On Bluebell Road, 0.1 miles south of Kinnikinic, on the right when traveling south.
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Climbing -- A Longtime Boulder Passion
Scrambling, tramping, hiking, climbing, mountaineering...No matter the name, early Colorado Chautauquans reveled in their outings into the adjacent foothills. In 1908, . . . — — Map (db m88253) HM
The fountain was erected in 1936 by the Boulder Lions Club. Its smooth terra cotta cladding and strong vertical lines complement the 1933 Art Deco Style courthouse. The courthouse and fountain were designed by local architect Glen H. Huntington. . . . — — Map (db m87600) HM
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m87645) HM
On 28th Street (U.S. 36) at Lee Hill Rd., on the right when traveling south on 28th Street.
This sign marks the site of The Holiday Drive-In, which operated from 1953 until 1988. Drive-In theaters were popular in the 1950s and 1960s, especially among young families and amorous couples, where films could be viewed from the relative . . . — — Map (db m18299) HM
On Pearl Street west of 13th Street, on the left when traveling east.
This building was the site of a continuously operated dry goods store from 1874 until the closing of Brooks-Fauber in 1986. It is one of the oldest commercial structures in the downtown historic district. — — Map (db m87716) HM
If you were here in 1908, you'd be singing, dancing or playing poker at the luxurious Crags Hotel. The Hotel's success was short lived. A fire destroyed the building in 1912.
Archaeologists who studied this site discovered significant . . . — — Map (db m185412) HM
On South Harrison Avenue south of East Simpson Street, on the right when traveling south.
Colorado's immense northern coal field, centered beneath these rolling hills, contributed to the early development and growth of Colorado and to the birth of nearby towns. Miners and mine owners in this area battled over issues of workers' . . . — — Map (db m120145) HM
On West Baseline Road at Crossing Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Baseline Road.
This mural is a composite of two historical photographs. One is the 1862 image of our town's founder, Mary Miller with her husband, Lafayette, (D. 1878), for whom she named the town. Mary platted 150 acres and sank the first coal mine shaft in 1887. . . . — — Map (db m87606) HM
On Delaware Avenue, 0 miles east of South Coffman Street, on the right when traveling west.
Beginning in 1860 as one log cabin on the south bank of the St.Vrain, just west of an
old trail which in 1862 became the route of the Overland Stage (and is now U.S. 287),
Burlington in 1863 began to grow. In 1869, to the three hotels and two . . . — — Map (db m199337) HM
On U.S. 36 north of Colorado Highway 170, on the right when traveling north.
The Denver-Boulder highway near this marker stands as a memorial to those men of vision who brought it into existence.
Planning for such a highway began in 1927 by Professor Roderick L. Downing, whose University engineering students later . . . — — Map (db m87611) HM
