Ancestral Puebloans
Beginning around A.D. 600, Ancestral Puebloans built Colorado's first permanent towns in the canyon country south of here. Hundreds of these settlements sprawled across the desert, with an overall population possibly . . . — — Map (db m160128) HM
The World War I veterans who claimed homesteads near here in the [illegible] had never fought an enemy quite as intractable as sagebrush. Clearing the land of it required decades of backbreaking hand-to-hand combat. But the army of farmers . . . — — Map (db m160121) HM
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• The Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway is a remarkable tour through western Colorado's remote canyon country. Copper, radium, vanadium, and uranium all enticed miners . . . — — Map (db m160155) HM
Wishing to erect a suitable memorial in honor of those valiant men, living and dead, who served our country in World War I, World War II and the Korean Conflict, and recognizing the need in Dove Creek and the surrounding area for a modern and . . . — — Map (db m290598) HM
As goes sagebrush, so goes the Gunnison sage grouse. These highly adapted birds rely on this shrubby vegetation for food, camoflage, and nesting material. Sagebrush rangeland also provides the setting for the species' highly unusual . . . — — Map (db m160150) HM
Dedicated to the valiant men
of Dolores County, Colorado
who served their country
and died for the cause of freedom
Duty, Honor, County, Well Done
Be Thou At Peace
World War No. 2
Troy Young • Clarence Barlett
Dick . . . — — Map (db m160119) WM
Why East?
The purpose of Fathers Dominguez and Escalante's journey through this region in 1776 was to find a route to Spanish missions in Monterey. During the first 2˝ weeks of the expedition, the Fathers' route took them to the northwest, . . . — — Map (db m160107) HM
An official project commemorating Colorado's 100th year of Statehood and the United States' 200th Year of Independence. Endorsed by the Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission Joe M. Lacy, Chairman Richard D. Lamm, Governor — — Map (db m282996) HM
The Rico area was originally inhabited by natives including the Utes. In the 1700’s Spanish explorers were in the area. In 1833, trappers like W. Walton of the St. Louis Fur Co., came and reported remains of Spanish smelters. Mining began about . . . — — Map (db m118655) HM
R. C. Darling discovered the mine property in March 1878, within the Pioneer Mining District near the confluence of Silver Creek and the Dolores River. Two years later R. C. Darling returned from Santa Fe, New Mexico and filed the Atlantic Cable . . . — — Map (db m282997) HM
The need for a cemetery in Rico came about with the murder of Julius “Frenchy” Burgen on August 31, 1879, by George “The Kid” McGoldric. Rico’s earliest recorded mine fatality was on February 3, 1881, when Fred Herman was overcome by bad air in . . . — — Map (db m282998) HM
