On Decker Drive, 0.2 miles east of Airport Drive, on the left when traveling south.
First fielded by the U. S. Army in the Vietnam War in April 1962, the APC M113 was widely used. Nicknamed "The Green Dragon" by the enemy Viet Cong, it originally was designed to provide troop transportation. It found higher use in breaking through . . . — — Map (db m182057) HM
On U.S. 50, 0.2 miles east of Phantom Canyon Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged.
Florence Oil Field
Alexander Cassidy dug a twenty-three-foot-deep oil well near here in 1862, making this Colorado's first oil-producing region. Cassidy and others spent nearly two decades plumbing the hollows and seeps, sure that a major . . . — — Map (db m152994) HM
On U.S. 50, 0.2 miles east of Phantom Canyon Road (County Road 67), on the right when traveling west.
Clockwise, from top
• The Pioneer Museum in Florence highlights the town's industrial past. Ample coal and water made the town an optimal site fer processing ore shipped via the Florence and Cripple Creek . . . — — Map (db m153002) HM
On U.S. 50, 0.2 miles east of Phantom Canyon Road (County Road 67), on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged.
When Colorado Territorial Prison opened in June 1871 just west of Cañon City, it drew a mixed reception from law-abiding locals — some daunted by the possibility of felons on the loose, others eager for the jobs and services that came with the . . . — — Map (db m152997) HM
On U.S. 50, 0.2 miles east of Phantom Canyon Road (County Road 67), on the right when traveling west.
Royal Gorge Railroad War
Racing to lay the first tracks into the Colorado Rockies in April 1878, the Denver & Rio Grande and its rival, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, reached the Royal Gorge in a dead heat. Competing construction crews . . . — — Map (db m152999) HM
