Near Interstate 25 at milepost 115, 1 mile north of Young Hollow Road (Exit 114) when traveling north.
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A Highway for the Ages
Though less famous than the trails that brought American pioneers westward, the north-south route along the foot of the Rockies covers far greater distances in space and in time. This . . . — — Map (db m97734) HM
On North Union Avenue at South Elizabeth Street, on the right when traveling north on North Union Avenue.
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Borderland
The 1819 Adams-Ońis Treaty fixed the boundary between the U.S. and Spain at the Arkansas River, formalizing a centuries-old convention - the Arkansas had always been a border. Neighboring Indian . . . — — Map (db m97724) HM
On West 1st Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling west on West 1st Street.
This memorial commemorating the Old Pueblo Fort Site erected by The Arkansas Valley & Pueblo Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedicated Nov. 17, 1923.
On Christmas Day, 1854, a massacre occurred at Fort Pueblo on the . . . — — Map (db m64755) HM
On South Joplin Avenue (State Highway 227) at Damson Street, on the right when traveling south on South Joplin Avenue.
This tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado
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The hill one block east is
Jacob Fowler's Lookout.
Later called Sugar Loaf Hill.
Near it in a log house Fowler
and his trappers . . . — — Map (db m96053) HM
Near Interstate 25 at milepost 111.6, 2.5 miles south of Young Hollow Road when traveling south.
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Pueblo
El Pueblo
El Pueblo never achieved great commercial success, but one could make a living there. Built in 1842 by traders George Simpson, Matthew Kinkead, Robert Fisher, Jim Beckwourth, and several others, . . . — — Map (db m89335) HM
On North Union Avenue at Richmond Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Union Avenue.
Teresita Sandoval was one of the daring souls that arrived at the Pueblo settlement in
1841. Like other women of that time, she would witness and be partner to changes in her
country. She departed from her traditional life as the wife of Manuel . . . — — Map (db m64751) HM
On Stanton Avenue at Locust Street, on the right when traveling north on Stanton Avenue.
This memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado
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A detachment of United States Soldiers of
The Mormon Battalion
in the Mexican War spent the
winter of 1846-47 near this site. . . . — — Map (db m96068) HM
On Lane 36 (State Highway 231) at Santa Fe Drive (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north on Lane 36.
By 1700 Comanches moved south from the northern Rockies onto the plains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. They raided the Apaches and Spanish settlements from the late 1600s until 1779 when the Governor of New Mexico, Don Juan Bautista . . . — — Map (db m64775) HM
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