, carpets,
Queensware and undertaking services. The
embalming room was described as having
"every latest improvement", and his other
stock "is unexcelled by any of its . . . — — Map (db m232475) HM
City Drug was the first occupant in late 1894. By
1897 McCreery & Widerfelt operated a drugstore
described as "full and complete in every particular".
Not only did they have a full line of goods, but also
a soda fountain. From 1900-1929 John D. . . . — — Map (db m232487) HM
Farmers found the soil in Eastern Fremont County to be rich and fertile and perfect for growing a variety of crops. The first successful orchardist was "Uncle Jesse” Frazer. He came to Colorado during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush and found no gold . . . — — Map (db m153161) HM
Construction funds were raised among the
townspeople and soon there were 42 charter
members. The cornerstone was laid on February
11, 1896. This house of worship was completed
for just under $6000. The pews are the seats
secured from the Old . . . — — Map (db m232378) HM
This building was originally
constructed to house the Florence
Firehouse and City Hall.
Built in late Victorian style, the
building was the location of the
Florence City Hall from 1892
until 1920. It housed a jail, the
mayor's office, . . . — — Map (db m232382) HM
[Left panel]
Florence
A historic Colorado oil town
Enjoy your visit
Caption:
[Center panel]
In 1859, Jesse Frazer fashioned a plow from a large cottonwood branch and planted his fields in the broad fertile . . . — — Map (db m153163) HM
After its construction
in 1928 this building
housed a J. C.
Penney's store for about
30 years. James
Cash Penney, who
came to Colorado
to fight tuberculosis,
worked as a clerk in
the Longmont
Golden Rule store, a chain
store . . . — — Map (db m232480) HM
This residence is the second home of the McCandless family and was built after he achieved substantial wealth from a variety of enterprises.
The picture taken in March 1889 shows the McCandless family. The person 4th from the left is Florence . . . — — Map (db m153123) HM
Julius McCandless, the nephew of James McCandless
was the initial owner and set up his hardware store in the
building in 1894 and lived on the first floor. He sold
farming implements, hardware, tools, mining supplies,
stoves and dishes. Julius, . . . — — Map (db m232474) HM
When the building was
completed in July, 1894,
the first occupant was
Lewis & Yost general
merchandise store. They
offered dry goods,
notions and furnishings
(everything sold at
bedrock). The firm was one
of the oldest in the city.
By . . . — — Map (db m232457) HM
Travel the route of these explorers and read Lt. Pike's own words from his journal
U.S. Army Expedition to explore the United States' new southwest boundary with New Spain
The men
Lt. Zebulon M. Pike • Dr. John H. Robinson . . . — — Map (db m153110) HM
Paving the Way
The Rio Grande Railroad Viaduct helped bring the world to the Royal Gorge.
"The opening of the new bridge is hailed with joy by Florence," wrote the Florence Daily Record on July 14, 1931, as the first autos . . . — — Map (db m232499) HM
The Daniels building replaced
the W. R. Daniels residence,
which was the original building
on the property. The first story
of the building consisted of two
stores. One was the W. J.
Daniels Drug Store and the
other was known as G. . . . — — Map (db m232484) HM
127 Constructed in 1899 & 125 in 1915. Architect: Unknown Builder/Contractor: Henry Lewis
The West portion of the now
conjoined building, 127 West Main was
built for Mr. William G. Ricketts in
1899, beginning life as a . . . — — Map (db m232419) HM
Estimated to have been built in 1885 for owner, Van Nest (likely
Albert J. Van Nest), likely lived on the second floor along with
his wife and five male lodgers. It is not known what type of
business operated on the main floor at first. By 1901, . . . — — Map (db m232416) HM
The building was built by George Wilson to
house his hardware store on the first floor and
his residence and hotel on the second floor. He
and his wife, Emily, and their four children
lived in the building.
George was a two-time mayor of . . . — — Map (db m232421) HM
Travel the route of these explorers and read Lt. Pike's own words from his journal
U.S. Army Expedition to explore the United States' new southwest boundary with New Spain
The men
Lt. Zebulon M. Pike • Dr. John H. Robinson . . . — — Map (db m153311) HM
First fielded by the U. S. Army in the Vietnam War in April 1962, the APC M113 was widely used. Nicknamed "The Green Dragon" by the enemy Viet Cong, it originally was designed to provide troop transportation. It found higher use in breaking through . . . — — Map (db m182057) HM
Florence Oil Field
Alexander Cassidy dug a twenty-three-foot-deep oil well near here in 1862, making this Colorado's first oil-producing region. Cassidy and others spent nearly two decades plumbing the hollows and seeps, sure that a major . . . — — Map (db m152994) HM
Clockwise, from top
• The Pioneer Museum in Florence highlights the town's industrial past. Ample coal and water made the town an optimal site fer processing ore shipped via the Florence and Cripple Creek . . . — — Map (db m153002) HM
When Colorado Territorial Prison opened in June 1871 just west of Cañon City, it drew a mixed reception from law-abiding locals — some daunted by the possibility of felons on the loose, others eager for the jobs and services that came with the . . . — — Map (db m152997) HM
Royal Gorge Railroad War
Racing to lay the first tracks into the Colorado Rockies in April 1878, the Denver & Rio Grande and its rival, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, reached the Royal Gorge in a dead heat. Competing construction crews . . . — — Map (db m152999) HM
Tall sagebrush and grass, wild animals, the beautiful Tetons and surrounding mountains greeted the first pioneers of this area. Joe and Mary Weaver Baker and their eight children drove their wagon and cattle from Nebraska and arrived in May of 1889. . . . — — Map (db m140744) HM
Look around you. You are standing amid a faded dream - a dream to create a premiere ski resort out of wilderness. Much of eastern Idaho during 1938 was considered a frontier when Forest Ranger Rufus Hall searched for a location to build Idaho's . . . — — Map (db m108977) HM
Holding a unique niche in Idaho’s history, Big Falls Inn was built around 1915 by the Snake River Electric Light and Power Company. Although it may originally have been constructed as a combination office and residence for workers, it eventually . . . — — Map (db m73321) HM
High on Island Park Caldera's west rim, a 72-foot forest service lookout tower affords an excellent view of this large volcanic feature.
No other steel tower has been preserved in this part of Idaho. When it was erected in 1936, lookouts . . . — — Map (db m72955) HM
John Colter after serving with the Lewis and Clark Expedition journeyed to the Teton Yellowstone Country in 1807, and became the first mountain man to see the Teton Mountain Range. Early fur trappers gathered in the valley at the base of the Teton . . . — — Map (db m108571) HM
Volcanic Calderas
Some 2,000,000 years ago, massive eruptions of hot rock boiled for 60 miles from this high rim on across Yellowstone Park.
An exceptionally large crater remained when that lava surface collapsed. Another smaller caldera . . . — — Map (db m103937) HM
Harriman State Park
Started in 1902 as a large cattle ranch, Railroad Ranch soon became a summer retreat for wealthy easterners and eventually Idaho’s largest state park.
Railroad magnate and diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his brother . . . — — Map (db m103938) HM
Henry's Fork meanders through an 16,000 acre wildlife refuge that retains diverse habitats for many kinds of birds and animals.
Lodgepole pine forests and open meadows provide many opportunities to enjoy wildlife here, and fly fishing still . . . — — Map (db m108979) HM
Two panels make up this marker:
Island Park describes the northern part of Fremont County from the top of the Ashton Hill to the Montana border. Within its borders is an ancient volcanic caldera that has been inactive for the last . . . — — Map (db m109006) HM
In 1868, Gilman Sawtell started a dude ranch and Henry's Lake fishery that did much to develop this natural resort area.
Sawtell did everything from supplying swans for New York's Central Park zoo to building a network of roads for tourists . . . — — Map (db m108978) HM
Roman Catholic Missionary services began in Idaho on Sunday July 10, 1840 in Teton Valley, followed by a mass held near here at Henry's Lake, July 23.
Pierre J. DeSmet a Belgian Jesuit leader accompanied a Pend Oreille - Flathead band on . . . — — Map (db m31214) HM
When Teton Dam suddenly was washed away, June 5, 1976, a large reservoir (280 feet deep) was dumped on farms and towns below.
Houses floated away and crop land was ruined as water surged into Snake River and American Falls Reservoir, which . . . — — Map (db m108351) HM
The Egin bench area settled in approximately 1880 is watered by subirrigation, a system rare in the world. Customary surface flooding irrigation did not work in this deep sandy soil. The pioneers found that a natural substratum barrier trapped . . . — — Map (db m142174) HM
In 1810, Andrew Henry and a party of trappers from Saint Louis established a winter outpost about 6 miles west of here.
Driven from their upper Missouri beaver camp by hostile Blackfeet, they expanded their operations from United States . . . — — Map (db m108993) HM
was built in the fall of 1810 by Captain Andrew Henry and his companions of the Missouri Fur Company, about five miles below here on the left bank of this stream (Henry's Fork of Snake River), first buildings erected by Americans in the present . . . — — Map (db m108980) HM
No tank performed longer than the M60 series. First introduced in 1961, the M60 series with its advanced weapon control and mighty engine, served under the administration of nine U.S. Presidents. The brawny tank's thick armor eventually shielded the . . . — — Map (db m108989) HM
The first house of worship erected in the Upper Snake River Valley, was located approximately five and three-fourths miles west, and one and three-fourths miles south of this marker. It was completed by members of the Egin Branch of the Cache Stake . . . — — Map (db m108988) HM
On 17 January, 1920, this island was granted to St. Anthony from the Federal Government.
The statue of the "Doughboy" was ordered by the county in May 1923. When it was installed it was veiled until Memorial Day, 30 May, 1923.
O.O. Skalet, . . . — — Map (db m108991) WM
A group of pioneer men, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left Mendon, Cache, Utah, April 1883 and traveled to Idaho in search of new homes for their families. The company consisted of Henry Sorenson, John and Niles Peter . . . — — Map (db m108349) HM
In memory of Alva R. “Rex” Darst 1895-1988 and in honor of all veterans This memorial donated & erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7064 Tabor, Iowa 1988 — — Map (db m176648) HM WM
A world class landform; rare geologic features including peak-and-saddle topography and stair-like catsteps; rare flora and fauna such as biscuitroot. These are important reasons why Rosie Hall and her late husband Phil wanted to protect this land. . . . — — Map (db m193992) HM
Centrally located on the gold-bearing vein in the area, mines literally surrounded Atlantic City by the fall of 1868. The townspeople soon fostered a thriving business community. In addition to sawmills and blacksmith shops, Atlantic City boasted of . . . — — Map (db m80134) HM
was established to protect from Indians the gold mining camps of South Pass City, Atlantic City, Miners’ Delight, and others. It was named for 1st Lt. Charles B. Stambaugh, 2nd Cavalry, U.S.A. who was shot from his horse by Indians when defending a . . . — — Map (db m80145) HM
In 1880, the population of Miner's Delight was 45, down from its peak of
around 100. One of the residents who remained through the 1880's was
territorial congressman James Kime. Kime, who settled here in 1869, is credited
as being Miner's . . . — — Map (db m173104) HM
Entering Miner’s Delight, you’ll be struck by the mystery and charm of an old west ghost town. The weather, brown logs command as much interest as a clear blue sky are reflected in the glassy surface of the beaver ponds. How do these buildings stay . . . — — Map (db m162424) HM
As the news of gold spread, the Sweetwater Mining District filled with miners who established Hamilton City about two miles east of here in 1867. The following year, the name of the town changed to Miners Delight, after a highly productive nearby . . . — — Map (db m80133) HM
In March, 1866, a battle was fought in this vicinity between Shoshone and Bannock Indians on one side and Crow Indians on the other.
The contest was waged for the supremacy of hunting grounds in the Wind River basin. Crowheart Butte was so named . . . — — Map (db m96243) HM
Portions of the High Plains were not settled until the early 20th century because water was needed for irrigation. Responding to pressure for Western settlement, Congress created the Reclamation Service in 1902. Its purpose was to develop water . . . — — Map (db m96242) HM
On the wind-blown mountain slopes south and west of Dubois winters the world’s largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. The bighorn once was found throughout all mountain habitats of the Rockies: today its range is but a remnant. The . . . — — Map (db m96241) HM
High in mountains where the natural environment changes swiftly, eroding or burying the past, for how long a time can vestiges of man's frailer achievements withstand obliteration? No matter!, for here man has brought or developed cultures which are . . . — — Map (db m180651) HM
Before primitive man discovered this pass between rich hunting grounds native ungulates grazed here during summers, migrating to the river valleys and plains for winters. These high plateaus and mountain meadows then harbored thousands of bison. . . . — — Map (db m180649) HM
Union Pass the cultural site must first have been Union Pass the natural site. As a natural site it commenced to produce vegetation and was afterwards inhabited by animals before it ever became attractive to man==for any purpose other than the . . . — — Map (db m180421) HM
Aesthetic and economic resources surround Union Pass, extending far to the west, north and southwest. These include grass, browse and forest plus animals living thereby and therein. Ownership of lands and vegetation repose in the nation's people; . . . — — Map (db m180423) HM
A road, component of a cultural environment, is the most noticeable feature of this otherwise natural landscape. In present form it is not old, not a pioneer route hacked by frontiersmen. Based and graded to support rapid haulage o ponderous loads . . . — — Map (db m180419) HM
Jutting like the topsail of a ship from beyond the apparent horizon. a tip of the Ramshorn is seen. It serves to remind the viewer of the Absarokas, a cragged mountain range broader and longer than the Wind Rivers but slightly less elevated. These . . . — — Map (db m180420) HM
Twelve thousand foot mountain plateaus dominating this view of Green River and Snake River headwaters seemingly provide a southwesterly buttress for loftier peaks forming the core of the Wind River Range. Beyond them it is 43 miles from Union Pass . . . — — Map (db m180653) HM
Southwest rises a mountain given a lyrical name, one such as Indians or mountain men discovering a geographical phenomenon might have chosen. Midway of its four-mile long crest is the key point, one of only two in North America, were as many as . . . — — Map (db m180333) HM
Hacked and Stacked
Ties were made from trees hacked and cut by hand...hence the name "tie hack." Tie hacks were a special breed of loggers who could quickly fell, limb a tree, and fashion the tie down to the specification demanded. . . . — — Map (db m96316) HM
Westbound Astorians led by Wilson Price Hunt in September, 1811, passed through Dubois region, over Union Pass, and on to the mouth of the Columbia River to explore a line of communication and to locate sites for fur trading posts across the . . . — — Map (db m96244) HM
Union Pass, so named in 1860 by Captain William F. Raynolds during the Hayden Surveys of Wyoming, provides access across the Continental Divide in the Northern Wind River Mountains. Ancient peoples used this pass for centuries, with use by fur . . . — — Map (db m96313) HM
At this pass--midst a maze of mountain ranges and water courses which has sometime baffled and repulsed them--aboriginal hunters, mountain men, fur traders and far-ranging explorers have, each in his time, found the key to a geographic conundrum. . . . — — Map (db m180331) HM
Postulating the traverse of the Continental Divide the eye climbs to Union Peck, some four airline miles but nearer six by that tortuous route. At ll,491 feet Union Peak is a nondescript rise that draws attention only because it is the final . . . — — Map (db m180418) HM
In Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in World War II
Sherman Redman • Lee Wadda • Gordon E. Burt • Elwin Elmer • George W. Antelope • Claude Goggles • William Trosper • Loren McC. Frank • Richard Pogue • Louis Bishop • John L. Brown . . . — — Map (db m96240) WM
Sacred to the Memory of
Mrs. Maggie Richards
and
Mrs. Hall
Pioneer White Settlers
Killed July 23rd, A.D. 1873
by a raiding band of hostile Sioux Indians
in their ranch home
on the site of
the present city of . . . — — Map (db m96197) HM
(Three monuments are treated here as one marker:)
Sacajawea Died April 9, 1894
A guide with the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1805-1806
Identified, 1907 by Rev. J. Roberts who officiated at her burial
Dedicated in the . . . — — Map (db m96168) HM
Burial Register on File at Roberts Mission Pages 114-115 Day: 1884 • Date: April 9 • No.: 10 • Names: Bazil's Mother (Shoshone) • Age BCC: 100 • Residence: Shoshone Agency • Cause of Death: Old Age • Place of Burial: Burial ground Shoshone Agency • . . . — — Map (db m96203) HM
This cemetery is named for the Shoshone woman who became an invaluable guide, interpreter and translator to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Fifteen year old Sacajawea accompanied her husband, fur trader Charbonneau, when he joined the Corps of . . . — — Map (db m96202) HM
This tablet is erected to the memory of
The Right Rev. George Maxwell Randall, D.D.
Bishop of Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico. Born Nov. 23, 1810. Died Sept. 28, 1873. Who held his last service in this building on its former site at . . . — — Map (db m96201) HM
This school was founded by the Reverend John Roberts. Born in Wales, in 1853, Roberts was for 66 years a missionary to the Shoshones.
"Our hope is in the children and the young people, the old people can't hear!" So spoke Washakie, Chief of . . . — — Map (db m96167) HM
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