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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «logan county» AND «colorado»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Susan Van Den Bosch, November 17, 2025
Dedicated to the Hearty Souls Who First Settle the Plains of Northeast Colorado
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — William Shaw Hadfield — The First Permanent Settler — Logan County, Colorado —
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)

2 ► Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — Logan County Courthouse — 1910 —
On Main Street just east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m289012) HM

3 ► Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — Orville S. Johnson (1911-1987) and H. Catherine Johnson (1914-2003) —
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

4 ► Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — Old Sterling — 1875-1883 — 4.0→ —
On Overland Trail just east of U.S. 6, on the left when traveling east.
. . . — — Map (db m222308) HM
5 ► Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — The South Platte River Valley —
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

6 ► Kansas, Logan County, Oakley — Oakley: Birthplace of the Legend —
On U.S. 83 at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 83.
Legends are sometimes too good to be true, but Buffalo Bill was the real thing. He was born William Frederick Cody in a log cabin in Iowa in 1846, grew up on the plains of Kansas, and fought for the Union during the Civil War as a trooper . . . — — Map (db m116885) HM

7 ► Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — I & M Building —
On Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m289097) HM

8 ► Colorado, Sedgwick County, Julesburg — Sedgwick County Colorado —
Near County Highway 63.2 at County Highway 36, on the right when traveling north.
The Northeastern most county in Colorado was first Weld County, later Logan County and established in its own right April 9, 1889. It consists of 554 square miles, incorporating 3 towns: The County Seat, Julesburg, Ovid and Sedgwick. . . . — — Map (db m119437) HM

9 ► Kansas, Logan County, Oakley — Inhabitants of the Kansas Plains —
On U.S. 83 at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 83.
At the end of the Ice Age, about 9000 years ago, people hunted wooly mammoths and ancient bison on the plains of what is now Kansas. They used spears and atlatls, or throwing sticks, and they made beautiful stone points from native flint. They . . . — — Map (db m66121) HM
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10 ► Ohio, Logan County, Bellefontaine — 1-46 — Oldest Concrete Street in America —
On Main Street (U.S. 68) at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
America's first concrete streets were those which surrounded this court house. Concrete was first used in 1891 to provide an 8-foot strip along Main Street where horses were hitched. Two years later Court Avenue was paved with concrete made from . . . — — Map (db m156664) HM

11 ► Kansas, Logan County, Oakley — Oakley High School Stadium —
On Center Avenue (Bypass U.S. 83) at West 7th Street, on the left when traveling north on Center Avenue.
Erected by Works Progress Administration and Board of Education Oakley A.D. 1937 — — Map (db m263198) HM

12 ► Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — Sterling Union Pacific Railroad Depot —
On North Front Street just north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m289001) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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