In the 1700s, this area of southern Colorado became a significant cultural crossroads for the Indian tribes of the high plains. Apaches and Kiowas, Utes and Comanches all pressed in to take advantage of the abundant buffalo and other game. This . . . — — Map (db m187029) HM
On State Highway 181 south of State Highway 165, on the left.
Built in 1928, the Greehorn Bridge carried Pueblo County Road 273/Apache City Road over Greeenhorn Creek and was a rare example of a Warren deck truss structure. Because of its association with the early route known as the Great North - South . . . — — Map (db m189636) HM
Near Highway 165 at CanAm Highway (Interstate 25).
In the early 19th century, the Santa Fe and Taos trails became the most renowned trading rouses in the West. For 60 years, American and Mexican traders drove great caravans of prairie schooner across a sweeping sea of grass - an 800-mile route that . . . — — Map (db m188275) HM
Near State Highway 165 at CanAm Highway (Interstate 25).
Although the most famous campaigns of the American Civil War took place in the East, the issues that divided Americans also brought the conflict into the West. In 1862, as the fighting entered its second year, Jefferson Davis, president of the . . . — — Map (db m188327) HM
Near State Highway 165 at CanAm Highway (Interstate 25).
The Buffalo Symbol
The buffalo symbol, displayed in the walkways of this plaza, has been developed to symbolize the great importance that this animal had in Plains Indian cultures. For peoples such as the Arapahos and Cheyennes, who moved . . . — — Map (db m188267) HM
Near Interstate 25 at milepost 115,, 1 mile north of Young Hollow Road (Exit 114) when traveling north.
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A Highway for the Ages
Though less famous than the trails that brought American pioneers westward, the north-south route along the foot of the Rockies covers far greater distances in space and in time. This . . . — — Map (db m97734) HM
On North Union Avenue at South Elizabeth Street, on the right when traveling north on North Union Avenue.
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Borderland
The 1819 Adams-Ońis Treaty fixed the boundary between the U.S. and Spain at the Arkansas River, formalizing a centuries-old convention - the Arkansas had always been a border. Neighboring Indian tribes . . . — — Map (db m168584) HM
On West 1st Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling west on West 1st Street.
This memorial commemorating the Old Pueblo Fort Site erected by The Arkansas Valley & Pueblo Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedicated Nov. 17, 1923.
On Christmas Day, 1854, a massacre occurred at Fort Pueblo on the . . . — — Map (db m64755) HM
On South Joplin Avenue (State Highway 227) at Damson Street, on the right when traveling south on South Joplin Avenue.
This tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado
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The hill one block east is
Jacob Fowler's Lookout.
Later called Sugar Loaf Hill.
Near it in a log house Fowler
and his trappers . . . — — Map (db m96053) HM
Near Interstate 25 at milepost 111.6,, 2.5 miles south of Young Hollow Road when traveling south.
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Pueblo
El Pueblo
El Pueblo never achieved great commercial success, but one could make a living there. Built in 1842 by traders George Simpson, Matthew Kinkead, Robert Fisher, Jim Beckwourth, and several others, . . . — — Map (db m89335) HM
On North Grand Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Jewish-Americans have contributed to the rich cultural, economic and political life throughout Colorado’s
history. Mr. Abraham Goldsmith and his brother Henry Goldsmith are the first known Jewish immigrants to
what was then the Territory of . . . — — Map (db m232622) HM
On North Union Avenue at Richmond Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Union Avenue.
Teresita Sandoval was one of the daring souls that arrived at the Pueblo settlement in
1841. Like other women of that time, she would witness and be partner to changes in her
country. She departed from her traditional life as the wife of Manuel . . . — — Map (db m64751) HM
On Stanton Avenue at Locust Street, on the right when traveling north on Stanton Avenue.
This memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado
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A detachment of United States Soldiers of
The Mormon Battalion
in the Mexican War spent the
winter of 1846-47 near this site. . . . — — Map (db m96068) HM
On McCulloch Boulevard, 0.1 miles north of South Joe Martinez Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
In Honor of All Pueblo West Residents Who Have Served in the Armed Services of Our Country. Dedicated by Pueblo West, VFW Post 5812, 30 May 1994 — — Map (db m187024) WM
On Lane 36 (State Highway 231) at Santa Fe Drive (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north on Lane 36.
By 1700 Comanches moved south from the northern Rockies onto the plains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. They raided the Apaches and Spanish settlements from the late 1600s until 1779 when the Governor of New Mexico, Don Juan Bautista . . . — — Map (db m64775) HM
