The Battlement Creek Fire of 1976 started on Sunday, July 11 after a severe lightning storm came through the Parachute and Morrisania communities late in the afternoon. Lightning was concentrated in and around the Eames Orchard area of Morrisania . . . — — Map (db m252111) HM
Community Legacy Located at the crossroads between the rugged mountain ranges and the mesas and plateaus of Colorado's Western Slope, the region surrounding Battlement Mesa and Parachute was once the seasonal campground of the Ute . . . — — Map (db m252137) HM
The Robbery
On June 7, 1904, an outlaw named Harvey Logan attempted one of the west's last train robberies near here. Also known as Kid Curry, Logan was a member of Butch Cassidy's notorious "Hole in the Wall" gang.
When the westbound . . . — — Map (db m67922) HM
