On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (State Highway 6) at County Road 2.5, on the right when traveling east on Grand Army of the Republic Highway.
Due west 940 feet stood
“Fort Wicked"
Originally Godfrey’s Ranch
Famous Overland Stage Station
One of the few posts withstanding the Indian uprising of 1864 on the road to Colorado.
Named from the . . . — — Map (db m61998) HM
On South Front Street at Factory Street (Colorado Highway 6) on South Front Street.
This engine given to the City of Sterling by the Great Eastern Sugar Company in commemoration of the industry’s contribution to the growth and prosperity of this area. This engine was used for many years hauling sugar beets within the factory . . . — — Map (db m62208) HM
On Colorado Route 63 north of County Road 16, on the left when traveling north.
3 miles southeast from this point is the site of the Battle of Summit Springs
Last engagement with Plains Indians in Colorado, July 11, 1869. Cheyennes who raided western Kansas were attacked by General E. A. Carr with the Fifth U.S. Cavalry . . . — — Map (db m61997) HM
In November 1864, in southeastern Colorado, U.S. Volunteers troops attacked Black Kettle’s peaceful band of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek. In retaliation for the massacre and mutilation of 163 Cheyenne men, women, and children, Cheyenne warriors . . . — — Map (db m51217) HM
Near Overland Trail just east of U.S. 6, on the left when traveling east.
Sterling's beloved museum began as a joint venture between the Logan County Historical and Natural History Society and the local office of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Built during the height of the Great Depression and initially called . . . — — Map (db m222403) HM
On South 4th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on South 4th Street.
In Loving Memory of Orville S. Johnson (1911-1987) and H. Catherine Johnson (1914–2003) Orville and Catherine Johnson were lifetime residents of Northeast Colorado. Orville graduated from Sterling High School in 1930) and Catherine from Padroni . . . — — Map (db m289034) HM
On Main Street (Colorado Route 14) east of South 4th Street (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling east.
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty 40th Anniversary . . . — — Map (db m177078) HM
On State Highway 138. Reported permanently removed.
This tablet commemorates the establishment of the first public school in the Sterling settlement, October, 1875. It was taught by Carrie G. Ayres, later Mrs. J. N. Hall of Denver. The sod schoolhouse stood 3160 feet east and the sod fort built by . . . — — Map (db m293883) HM
Call it the Pikes Peak Trail, the Denver Road, Overland Trail, or the South Platte River Trail – by any name, it dominated the movement of people and goods in Colorado between 1858 and 1867 and ranks with the great trails of American history. . . . — — Map (db m51215) HM
On N 4th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on N 4th Street.
"This river, this valley, this giant furrow was the route of moving Indian tribes, of John C. Fremont on two occasions, of trappers, traders and gold seekers. It dictated the course of the Union Pacific tracks from Julesburg to Denver and the . . . — — Map (db m288862) HM
This tablet is the Property of the State of Colorado
3.8 miles north along county road is the site of Valley Station, built in 1859 as a stagecoach station of the Leavenworth and Pike Express. Station on the Overland Trail to California, . . . — — Map (db m51214) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (State Highway 6) at County Road 22 on Grand Army of the Republic Highway.
This tablet is erected in honor of
William Shaw Hadfield
The first white settler of Logan County, marking the site of his first sod house at Hadfield Island in 1871, three-fourths mile east.
Erected by the wife
Margaret Seibert . . . — — Map (db m61996) HM
On South Front Street close to Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the late 1800's the South Platte River Valley was a treeless wilderness covered in sagebrush, prairie grass and scrub willows. Great herds of antelope and buffalo roamed the windswept plains. Those continuing further west referred to this . . . — — Map (db m288864)
