Historical Markers in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

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Historical Markers in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

1 ► Colorado, Grand County, Rocky Mountain National Park — People of Kawuneeche Valley —

This miner's cabin is one of the oldest buildings left standing in the Kawuneeche Valley. In 1902, Joseph Fleshuts homesteaded 160 acres here with the intent to live on the land for at least five years. Life must have been hard. In 1911 he abruptly . . . — — Map (db m89117) HM

2 ► Colorado, Larimer County, Rocky Mountain National Park — Continental Divide — Milner Pass elev. 10,759 ft. —

The "great divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn. Atlantic Ocean «« drainage Cache La Poudre Creek drains into the Platte River which flows to . . . — — Map (db m89106) HM

3 ► Colorado, Larimer County, Rocky Mountain National Park — Old Fall River Road —

To drive along Old Fall River Road is to travel back in time. The slower pace of driving on a winding dirt road recalls a time when traveling in a national park was both challenging and enchanting. From 1920 to 1932, Fall River Road was the . . . — — Map (db m89121) HM

4 ► Colorado, Larimer County, Rocky Mountain National Park — Stephen Tyng Mather — July. 4. 1867. - Jan. 22. 1930. —

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service. Defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m88995) HM

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