The Colorado State Forest Management Complex has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior January 2017 — — Map (db m293600) HM
The First National Bank of Walden
Built in 1915, the First National Bank of Walden was the second bank established in Walden.
The Town of Walden Historic Plaque Program
This program has been partially funded by the Colorado Historical . . . — — Map (db m311375) HM
The first Euro-Americans ventured into North Park in search of
beaver pelts. These pelts were used to satisfy a fashion craze for
beaver hats in Europe. By 1820, fur trappers were working along
the mountain streams in and around North Park. . . . — — Map (db m240738) HM
Prior to 1820, North Park was a favorite summer hunting ground for a number of Native American tribes, especially the Utes and Arapaho. Other tribes included the Crow, Sioux, and Cheyenne. These early native people were drawn to North Park in . . . — — Map (db m240763) HM
Community Legacy Isolated North Park, a high mountain valley encompassing Jackson County, requires resilience from those who choose to live here. It is a place where rugged ways of life have endured the test of time. No matter the . . . — — Map (db m283135) HM
Unrelenting forces of nature have carved immense yet intimate landscapes in the remote northwest region of Colorado. Spanning 14,918 square miles, the area encompasses expansive areas of public lands — canyons and rivers, forests and wilderness, . . . — — Map (db m283147) HM
Dating from 1878, when Leadville butcher Reid Mathews used
the valley's abundant grass to fatten his cattle during the
summer, ranching is the oldest continuous industry in North
Park. Many other cattlemen followed, drawn to the area in . . . — — Map (db m240751) HM
Rumors of the existence of precious metals in North Park
began when John C. Fremont's expedition passed through
the valley in 1844. However, it was nearly thirty years later
that prospecting took place in North Park. Canadian James
O. . . . — — Map (db m240743) HM
Something Fun for Everyone
Around the Next Bend
Challenges
Many adventures await you along the National Wild and Scenic Cache La Poudre River. You may accept the challenge of running the river’s whitewater rapids on your own . . . — — Map (db m311393) HM
The relative solitude of North Park was shattered by the clank
of picks and shovels and the shouts of workers as the railroad
came to the valley in 1911. Stretching from Laramie, Wyoming,
to Coalmont, Colorado, the "iron horse" greatly . . . — — Map (db m240726) HM
As mines expanded and North Park's
population swelled, there was an increasing
need for timber to shore up the mines and
to build homes for settlers. The abundant
forests surrounding North Park afforded a
ready supply of timber, and logging . . . — — Map (db m240737) HM
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Welcome to Colorado
Colorado’s vast plains, rugged mountains, and grand plateaus, so magnificent in their beauty and variety, seem at times to overshadow the state’s history and people. But look closely. The story of Colorado is . . . — — Map (db m311563) HM
Welcome to Walden & North Park
Visit the “Moose-Viewing Capitol of Colorado”
North Park was home and hunting grounds for Native Americans. By 1840, trappers discovered this area and called it “New Park”. Miners and homesteaders soon . . . — — Map (db m311391) HM
Highway 14 The first highway over Cameron Pass, completed in 1882 by the Cache la Poudre and North Park Toll Road Company, ran more than one hundred miles from Fort Collins to the silver camp of Teller. Travelers paid three dollars per wagon, . . . — — Map (db m289782) HM
Linking Fort Collins to the North Park Valley along a centuries-old trail, the Cache la Poudre-North Park Scenic and Historic Byway offers outstanding recreational opportunities for campers, rafters, kayakers, and anglers. The byway takes its . . . — — Map (db m289790) HM
Pingree Park During construction of the transcontinental railroad in the late 1860s, the timber fell almost continuously in Pingree Park. Named for legendary tie hack George Pingree (who supposedly could cut a hundred railroad ties a day), the . . . — — Map (db m289784) HM
Tie Drives Tie hacks were as raw as the lumber they cut. They worked endlessly through the freezing winter, earning ten cents per railroad tie — about three to four dollars a day. The hacks stacked the timber on the banks of the Cache la Poudre . . . — — Map (db m289788) HM
