Near County Road 235/10 south of West Amache Road.
Marker No. 1:
Amache
During the first months of World II, the United States Government ordered over 110,000 men, women, and children of Japanese descent to leave their homes, and incarcerated them in remote, military-style camps. . . . — — Map (db m62111) HM
Near County Road E 0.9 miles south of West Amache Road.
(Front)
Dedicated to the 31 patriotic Japanese Americans who volunteered from Amache and dutifully gave their lives in World War II, to the approximately 7000 persons who were relocated at Amache, and to the 120 who died there during . . . — — Map (db m82732) HM WM
Near Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway (U.S. 50/400 at milepost 467.4), 0.5 miles west of the Colorado/Kansas state border, on the left when traveling west.
For centuries the Arkansas was a divided river. Indian nations waged ongoing battles over this life-sustaining resource, vying for access to its water and its fertile hunting grounds. Over time an uneasy balance emerged — the Kiowas, Comanches„ and . . . — — Map (db m289599) HM
Near Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway (U.S. 50/400 at milepost 467.4), 0.5 miles west of the Colorado/Kansas state border, on the left when traveling west.
From cattle kings to cowboys and cow towns to hell on wheels railroad camps, this portion of the Santa Fe Trail encompasses all of the legends of America's Old West. Hiram S. Holly, town founder, arrived here in 1871 with 1,300 cattle. His 50,000 . . . — — Map (db m289600) HM
Near Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway (U.S. 50/400 at milepost 467.4), 0.5 miles west of the Colorado/Kansas state border, on the left when traveling west.
The Heart of the Old West Colorado's portion of the Santa Fe Trail is a 184-mile section of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. It is designated as one of America's Byways and a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway. The trail begins in Missouri . . . — — Map (db m289642) HM
Near Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway (U.S. 50/400 at milepost 467.4), 0.5 miles west of the Colorado/Kansas state border, on the left when traveling west.
At frontier towns where are centered many cattle… there are always to be found a number of bad characters, both male and female; of the very worst class in the universe, such as have fallen below the level of the lowest type of the brute . . . — — Map (db m289598) HM
Near Scenic U.S. 50/287 at State Highway 196, on the left when traveling north.
An area along the Arkansas River bottoms, 45 miles westward from a point 20 miles east of Lamar was known as “The Big Timbers” during the “Building of the West.” Big Timbers received its name from giant cottonwoods which flanked both banks of the . . . — — Map (db m213689) HM
On Scenic U.S. 50/287 at State Highway 196, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 50/287Scenic .
Indian Artifacts Our artifacts date from Paleo Indians to the last of the Cheyenne and Arapaho in the region. The Sand Creek collection includes bullets, arrowheads, cannonball fragments and campsite artifacts. It is the largest display . . . — — Map (db m213692) HM
Near Main Street (U.S. 50) at E. Beech Street, on the right when traveling north.
Location, Location, Location
Thousands of caravans used the Santa Fe Trail between 1821 and 1880. The trail clung close to the Arkansas River for hundreds of miles across the open plains. The Arkansas Valley offered gentle terrain . . . — — Map (db m106937) HM
On Scenic U.S. 50/287 at State Highway 196, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 50/287Scenic .
John Martin Reservoir The Southeast Colorado region, including the Big Timbers area, was once a great inland sea. The first transportation routes across the Santa Fe Trail were established by prehistoric migrating groups that . . . — — Map (db m213693) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 287/385) just north of East Oak Street, on the right when traveling north.
So read the article's headlines in the Lamar Daily News, September 27,1935. The Holland windmill built in the early 1930's in the backyard of the home of businessman Floyd M. Wilson on East Parmenter Street, Lamar, was featured as the garden's . . . — — Map (db m213849) HM
Near State Highway 287 just north of Scenic U.S. 50/287, on the left when traveling north.
In honor to all soldiers alive and fallen for your devotion and sacrifices with Iraqi Freedom ———————————————— We Americans thank you God bless our heroes God bless America Frank Alonzo • Robert L. Pummill Sr. • Sgt. Andrew Alonzo USMC U.S. . . . — — Map (db m213755) WM
On Main Street (U.S. 50) at E. Beech Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
(Front Panel)
N.S.D.A.R. Memorial
to the
Pioneer Mothers
of the
Covered Wagon Days
(Right Side Panel)
A place of historical lore noted for Indian lodges; shelter from storm and heat; food supply for beast; bivouac . . . — — Map (db m106897) HM
Near Scenic U.S. 50/287 at State Highway 196, on the right when traveling west.
The Story Begins… in 1922 when Mrs. John Trigg Moss representing the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Harry Truman joined forces to petition Congress to designate a "National Old Trails Road," . . . — — Map (db m213698) HM
On Rotary Way just north of Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Pike’s Tower is dedicated to the explorer, Brigadier General Zebulon Pike, for whom Pike’s Peak was named. He camped at this site on November 13, 1806 with his expedition group while heading west across Colorado. He was a U.S. Army officer who led . . . — — Map (db m289663) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 50) 0.3 miles south of Colorado Highway 196, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The Santa Fe Trail was the main trade route between Franklin MO and Santa Fe NM. The main part of the trail was 780 miles long. Thousands of freight wagons rumbled along the trail each year, except for the winter months. The trail passes several . . . — — Map (db m106939) HM
On Scenic U.S. 50/287 at State Highway 196, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 50/287Scenic .
The Heart of the Old West Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway is an 188 mile portion of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail designated as one of America's Byways and a Colorado Scenic Byway. The entire Santa Fe Trail begins in . . . — — Map (db m213699) HM
On Scenic U.S. 50/287 at State Highway 196, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 50/287Scenic .
The Santa Fe Trail passed through present Lamar a quarter-mile south of this sign. In 1821 it became America's first international commercial highway, and for sixty years it was one of the nation's great routes of commerce and westward expansion. . . . — — Map (db m213700) HM
Near Main Street (U.S. 50) at East Beech Street, on the right when traveling north.
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 every bit . . . — — Map (db m106936) HM
Near County Highway 35.25 south of County Highway JJ.
Bent's New Fort links the continuous story of
southeastern Colorado-from the development of the
Santa Fe Trail, to the occupation of Bent's Old Fort, to
the construction of Fort Wise, to the disintegration of
human relationships following the . . . — — Map (db m181871) HM
Near County Highway 35.25 south of County Highway JJ.
The site of Bent’s New Fort built by William W. Bent in 1853 as an Indian trading post. Sold to the US Government, 1859. Buildings added one mile west and named Fort Wise in 1860. Re-named Fort Lyon in 1861. Fort moved . . . — — Map (db m180841) HM
On County Highway 35.25 south of County Highway JJ, on the right when traveling south.
Today the image of buffalo herds moving across the
plains is only a memory. For William Bent, buffalo
were a means to an end in which he traded with
Plains Indians and sustained his business. Bent relied
on Arapaho, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Comanche . . . — — Map (db m180904) HM
Near County Highway 35.25 south of County Highway JJ.
In 1859 William Bent once again found the military
on his doorstep. This time the army was charged with
defending emigrants and gold seekers. Tens of thousands of people came to Colorado
seeking gold, then demanded protection along the
Santa . . . — — Map (db m180928) HM
On County Highway 35.25 south of County Highway JJ.
Bent Family Beginnings The entrepreneurial spirit of William
and Charles Bent and Ceran St.
Vrain brought them to the banks of
the Arkansas River where they built
Bent's Old Fort in 1833. Mutual
respect, intermarriage, and . . . — — Map (db m185030) HM
Near County Highway 35.25 south of County Highway JJ.
I saw the American flag waving and heard Black Kettle
tell the Indians to stand around the flag. I also saw a
white flag raised. These...were in such a conspicuous
position they could not have been missed.
-Robert Bent, son of William . . . — — Map (db m181015) HM
