Christine Etherton Ruth - Colorado DAR · Christine Etherton Ruth Mrs. William E. Ruth Colorado State Historian, NSDAR 2009-2011 Jackie Meinzer Sopko is a working mother of two young

When Ms. Charlotte McKean Hubbs became Colorado State Regent, 2009-2011, she asked that I update "A Guidebook to DAR Historic Markers in Colorado" by Hildegarde and Frank McLaughlin. This publication was revised and updated as a State Regent's project during Mrs. Donald K. Andersen, Colorado State Regent 1989-1991 from the original 1978 version of Colorado Historical Markers.

Purpose of this Project was to update information and add new markers since the last publication and add the Santa Fe Trail Markers in Colorado by Mary B. and Leo E. Gamble to this publication.

Assessment Forms were sent to each Chapter Historian to complete on their Chapter markers. These assessments will be used to document the condition of each site. GPS (Lat/Long) co-ordinances were to be included for future interactive mapping. Current digital photographs of markers were included where chapters participated, some markers are missing, so original photographs were used.

By digitizing this publication, an on-line publication can be purchased by anyone interested in our Colorado Historical Markers and will make updating, revising and adding new markers much easier. Our hopes were to include a Website of the Colorado Historical Markers accessible on our Colorado State Society Website.

I would like to thank Jackie Sopko, Arkansas Valley Chapter, Pueblo Colorado for her long hours in front of a computer screen, scanning, updating, formatting and supporting me in this project. I would also like to thank the many Colorado DAR Chapters that participated in this project. I owe them all a huge debt of gratitude for giving freely of their time to this project. And, I would like to thank my husband, Bill. As a partner in life and in our hardware business, he supported my efforts in completing this project for Ms. Hubbs' term.

Hopefully this project developed an appreciation for our Colorado History, and may have sparked interest in seeking out other areas in our state to recognize with Historical Markers. By promoting our Colorado DAR with a new publication, a website of our historical markers and interest in our existing markers I hope to see the continuation of preserving of our Colorado History forever.

Christine Etherton RuthMrs. William E. RuthColorado State Historian, NSDAR 2009-2011

Jackie Meinzer Sopko is a working mother of two young children. She has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and works in Product Marketing. She loves taking road trips with her family and enjoys reading roadside historical markers. When she learned there was a need to update the Colorado DAR marker book she knew that was something that she could help with. Jackie has written many technical manuals for work and pretty handy with desktop publishing software. She jumped into to this project and has not looked back. Because some of the markers are now lost is very important that they are all documented so that someday they can be replaced. There are many historical places in Colorado and it is important to make sure that we take care to mark and preserve as many as we can.

Jackie Meinzer SopkoMrs. Paul Sopko IV

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Alamosa Chapter - Alamosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Colonel Albert H. Pfeiffer Grave Site Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Pioneer Millstones Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Arapahoe Chapter - Boulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Christensen Park Bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Engine #30 Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16First Church Bell in Boulder Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17First Public School in Colorado Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18First Wheat Field in Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Fort Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Mrs. Lenna Brainard Derham/Red Oak Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Old Red Rocks Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Patrick Henry Osage Orange Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Scott Carpenter Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Vietnam Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Arkansas Valley Chapter - Pueblo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Autobees Settlement Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Baca Ranch Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Dr. Edwin James Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Doyle Settlement Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Doughboy Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Fort Pueblo Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Fountain City Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Hardscrabble Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Martha J. Henry Noble Tree and Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36McClelland Orphanage Dormitory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Mineral Palace Park Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38San Carlos de Los Jupes Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39U.S.S. Maine Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Zebulon Pike Campsite Monument and 100th Anniversary Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41100th Anniversary Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Augusta Wallihan - Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43A.G. and Augusta Wallihan Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Blue Spruce Chapter - Lakewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Belmar Museum Tree and Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Bicentennial Commemorative Tree and Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Cache la Poudre Chapter- Fort Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Adams Cemetery Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Anniversary Marker for Cache la Poudre Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Antoine Janis Cabin Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Antoine Janis Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Bingham Hill Cemetery Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Cache la Poudre Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Cherokee Stage Station Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Council Tree of Chief Friday of the Arapahoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57First Grist Mill Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58First School House in Larimer County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Flowers House Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Founding Daughters of Cache la Poudre Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Log Cabin Site Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Old Flowers Store and Post Office Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Overland Stage and Express Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Overland Stage Station Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Sam Deon-Elisa Gardner Cabin Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Susan Howe Holmes Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Virginia Dale Overland Trail Stage Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Centennial State Chapter- Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Charles Dixion Grave Site Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Elbridge Gerry and Family Grave Site Fence and Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Fort St. Vrain Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73German POW Camp 202 Gateposts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Meeker Museum Bench and Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Overland Stage and Express Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Steward J Adams Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77USS Maine Memorial Tablet at Greeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78#3 Ditch Marker in Greeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Chipeta Chapter - Salida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Drinking Fountain Honoring World War Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Louisiana Purchase Boundary Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Colorado Chapter - Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Denver Museum of Natural History Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Flagpole and Marker at Denver Botanical Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Flagpole and Marker at Plains Conservation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Flagpole and Marker at Wallace Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Columbine Chapter - Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Denver Museum of Natural History Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Denver Chapter - Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Blue Jay Inn Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Buchtel Home Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Denver Museum of Natural History Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Katrina Wolf Murat Headstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Warren Home Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Elbridge Gerry Chapter - Sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103First Schoolhouse in Logan County Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104First White Settler's House in Logan County Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Irrigation Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Pioneer Stockmen Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Fort Morgan Chapter - Fort Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Old Fort Morgan Mounument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Fort Vasquez Chapter - Brighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Pioneer Spirit Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Fort William Bent Chapter - Lamar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113First Schoolhouse in Springfield Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

General Marion Chapter - Canon City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Pike's Blockhouse Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Rudd Cabin, Stone House and Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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Gunnison Valley Chapter - Gunnison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Flag, Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison Health Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison Courthouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Flag at Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Post Office Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Rainbow Route Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Ute Council Tree Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Huajatolla Chapter - Walsenburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Francisco Plaza Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Old Fort Garland Gateway and Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Kinnikinnik Chapter - Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Black Forest Log School Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132First Stake of Fountain Colony Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Old Stone Fort Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Ute Trail Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

La Junta Chapter - La Junta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Bent's Old Fort Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Long’s Peak Chapter - Longmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139First Log Cabin in St. Vrain Valley Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Robert A. Hauck Milk House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Mountain Rendezvous Chapter - Evergreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Church of the Transfiguration Commemorative Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Stone Bench at Hiwan Homestead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Stone Bench on the Lariat Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Monte Vista Chapter - Monta Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Col. Albert Pfeiffer Grave Site Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Mount Rosa Chapter - Littleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Historic Fort Logan Field Officers' Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Mt. Garfield Chapter - Grand Junction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153First Grand Junction Newspaper Site Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Grand Junction Town Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Meeker Tree Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Old Spanish Trail, "Crossing the Grand" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Park Opera House Site Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Spirit of Pioneer Women Statue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Veteran's Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Whitman Park Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162World War I Memorial Flagpole and Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Mt. Lookout Chapter - Golden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165DAR Bicentennial Triangle Park Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166First Building in Golden Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167First Building of Colorado School of Mines Site Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168First Territorial Capital of Colorado Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Mt. Massive Chapter - Leadville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Louisiana Purchase Boundary Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Namaqua Chapter - Loveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Buckingham Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174David Barnes Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

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Duffield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Enos A. Mills Homestead Site Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Namaqua Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Sarah Milner Smith Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Thomas H. Johnson Memorial Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180War Memorial Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Washington Elm Scion and Marker Loveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Peace Pipe Chapter - Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Auraria Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Baker’s Spring Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Denver Museum of Natural History Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Flagpole and Marker on Genesee Mountain Genesee Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Four-Mile House Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188John Patrick House Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Mamie Doud Eisenhower Home Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Santa Fe Trail Chapter - Trinidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Washington Elm Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Sarah Platt Decker Chapter - Durango. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Baker's Bridge Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Four Ute Chief Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Smoky Hill Trail Chapter - Parker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Smoky Hill Trail South Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Uncompahgre Chapter - Montrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Cleland Park Fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Concrete Tepee and Sign Honoring Chipeta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Ouray and Chipeta Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Chipeta Plaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Ute Council Tree Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Zebulon Pike Chapter - Colorado Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209First stake of Fountain Colony Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Old Stone Fort Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Ute Trail Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Santa Fe Trail Markers in Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Marker 1- Prowers County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Marker 2-Prowers County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Marker 3-Prowers County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Marker 4-Prowers County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Marker 5-Prowers County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Marker 6-Prowers County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Marker 7-Prowers County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Marker 8-Bent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Marker 9-Bent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Marker 10-Bent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Marker 11-Bent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Marker 12-Bent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Marker 13-Bent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Marker 14-Bent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Marker 15-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Marker 16-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Marker 17-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

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Marker 18-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Marker 19-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Marker 20-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Marker 21-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Marker 22-Otero County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Marker 23-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Marker 24-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Marker 25-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Marker 26-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Marker 27-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Marker 28-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Marker 29-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Marker 30-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Marker 31-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Marker 32-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Marker 33-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Marker 34-Las Animas County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Marker 35-Baca County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Marker 36-Baca County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Madonna of the Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Colorado Fun Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Timeline and Facts about the History of Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Colorado State Symbols & Emblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

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Alamosa Chapter - AlamosaAlamosa literally grew up overnight. In June 1878, the City of Alamosa went from

a tent City to a rail center for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Alamosa (“cottonwood grove” in Spanish) is more a farm/ranch community as the

largest full-service city in the San Luis Valley it is the place to stay when visiting the nearby Great Sand Dunes National Park featuring the tallest sand dunes in North America. The nation's highest sand dunes (topping out at 750 feet) against a backdrop of 13,000-foot mountain peaks.

The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad provides excursion train rides from Alamosa to La Veta and a connection to the Cumbres and Toltec Railway. The train route takes you through breathtaking country you can’t otherwise see from the highway.

Markers1. Col. Albert H. Pfeiffer Grave Site Marker (with Monte Vista and Rio Del Norte)2. Pioneer Millstones Marker

About the Alamosa ChapterThe Chapter was organized January 31, 1927 by a group of interested women with

Mrs. Herbert Allen Black, State Regent of the Society, as organizer. The Chapter received its charter March 10, 1927. On this charter were inscribed the names of the fourteen charter members: Jane Elizabeth Briggs Montgomery, Dorothy Fisher Cummings, Jessie Harrison Davis, Olive Skeel Foley, Genevieve Vanderhoof Linger, Nada D. Magee, Caroline Ada Stoddard Myers, Florence M. Ross, Ann Hamilton Shull, Vena Robinson Soule. Charter members elected as officers were: Caroline Davis Platt, regent; Mildred Lyman Day, recording secretary and corresponding secretary; Genevieve Morris Bennett, treasurer; Janet Brown Lantis, historian. The name of the Alamosa Chapter is taken from the Spanish meaning “grove of the cotton woods.” The streets of this 1878 town were lined with immense cottonwood trees which grew along the ditches on both sides of the streets. Both ditches and trees have long been gone, and the streets are paved.

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Colonel Albert H. Pfeiffer Grave Site MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 15”w x 20-1/2”h mounted on a rubble monument 30”w x 55”h standing at the head of a grave site fenced with a white picket fence 50”w x 90”d 58”h located northeast of Del Norte.

At the side of the road is a wooden sign 58”w x 34”h painted red with white alpha numerics mounted on a crossbar between two very tall fence posts. The plaque faces west. The wooden sign faces south.

How to get thereGPS Location:N37°41’ 43.16W-106° 35’ 6.84

From downtown Del Norte, go west 8.5 miles on Highway 160 to Embargo Creek Access Road (Rio Grande County 18), thence right (north) on Embargo Creek Access Creek Road for 1.4 miles to Rio Grand Country 15, thence left (west) on Rio Grande Country 15 for 0.45 miles. The wooden sign is on the right (north) side of the road. The plaque and grave site are on the right (north) about 135 yards up the hill. Walk through the cattle guard, across the foot bridge, and up the hill.

InscriptionPlaqueIn Memoriam, Colonel Albert H. Pfeiffer, 1822-

1881, Who died in service of his country. Scout Indian fighter companion and aid to Kit Carson, (DAR insignia)Erected 1931 by the Rio Del Norte Chapter D.A.R.

HistoryAlbert Henry Pfeiffer (1822-1881) was born in Friesland, Holland of Scottish parents.

He emigrated to the United Stated in 1844.In 1855 he was a lieutenant in a volunteer company of the New Mexico Militia

commanded by Colonel Ceran St. Vrain. Lt. Col. Kit Carson was second in command. In 1861, when the Civil War Broke out, the governor raised a regiment of volunteers. Colonel Kit Carson commanded the regiment, and Captain Pfeiffer a company.

During the Civil War, Pfeiffer was stationed at Fort McRay, Fort Nichols, and Fort Union, and after the war at Fort Garland, where he commanded a company under Colonel Kit Carson. Aside from the action between Union forces and Confederate forces under General Sibey in 1863, Pfeiffer’s military duty consisted primarily of escorting wagon trains through hostile Indian territory and in punitive action against the Indians.

He was active in Indian affairs. He has been appointed Indian agent at Abiquiu during his military career, and had been adopted by the Utes.

He mustered out of military service in 1867 and settled on his homestead at Granger near present day Del Norte.

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Pioneer Millstones MarkerDescription

A wooden plaque 31-1/2”w x 10"h mounted on top of a concrete wall in which are embedded two millstones 42-1/2” in diameter, located in front of the King's Daughters Library in Del Norte.

The plaque, which had been removed some years ago, was recovered from the library's storeroom, refurbished and reinstalled in 1990. Faces South.

How to get thereGPS Location: N37° 40' 44.34" W-106° 21' 7.24"

The library is on the northwest corner of the intersection of US-160 and Colorado 112 in downtown Del Norte.

InscriptionWheels from old Grist Mill1860Placed by Del Norte D. A. R.1941

The wooden plaque is gone.

HistoryThere are two versions of the history of the millstones. One version has it that they

came from a mill built in 1860 and operated by Juan Francisco Chavez at La Plaza de San Francisco en La Loma, which was about 3-1/2 miles east of Del Norte between the Rio Grande River and San Francisco Creek. Water diverted from San Francisco Creek into a ditch furnished the power for the mill.

The mill produced three grades of flour - the finest grade (flour) being used for cake flour and as face powder; the second (semeta) for bread; the third (salvado), which was gritty from the millstones, had anise seed added to cover the grit and was used to feed coolies.

The millstones were donated to the library by the late Josephine Silva, a descendent of Juan Francisco Chavez.

The other version has it that the millstones came from a mill, some parts of which are still standing, located approximately two miles north of Del Norte. The mill was run by George Willis, the father of the aunt of the present chairman of the Board of Trustees of the library. The mill began making flour in 1862.

Take your choice. Either version is historically interesting.

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Arapahoe Chapter - Boulder 13

Arapahoe Chapter - BoulderBoulder is located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 35 miles northwest of

Denver. Home of the University of Colorado's main campus and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder sits 5,430 feet above sea level and is surrounded by a greenbelt of city parks and open spaces. Boulder is known for its natural beauty, outdoor recreation, natural product retailers and restaurants, outstanding transportation options, diverse businesses, and technological and academic resources.

Markers1. Christensen Park Bench2. Engine #30 Plaque3. First Church Bell in Boulder Marker4. First Public School in Colorado Monument5. First Wheat Field in Colorado6. Fort Chambers7. Mrs. Lenna Brainard Derham/Red Oak Tree8. Old Red Rocks Marker9. Patrick Henry Osage Orange Tree10. Scott Carpenter Marker11. Vietnam Memorial

About the Arapahoe ChapterThe chapter chose the name ‘Arapahoe’ in honor of the Northern Arapahoe Indians

who inhabited Boulder before the settlers arrived and for the distinctive Arapahoe Peaks whose rugged glaciers provided Boulder with its water supply. Arapahoe chapter members were the wives of Boulder’s Founding Fathers whose names are ubiquitous to Boulder residents today: Mackey, Folsom, Fine, Norlin, Kohler, Long, Viele, Willard, Watts, Paddock, to name but a few. The early chapter members were the wives of mayors, University of Colorado professors, bank presidents, physicians, mining magnates, real estate moguls, farmers, ranchers, financiers, government officials, businessmen, judges, and other elected officials.

They were women of distinction and influence. Several were graduates of prestigious New England women’s colleges as well as the University of Colorado, even becoming professors themselves at the University in later years. All were highly educated women dedicated to building the community through their work in the Daughters of the American Revolution as well as other organizations such as the Woman’s Relief Corps and the Fortnightly Club.

Marking historical sites has also been a priority for the chapter. Some of these makers placed by the chapter include: the location of the First Public School in Colorado, the first church bell brought overland to Boulder by oxen team in 1869; a plaque honoring astronaut and Colorado native Lt. Commander Scott Carpenter; a bench and plaque at Christensen Park noting the planting of a scion of a tree from the official Register

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of American Forest Historic Trees; and a marker at the Vietnam Memorial Arch at Mountain View Cemetery.

Meeting programs over the years have reflected the interests of the members and the important issues of the times, ranging from Revolutionary War history to Colorado history and conservation topics. As WWI hovered on the horizon retired military officers were invited to address the chapter. Immediately following the war, physicians talked about the threat of the influenza epidemic. Toward the end of the 1930’s with war threatening again speakers made presentations on the pressing issues of those days, whether local, national, or international. After the war members heard programs about the “Prospects of World Peace,” and the CU Dean of Women addressed the membership regarding “How a Changed World is Affecting Women.”

In the early years, the meetings were very formal and there was always a “musicale” performed. The members valued music and the arts, which occupied a significant portion of every meeting. Through the 1950’s the Daily Camera and had a reporter cover each DAR meeting for the society page.

Arapahoe Chapter has always supported veterans and front line troops, from WWI to today’s conflict in Afghanistan. They have worked tirelessly to provide troops comfort from home with care packages, and funding special programs that enable soldiers to communicate more effectively with their families.

The chapter provides scholarships to students, funds American Indian Schools founded by the National Society and supports environmental and conservation programs.

Arapahoe chapter has, over the last one hundred years, grown to over 160 members dedicated to upholding the original tenets of the National Society. The DAR is a non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children. Arapahoe Chapter daughters are always striving to improve and strengthen the chapter by reaching out to the community, providing thought-provoking programs, spreading knowledge of American history and educating citizens about the importance of understanding the Constitution.

Today we are as committed to those values as we were on Tuesday, November 15, 1910. We are a dynamic group of women dedicated and devoted to serving our community.


Christensen Park BenchDescription

Park bench to honor Chapter Regent.

How to get there GPS Location: N40° 01.47W-105° 14.22

Christensen Park, Kings Ridge Blvd., Boulder, CO 80301

InscriptionIn honor of Frances Wyrick, for her love of trees,

Arapahoe Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, April, 2009

Christensen Park was donated to the City of Boulder by former Arapahoe Chapter Regent Jean Christensen 1970-1972

HistorySince 1995, former Arapahoe chapter Regent, Frances Wyrick, was Conservation

Chairman. She has worked with the City of Boulder Forestry Department in choosing a total of 31 trees which have been planted at this park. Frances made it her goal to plant trees in Christensen Park because of the connection between Jean Christensen and the DAR. She felt it was a good vehicle to use as leverage rationale to plant our trees and educate the public about the DAR's commitment to Conservation at the same time. Frances also planted 4 pear trees and a Buckeye with her own funds. She was awarded the NADAR Conservation Award for her work planting trees in Christensen Park and Adopt - a - Road participation.

In 2011the Boulder Forestry Department placed at the foot of the bench a plaque in honor of Frances because she had been the force behind the completion of filling (tree planting) the park to capacity. We planted a 7 ft. Sequoia last Arbor Day in another park in Boulder, Catalpa Park and this year for Arbor Day we will be planting a Johnny Appleseed original American History Tree.


Engine #30 PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 17-1/2w”x 22”h mounted on a granite monument to the left of a restored narrow gauge locomotive and cars located in Central (City) Park, Broadway and Canyon Boulevard in Boulder.

Engine #30 was returned to Boulder on a standard gauge flatcar. Dr. John B. Schooland, his committee and numerous volunteers contributed to the restoration and preservation of the locomotive. The bronze plaque, furnished by Arapahoe Chapter, was mounted on a block of hard Eldora granite furnished and placed by the Boulder County commissioners. Faces west.


Central (City) Park is located southeast of the intersection of Broadway and Canyon Boulevard in Boulder. There is diagonal street parking on 13th Street, which is the eastern boundary of the park.

Inscription(state insignia)

This tablet is the property of the state of Colorado old Engine No. 30 operated over the narrow gauge railroad (opened in 1883) affectionately known as “the Switzerland Trail of America” between Boulder, Eldora and Ward 1898-1919 and over the Denver and South Park and Rio Grande Southern until 1952.

The memorial to the Colorado Railroad and Mining Pioneers Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the WM. A. Braiden Fund and By the Arapahoe Chapter of the D. A. R. 1952.

HistoryThe Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad was a Union Pacific-controlled railroad in

three segments - a standard gauge line between Greeley and Stout (the site of which is now under Horsetooth Reservoir) by way of Fort Collins, a standard gauge branch between Loveland and Arkins, and the narrow gauge Boulder to Sunset, all connected by Union Pacific trackage.

The Boulder-Sunset line operated from 1883 to 1894 when it was washed out in a flood. In 1897 the Colorado and Northwestern Rail- Road built a line from Boulder to Sunset on the route of the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific but with an improved alignment which reduced the number of bridges from 66 to 17. In 1898 the line was extended to Ward and in 1907 to Eldora.

In 1909 the Colorado and Northwestern was reorganized as the Denver Boulder and Western. The narrow gauge line was abandoned in 1919 and the trackage removed in 1921.


First Church Bell in Boulder MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-1/2”w x 9"h mounted on the pedestal of a church bell 40"w at the base of the bell x 29"h, located in front of the First Congregational Church on the southwest corner of Broadway and Pine Street in Boulder. Faces north.

How to get there GPS Location:N43° 01.10W-105° 16.50

Travel north on Broadway four blocks beyond Canyon Street (Colorado 119) to Pine Street. The church is on the southwest corner of the intersection. The bell and plaque are on the front lawn of the church, well concealed by heavy shrubbery.

Inscription(DAR insignia)

This bell was brought overland by ox team in 1869 and hung in the First Congregational Church marked by the Arapahoe Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1932

HistoryThis bell was brought overland by ox team in 1869 and hung in the original church

building. Bells for the church and schoolhouse arrived in Boulder at the same time, having been brought in the same wagon.

The bell was removed from the original Congregational Church when the church was razed in 1905, and put in the parson's yard. The bell was mounted in the yard, to be tolled for the last time at 9:11 am, July 4, 1926. This was the sesquicentennial of America's independence, and the same hour that the Liberty Bell was sounded in Philadelphia.


First Public School in Colorado MonumentDescription

A bronze plaque 15"w x 15"h mounted on a gray granite pillar 30''w x 53''h located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 15th and Walnut streets in Boulder. Faces northeast.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 37.774W-105° 10.351

From Broadway in Boulder turn east on Walnut Street for three blocks to 15th Street. Walnut Street is one block north of Canyon Street (Colorado 119).

InscriptionOn this ground was built the first

schoolhouse in Colorado in 1860Erected by Arapahoe Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution 1917 (insignia)

HistoryThe school was started by Abner Brown on land donated by Marinus G. Smith.

Construction cost was $1200, raised by subscription. A frame building, 24 x 36 feet, it was moved from the site and replaced by Central School in 1872. The original building later burned.


First Wheat Field in ColoradoDescription

The Wellman brothers, Henry, Luther and Sylvanus, owned this section of land and planted wheat in the early 1860's. They lived first in a log cabin, and then in the first stone house in the community.


Field was east of Boulder on Arapahoe Road, just beyond Boulder Creek Bridge. The location was marked by the Arapahoe Chapter with an iron marker which has been destroyed.

InscriptionThe marker is missing.

HistorySylvanus, Luther, and Henry Wellman came west during the 1859 gold rush, but they

turned to farming when they realized that flour was almost as valuable as gold. The Wellman brothers had grown up on a farm in Pa., so they decided to stay in the

occupation they knew best. They ended up supplying the mountain miners with vegetables, as well as flour ground from wheat––grown on “Keystone Ranch,” the first farm in what would become Boulder County.

On their way here they heard New York journalist Horace Greeley speak of the great future that awaited all who turned south to what is now Colorado.

With renewed enthusiasm, the brothers joined a small party bound for Boulder. When they got there, they built some log cabins on 640 acres of land along Boulder Creek, in the vicinity of what now is Arapahoe Ave. and 48th St.

In the spring, the men planted wheat. According to Amos Bixby, who wrote the earliest account of the county’s history, the Wellmans’ first wheat harvest averaged 60 bushels per acre––all cut by hand with scythes.

The Arapahoe Chapter marked the area in the 1930's with an iron marker.


Fort ChambersDescription

A 12” x 18” Marker that faces West. The date of installationis unknown.


North 63rd Street Farm

InscriptionSite of old Fort Chambers ¼ mile east. Built on

the farm of G.W. Chambers in 1864 and used during the Indian uprising.

HistoryThe fort was built by farmers of the area as a protection from hostile Indians, and

was called Fort Chambers because of its location on the G.W. Chambers farm. Built in 1864, the fort was also used to drill troops and became headquarters for a company of men commanded by Captain David H. Nichols. These men were recruited to open and protect the Platte River wagon road between Denver and Julesburg. Paul Hummel purchased the Chambers land in 1920, and at that time, only the outline of the fort's walls remained.

Bancroft's History (Colorado volume) “Colorado Dictations”: Governor John Evans in July 1863 called for volunteers against the Indians, a drive that was to culminate in the battle of Sand Creek. D.H. Nichols, agent for Hubert Howe Bancroft, was captain of a company of 104 men who built Ft. Chambers. The first expedition was against Big Wolf and his party.


Mrs. Lenna Brainard Derham/Red Oak TreeDescription

Bronze marker placed in ground at base of tree. Difficult to find. Lettering is easy to read. The marker is 3”x9” and faces Southeast. It was placed May, 1926.


Central Park BandshellCentral Park, Broadway and Canyon, Boulder, CO

InscriptionPlanted by Arapahoe Chapter, D.A.R. in

memory of Mrs. Lenna Brainard Derham, Regent 1914-17

HistoryThe plaque placed at the foot of an oak tree near the west steps of the band shell

in Central Park at Broadway and Canyon Streets. It is dedicated to Mrs. Lenna Brainard Derham, Arapahoe Chapter Regent from 1914 - 1917. A Red Oak tree was planted first to mark the site for the plaque to honor Mrs. Derham in May, 1926. The first tree died and another was planted in April 1928.


Old Red Rocks MarkerDescription

A bronze marker 17"w x 22"h mounted on a huge boulder at the base of a cliff in Settlers Park in Boulder. Faces south.

Original marker set 1939. New marker installed 1964.


From US-36 (Boulder turnpike) turn west on Baseline Road to Broadway, thence north on Broadway to Canyon Boulevard, thence west on Canyon Boulevard to 9th Street, thence north on 9th Street to Pearl, thence west on Pearl to where it begins to curve to the left to join Canyon Boulevard, where there is a small paved parking lot straight ahead. This is Settlers Park. Looking north, there is a path across a wooden bridge and about 150 yards away a red stone cliff. The marker is mounted on a huge boulder at the base of this cliff. The path diverges several times. Keep on the path that leads to the right of the cliff. Vandals dislodged this marker and Arapahoe chapter had it reset in 1964.

InscriptionInscription on Marker: Current Marker: “After gold was

discovered near Denver in 1858, hopeful prospectors flocked westward to the Rocky Mountains. Although the land before you was designated as Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Territory, the first permanent Anglo-American settlers in the Boulder Valley camped in this area during the winter of 1858-59. They discovered gold near Gold Hill and Boulder was established as a mining supply town in 1859. Settlers Park was named for these first pioneers in the Boulder Area.

Original marker inscription: Red Rocks. First white camp in Boulder, CO. Established near this cliff by the original gold seeker party Oct. 1, 1858. Erected by Arapahoe Chapter, DAR, 1939.

Members of the party:ALFRED A. BROOKFIELD, CAPT. A.K. YOUNT, CAPT. THOS. AIKINS, CHARLES CLOUSER,

DANIEL GORDON & BROTHER, THOMAS LORTON, MOORE & DICKENS, SAMUEL J. AIKINS, THEODORE DQUIRES, JOHN ROTHROCK, WHEELOCK BROTHERS,

L.L. AIKINS

HistoryIn 1858, Capt. Thomas Aikins and others (see inscription) from a party of Nebraska gold

seekers moved up the South Platte River from Fort St. Vrain, arriving at this site on October 17th. Here they built 11 cabins at the foot of Red Cliff at the mouth of Boulder Canyon.

The Boulder City Town Company was organized February 10, 1859 with 56 shareholders. Alfred A. Brookfield was elected president. 1240 acres from the mouth of Boulder Canyon for two miles down Boulder Creek were selected as the townsite, which was platted into 337 blocks of 12 lots each.

Settlers’ Park was named after the first American prospectors who camped in this area during the 1858-1859 winters. Upon his arrival at Ft. Saint Vrain 40 miles east, Thomas Aikins - a Missouri farmer with an eye for riches – surveyed the Boulder foothills noting the “mountains looked right for gold”. He broke from his Cherry Creek-bound party with a group of 24 men and pitched tents beneath the area’s iconic rock formations on October 17, 1858. The men succeeded on January 12, 1859 with a large find worth $100,000 - a fortune at the time. An influx of settlers followed, cabins were built, sawmills erected and Boulder quickly grew into a bona fide mining town. Original marker dislodged by vandalism, new marker with change of wording and removal of miners’ names and DAR dedication reset in 1964.


Patrick Henry Osage Orange TreeDescription

A 2” x 10” marker faces Northwest. The marker was placed in 2008


Christensen Park, Kings Ridge Blvd, Boulder, CO 80301

InscriptionThis Osage Orange tree, grown

from a seed of the 300 year old tree located at Patrick Henry's Red Hill home in Virginia, is donated by Arapahoe Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

History“No matter what your age, the moon holds fascination and wonder. Sycamore trees

grew from seeds taken to the moon and back in 1971, aboard Apollo XIV. Astronaut Stuart Roosa, a former smoke jumper, wanted to fly something in honor of the U.S. Forest Service, and brought along seeds that were then planted at colleges and universities across the nation. Think of the fun you'll have watching your own Moon Sycamore grow towards the sky!”


Scott Carpenter MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 16"w x 10"h mounted on the east wall of the swimming pool building in Scott Carpenter Park, 30th and Arapahoe in Boulder. Faces east.


Scott Carpenter Park is located on the southwest corner of 30th Street and Arapahoe in Boulder. The swimming pool building is immediately west of the parking lot. The plaque is at the north end of the east wall of the building immediately left of the telephone booth.


Honoring Lt Cmdr Scott Carpenter a native Coloradoan for his earth orbit flight May 24, 1962. Erected by the Arapahoe Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.

HistoryMalcolm Scott Carpenter, one of the original seven astronauts in the NASA Space

Exploration program, made the second American orbital flight May 24, 1962 in Mercury-Atlas 7. He was airborne four hours, 56 minutes and achieved three earth orbits.

He then worked on the development of the lunar module and as the executive assistant to the director of the Manned Spacecraft Center.

In 1965 he took a leave of absence from NASA to participate in the Navy's Man-in-the-sea program and spent 30 days living and working on the ocean floor in Sealab 11. He was leader of two of the three teams that spent a total of 45 days at a depth of over 200 feet.

Later, back with NASA he was responsible for liaison with the Navy for underwater zero-G training. He injured his elbow in a motorcycle accident in Bermuda and left the astronaut team for good August 10, 1967.


Vietnam MemorialDescription

A 4’ x 4’ marker faces North. Placed May, 29, 2010 in Mountain View Cemetery.


Veterans’ Memorial Garden, Mountain View Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado

InscriptionHonoring all American Patriots,

Arapahoe Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 100 year anniversary, November 15, 1910-2010

History


Mrs. Moulton and daughter

Arkansas Valley Chapter - Pueblo 27

Arkansas Valley Chapter - PuebloPueblo is located in Southern Colorado along the southern edge of the state’s major

growth corridor. Historically a transportation junction, the city lies 110 miles south of Denver at the crossroads of two major highways Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 50.

The City of Pueblo is also known as “America's Home of Heroes”, as was proclaimed by the United States Congress in 1993. Pueblo hosts National Medal of Honor Day and has had as many as four Medal of Honor recipients born in our community.

Markers1. Autobees Settlement Marker2. Baca Ranch Marker3. Dr. Edwin James Marker4. Doyle Settlement Marker5. Doughboy Monument6. Fort Pueblo Marker7. Fountain City Marker8. Hardscrabble Marker9. Martha J. Henry Noble Tree and Marker10. McClelland Orphanage Dormitory11. Mineral Palace Park Marker12. San Carlos de Los Jupes Marker13. U.S.S. Maine Memorial14. Zebulon Pike Campsite Monument15. Victory Road16. 100th Anniversary Marker

About the Arkansas Valley ChapterArkansas Valley Chapter was organized February 7, 1902. It draws its name from

the rich Arkansas Valley which played a very important part in the history of the west, being a major throughway for Indians, mountain men, the military, and settlers. Most of our membership comes from the Pueblo area; however, many members live on nearby farms and ranches.

Pueblo Chapter DAR June 14, 1909; Santa Fe Trail Marker at Las Animas.

28 Arkansas Valley Chapter - Pueblo

Autobees Settlement MarkerDescription

A large wooden sign 95”w x 68-1/4”h, beneath which is suspended a smaller wooden sign 65”w x 7”h, located beside Colorado 209 east of Pueblo.

The small sign disappeared and was replaced in 1990. Faces west.

How to get there From I-25 in Pueblo, take the 13th Street exit (99B) west to Santa Fe Drive, thence

left (south) on Santa Fe Drive, which is Business US- 50, to Blende, continuing on east, still on Business US-50, for 17.2 miles to Colorado 209, thence left (north) on Colorado 209 for 0.2 miles. The marker is on the right (east) side of the road.

Please note this marker has been destroyed and there is nothing to see.

InscriptionLarge marker:

Here the historic Arkansas river was the international boundary between the United States and Spain. Later between the U.S. and the Republic of Mexico until 1848. Mexico bestowed large grants to those who promised to colonize its northern borderlands and promote agriculture and the arts. Among the grants was the Vigil and Saint Vrain that once encompassed all of what the eye could see to the south. Here it was that St. Louis born French trapper trader, and farmer Charles Autobees came on February 20, 1853 to found his settlement on the west bank of the Huerfano river two miles south of its junction with the Arkansas. Quickly channeling irrigation ditches he and his companions soon had the bottom land producing garden vegetables. Soon after he was jointed down stream by others who took an early liking to this upper Arkansas valley including Joseph B. Doyle, William Kroenig, and also by Uncle Dick Wootton whose log enclosed placita was a bastion against Ute Indians raids. Safely within the picket wall were the living quarters, blacksmith shop wagon shop and storage rooms. During the first five years, Autobees watched colonists come and go from these surroundings until the Pikes Peak gold rush established the area as an important provisioner of food to keep the rush alive in 1861, his settlement became the county seat with Autobees, himself a commissioner. The town served until his death in 1882 and the buildings disappeared in a flood some years later. Today many of the Autobees, Ortivis, Tobin, Jaques, Sierra, Finn, Olguin, and Baca family members are descendents of those early arrivals including Charles Autobees.Small sign:

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado and the Arkansas Valley Chapter, NSDAR, Dec. 14, 1976.

History Charles Autobees (1812-1882), who had come west in 1823 or 1824, settled here

in 1853. The settlement, variously known as Autobees Plaza, Huerfano Abajo, Autobees, included a permanent house for Autobees and his family, guest quarters, a livery and large corral, a large dining room and kitchen, work and storage rooms, and a trading room. The guest rooms were used by many famous men including Kit Carson, John Charles Fremont, and Cerans St. Vrain.

The settlement became the county seat of Huerfano County, and he and Joseph Doyle two of the three county commissioners. He died a near pauper, but a man largely responsible for the development of southern Colorado.


Baca Ranch MarkerDescription

A large wooden sign 96"w x 60"h located beside Joplin Street on the north bank of the Arkansas River in Pueblo. The marker was dedicated November 13, 1976. Somehow the marker made no mention of Arkansas Valley Chapter. This oversight was corrected in October of 1990 when a smaller wooden sign 65"w x 5-3/4”h was fastened to the top of the larger one. Faces north.

How to get thereGPS Location: N38° 15,537W-104° 35.386

From I-25 in Pueblo, take the 8th Street exit (99A) east to Hudson, thence right (south) on Hudson to 4th Street, thence left (east) on 4th Street to Joplin Street, thence right (south) on Joplin Street past Damson Street (where the Fountain City marker is located) and around the curve. The marker is on the right (south) side of the road.

InscriptionLarge sign:

In 1853, Marcelino Baca established a ranch north of the Arkansas River just east of Fountain Creek. As a trapper and trader, Baca had amassed a fortune in cattle and horses. He built a log home for himself and family, about 12 houses for his peons, and corrals for his livestock. After Utes massacred residents of Fort Pueblo on December 25, 1854, Baca moved his family to New Mexico. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the New Mexico Volunteers and was killed February 21, 1862, fighting for the Union in the battle with invading Texans at Valverde. While ranching in the Greenhorn Valley, before settling on the site of Pueblo, Baca guided Capt. John Gunnison's party through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the San Luis Valley, while they were surveying a railroad route to the Pacific Ocean.Small sign:

Arkansas Valley Chapter NSDAR, Pueblo Parks Dept and Friends of the Park, November 13, 1976.

HistoryMarcelino Baca (c. 1808 -1862) a New Mexican trader, trapper, hunter, guide and

farmer, was born in Taos. He figured prominently in the early histories of the Pueblo area, Greenhorn, and Hardscrabble.

He and his family were directly involved in the Christmas, 1854 massacre at Fort Pueblo. No family lives were lost, but all his livestock except those in the corral at the settlement were run off by the Utes. As a result of this loss, he and his family returned briefly to Greenhorn and then moved to Rio Colorado in New Mexico.

Like Captain John Smith of very early Virginia Colony fame and his Pocahontas, Baca's life was saved by Tomasa the daughter of the Pawnee Indian chief whose braves had captured Baca when he inadvertently trespassed on their lands in about 1838. Unlike Captain Smith, Baca married her. She was his only wife, so far as can be determined.

He is probably best remembered for the settlement he constructed at the mouth of the Fountain, for guiding Captain John Gunnison's surveying expedition to Fort Massachusetts in 1853, and for the part he played in the 1854 massacre at Fort Pueblo.


Dr. Edwin James MarkerDescription

A wooden sign 96"w x 66"h supported by three posts on either side, located at the intersection of McCulloch Boulevard and Avenido Doloro in Pueblo West. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location:N38° 18.909W-104° 48.857

From I-25 at Pueblo, take US-50 (exit 101) west for nine miles to McCulloch Boulevard at Pueblo West, thence left (south) on McCulloch Boulevard for 5.75 miles to Avenido Doloro. The monument is in the southwest corner of this intersection.

Inscriptionlarge marker:

(painted profile of mountains)Edwin James

In mid-July of 1820 Edwin James (1797-1861) and other members of the Stephen H. Long Scientific-exploring expedition reached the Arkansas river in this area. Trained as a botanist and physician, James had earlier participated in the first successful ascent of Pike’s Peak - a feat which led Long to label the mountain “James Peak” on the expedition’s official maps. The young doctor also discovered the skyblue and white columbine (aquilegia coerulea) that is today Colorado’s State flower.

From the Pueblo area James and his companions explored westward to the Canon City area; shortly thereafter the expedition divided into two parties for the return trip east. The report of the exposition compiled by James, was published in 1822-23 containing much scientific information, it added greatly to the knowledge of present-day Colorado.Small Sign:

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado, The Arkansas Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Pueblo West through The Robert S. Ellison Memorial Fund, 1973.

HistoryIn 1819, on June 22, a scientific/exploration expedition under the command of Major

Stephen Harriman Long of the United States Topographical Engineers, which included Titian Ramsay Peale, son of Charles Willson Peale as assistant naturalist and painter, and Dr. Edwin James, botanist and medical doctor as naturalist, started up the Missouri River in a shallow-draft, stern-wheel steamboat. The expedition wintered at the confluence of the Missouri and Platte rivers near present day Omaha.

The next spring the expedition proceeded up the Platte in search of the headwaters of the Arkansas, Platte and Red rivers. Coming upon a majestic peak, a party led by Dr. James climbed to its summit. On the Long expedition's maps, the peak was labeled “James Peak.'' The name in time was changed to “Pikes Peak'' in honor of the first American explorer known to have recorded its existence. Dr. James is also remembered for discovering the columbine, which is now the state flower.

Dr. James compiled the expedition's report, which was published in 1822-23. Major Long's opinion of the Great Plains: he called it “The Great American Desert''.


Doyle Settlement MarkerDescription

A large wooden sign 96"w x 54''h, supported by 7"x 9" wooden timbers on either side, beneath which is suspended a new, smaller wooden sign 31''w x 5-1/2''h. The signs are located on Doyle Road at the Huerfano River southeast of Pueblo.

The original marker was placed at Doyle Settlement on July 8, 1978, and rededicated July 11, 1984. The new small sign was installed in September of 1990 because somehow the wording of the original marker had failed to give credit to Arkansas Valley Chapter for its efforts in preserving the settlement and in erecting the marker. Faces northeast.


From I-25 in Pueblo, take exit 98a west to Santa Fe Drive, thence left (south) on Santa Fe Drive, which is Business US-50, to Blende. Continue on east from Blende for 2.2 miles from the center of town to 27 Lane (unmarked in late 1990), thence right (south) on 27 Lane, which eventually becomes Doyle Road, for 14.4 miles to just beyond an “S” curve. The markers are on the right (southwest) side of the road next to the boarded-up schoolhouse.

InscriptionLarge MarkerDoyle Settlement

Joseph Bainbridge Doyle was one of the Builders of Fort Pueblo in 1842. He purchased two miles of the Huerfano valley in 1859, from Vigil and St. Vrain and established his family here, building the large ranch house “Case Blanca” with lumber shipped from St. Louis. Doyle brought 600 acres under cultivation, built irrigation ditches and established one of the first flour mills in Colorado. He brought the first school teacher into Colorado, O.J. Goldrick, to tutor his children. He was elected commissioner of Huerfano County and to the State Council, as the State Senate was then called.

Aged remains of the Doyle era still stand near here. The Doyle school house, one of the oldest burial grounds in Colorado, containing the gravestones of the Doyle family, early pioneers and other members of the Doyle settlements.Small Sign

Arkansas Valley Chapter NSDAR Pueblo CO 1990

HistoryIn 1859, Joseph Bainbridge Lafayette Doyle (1817-1864) bought a large tract of land

along the Huerfano River southeast of Blende. Here he built a large two-story house, which he painted white and called Casa Blanca, a flour mill, a school, a chapel, and several smaller stone and adobe buildings. The settlement was a major outfitting station between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains. It was variously called Doyle Settlement, Doyle's Fort, Doyle's Mill, Doyle's.

Doyle was a county commissioner and in 1864 was elected to the Territory Council (which became the Territory Senate). He died that same year, probably the richest man in Colorado and certainly one of the most powerful politically.


Doughboy MonumentDescription

A lifesize bronze doughboy, popularly called Ready, atop a sandstone boulder 62”w x 67-3/4”h located immediately south of City Hall at the intersection of Union Avenue and Elizabeth Street in Pueblo.

The statue was dedicated in 1937 to those from Pueblo who lost their lives in the first World War. Faces North west.


From I-25 in Pueblo take the 13th Street exit (99B) west to Grand, thence south on Grand to Union, thence southeast on Union to Elizabeth. City Hall is on the left (southeast) side of Union. The monument is immediately beyond City Hall.

InscriptionIn honor of the Soldiers and Sailors of the World

War erected by Pueblo Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

Dedicated March 6, 1937

HistoryOn June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated

in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, setting off a chain of events that shortly embroiled all of Europe in World War I.

America’s mood was one of noninvolvement until the German Navy, in pursuit of its government's newly adopted policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, began sinking passenger liners and freighters. On May 1, 1915, the American Gulflite was torpedoed. On May 3rd the British liner Lusitania was sunk with the loss of 1198 lives including 128 Americans. After vigorous protest by the United States, Germany modified its policy somewhat until early 1917, when an all—out submarine campaign was resumed.

Public opinion now began to shift away from neutrality. President Wilson had run for a second term on the platform, “He kept us out of war,” but eventually concluded that there was no way of avoiding it. On April 2, 1917, he asked Congress to declare war, and on April 6th war was declared.

4,734,991 men and women served in the armed forces. There were 320,518 military casualties, of which 53,402 died in action and 63,114 died from other causes.

An armistice ended the fighting at 11:00 am on November 11, 1918. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The United States Senate, opposing some of its provisions creating the League of Nations, refused to ratify it.


Fort Pueblo MarkerDescription

A monument of gray Salida granite 36"w x 71"h mounted on a stepped granite base 80"w x 16"h mounted on a granite sub-base 96"w x 14-1/2”h located on the northwest corner of 1st Street and Court Street in Pueblo.

Originally the monument was located at City Hall Place, west of City Hall, facing South Union Avenue. Because this site was inaccurate, the monument was later moved to its present location. It was dedicated in its new location on March 14, 1976. Faces East.


From I-25 in Pueblo take the 13th Street exit (99B) west to Santa Fe Avenue, thence left (south) on Santa Fe Avenue to 1st Street thence right (west) two blocks to Court Street. The monument is on the northwest corner of that intersection.

Inscription(sketch of the fort)

Fort Pueblo site of Indian Massacre December 25, 1854 (DAR insignia). This memorial commemorating this old Pueblo Fort site erected by the Arkansas Valley & Pueblo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Dedicated November 27, 1927.

HistoryIn 1842, a company of independent traders, led by George S. Simpson and Robert

Fisher, and including Mathew Kinkead, Francisco Conn and Joseph Mantz, erected a trading post about half a mile west of Fountain Creek near the north bank of the Arkansas River. The exact location is in dispute.

It was made of adobe bricks in quadrangular form with bastions at the northeast and southwest corners and the gate facing east. lts exact dimensions are unknown, since no trace of the structure has survived.

Originally it was known simply as Pueblo (town). Later it became known as Fort Pueblo to distinguish it from the town of Pueblo that grew up around it. It was also at times variously known as Fort Spaulding, Fort Juana, Robert Fisher's Fort, and the lower Pueblo.

By 1843, Kinkead and Conn had left. By March of 1844 Simpson had moved to Hardscrabble. The fort was occupied off and on for trading purposes until 1854. On Christmas Eve (or Day) of 1854, the fort was the scene of a bloody Indian massacre. Chief Blanco and a band of about a hundred Utes and a few Apaches somehow entered the fort and massacred fourteen men, wounded two, and carried off one woman and two children.


Fountain City MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-3/4”w x 23-1/2”h mounted on a granite boulder 44”w x 34"h mounted on a rubble base 67"w x 21"h and flanked by a boulder on either side, located in Pueblo on the northwest corner of the intersection of Joplin Street and Damson Street.

The marker was erected in 1936 on a different site, closer to Fountain Creek and was later moved to its present location. The boulders were provided by chapter member Lanetta Moody.

Title to the property on which the marker stands is held by Fontaine-qui-Bouille Chapter. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location:N38° 15.829 W-104° 35.526

From I-25 in Pueblo, take the 8th Street exit (99A) east to Hudson, thence south on Hudson to 4th Street, thence east on 4th Street to Joplin Street, thence south on Joplin Street to Damson Street.

Inscription(State of Colorado seal)

This tablet is the property of the State of Colorado.

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 lived in January 1822.Fountain City

Predecessor of Pueblo and founded in the fall of 1858, ran west from the hill to the fountain river. Men who came as gold seekers remained to farm, trade, and found a city.

HistoryFountain City (not to be confused with the Fountain Colony which became Colorado

Springs) came into being on the site of a log cabin and horse pen erected by trader/trapper Jacob Fowler and his men in January of 1822, on the north bank of the Arkansas River on the east side of Fountain Creek. Twelve days later they abandoned the site and left for New Mexico to trade.

In 1858 a party of gold seekers from St. Louis headed by Josiah E. Smith spent the winter there, decided to stay, and named the settlement Fountain City. It did not prosper and died not long thereafter.

In 1859 Jack Wright moved across the river and built the first house in present day Pueblo, named after ill-fated Fort Pueblo.


Hardscrabble MarkerDescription

A large wooden sign 94-1/2”w x 67"h, supported on either side by large posts, located on the west side of Colorado 67 south of Florence. This marker was dedicated May 3, 1969. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: N38° 15.872 W-105° 05.265

Florence is on Colorado 115 and may be reached by traveling west from Pueblo on US-50 for 21 miles to Colorado 115, then south on Colorado 115 for 10 miles to Florence. Alternatively, from Colorado Springs, travel south on Colorado 115 about 36 miles to Florence. In Florence, turn south on Colorado 67 for 8.7 miles. The sign is on the 110 right (west) side of the road.

InscriptionMuch of this area’s early

history occurred in nearby trading posts and settlements which lived and died leaving little trace of their existence. Such was the post built one mile west by Maurice Leduc in the 1830’s and the village of Hardscrabble established in the 1840’s by traders and trappers bellow the forks of Hardscrabble and Adobe Creeks. Hardscrabble’s walls and flat-roofed adobe houses formed a protective square in the middle of country long fought over by the Ute and Arapahoe Indians. Villagers traded with anyone who happened by, but the tiny community was too far removed from the main-traveled Santa Fe Trail to survive. By late November 1848, when John C. Fremont and his men briefly visited Hardscrabble on their way west in search of a central railroad route through the mountains (sic) the village was almost deserted.

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Endowment, the Arkansas Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the State Highway Department.

HistoryThe original name of the post established by Maurice LeDuc, among others, in the

late 1830s, is lost to history, but it was later referred to as Maurice's Fort, and Buzzards' Roost. Also in this area were a trading post, later a farm, established by Mathew Kinkead in 1843, and the settlement San Buenaventura de los Arrollos (later called San Carlos de Napeste San Carlos, Saint Charles, finally Hardscrabble), established in 1844 by George Simpson, Alexander Barclay and Joseph Doyle as a farming community and sometime trading post when trade at Pueblo dwindled because of a lack of buffalo robes and the unavailability of whiskey and flour from Taos. This settlement boasted a population of as many as seventy-five persons in 1845.

As in the case of the other establishments in the Hardscrabble Valley, Hardscrabble did not survive. By 1848, when he stopped there on his fourth expedition, John Charles Fremont found the settlement down to two families.


Martha J. Henry Noble Tree and MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 18"w x 12"h mounted on a boulder 36"w x 16"h located at the base of a blue spruce tree in the southwest quadrant of Mineral Palace Park (Gardens) in Pueblo.

The tree was planted April 21, 1916. At that time a bronze marker was attached to the tree, but disappeared some time later. In 1920 the present marker was placed and dedicated. Faces East.

How to get there GPS Location:N38° 16.889W-104° 36.591

From I-25 in Pueblo take the 13th Street exit (99B) west to Main Street, thence right (north) on Main Street to the entrance to Mineral Palace Park (Gardens). The marker is to the left as you enter the park.

Inscription1845 (DAR insignia) 1913 in loving

memory of Martha J. Henry Noble Patriotic Pioneer Christian Woman this tree was planted April 21, 1916 by the Arkansas Valley Chapter of the D.A.R.

HistoryMartha J. Henry (1845-1913) was born in Iowa, the daughter of Judge J. W. Henry,

pioneer jurist of Colorado. She came of distinguished ancestry, being the grandniece of Patrick Henry, the patriot. She was also related to Richard Johnson, vice president of the United States in the Van Buren administration.

She came to Pueblo from Missouri in 1865 with her husband, C.N. Noble, and her parents, at a time when Pueblo was full of Indians. Many times she fed hungry bands of Ute Indians at her door.

Mrs. Noble played an active part in the politics of Colorado, being the first vice chairman of the Republican Central Committee and clerk of the enrollment room of the state legislature.

She was the organizing and first regent of Arkansas Valley Chapter, state parliamentarian (1911-1913) and state auditor (1909).


McClelland Orphanage DormitoryDescription

A brass plaque mounted in the McClelland School.

How to get there GPS Location: N38° 25.56,W-104° 61.79

Leave I-25 at Exit 97-B, go northwest on Abriendo Avenue approximately three blocks to 415 Abriendo Avenue.

InscriptionThis dormitory furnished by the Arkansas Valley

Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Regent Mrs. Lillian Thatcher, Chairman of Philanthropy Committee Mrs. Arthur G. Brown. January 1935

History Around 1930 community leaders began planning for a new building for the

McClelland Orphanage. Because of economic conditions the project was not started until July 30, 1934. It is a three-story 42x78 feet structure designed by Walter De Mordaunt costing $50,000. Contractor was Platt-Rogers, Inc. The building included dormitories for boys and girls, education rooms, matrons quarters, lavatory facilities and two fireplaces. The dining room fireplace was dedicated to Mrs. Ada Thatcher Huntzinger with a brass plate over the fireplace. The estate of Mrs. B.B. Brown provided a major portion of the building costs.

Mrs. John Thatcher was president of the Orphanage Board. Mrs. Columbia C, Andrew McClelland, Lillian Thatcher were honorary members of the Board. When the “new” McClelland Home was built in 1935, Arkansas Valley Chapter NSDAR wrote a letter to Mrs. J. H. Thatcher, President of the Home's Board of Directors, offering to furnish and maintain a dormitory as an ongoing chapter project. The room selected was the Kindergarten Dormitory. It was to contain twelve beds for boys ages two to six.

In addition to the beds, the Chapter also provided curtains, bedding, blankets, small chairs, rocking chairs, and linoleum flooring. The marker was placed by the Chapter in March 1935. The emblem at the top of the markers the insignia of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.


Mineral Palace Park MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 20"w x 12"h mounted on a boulder 50"w x 32"h located in the triangle immediately inside the main gate at Mineral Palace Park (Gardens) in Pueblo. As the photograph shows, the plaque has been disfigured by vandals.

The plaque was dedicated in 1938. Faces Northeast.


The main entrance to Mineral Palace Park (Gardens) is at the intersection of Main Street and 15th Street in Pueblo. From I-25 take the 13th Street exit (99B) west to Main Street, thence right (north) two blocks to the park.

InscriptionMineral Palace Park established in 1896

Commissioners O.H.P. Baxter, Clara M. Latshaw, George V. Meserole, J. M. Fenton Supt(DAR insignia)

Tablet placed by the Arkansas Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1938

HistoryMineral Palace Park was established in 1896. Near the 18th and Main entrance to the

park, the Mineral Palace had been built at the suggestion of General Cameron of Canon City to advertise Colorado's mineral resources to the world. It reputedly housed the largest collection of minerals and gems in the world.

Mineral Palace opened to the public July 4, 1890 (or 1891, depending on which account one is reading). The building was 224 feet long and 134 feet wide. The ceiling was 90 feet high with 28 domes. The center dome was 90 feet in diameter, two others 42 feet each, and the remaining 25 domes 28 feet. Each dome was decorated with Colorado wildflowers. The construction cost was $165,000.

Unfortunately the founders failed to raise enough money to build a substantial structure, and the building was condemned as unsafe and razed in the early 1940s.

The park itself remains, a place of towering trees, spectacular gardens and flower beds, a greenhouse, athletic fields a playground area, a lagoon, and several small buildings. It has been renamed Mineral Palace Gardens.


San Carlos de Los Jupes MarkerDescription

A wooden sign 95-1/2”w x 66"h supported by three 10"d posts on either side located on the west side of Lane 36 (County Highway 231) 1.25 miles north of Vineland. This marker, dedicated September 30, 1972, was recognized by the State Historical Society of Colorado as the first official event in Colorado of the Bicentennial observance. Faces East.


Vineland is on Santa Fe Drive (Business US-50) east of Pueblo. From I-25 in Pueblo take exit 98A west to Santa Fe Drive, thence left (south) on Santa Fe Drive past Blende to Vineland, thence left (north) on Lane 36 (Colorado 231) for 1.25 miles to the marker, which is on the west side of the road.

InscriptionLarge Sign:(painted mountain profile)

San Carlose de Los JupesBy 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 1600’s until 1770 when the governor of New Mexico, Don Jaun Bautista De Anza, decisively defeated a large group, led by Cuerno Verde, in a battle near the mountains to the southwest of here. The Comanches signed a peace treaty in 1786, and a year later they asked for Spanish assistance to build a permanent farm village. The Spanish provided workmen, tools, farming implements, seed and livestock to help found San Carlose de Los Jupes, but Comanche religious beliefs caused abandonment of the village within a year because a member of the tribe died there. It is believed San Carlose de Los Jupes was built just west of here at the confluence of the Arkansas and the San Carlos rivers. Although this early Spanish attempt to colonize plains indians failed the Comanches were comparatively friendly toward the New Mexican settlements thereafter.Small Sign:

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado and the Arkansas Valley Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution and the Colorado Department of the Highways through the Robert S. Eilison Memorial Fund, 1972.

HistoryThe New Mexico referred to in the inscription above was then a royal province of New

Spain which encompassed all of present day New Mexico, most of Colorado and Arizona, and slices of Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Don Juan Bautista de Anza was the able soldier who had won great royal favor the year before by blazing the first overland trail to California.


U.S.S. Maine MemorialDescription

The City of Pueblo has 4 historic U.S.S. Maine Memorials located at; 2800 North Elizabeth Street Parkway, Pueblo City Hall, Federal Building/Post Office, Mozart Lounge, 1120 N. Main Street. Pueblo Post Office-NSDAR1917 City Hall--Unknown2700 N. Elizabeth-UnknownMozart Lounge-Unknown


Take 1st exit off I-25. Turn right on Main street. The old Post Office building is at 3rd and Main.

InscriptionIn Memoriam

U.S.S. Maine. Destroyed in Havana Harbor, Feb. 15th 1898. This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine. (1,000 of these were cast for communities all across the U5.)

History “Remember the Maine” became the rallying cry in the in Spanish American War, after

this ship was sunk in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898. ln February 1912, the ship was raised and floated. Congress passed an Act in August that year authorizing the Secretaries of War and Navy to remove suitable parts and make tablets to be allotted to municipalities, military, naval and patriotic societies in the, United States, for officers and crew of the Maine or their heirs. The design of sculptor Charles Keck was selected. The tablet represented victory in an attitude of sorrow, on the shield the words “patriotism” and ”devotion”, at one side of the graceful palm branch, symbol of victory, in the background the ill fated battleship Maine. 1,000 of these were cast. One was issued to the Arkansas Valley Chapter NSDAR, another to Rigo V. Redick of Pueblo. The complete and correct history of Pueblo's three U.S.S. Maine Memorial Plaques cannot be determined nor can the numbers of the two surviving plaques be identified. The NSDAR purchased and installed the plaque that was once in the post office. The only one that remains in its original location is the plaque on the North Elizabeth Parkway. No record was found for its date of installation or sponsor. No record was found for date of installation or sponsor of the plaque in the City Hall lobby that is now missing. One of the missing plaques may be the one behind the bar in the Mozart Lounge. Nothing is known of why it is there or how it got there.


Zebulon Pike Campsite Monument and 100th Anniversary Marker

DescriptionA bronze plaque 18"w x 12"h mounted on a built-up tapered rubble monument 47"w

x 100"h mounted on a concrete base 75"w x 9-1/2”h located on the south side of Santa Fe Drive just east of Pueblo. The monument was dedicated April 29, 1933. Faces North.


From I-25 in Pueblo take 1st street exit to Santa Fe Avenue. Turn left on Santa Fa Avenue. The Marker is on the left on the River Walk.

InscriptionNear this spot Zebulon M. Pike camped November 23,

1806, Erected by the Pueblo Chapter D.A.R.A 100 anniversary marker was added July 16, 2006.

HistoryFollowing the Lewis and Clark expedition into the northwest to explore the newly-

acquired Louisiana Territory, Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike in 1806 commanded an expedition to the southwest.

His instructions were:1. to return a party of Osage Indians who had been captured by the Potawatomis to

their native village;2. to arrive, if possible, at some “understanding” with the Comanches;3. to observe the geography, natural history, and topography of the area traversed;4. to collect mineral and botanical specimens;5. to locate the headwaters of the Red River and descend that stream.

The expedition traveled by boat up the Missouri and Osage rivers to the Osage Indian villages near the present boundary between Kansas and Missouri. There they procured horses from the Indians and crossed the prairie to the Republican River. Pressing on, at the Big Bend of the Arkansas River Pike divided his party and sent six men downriver in canoes. The rest of the party continued upstream, arriving at present day Pueblo on November 24th. They had sighted the Rocky Mountains on the 15th. At the mouth of Fountain Creek they built a fort, the first structure erected in Colorado by Americans.

They continued up the Arkansas to present day Florence, Canon City, Royal Gorge, South Park, and the San Luis Valley. Pike mistook the Rio Grande for the Red River and built a stockade on the banks of the Conejos River, actually in Spanish territory. Spanish scouts arrested Pike and his men and took them to Santa Fe and then Chihuahua. They were later released and escorted back to United States territory.


100th Anniversary MarkerDescription

Stone marker placed in Mineral Palace Park (Gardens). The marker was dedicated on October 11, 2003.


From I-25 in Pueblo take the 13th Street exit (99B) west to Main Street, thence right (north) on Main Street to the entrance to Mineral Palace Park (Gardens). The marker is to the left as you enter the park.

InscriptionArkansas Valley Chapter National Society

Daughter of the American Revolution 100 years of service to the community

1902-2003

History In the fall of 1900, by invitation of Mrs. Richard Lee, a number of ladies assembled

at her home, 615 Broadway, Pueblo, Colorado, to discuss the formation of a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. No further action was taken until January 1901 when a second meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Lee. The State Regent, Mrs. Emma Hayward Eldredge, and Mrs. John Campbell were present. The State Regent appointed Mrs. William R. Hoch organizing regent. In September Mrs. Eldredge organized this chapter of twenty-four members. It was the third chapter to organize in Colorado.

The first regular meeting was held October 1, 1901, when officers were elected: regent, Mrs. Martha J. Noble; vice regent, Miss Clara Ella Duke; recording secretary, Mrs. C. W. Tingley; treasurer, Mrs. G. M. Kerr; registrar, Mrs. W.R. Hoch; historian, Mrs. Albert Murray; chaplain, Miss Clara Ella Duke; Directors, Mrs. John A. Thatcher, Miss Helen Newell. Other charter members included Belle Robbins Reid, Clara McCoy Dixon, Lillian Thatcher, Ella May Dixon, Anna Comstock Jackson, Catherine Shaffer Lee, Kate Mae Duke, Martha Beatty Mallaby, Edna A. Henry Baxter, Frances Dewey Rix Hinman, Lillie Webber Leslie, Margaret Henry Thatcher, Elizabeth A. Noble, Helen Dunbaugh Newell, Sarah Hoyt Comstock Smith, Ella Ayres Duke, Blanche Morton, and Edith May Baxter McClain.

The gavel used by our regents is made from the wood of an apple tree grown at Mount Vernon, beautifully inscribed and presented to the chapter December 7, 1909, by the regent Mrs. L. F. Cornwell. Our most treasured possession is a pair of drumsticks of regnum-vitae, carried in the Battle of Bunker Hill by the grandfather of Mrs. Emeline Bradford, one of our early members.

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Augusta Wallihan - CraigCraig, the Moffat County seat, is rich in recreational opportunities, natural resources,

and Old West lore. Located at the junction of U.S. Highway 40 and Colorado Highway 13, Craig is the mid-point for Denver and Salt Lake City travelers and is the economic center of Northwest Colorado.

Moffat County's high-desert landscape provides world-class hunting and an abundance of winter and summer recreational opportunities. We have the only wave pool complex on the Western Slope, a beautiful and challenging 18-hole public golf course with scenic views of the Yampa River. In Moffat County, you'll also enjoy sport fishing, abundant wildlife and petroglyphs. You'll also find the gateway to Dinosaur National Monument and one of the last free-roaming herds of wild mustangs.

Markers1. A.G. and Augusta Wallihan Marker

About the Chapter

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A.G. and Augusta Wallihan MarkerDescription

The graves of A.G. and Augusta Wallihan, pioneer wildlife photographers and homesteaders of Northwest Colorado, sit on a 20'x20' tract of land owned by Moffat County. The site is totally surrounded by private property. A renovation project in 2010 cleaned out sagebrush and weeds, added a wrought iron fence, landscaping and headstones. A brass plaque with photos of the couple and a brief description of their work is on the east end of the site. The site was dedicated on August 21, 2010.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40.31.739 W-107.53.250

The Wallihan graves are located north of US Hwy 40, in Lay, CO, approximately 12 miles west of Craig. Permission is required to visit the site. The Museum of Northwest Colorado in Craig maintains waivers that must be signed by each visitor to the grave site.

Inscription“A.G. and Augusta Wallihan moved to

Lay, Colorado shortly after their marriage. A.G. became the postmaster of Lay and served until his death in 1935. They are best known as being among the first and foremost in the world to take photographs of wildlife in nature, beginning their pioneering efforts in 1889."

Marked by the Augusta Wallihan Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution August, 2010.

HistoryA.G. Wallihan came to the Brown's Park area of Northwest Colorado in 1882. He

moved to Lay, CO in 1884 and took up a homestead there. He also became the postmaster. Born in Massachusetts into a family with Revolution ties on both sides, Augusta came to Northwest Colorado in 1884. They married in 1885 and the couple spent the rest of their lives in Lay. Augusta could hunt a deer for food, tan the hide and make beautiful beaded gloves. She always rode sidesaddle and wore dresses suitable for town - girded by her ever-present cartridge belt. With his wife's help, A.G. soon became one of the foremost pioneers of nature photography. Augusta traded a pair of her handmade gloves to a traveling missionary for their first camera. They became outspoken wildlife conservationists during a time when game populations were thought to be limitless. Their articles regularly appeared in national magazines and his photographs won awards at the St. Louis World's Fair and the Paris Exposition.

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Blue Spruce Chapter - LakewoodThe third largest city in the Denver metro area, this suburb to the west of the city

has one of the best views of the Rocky Mountain foothills. Lakewood's new downtown area, complete with shops and pedestrian-friendly areas, is emerging on the site of a demolished shopping mall.

Markers1. Belmar Museum Tree and Marker2. Bicentennial Commemorative Tree and Marker

About the Blue Spruce ChapterBlue Spruce Chapter came into being, through the dedicated effort of our beloved

State Regent, Mrs. Warden Lee Braerton, whose daughter, Emily Louise Braerton Peters, was confirmed on June 7, 1951 by the National Board of Management to be our Organizing Regent.

Blue Spruce Chapter was named for the Blue Spruce tree which grows naturally in a limited area of the mountainous regions surrounding us. It is considered a native species of Colorado, and is the official state tree of Colorado.

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Belmar Museum Tree and MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 10''w x 6-1/2”h set in concrete at ground level on the north side of a blue spruce tree planted in 1976 at Belmar Museum, 797 South Wadsworth Boulevard in Denver. The tree is located about 25 yards south of the museum (not the office) building. The tree was planted to commemorate the Bicentennial. Faces North.


Wadsworth Boulevard is a major north-south thoroughfare in metropolitan Denver, and may be reached easily from I-70. Take the Wadsworth Boulevard exit south to West Ohio Avenue. The museum is on the southwest corner of that intersection.

InscriptionIn commemoration Colorado D.A.R.Blue Spruce Chapter1776 -1976

HistoryGrowing discontent with English rule erupted into outright squabbling over the

“illegal” taxation of Americans by England to help pay for the expensive Seven Years' War (1756-1763). As the quarrel deepened, the friction became bloody at times: the Boston Massacre, the fight between the Minutemen and the British at Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill. On August 23, 1775, King George III declared the colonists in a state of rebellion.

On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia put before the Second Continental Congress a resolution calling for a declaration of independence. A committee comprising Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman was appointed to spell out the reasons for the anticipated declaration.

Jefferson was designated to prepare a draft.On July 2, 1776, Congress voted unanimously, albeit through a series of political

maneuvers, to adopt the resolution, and on July 4th the text proclaiming it. The actual signing of the declaration began on August 2nd. The last signature was not affixed until almost a year later.

Of the 56 signers, two became presidents (Adams and Jefferson), three vice presidents (Adams, Jefferson, Gerry), ten U.S. congressmen, nineteen illustrious jurists, sixteen governors and dozens of others high officeholders.

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Bicentennial Commemorative Tree and MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 10''w x 6-1/2”h set in concrete at ground level on the south side of a large blue spruce tree located just north of the office building and just west of the sod house in Wheat Ridge Historic Park, 4610 Robb Street in Wheat Ridge.

The tree was planted in 1976. Commemorates the Bicentennial. Faces South.


Robb Street is between Kipling and Youngfield streets in Wheat Ridge. From Kipling Street (a major north-south thoroughfare in western metropolitan Denver) take 44th Avenue west to Robb Street, thence north two blocks to 46th Avenue. The park is on the northeast corner of that intersection.

InscriptionIn commemoration Colorado D.A.R.Blue Spruce Chapter1776 -1976


“illegal” taxation of Americans by England to help pay for the expensive Seven Years' War (1756-1763). As the quarrel deepened, the friction became bloody at times: the Boston Massacre, the fight between the Minutemen and the British at Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill. On August 23, 1775, King George III declared the colonists in a state of rebellion.

On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia put before the Second Continental Congress a resolution calling for a declaration of independence from England. A committee comprising Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman was appointed to spell out the reasons for the anticipated declaration. Jefferson was appointed to prepare a draft.

On July 2, 1776, Congress voted unanimously, albeit through a series of political maneuvers, to adopt the resolution, and on July 4th the text proclaiming it. The actual signing of the declaration began on August 2nd. The last signature was not affixed until almost a year later.

Of the 56 signers, two became presidents (Adams and Jefferson), three vice presidents (Adams, Jefferson, Gerry), ten U.S. congressmen, nineteen illustrious jurists, sixteen governors and dozens of others high officeholders.

The sod house immediately east of the tree was built about 1886 by Mr. James H. Baugh. The sod slabs were about 12'' wide, 24,” long and 4" high, and were laid one row lengthwise and the next row crosswise. The wails are presently about 20" thick and eight feet high. Hog wire holds the sod in place and clumps of woodbine grow in the wails. All the wails except the far rear are original.

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Cache la Poudre Chapter- Fort Collins 49

Cache la Poudre Chapter- Fort CollinsTravelers crossing the country on the Overland Trail often stopped at Camp Collins,

which was established on the Cache La Poudre River in 1862. The camp was named for Colonel W. O. Collins, a commander of the eleventh Ohio Cavalry at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. The fort was built to protect the important trading post from attacks by native Americans. In 1864 a community grew around the fort and became a center of trading, shipping, and manufacturing. Fort Collins was incorporated in 1869.

Located in northern Colorado, Fort Collins is home to Colorado State University and an outstanding public school system. Nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Fort Collins offers exciting recreational opportunities, unique cultural offerings, and is a regional center for employment and shopping. Throughout the year, live music and entertainment, as well as great local dining, can be found throughout the historic downtown area. Fort Collins offers the convenience of a small town with all the amenities of a larger city.

Markers1. Adams Cemetery Marker2. Anniversary Marker for Cache la Poudre Chapter3. Antoine Janis Cabin Marker4. Antoine Janis Marker5. Bingham Hill Cemetery Monument6. Cache la Poudre Marker7. Cherokee Stage Station Marker8. Council Tree of Chief Friday of the Arapahoes 9. First Grist Mill Marker10. First School House in Larimer County11. Flowers House Marker12. Founding Daughters of Cache la Poudre Marker 13. Log Cabin Site Marker14. Old Flowers Store and Post Office Marker15. Overland Stage and Express Marker (with Centennial State)16. Overland Stage Station Marker17. Sam Deon-Elisa Gardner Cabin Marker18. Susan Howe Holmes Marker19. Virginia Dale Overland Trail Stage Station

About the Cache la Poudre ChapterThe Cache la Poudre Chapter NSDAR was founded April 18, 1908, and formally

organized July 4, 1908. The story of our chapter's name is as follows:

In 1836, an early snowstorm forced a band of trappers to hide extra powder and supplies by a stream before trying to cross the mountains. Returning in the spring to find their cache safe, they gratefully named the stream Cache la Poudre. A granite marker was placed on August 1, 1910, by the Cache la Poudre Chapter NSDAR to mark the naming of the river, the chapter's namesake.

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Adams Cemetery MarkerDescription

A 24" x 60" natural redwood board over the entrance to Adams Cemetery located on Red Feather Lakes Road. The cemetery was restored in 1986 by Cache la Poudre Chapter. Faces North.

The marker was dedicated on Flag Day.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 43’ 905”W-105° 23’ 665”

From Interstate 25 take Highway 14 Exit (Mulberry Street) west. Colorado Highway 14 becomes US Highway 287/Colorado 14 at College Avenue. Turn right on College Ave and travel towards Laramie to the Red Feathers Lake Road (Larimer County Road 74E, then west for approximately 11 miles. The marker is about 1/4 of a mile south of County Road 74E and is visible from the road. The marker is land locked and on private land. If you see a large Glacier View Meadows sign on the south side of the road you have gone too far. There are small businesses located in the area of the sign.

InscriptionAdams 1880 Restored 1986 NSDARCache La Poudre

HistoryAdams Cemetery is the only remaining reminder of the old Adams post office, store

and stage stop once located in a draw about 1-1/2 miles east of the cemetery. The Adams place was sold to John J. Bush in 1882. It was he who established the post office, which existed until 1897.

Adams Cemetery was established as a one acre plot from the Riddle and Sloan ranches, later the Currie ranch, now Glacier View. The first known burial in the cemetery was that of William W. Sloan, born June 22, 1813, died December 6, 1880. He and his family had just that year come to the Red Feather Lakes area by wagon train from Leavenworth, Kansas. His grave, and that of his wife Martha, are marked by the most prominent gravestone in the cemetery.

Also buried here were Paul G. Sloan, a grandson of William and Mary Sloan; some Sargissons, relatives of the Sloans; Riddle; Brugger (Brooker); Reynolds; Pratt; Kincaid; Beattie; Hardin; G. W. Jewett, a Civil War veteran; John McNey, of the family for whom McNey Hill was named, who was later reburied in Grand View Cemetery in Fort Collins. The latest burial was that of a small boy, Rory Barfknecht, on October 26, 1985.


Anniversary Marker for Cache la Poudre ChapterDescription

The marker is black polished Granite measuring 16 x 30 with 1 inch white letters located at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, Colorado. The marker faces east.


The maker is located at Grandview Cemetery in section 8 lot 295.Directions to the Cemetery are go west on Highway 14 and US287 (College and

Mulberry) for 1 mile to Shields Street. Head north on Shields of 0.4 miles to Mountain Avenue. Proceed west on Mountain Avenue approximaely 0.7 miles to the which is the Grandview Cemetery.

Cross the bridge at the entrance and turn left and head westbound to section 7 of the area.

There will be a newer tree which was planted in the area and the marker is located at ground level and not easily seen.

Inscription1908 (insignia) 2008To commemorate the 100th Anniversary

of the founding of the Cache la Poudre Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

The burr oak tree donated by Cache la Poudre member Ethel Rayner Ashley

Oak tree was planted October 2006 Cache la Poudre Chapter.

HistoryThe marker was placed to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Cache la Poudre

Chapter NSDAR and to honor the founding members of our Chapter who are buried at Grandview Cemetery.

The following founding members are buried at Grandview with the location of their graves.

Name LocationSophie Park Stratton Anderson 8-266-2Mary P. Scarborough Carpenter D-227-2Clara Smith Gillette (Mrs. C. P.) 8-134-1Florence Gillette (Malcouronne) 8-134-2Emeline Emmons Post F-148-2Betsy Letetia Parke Anderson D-72Alicia Allyn Tedmon F-50-5Anna R. Tedmon F-50-6Ida M. Warren E-24-4


Antoine Janis Cabin MarkerDescription

A mahogany marker 30" w x 40" h placed at eye level on the left side of the door of the Antoine Janis cabin in Lincoln (Library) Park, Fort Collins. The cabin was purchased from the owner of the homestead land and transferred to the city of Fort Collins. It was moved to Lincoln Park in 1938 from the McConnell farm west of Laporte and reconstructed by WPA workers. The cabin is a single room 20 x 24 feet, built entirely of logs on which the marks of an axe can be seen. It originally had a fireplace and in reconstruction a red stone fireplace was built at the north end. It now houses branding irons, iron cooking kettles, old lanterns, and a fine old American flag with a circle of stars, mounted in a glass case.

The marker was dedicated April 23, 1975. Faces West.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 37’.908’W -105° 09.193’

Lincoln (Library) Park is bounded by E Olive Street on the south, Mathews Street on the west, E Oak Street on the north, and Peterson Street on the east. From I-25 take Colorado 14 west (which becomes E Mulberry Street in Fort Collins if you continue straight west and do not bear off to the right at the railroad tracks). Continue west on E Mulberry Street to Peterson Street thence north to E Olive Street.

From US-287, which becomes College Avenue in Fort Collins, turn east on E Mulberry Street to Mathews Street, thence north to E Olive Street.

The cabin is in an enclosed area on the south side of the Museum, which is located in Lincoln (Library) Park. Access is controlled by the museum.

InscriptionAntione Janis Cabin

Built in Laporte on squatter’s claim in 1844 first homestead in Larimer County. May 1, 1866 moved here in 1938.

Marked by the Cache La Poudre Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution April, 1975

HistoryThis cabin is believed to have been the first white man's dwelling erected between

Fort Bent on the Arkansas River and Fort Laramie in Wyoming.It was built by Antoine Janis in 1844 on a squatter's claim which was legalized by

a land patent signed by President Andrew Johnson on May 1, 1866. The land on which it was built was the site of the original Camp Collins at what is now Laporte.

Antoine Janis had first come to the area in 1836 with a party of French trappers headed for Green River, Wyoming. He returned in 1844 and lived in the Laporte area until 1878, when he moved to the Pine Ridge Indian Agency with his wife, White (Bright) Star.


Antoine Janis MarkerDescription

The original marker was a large block of concrete on a face of which was affixed a 14"w x 20"h bronze plaque, located beside Tobe Miller Lane. The marker was dedicated October 17, 1916.

The site of the marker became untenable as Tobe Miller Lane became US-287 and the marker was damaged a number of times by automobiles. On Fag Day, June 14, 1974, a new marker was dedicated in a different location. The new marker, a stepped granite column 24''w x 45"h, has the original plaque affixed. Faces East.

How to get there GPS Location: N40° 37’.567’W-150° 09.193”

From Interstate 25 take Highway 14 Exit (Mulberry Street) west. Colorado Highway 14 becomes Colorado Highway 287&14 at College Avenue. Travel from Fort Collins towards Laporte. Do not take the 287 bypass but continue on straight and the road that becomes Larimer County road 54G. Go thru the stop light in the center of Laporte to Galway Drive which is on the left side of the road past the school. Turn South and the marker is on the west side of the street and located by a large field. A local land mark close to the marker is Vern's Cafe.

Inscription1844-1916

Dedicated to the memory of Antoine Janis first settler in Larimer County Colorado(insignia)

This tablet is placed by the Cache La Poudre Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

History Antoine Janis first came to Larimer County in 1836 as a boy of twelve with his father

who was leading a large party of French trappers and employees of the American Fur Company to Green River, Wyoming. In 1844, Janis returned to the Cache La Poudre Valley and was given many acres of valley land by his friend, Bold Wolf, a chief of the Arapahoes. Janis “drove his stake'' on his squatter's claim just west of Laporte on June 1, 1844. His file on this claim, May 1, 1866, was the first recorded in Larimer County.

On July 1, 1864, Janis became guide and interpreter for Camp Collins. He had built his cabin on land where Camp Collins soldiers were camped at that time. Following a bad flood, Camp Collins was moved down the Cache La Poudre River and became known as Fort Collins.

Janis lived on this land until 1878 when he moved to the Pine Ridge Indian Agency in South Dakota with his wife, White (Bright) Star, who was the daughter of Bold Wolf.


Bingham Hill Cemetery MonumentDescription

A red granite monument 14-1/2”w x 54"h located in Bingham Hill Cemetery at Laporte. Dedicated in 1987. Faces South.

How to get there GPS Location: N41° 40 62.047, W-105° 14.907

Laporte is located four miles west of Fort Collins on Colorado 14.From Fort Collins take US-287/Colorado Highway 14 west towards Laporte. Do not

take the US-287/14 bypass. Continue straight on the road. It becomes Larimer County road 54G. From the stop light in the center of Laporte, travel south on Overland Trail 0.6 miles to Bingham Hill Road (County road 50E). Turn west on Bingham Hill Road for 0.15 miles. There are two side-by-side irrigation ditches crossing the road. There is a pull off by the entrance to the Cemetery. You will enter thru a zigzag gate and take a path North just west of the second ditch for about 100 yards to the entrance to the Cemetery. The path is dirt, shady and not maintained.

Inscription(insignia)

Lest we forget Bingham Hill Historic Cemetery. 1862

Reserved by John B. Provost and Ben Claymore (AKA L.B. Lessert) 1897

Dedicated in memory of all those known and unknown ever buried here Placed by the Cache La Poudre Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution through the efforts of Rose L. Brinks and the aid of friends. 1987

HistoryBingham Hill is the oldest cemetery in northern Larimer County. It was given to the

community by John Provost and Benjamin Claymore in 1866 as a “burying ground for dead persons near Laporte.''

The first burial at Bingham Hill was that of Bazille Provost in 1862, the infant child of John Provost and his Sioux indian wife Mary. Other pioneer family members buried here include Alphonse LaRocque; Jennie Adams McGaa Brown, the wife of Joseph Brown, a shareholder in the pre-Denver Auraria Town Company; Barbara Bingham; John Wesley Tharp; Julila Dennis; Mary Ida Turner. The latest was the interment of the ashes of Julia Barde Learn who died October 17, 1985 at the age of 90.


Cache la Poudre MarkerDescription

A granite marker, 37"w x 48"h marking the site of the powder cache from which the river and valley took their names. The marker stands in its original location in Pleasant Valley at the west foot of Bingham Hill near Bellvue. The marker was the first project of the Cache la Poudre Chapter, which had been organized in 1908.

Early chapter minutes record that “the marker committee with Captain Post went in an automobile on October 12 (1908) and located the site of the buried powder on the farm of Mr. Doty and that Captain Post drove a stake to mark the spot.” The marker was placed on the county road right-of-way, to the north of the depression indicating the pit where the cache had been made. An affidavit of the location of this cache was signed March 30, 1910 by Eliza E. Bingham Gardner, who came to the area in 1864; William M. Post, who came in 1870; J. T. Beach, who came in 1872. The cache location was described as “a part of the northwest quarter of section 31, township 8N, range 69W, 6th P.M.”

The marker was dedicated on Colorado Day, August 1, 1910. Faces Northeast.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 37.443”W-105° 10.46”

Travel west from Fort Collins on US-287/ Colorado14 towards Laporte. Do not take the Highway 287/14 by pass. Continue straight on the road which become County Road 54G. At the traffic light in the center of Laporte turn south on Overland Trail for 0.6 miles to Bingham Hill Road (County road 50E). Turn west on Bingham Hill Road for 1.6 miles. You have entered Pleasant Valley on the west side of Bingham Hill. There is a ranch north of the base of Bingham Hill. The marker is located on southwest side of the road beyond the ranch along the fence line on the far side of the ditch.

InscriptionThe Cache la Poudre River derives its name from

Powder Cached by trappers near this spot - 1836.Erected by the Cache la Poudre Chapter,

Daughters of the American Revolution - 1910.Below, in smaller letters is engraved:

Committee: Mrs. P. J. McHugh, Mrs. W. M. Post, Mrs. H. M. Russell.

HistoryThe name of the Cache la Poudre River and Valley dates from the era of the fur trade

in the Rocky Mountains. In French it means “the powder's hiding places,” referring to gunpowder buried by mountain men for future retrieval. In early communications it was sometimes written as Cache a la Poudre or Cache de la Poudre.

The river may have been known at one time as Pateros Creek. The name of Antoine St. Charles Janis - a Frenchman from St. Charles, Missouri, mountain man and party leader in the fur trade - has by oral tradition been associated with the cache, thought to have been made in November of 1836 when a party of trappers was forced to lighten their loads when caught by an early snowfall which made traveling through the mountains more difficult. Janis's son, (Joseph) Antoine Janis, was an important historical personage in the area from 1858 to 1878.


Cherokee Stage Station MarkerDescription

A rose granite pillar 13''w x 36"h mounted on a concrete base 20"w x 2-1/2”h surrounded by a black metal cattle guard, located near US-287 north of Red Feather Lakes Road. Dedicated November 18, 1989. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 51.640’W-105° 15.610’

Take US-287 north from Fort Collins to the Red Feathers Lake Road. Continue on US287 for approx. 5 miles. If you reach the Rennels Ranch you have gone to far. You will see a small dirt turn off on the right hand side of the highway. Take the turn off and look down on the area of the marker. The marker can not be seen from that area. The marker is on private property. To see the marker contact the Roberts Ranch for permission and directions to see the marker.


Exact site of the Cherokee, ten mile or stonewall stage station on the Old Overland Trail, 1862 on the east bank of Stonewall Creek, in section 5, township 10, North range 70 west. Two alternate branches of the route from Laporte came together one-half mile east of this station. The trail proceeded northwest to the Virginia Dale Station.

Placed 1989 in memory of Richard S. Baker and through the endeavors of J. Evan and Catherine Roberts, Cache la Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

HistoryThis station was a swing (team changes only) station on Ben Holladay's Overland

Stage Line (later Holladay Overland Mail & Express Company) branch route from Denver City to Great Salt Lake City via Laporte, Virginia Dale, North Platte, Bridger's Pass, and Fort Bridger.


Council Tree of Chief Friday of the ArapahoesDescription

The marker is not available for a description as it was gathered up and stored at the home of the Regent at the time. What eventually became of the marker is a question still unsolved. The marker was placed January, 1938.

How to get there GPS Location: The location of the tree is now under water. The tree was located near the Strauss

Cabin which the remains of the cabin is located at the end of east Horsetooth Road and Larimer County Road 7 (Strauss Cabin Road) Fort Collins and is on the east side of the Cache la Poudre River. The Strauss Cabin has been destroyed by a arsonist and only the shell remains. The Strauss Cabin is located next to the Arapahoe Bend Natural area located at Harmony Road and Strauss Road. Take Harmony Exit from Interstate 25 West to the Strauss Cabin Road and turn North.

InscriptionCouncil Tree of Chief Friday, of the

Arapahoe's

HistoryAccording to research by Lafi Miller, Jo Miller, and Josephine Clements of the DAR

Marker Committee, Cache la Poudre Chapter, DAR the following information was recorded...

The conservation committee of the Cache la Poudre Chapter in January 1938 marked the Council Tree of Chief Friday, of the Arapahoe's, which was situated on the Robert Strauss farm near Timnath, about three and one half miles east of Fort Collins. Of this tree Ansel

Watrous , in his history of Larimer County, page 267, says "Beneath its wide spreading branches the Arapahoes and Cheyennes used to hold their councils, and the old tree in 1862, Robert Strauss saw the Indians hang a redskin enemy, probably a Ute or Pawnee, who had fallen into their hands"

The tree (at the time of the dedication) was very old and gnarled. In March, 1938 Mrs. A B Miller spoke to the Cache la Poudre Chapter on conservation

and gave the story of the Council Tree. She also stated that recently the tree had been seriously damaged, if not killed by fire.

The Council Tree had long been a historic landmark of the Cache la Poudre Valley and when it and its DAR marker vanished, pages of early Larimer County faded away with it.

Another description of the tree "The tree was easy to find, it was old gnarled, twisted and over 100 feet tall and 16 feet around. The largest tree in the area." This tree was one of the Council trees marked in Colorado by Daughters of the American Revolution.


First Grist Mill MarkerDescription

A mahogany plaque 36"w x 48"h with a picture of the early mill and the inscription cut in the wood, located on the west wall of the elevator part of the Ranch-Way Feed Mills at 546 Willow Street in Fort Collins. The plaque was dedicated July 3, 1975. Faces West.

How to get there GPS Location: N40° 35.303’W-105° 04.240’

Ranch Way Feed Mills is located at the Northwest corner of the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Willow Street in Fort Collins. Coming into Fort Collins from the on Colorado Highway 14 turn north on Riverside Drive, following Riverside to Lincoln Avenue, then turn right (northeast) on Lincoln Avenue for one block to Willow Street

From US287, which becomes College Avenue turn east on Mountain Avenue which becomes Lincoln Avenue at Riverside Drive, and continue on across Riverside Avenue on Lincoln Avenue for one block to Willow Street.

The Ranch Way Feeds is a large white building. When you reach the building exit your car and go towards the main office under a over hang on the front. The marker is located at the under the overhang at the end of the walk way.

InscriptionSite of Fort Collins first grist mill (picture) Built by Mrs. Elizabeth “Auntie” Stone and Mr. H. C. “Clay” Peterson 1886-1869

marked by Cache la Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American RevolutionDecember 1974

HistoryElizabeth Hickok (“Auntie”) Stone was the first

white woman to settle in Fort Collins. Her home was the first dwelling house in the city. In an upstairs bedroom, her niece, Elizabeth Keays, conducted the first school.

Lewis Stone died in January, 1866. His widow, now 64, became a business woman and in partnership with Clay Peterson, built a flour mill - the first in Fort Collins.

Clay Peterson was from Williamsburg, Ohio. A millwright by profession, he came west in the Pikes Peak rush of 1859. Finding no gold, he returned to Ohio but came back to become one of Fort Collins' first permanent citizens, being employed at the fort as an army gunsmith.

After the fort was abandoned and he joined Auntie Stone in building the grist mill, he made many trips to the mountains to cut and haul lumber for its construction. Going east to buy machinery, he was robbed of $3,000, forcing the partners to raise more funds - no easy project in pioneer times. The machinery was eventually purchased and shipped by rail to Cheyenne on the Union Pacific. Ox teams took over from Cheyenne to Fort Collins.

The mill started operation in the fall of 1868. In 1870-1871 the third floor was used by the Masonic Lodge. In 1873, Peterson sold his half interest to Joseph Mason and Auntie Stone sold her half to R. W. Roberts. In 1878 the mill was somewhat modernized. In 1886 and again in 1895 the mill was destroyed by fire and rebuilt each time. It is now owned by Ranch-Way Feeds and is Fort Collins' oldest industry.


First School House in Larimer CountyDescription

A bronze plaque 12"w x 18"h mounted on the wall to the right of the door of the Pioneer Cabin (“Auntie” Stone's cabin), located in Lincoln (Library) Park in Fort Collins. The plaque was dedicated August 1, 1925.

Above and to the right is a large painted sign describing the cabin's history and immediately to the left a 3" x 6" bronze commemorative plaque. Faces east.

How to get thereGPS Location: N 40° 37.908W-105° 09.193

Lincoln (Library) park is bounded by East Olive Street on the south, Mathews Street on the west, East Oak Street on the north, and Peterson Street on the east. The address is 200 Mathews Street. The Auntie Stone cabin is located on the south side of the Museum and surround by a tall iron fence. Entry can be gained thru 2 gates Museum hours are Tuesday - Saturday from 10am to 5pm Sunday Noon to 5pm.

From Interstate 25 take Colorado 14 exit west, it becomes East Mulberry Street in Fort Collins. Continue west on Mulberry. Do not bear off to the right at the railroad tracks. Continue west to Peterson Street. Turn North on Peterson Street. The Museum is a red stone building on the east side of the Street.

From US287 (College Avenue) in Fort Collins turn east on Mulberry Street to Mathews Street. Turn north on Mathews.

Inscription1866 This tablet is placed to mark

the first school house in the Cache la Poudre valley and in memory of the first teacher Mrs. Elizabeth P. Stratton

Cache la Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1925 (insignia)

HistoryThe Pioneer Cabin (“Auntie'' Stone's Cabin) was the first citizen's dwelling in Fort

Collins, as well as the first hotel and the first school. It is the one remaining structure dating to 1864 when soldiers were stationed at Fort Collins. It was originally located on the south side of the 300 block of Jefferson Street.

The cabin was built by Lewis and Elizabeth Hickok (“Auntie”) Stone in 1864. She was the first white woman to settle in Fort Collins. After her husband's death in 1866, she became a business woman, and in partnership with H. C. (Clay) Peterson built the first grist mill in Fort Collins, and then a brick kiln.


Flowers House MarkerDescription

A bronze marker 8"w x 12"w mounted on the front of the red sandstone house on the north side of Road 25E (Rist Canyon Road) about 90 yards west of Bingham Hill Road (Road 23) in Bellvue.


From Fort Collins, take Colorado 14 (Riverside Avenue) west for four miles to Laporte. In Laporte continue west beyond the traffic light in the center of town for 1.0 mile to Road 52E (Rist Canyon Road), which veers off to the left, thence left on Road 52E for 0.9 miles to Road 23 (Bingham Hill Road), continuing on for about 90 yards to 2nd Street. The house is on the northeast corner of that intersection, set back from the road and well concealed by two huge willow trees.


The Flowers house built in 1880 by Jacob Flowers Founder of Bellvue Owned by the Fred Tetly-Jackson Family Since 1927 placed 1990 by Cache La Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

HistoryIn 1880 Jacob Flowers built this substantial two-story house of the local red

sandstone on property he had purchased from Harlan F. Bosworth. Following his death in 1900 title to the land passed to has son Sardis, who sold the house and lot to Theron C. Beardsley in 1905. In 1915, upon Heron Beardsley's death, title passed to his widow, Jane. She sold it to Frank E. Kincaid in 1919. Title passed from Kincaid to Lena M. Nelson, then to Frederick E. and Mittie E. Teltly The property is currently owned by their granddaughter, Judy Bridge Jackson, and her husband, Michael.

Jacob (“Uncle Jake” )Flowers (1827-1900) was born in Green County, Pennsylvania. On January 28, 1853, he married Elizabeth Meeks of Woods County, Virginia. They had three daughters and three sons: Cora, Lydia, Silvinia (Sally), Benjamin, Wesley, and Sardis.

The family came to Colorado in 1873 with the Wyandotte Colony, part of which stopped in Greeley, the rest continuing on to Fort Collins and Pleasant Valley.

Flowers bought parcels of land in Pleasant Valley and began constructing houses. In 1880 he built the stone house he was to live in the rest of his life, a store and post office (see Old Flowers Store and Postoffice Marker), as well as a three-story stone grain mill, roads, a baseball diamond, a race track, a park. In 1887 he platted the Town of Bellevue. The town was incorporated in 1896 and disincorporated in 1914.


Founding Daughters of Cache la Poudre MarkerDescription

The marker is made of granite 56 inches tall by 20 inches wide with a cement base. The marker faces East.


From College Avenue and Mulberry street travel west until you reach Shields Street. At Shields head North to Mountain Avenue. Follow Mountain Avenue to the entrance to Grandview Cemetery. The marker is at the intersection of Section 7 and Section 8.

Inscription(THE DAR EMBLEM IS HERE)IN MEMORY OF THE FOUNDER OF CACHE

LA POUDRE CHAPTER NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ORGANIZED JULY 4, 1908

CHARTER MEMBERSJENNIE (MRS HOWARD) RUSSELLLERAH G. (MRS P. J.) McHUGHIDA M (MRS CHARLES) WARRENALICE A (MRS B. S.) TEDMONCLARA (MRS. C. P.) GILLETTEEMELINE E (MRS. W. M.) POSTMARY (MRS P. A.) CARPENTERSOPHIA P. (MRS. A.) ANDERSONMAY N. (MRS. FRANK) SECRISTELIZABETH (MRS. H.) STRATTONFLORENCE GILLETTEANNA R. TEDMONPLACED JULY 4, 1992(THERE IS A SMALL PLAQUE BELOW THE

INSCRIPTION )THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE

ORIGINALTREE MARKERS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS

HistoryOn August 1, 1992 Cache la Poudre Chapter NSDAR honored the founding members

of the Chapter with a marker. The idea of honoring the women was an old one. The original plan, however, was to put each of the founders names on a plaque and mount each plaque on a tree in a circular drive in the cemetery. The city converted the cemetery land into the City Park golf course and the plaque idea came to a halt.

On Saturday August 1, 1992 the women were able to reach the 70 year-old goal. As Doris Rust said This is something we like to do. It is important for us to

remember those who have passed on. The founders memorialized are proof that women have always made a difference

in the community. It's important for the women of today to realize what vital lives the women led back then. Said Evadene Swanson.

The date of August 1 was the same date that Cache la Poudre dedicated their first marker, the Cache la Poudre Marker in the Bellvue area.


Log Cabin Site MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 15"h x 19"h mounted on a boulder 32"w x 43"h with a concrete base 48"w x 18"h located on the Ben Delatour Boy Scout Ranch Road northeast of Fort Collins. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 45.563”W-105° 28.358”

From Fort Collins take US-287 north for 21 miles to Red Feather Lakes Road (Larimer County 74E) thence west on 74E for 16.2 miles to Ben Delatour Boy Scout Ranch Road (Larimer County 68C). The marker is on the west side of 68C about 40 yards off 74E.

Inscription(separate insignia)

Site of log cabin Colorado 1888-1942, A stage station, Post office and hotel, on the route from Fort Collins, by way of Pingree Hill to Home, Colorado a in the upper Poudre Canyon in memory of Mildred Payson Beatty Erected by the Cache la Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1983.

HistoryIn 1888, Mrs. Elizabeth St. Clair homesteaded 320 acres east of the Laramie

Mountains, moving a log building there from Ashley Grange.When the stage route from Fort Collins to Home in the upper Poudre Canyon was

changed from Elkhorn Creek to Pingree Hill, she called her establishment the Log Cabin Hotel, and with two sons by a former marriage, Vern and Roy Williams, ran a stage stop, store and hotel there. In 1903 it also became a United States post office and she was appointed postmistress.

In 1910 Mrs. St. Clair sold the property to Stewart C. Case, who in 1919 sold it to Appleton E. Worster who in turn traded it to Mr. and Mrs. Willis S. Miller who enlarged the business and operated it until 1928 when they sold out to Rosetta L. Van Sickle, the mother of the Millers' daughter Myrtle's husband, Joe Geiger.

George Weaver purchased the property in 1942 and it became part of the Pinecroft Ranch. In 1959 the ranch was purchased by Ben Delatour of Fort Collins who donated it to the Boy Scouts of America to become the Boy Scout Ranch, which it is today.

In November, 1931, the original building burned to the ground and was never rebuilt. The post office was closed in 1942. The marker was dedicated to the memory of Mildred Payson Beatty because of her interest in this area and for her many years of service to Cache la Poudre Chapter, especially her contributions as a member of the Historic Markers Committee.


Old Flowers Store and Post Office MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 10"w x 12"h mounted to the right of the front door of the Old Flowers Store and Post Office, now the hall of Cache la Poudre Grange 456, in Bellvue.


Take US287/Colorado 14 northwest to Laporte, Colorado. Do not take the highway 287/14 bypass but continue on the road to Laporte. This road turns into Larimer County Road 54G. Go straight thru the traffic light in the center of town for 1 mile to County Road 52E (Rist Canyon Road). This road veers left from County Road 54G. Travel 0.9 miles to Road 23 (Bingham Hill Road) in Bellvue, Colorado. The building is on the southwest corner of the intersection.


Old Flowers Store and Post office built in 1880’s by Jacob Flowers founder of Bellvue Cache la Poudre Grange 456 since 1948. Placed 1990 by Cache la Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

HistoryThe building which now serves as the hall of the Cache la Poudre Grange 456, was

built by Jacob Rowers, founder of Bellvue (originally Bellevue), about 1884. It was built of the local red sandstone, as were many other buildings in the area, to be used as a store, and, as was usual in rural areas, as the post office. Jacob Flowers was the first postmaster.

In 1848 the grange bought the property, and has used it since as its meeting hall. The building is also the Bellvue Senior Center.

Jacob (“Uncle Jake”) Flowers (1827-1900) was born in Green County, Pennsylvania. On January 28, 1853, he married Elizabeth Meeks of Woods County, Virginia. They had three daughters and three sons: Cora, Lydia, Silvinia (Sally), Benjamin, Wesley, and Sardis.

The family came to Colorado in 1973 with the Wyandotte colony, part of which stopped in Greeley, the rest continuing on to Fort Collins and Pleasant Valley.

Flowers bought parcels of land in Pleasant Valley and began constructing houses. In 1880 he built the stone house he was to live in the rest of his life (see FLOWERS HOUSE MARKER), about 1884 the store, a three-story grain mill, roads, a baseball diamond, a race track, a park. In 1887 he platted the Town of Bellevue. The town was incorporated in 1896 and disincorporated in 1914.


Overland Stage and Express MarkerDescription

A granite marker 32'w x 60"h with a concrete base guarded by pipe posts and rails. Situated at the Colorado-Wyoming border on US-287. Faces West.


Take US-287 North from Fort Collins about 40 miles to the Colorado/Wyoming state line. The marker is on the right (east) side of the road.

InscriptionThis stone marks the place where the

Overland Stage Line on its way to the west June 1862-1868 crossed the Colorado-Wyoming boundary line.

Erected by the State of Wyoming and Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Cache la Poudre - Fort Collins, Colo. and the Centennial State Chapter - Greeley, Colo. and the Jacques Laramie - Laramie, Wyo. 1917

HistoryA branch of the Overland Stage Line (later called the Holladay Overland Mail and

Express Company) ran from Denver to Salt Lake City and the West via Laporte, Virginia Dale, North Platte, Bridger's Pass, and Fort Bridger. From Laporte it followed closely present-day US-287.

In the mid-1860s, the line, which was owned by Ben Holladay at that time, was a vast empire operating 3145 miles of stagecoach and freight lines and boasting 15,000 employees, 20,000 wagons and 150,000 draft animals.

In 1866 Holladay sold out to Wells, Fargo. The coming of the railroad signaled the doom of stage travel, and the branch was abandoned in 1868.


Overland Stage Station MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 14"w x 20"h mounted on a natural stone 24"w x 60"h mounted on a large concrete base. Situated on the north bank of the Cache la Poudre River one block south of the original site of the stage station in Laporte.

The bronze plaque had originally been placed on the stage station on October 17, 1916. The building was completely destroyed by fire on January 28, 1928. The plaque was found in the ashes and returned to the chapter. In 1941 the plaque was placed in the Pioneer Museum in Fort Collins. On September 17, 1962 a new monument was dedicated, utilizing the original bronze plaque. A small granite marker in the foundation of the stone contains an inscription which explains the anomaly in the inscription on the bronze plaque above it. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40 37.376W-105 08.346

From Fort Collins take US287/Colorado 14 towards Laporte. Do not take the 287/14 by pass. Continue on the road which becomes Larimer County Road 54G. At the traffic light in the center of Laporte turn south on Overland Trail for 0.3 miles. The marker is on the right side (west) of the road. There is parking at Lions Park just beyond the marker.

InscriptionBronze marker:

In 1862 this log house was used as a station house for the Overland Station Company(insignia)

Erected by Cache la Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1916.Granite marker:

This monument marks the site of the Overland Stage Station destroyed by fire Jan. 8, 1928 Remarked 1962.

HistoryThe station was in use from September 1862 to 1868 as a station of the Overland

Stage Line (later called the Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company) from Denver to Salt Lake City and the West following the old Cherokee Trail to Laporte, fording the Cache la Poudre there. The trail continued on to Virginia Dale, across the Laramie Plains, thence west to a junction with the old Overland Trail.

In 1869, John Baptiste Provost, one of the earliest settlers in Laporte, purchased the abandoned station. For the next 25 years he ran a tavern and hotel in the building. Later the building was used as a private residence until it burned in 1928.


Sam Deon-Elisa Gardner Cabin MarkerDescription

A red granite marker 18"w x 36 “h on a concrete base located in front of the Sam Deon - Eliza Gardner cabin on Overland Trail in Laporte. The marker was dedicated August 26, 1989. Faces west.


From Interstate 25 take the Highway 14 exit (Mulberry Street) west. At College Avenue turn North. College Avenue is US287/Colorado 14. Continue north towards the town of Laporte. Do not take the 287/14 bypass. Continue on and the road become Larimer County Road 54G. From the traffic light in the center of Laporte, travel south on Overland Trail for 1/2 block. The cabin and marker are next to the road on the east side. The Cabin is located on private property.


This log house was built by French trader Sam Deon in 1858. Purchased by Civil war veteran John Wesley Tharp in 1877. From 1877-1937 the home of Eliza Bingham Tharp Gardner. From 1973-1985 the property of Ethel Gardner Ames Holts. Now belongs to Frances Ames ver Straeten.

Placed 1989 by Cache La Poudre Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution

HistoryThe cabin, the oldest still standing in Laporte, was built by Sam Deon (Dion/Deone/

Deonne) in 1858 as a home and saloon. He was a French-Canadian trapper from Montreal who was one of the founders of the village of Colona (now Laporte) in the valley of the Cache la Poudre River.

In 1871 Sam and his Indian wife Mary sold the property to John B. Provost who then sold it to George Babcock. In 1877 it was purchased by John Wesley Tharp and his wife Eliza Bingham Tharp, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Bingham. Eliza lived there until her death in 1937 at the age of 82. The property remains in her family, its current (1989) owner being Eliza's granddaughter Frances Ellen Ames verStraeten.


Susan Howe Holmes MarkerDescription

A stepped granite shaft 14"w x 69"h with the family name “Holmes” inscribed on the base, located in the northern section of Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. The DAR marker, a bronze shield, is on the south face of the monument. The names and dates of birth and death of three Holmes daughters and their husbands are inscribed on the north, west and east faces of the monument.

In the Regency of Mrs. J. H. Trefz (1971-1973), the words “May 13'' and “1932'' were added to the Holmes monument directly below the bronze DAR shield. Faces South.


From any major north-south street in Fort Collins, turn west on Mountain Avenue to its end (Grandview Avenue). Turn left into Grandview Cemetery. Keep to the right perimeter to section L. The monument is on the right (north) side of the perimeter in plain sight.

Inscription (south face of monument)E. C. HOLMES1809 - 1885S. HOLMES1812 - 1896 inscription (shield and insignia)

SUSAN HOWE Daughter of a revolutionary soldier

Placed by Cache La Poudre Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

HistorySusan Howe (1812-1896) was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, the daughter and

thirteenth child of Fortunatus Howe, a Revolutionary soldier, and Sarah Bruce Howe.She married Ellis C. Holmes in 1831. They came to Larimer County in the late '70s

or early '80s with three of their daughters, Lucy, Augusta and Bertha. Lucy married Ransom Cushing, Augusta married Charles V. Howard and Bertha married Frank Kingman. They all lived in the Fort Collins area.

Susan Howe Holmes is the only known Real Daughter to have lived in the area. She certainly exhibited great courage in coming to a frontier area at the age of sixty-eight or so.

Ellis Holmes died in 1885. Susan Howe Holmes died in 1896 at the age of 84.


Virginia Dale Overland Trail Stage StationDescription

The stone is White Granite and measures 54 inches tall, 16 inches wide and faces east.


Go north on US287 about 30 miles to Virginia Dale. There is an old store and post office that marks Virginia Dale, Colorado. Go north to the on US287 to a large State of Colorado Historical Marker on the east side with a large dirt parking area. Turn east and The Stage Station is located at the end of the County Road 43F. There is a intersection in the road, take the left road. Follow the road through a narrow gorge beneath Lovers Leap, past the ranch. The Station itself is private property. The Virginia Dale Community Club owns the property and for information call 970-838-2329 for permission to visit the property. If plenty of notice is given a tour can be arranged

InscriptionInsigniaVIRGINIA DALE. COLORADO OVELAND TRAIL STAGE

LINE BUILT 1862Owner, Overland Stage Line JOSEPH A. “JACK” SLADE

First Division SuperintendentProperty of VIRGINIA DALE COMMUNITY CLUB Since

1964Placed 1966 by Cache la Poudre Chapter Daughters of

The American Revolution

HistoryThe Territory of Colorado was created by an act of Congress, approved February,

1861. Larimer County was created and established by an act of the first Territorial

Legislature of Colorado, which met in Denver September 9, 1861.In December 1861, Ben Holladay came into control of the Central Overland California

and Pikes Peak Express, which was operating a stave line from the Missouri River to California along the North Platte route across Dakota Territory (Wyoming).

In the summer of 1862 Holladay routed the stage line into northern Colorado along the South Platte and Cache la Poudre rivers. He renamed the line the Overland Stage Line. The Larimer County route closely followed the Cherokee party trail of 1848-49

Existing buildings were used in Laporte and a home station with barns was established near the Wyoming border (Dakota Territory)

Joseph “Jack” Slade was made superintendent for the new station. The home station would be where the drivers changed and meals were served. Slade chose the stations site in a small peaceful valley south of the Territory line and near Dale Creek. This was Slade's head quarters and he named Virginia Dale for his wife Maria Virginia Slade. In November 1862 Slade was fired and William S. Taylor became station agent.

The area became an important camping place for emigrants who traveled the Overland Trail and the Army troops were at times stationed to protect the road and trail.

Joseph “Jack” Slade has a colorful history associated with the Virginia Dale Stage Station.

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Centennial State Chapter- GreeleyMajor Stephen H. Long made an expedition to the area now known as Weld County

in 1821. He reportedly said “the region would never be fit for human habitation and should remain forever the unmolested haunt of the native hunter, bison and jackal.” Later military and trading expeditions apparently disagreed.

The agricultural editor for the New York Tribune, Nathan C. Meeker, dreamed of a Utopian community on the plains northeast of Denver. He spearheaded a drive to form a colony based on cooperation, irrigation, temperance, religion, and education. His efforts were supported by his editor, Horace Greeley, who wrote the famous phrase, "Go West, young man, go West." In 1868, Meeker founded the Union Colony, located where the rail line from Denver to Cheyenne crossed the Platte and the Poudre Rivers. Today, one can still visit the adobe home of Nathan Meeker, now surrounded by Greeley's bustling downtown area.

By the time Horace Greeley paid his first and only visit to Greeley in 1869, the townsfolk had built homes, established a newspaper, built irrigation canals, and designed streets 100 feet wide and lined with trees. Few people know that Greeley was one of the first planned communities in the United States. Centennial Village, a bi-centennial project dedicated in 1976, features 30 original structures depicting life in Greeley from 1860–1920.

Another visionary worthy of note was W.D. Farr, whose grandfather settled in Greeley in 1877. A leading citizen in our community, Farr's greatest gift to Weld County was his vision for water resources necessary for a growing community.He and other leaders dreamed of tapping high mountain reservoirs as a source of water for irrigation and development. Farr and his associates were true pioneers, giving Greeley the abundant water resources it enjoys today. Their major accomplishment was the construction of a tunnel through the mountains to bring the water down to the plains of Greeley.

Markers1. Charles Dixion Grave Site Marker2. Elbridge Gerry and Family Grave Site Fence and Marker3. Fort St. Vrain Monument4. German POW Camp 202 Gateposts5. Meeker Museum Bench and Marker6. Overland Stage and Express Marker (with Cache la Poudre)7. Steward J Adams Memorial8. USS Maine Memorial Tablet at Greeley9. #3 Ditch Marker in Greeley

About the Centennial State ChapterCentennial State Chapter was chartered in 1904. With over 150 members strong,

Centennial State Chapter draws from Greeley, Eaton, Evans, Kersey, Windsor and the surrounding communities in Northern Colorado.

Long before there were Geneology Societies, Historic Societies or Historic Preservation Districts in northern Colorado, Centennial State has directed its efforts in promoting Historic Preservation, Education and Patriotism.

Each year Centennial State Chapter recognizes High School Seniors as Outstanding Good Citizens chosen by their peers, Junior American Contests on History in Weld County Schools from Kindergarden through 12th grade and has encouraged young

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writers to enter the Christopher Columbus Essay Contest. Members selflessly volunteer in the school systems through our Literacy Challenge helping in teaching reading. The Cheyenne Veteran’s Hospital as well as many Weld County veterans have received aid and assistance as well as boxes to our troups from World War I through the conflicts of today. Each year members volunteer at the Veteran’s Day, Flag Day and Memorial Day services sponsored by the Veterans of the American Wars and the American Legion.

Centennial State Chapter has preserved local history and genealogy by “Photographing Tombstones of Weld County.” Chapter members have digitally photographed the public cemeteries in Weld County since 2004. In 2010 they completed their mission – downloading over 50,000 photographs onto a website for public use on the internet. Now people who are searching genealogical information need not travel to Colorado for their ancestor’s information – it’s now just a click away on the Internet.

Future projects include rededicating the Fort St. Vrain Historical Marker on its 100th Anniversary of the original marking and rededicating the German POW Camp 202 Gateway Markers that were removed from their original location.

Fort St. Vrain monument dedication 1911


Charles Dixion Grave Site Marker

DescriptionAn engraved metal sign 10"w x 7"h fastened to the chain link fence 60"w x 90"d x

45"h surrounding a grave covered with cobblestones, located at 1150 N 25th Avenue in Greeley. Faces West.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 44.812,W-104° 72.113

From US-34 in Greeley, take 23rd Avenue north to its end, thence left (west) to N 25th Avenue, thence right (north) for 0.4 miles to the gravesite, which is on the right(east) side of the road behind a fence.

The gravesite can be reached by driving into the grounds of Western Mobile Northern.

InscriptionGrave of Charles Dixon. Born July 23, 1875 and

died one month nine days later. Son of Herbert and Agnes Dixon. Brother of Horace Greeley Meeker Cameron Dixon, the first child born in Greeley on June 21, 1870.

Marked by Centennial State Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1989.

History Charles Dixon (Dickinson) was the first white child to die in Weld (Union) County. He

was born July 23, 1875 and died one month and nine days later. He was the son of Herbert and Agnes Dixon and the brother of Horace Greeley Meeker Cameron Dixon, the first white child born in Greeley


Elbridge Gerry and Family Grave Site Fence and Marker

DescriptionA metal plate 6"w x 2"h fastened to a chain link fence 129"w x 108"d x 48"h

surrounding the grave plot of Elbridge Gerry and his family, located near Kersey.The grave site contains six gravestones, two of which are modern and four of which

are the original gravestones of the Elbridge Gerry family. The original gravestones are badly eroded and difficult to read, but all the more interesting because of the erosion.

One modern marker, 24"w x 8''h, of polished red granite, was placed in 1934, (donor(s) unknown). The other one, 36"w x 12"h on a ground level concrete base 44-1/2w x 22"d of unpolished red granite, was placed in 1989 through the efforts of the Beets family, owners of the property on which the grave sites are located, and Norman's Memorials and Greeley Monument Works, two Greeley monument manufacturers. Faces south.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 39.241W-104° 787

Drive east from Greeley on US-34 to Road 61, which is 4.6 miles east of Kersey, thence 2.0 miles north on Road 61 to where the road curves sharply to the left. Do NOT follow the curve. Drive straight ahead, which is the private driveway of the owner of the farm on which the grave site is located. The grave site is about 380 feet east of the house.

WARNING - The grave site is on private property. Do not trespass. Please get permission from the property owner.

InscriptionFence donated by Centennial State Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

1981

HistoryElbridge Gerry, first permanent white settler in Weld County, is said to have been the

grandson of Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of Massachusetts, Ambassador to France and vice president of the United States. He was born in Massachusetts on July 18, 1818 and came to the Rocky Mountains in the 1830's as a beaver trapper. He went to Wyoming to trade with the Indians, married a Sioux girl, and later developed a fine horse ranch on the South Platte about ten mites east of Greeley.

He earned the sobriquet of "The Paul Revere of Colorado'' when, on August 19, 1864, two old Cheyenne Indians came to his ranch and warned that 800 to 1000 Indians were going to raid the settlements and ranches, dividing into several parties and striking simultaneously. Gerry mounted his horse and rode 65 miles to Denver with the news. Messengers were promptly dispatched to all threatened localities, thus avoiding what could have been one of the most horrible massacres in the history of Indian warfare.


Fort St. Vrain MonumentDescription

A magnificent granite pillar 40"w x 50"h with a polished face mounted on a granite base 46"w x 16"h set on a concrete platform 120"w x 15"h with steps cast into the front edge, located southwest of Gilcrest.

The monument was dedicated June 10, 1911. On September 23, 1952, the land deed of Fort St. Vrain was presented to the Weld County commissioners who guaranteed upkeep of the land. Faces west.


From US-85 just south of Gilcrest, which is between Fort Lupton and Greeley, drive west on Road 40, a gravel road, for a total of 3.7 miles. Cross one paved north-south road enroute. Continue on past Road 23 down what appears to be a driveway to a white frame farmhouse. Continue on past the farmhouse to the top of a very short, steep hill at the bottom of which is a cattle guard. At the top of this hill is a lane to the right (north) distinguished by a pair of short power poles supporting a power line. The monument is about 50 yards down this lane on the right.

Road 40 deteriorates to some extent near its end, and just west of the paved road, forks. Take the right fork, which is the more traveled of the two.

PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE FARM YARD!

InscriptionFort St. Vrain built about 1837 by Colonel Ceran St.

Vrain General Fremont organized his historic exploring expedition here July 23, 1843

This Fort was also visited by Francis Parkman and Kit Carson

Erected by the Centennial State Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution 1911

HistoryFort St. Vrain (originally Fort Lookout, then Fort George, and finally Fort St. Vrain),

was established in 1837 by Ceran St. Vrain of Bent, St. Vrain and Company as a fur trading post. Its history includes a stopover in July of 1843 by John Charles Fremont's second expedition to the Rocky Mountain area. In the party were Kit Carson, and William Gilpin, later governor of Colorado.

Reportedly, on July 4th, Fremont's party celebrated there by dining on macaroni soup, buffalo meat, fruit cake, and ice cream.


German POW Camp 202 GatepostsDescription

How to get there GPS Location: N40°42.155 W-104°85.0426

Inscription

HistoryIt must have been a shock for the German prisoners, one day fighting in the North

African desert campaigns for Field Marshal Rommel, then, just a short time later, working the beet fields of northern Colorado. Those German prisoners-of-war were housed in a large POW camp between Greeley and Windsor from 1943 to 1946 when World War II ended. As many as 4,000 Germans and Austrians were brought to the camp from the North African campaign and the Normandy Invasion, where they were captured by the Allies.

In Weld County, the German POWs mostly worked the wheat, corn and beet fields for area farmers. Although the Greeley-Windsor camp was the largest, there were several other POW camps in the county.

With 4,000 prisoners and 200 staff members and guards, the POW camp was the second largest "city" in Weld County. Only Greeley, with a population of 16,000, was larger. The Greeley-Windsor camp consisted of 320 acres surrounded by tall, barbed-wire fences, patrolled by guards on horseback and police dogs. Guard towers were equipped with machine guns and search lights probed the grounds all night.

When the war ended, many of the prisoners were sent back to Germany, but a few stayed for the next harvest. The camp was eventually closed and the buildings sold at public auction. The city of Greeley purchased 49 of the buildings, 16,000 feet of wire fencing, a guard tower and spot light for the airport and one of the large latrines, which was moved to Island Grove Park and used as a public "comfort station" for several years. The officer's club from the camp was purchased by the American Legion and is still the home of American Legion Post No. 109 in Windsor. Several barracks were purchased by Colorado State College and served as married student housing for more than 20 years. Some of the barracks are still standing at 23rd Avenue and 10th Street in Greeley, where they are now motel units.

Today, two stone pillars stand side-by-side at the edge of U.S. 34, the only markers remaining to locate the old POW camp. The pillars once formed the entry gate to the camp, and today have plaques attached to show what was once there.


Meeker Museum Bench and MarkerDescription

A blue plastic marker 8"w x 2"h mounted on the top rail of a permanent bench placed on the grounds of the Meeker Museum in Greeley in celebration of the Bicentennial. A brass plate on the front, center of the bench. Faces east.

How to get there GPS Location: N40°41.7352 W-104°69.2733

The Meeker Museum is at 1324 9th Avenue in Greeley. From US- 85 (8th Avenue in Greeley), turn west at 14th Street one block to 9th Avenue. Turn north on 9th Avenue. The museum is on the right (east) side of the street.

InscriptionDonated by Centennial State

Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1976

HistoryNathan C. Meeker, who established the Union Colony which founded Greeley, was

the agricultural editor of the New York Tribune who visited Colorado in 1869 and saw that there were attractive homesites and sources of water along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains.

Horace Greeley, the newspaper's editor, agreed and in 1869 the colony was organized in New York City with Meeker as president, General Robert A. Cameron as vice president, and Horace Greeley as treasurer. Initiation was five dollars. Dues were $150. Members were entitled to a piece of farmland from five to eighty acres, depending on distance from town, and the right to buy a town lot at $25 or $50.

Unfortunately, membership did not include canal rights.Early in 1870, Meeker, Cameron, W.C. Fisk and H.T. West went to Colorado and

selected an area near Evans, then the terminus of the Denver Pacific Railway. They bought 11,917 acres of land, 9,324 acres from the railroad, the balance from private individuals. Individual members were persuaded to file on an additional 60,000 acre's of public land. In May, 1870, the first 50 families of the 500 members of the colony arrived. The town grew very rapidly, and was incorporated in 1871.

Nathan Meeker was killed by Indians at the White River Agency in 1879.


Overland Stage and Express MarkerDescription

A granite marker 32'w x 60"h with a concrete base guarded by pipe posts and rails. Situated at the Colorado-Wyoming border on US-287. Faces West.


Take US-287 North from Fort Collins about 40 miles to the Colorado/Wyoming state line. The marker is on the right (east) side of the road.

InscriptionThis stone marks the place where the

Overland Stage Line on its way to the west June 1862-1868 crossed the Colorado-Wyoming boundary line.

Erected by the State of Wyoming and Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Cache la Poudre - Fort Collins, Colo. and the Centennial State Chapter - Greeley, Colo. and the Jacques Laramie - Laramie, Wyo. 1917

HistoryA branch of the Overland Stage Line (later called the Holladay Overland Mail and

Express Company) ran from Denver to Salt Lake City and the West via Laporte, Virginia Dale, North Platte, Bridger's Pass, and Fort Bridger. From Laporte it followed closely present-day US-287.

In the mid-1860s, the line, which was owned by Ben Holladay at that time, was a vast empire operating 3145 miles of stagecoach and freight lines and boasting 15,000 employees, 20,000 wagons and 150,000 draft animals.

In 1866 Holladay sold out to Wells, Fargo. The coming of the railroad signaled the doom of stage travel, and the branch was abandoned in 1868.


Steward J Adams MemorialDescription

An aluminum plate 13"w x 10"h mounted on a pedestal 16-1/2"w x 15-1/2"h mounted on a shaft made of 5" x 5" timbers, located in Crow Valley Park near Briggsdale. Dedicated in 1981. Faces South.

There is another plaque, identical except for the inscription, about 350 feet northeast of the Adams plaque. It was dedicated in 1981 to Gertrude Kellogg Evans, state regent (1975-1977), whose Centennial-Bicentennial regent's project was the planting of shrubs and trees in Crow Valley Park and the development of an educational site there.

This plaque was moved to its present location from a site further to the west. Faces South.

There was a third plaque, actually the first of the three, identical to the others except for the inscription, dedicated in 1977 as part of the NSDAR celebration of the Centennial-Bicentennial. This plaque has disappeared.


From US-85 at Ault, which is north of Greeley, travel east on Colorado 14 for 22.1 miles to Road 77, which is just west of the entrance to Briggsdale, thence left (north) on Road 77 for 0.2 miles to the entrance to Crow Valley Park, thence left (west) into the park for 0.5 miles to the parking lot of the Steward J. Adams Memorial Educational Site. The plaque is just north of the parking lot.

Inscription(DAR insignia) (Forest Service logo)STEWARD J. ADAMS MEMORIAL EDUCATION SITE Steward J. Adams

This education site is dedicated to the memory of Steward J. Adams, District Ranger; Pawnee National Grasslands, 1973-1979. One of Stewards greatest interests was educating the public regarding the grasslands environment. This was demonstrated by his dedication to teaching about the pioneers and native Americans who preceded us and the surrounding complex grassland environment.

This site is a testimonial to Steward's spirit of cooperation. He and the Society to the Daughters of the American Revolution worked to develop this site for the benefit of all Grasslands visitors.

HistorySteward Adams (1932-1979) is remembered chiefly for his untiring efforts to educate

the public on the proper use and preservation of the grasslands. In collaboration with the Colorado State Society NSDAR, he developed the education site in Crow Valley

Park that now bears his name.The nineteen national grasslands to which Adams dedicated his life are found in

Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico,North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. They include almost 4,000,000 acres of generally marginal grassland dedicated to multiple use sustained yield.


USS Maine Memorial Tablet at GreeleyDescription

A metal tablet 17-1/2''w x 13"h mounted on a marble slab 23"w x 18- 1/2"h mounted. There is also a small (3-1/2"w x 2"h) black plaque at the upper right hand corner of the marble slab. The commemorative tablet was presented to Centennial State Chapter, which in turn presented it to the Weld County Library in 1916.

In 2004 the tablet was permanently placed on the north side of Soldier's Field in Historic Linn Grove Cemetery, with the donation of marble from Norman's Memorial and Greeley Monument Company and the management of the Linn Grove Cemetery.

How to get there GPS Location: N 40° 41.2720 W-106° 65.9227

Linn Grove Cemetery

InscriptionsAt the top, the marble slab reads D.A.R. At the

bottom the slab reads PRESENTED BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. The tablet's face depicts in the background the sinking USS Maine. In the foreground is a bust of a helmeted woman with a shield on her left arm and with her right arm upraised. In bold letters opposite her head - IN memoriam. In bold letters opposite her shield - U.S.S. MAINE.

Immediately below - DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEBRUARY 15th 1898. At the bottom of the tablet the words THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE USS MAINE.

The small black plaque is inscribed: presented to WELD COUNTY library by Centennial State Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1916.

HistoryIn the latter part of the 1890's, Cuban rebels revolted against the Spanish

government of Cuba. Spurred on by the "Yellow Journalism'' of William Randolph Hearst's Journal and Joseph Pulitzer's World,

Congress gave belligerents rights to the rebels in 1896. On January 25, 1898, the new United States battleship Maine paid a "courtesy'' visit to Cuba, anchoring in Havana's harbor. On the night of February 15th, at 9:40 pm, a tremendous explosion destroyed the battle-ship at anchor. Of the 350 officers and men aboard, 260 died. To this day it remains a mystery exactly how the destruction was accomplished.

“Remember the Maine” became the rallying cry in the in Spanish American War, after this ship was sunk in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898. ln February 1912, the ship was raised and floated. Congress passed an Act in August that year authorizing the Secretaries of War and Navy to remove suitable parts and make tablets to be allotted to municipalities, military, naval and patriotic societies in the United States, for officers and crew of the Maine or their heirs. The design of sculptor Charles Keck was selected. The tablet represented victory in an attitude of sorrow, on the shield the words “patriotism” and ”devotion” at one side of the graceful palm branch, symbol of victory, in the background the ill fated battleship Maine. 1,000 of these were cast. In 1911 Centennial State Chapter purchase number 499/1000. Mrs. Carpenter's (Charter member of the Chapter) son faught in the Spanish American War.


#3 Ditch Marker in GreeleyDescription

A black metal plaque 12-1/2"w x 10"h located on the southeast end of the bridge spanning 14th Avenue at 13th Street in Greeley.

The plaque was dedicated October 22, 1990. Faces west.


From northbound Business US-85 in Greeley, which is 8th Avenue, turn left (west) at 13th Street for 6 blocks to 14th Avenue. The bridge is on the left.

Inscription#3 Ditch MarkerWater entered this #3 Ditch, 9 miles long, June

10, 1879. March 13, 1875 Union colony deeded to the town of Greeley water supplied by Ditch #3 for the sum of $488.00.

In 1882 this ditch was deeded to the Greeley Irrigation company for the sum of $1.00.

Irrigation made farming a scientific instead of an uncertain pursuit.

Marked October 22, 1990 Daughter of the American Revolution Centennial State Chapter

HistoryIn 1869, Union Colony was organized in New York City with Nathan C. Meeker,

agricultural editor of the New York Tribune, as president, General Robert A. Cameron as vice president, and Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, as treasurer. Meeker was to be massacred at the White River Agency in western Colorado in 1879.

Early in 1870 Meeker, Cameron, W.C. Fisk and H.T. West went to Colorado and selected an area near Evans, then the terminus of the Denver Pacific Railway. They bought about 11,917 acres of land, 9,324 from the railroad, the balance from private individuals. Individual members were persuaded to file on an additional 60,000 acres of public land.

In May of 1870, the first 50 families of the 500 members of the colony arrived. That same year, the Colony constructed Ditch #3, running from the Cache la Poudre River to the South Platte River, a distance of about nine miles. It was to supply water to the houses of Greeley and 5,000 acres of local farmland. It is considered to have played a significant part in the growth of Greeley.

Immediately thereafter, another ditch, #2, was constructed on the north side of the Cache la Poudre to irrigate 50,000 acres of outlying farmland.

Ditch #3, now known as Union Colony #3 Canal, runs from the Cache la Poudre at 71st Avenue on the west to Fern Avenue near the Greeley-Weld County Airport on the east. It is presently owned by the Greeley Irrigation Company. It is still in use.


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Chipeta Chapter - SalidaSalida, Colorado is known as the “Heart of the Rockies” and is the Chaffee County

seat. The city anchors the Upper Arkansas River Valley in central Colorado. Although flanked by majestic 14,000-foot snow capped peaks, at just over 7,000 feet in elevation, Salida enjoys a surprisingly mild climate that some refer to as the Banana Belt. Settle into Salida and its relaxed pace, hometown ways and world-class recreational opportunities and you may never want to leave. But, if you do, Salida is perfectly situated for those who want to be in close proximity to the more urban amenities afforded by Colorado’s Front Range communities.

Salida is the county seat of Chaffee County and its largest city, with a population of approximately 5,300. The city is the service, supply, and tourism center for the Upper Arkansas Valley.

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad bypassed the existing settlement of Cleora to establish Salida in 1880. Salida became a major division point for the D&RG, which erected extensive railroad facilities north of the commercial district on the opposite bank of the Arkansas River. The city developed quickly, and became the hub of a prosperous mining and agricultural region within a decade of its founding. Salida experienced devastating fires in its business district in 1886 and 1888, but rebounded to build a substantial commercial area consisting principally of two-story brick buildings. Railroad activity began to decline in the 1950s and, in 1971, Salida ceased to be a division point for the D&RG.

Tourism, recreation, and arts-related enterprises grew in importance during the second half of the twentieth century. It is within this historic context that Downtown Salida’s architectural heritage emerged.

Markers1. Drinking Fountain Honoring World War Veterans2. Louisiana Purchase Boundary Marker

About the Chipeta ChapterChipeta Chapter was organized January 21, 1978, in Salida, Colorado. The name of the chapter honors Colorado's famous Indian woman who was born an Apache but raised as a Ute. Chipeta, whose name means "white singing bird," married Chief Ouray at age 16 and was the only Ute woman permitted to sit in council. There is a concrete tepee that was erected in 1924 over a cold natural spring on the site of Chief Ouray and Chipeta's homestead in Montrose, Colorado. The focus of Chipeta Chapter is the preservation of American History and Patriotism in the schools and in the community.

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Drinking Fountain Honoring World War VeteransDescription

A polished red granite drinking fountain, now a planter, 16"w x 16"d x 36"h located in the main lobby of the Chaffee County Courthouse in Salida.


In Salida, from Rainbow Boulevard (US-50) turn north on F Street to 3rd Street, thence left (west) on 3rd Street to Poncha Boulevard. The courthouse is on the southwest corner of that intersection.

InscriptionTo Honor the World War Veterans of

Chaffee CountyErected by Shavano Chapter DAR

(DAR insignia)


in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, setting off a chain of events that shortly embroiled all of Europe in World War I.

America's mood was one of noninvolvement until the German navy, in pursuit of its governments newly-adopted policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, began sinking passenger liners and freighters. On May 1, 1915, the American Gulflite was torpedoed. On May 3rd the British liner Lusitania was sunk with the loss of 1198 lives including 128 Americans. After vigorous protest by the United States, Germany modified its policy somewhat until early 1917, when an all-out submarine campaign was resumed.

Public opinion now began to shift away from neutrality. President Wilson had run for a second term on the platform, "He kept us out of war," but eventually concluded that there was no way of avoiding it. On April 2, 1917, he asked Congress to declare war, and on April 6th war was declared.

4,734,991 men and women served in the armed forces. There were 320,518 military casualties, of which 53,402 died in action and 63,114 died from other causes.

An armistice ended the fighting at 11:00 am on November 11, 1918. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The United States Senate, opposing some of its provisions creating the League of Nations, refused to ratify it.

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Louisiana Purchase Boundary MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-3/4"w x 23-1/2”h mounted on a boulder 43"w x 45"h mounted on a concrete base flush with the ground, located at the summit of Fremont Pass on Colorado 91 on the west side of the road. Faces East.


Fremont Pass is on Colorado 91 at Climax. Colorado 91 runs between Leadville and I-70 between Frisco and Vail.

Inscription(Colorado state seal)

This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado

Fremont Pass on the Continental Divide between Arkansas and Blue River drainages, Altitude 11,316 Feet

Western boundary of the Louisiana purchased of 1803. Named in honor of John C. Fremont famous western explorer

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Mount Massive Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution of Leadville 1930

HistoryThe Louisiana Territory, a vast, uncharted area — 827,000 square miles — as large

as the United States in 1800, stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Claimed first by France by right of discovery, the area was ceded to Spain, which closed the port of New Orleans to American traffic, bringing great hardship to western settlers.

In 1800 Spain secretly ceded the region to Napoleon. President Jefferson believed that a strong nation holding the mouth of the Mississippi posed a threat to the United States, so in 1803 he purchased the entire territory from France for $15 million, probably the greatest single act of his presidency.

John Charles Fremont, a sometime officer in the Corps of Topographical Engineers, made five expeditions into the West between 1842 and 1854, which earned him the popular nickname of the “Pathfinder." He was an exponent of Manifest Destiny whose prophet, Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri was his father-in-law. Fremont aroused the westering impulse of the American people as no man ever did before or after him.

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Colorado Chapter - Denver 85

Colorado Chapter - DenverThe golden dome of the state capitol overlooks downtown, where renovated historic

buildings and architecturally striking modern structures stand side by side. Denver is one of the few cities in history that was not built on a road, railroad, lake,

navigable river or body of water when it was founded. It just happened to be where the first few flakes of gold were found in 1858.

Markers1. Denver museum of Natural History Marker (with Columbine, Denver and Peace

Pipe)2. Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon Marker (with Denver)3. Flagpole and Marker at Denver Botanical Gardens 4. Flagpole and Marker at Conservation Center5. Flagpole and Marker at Wallace Center6. Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver (with Denver and Peace Pipe)

About the Colorado ChapterColorado Chapter was founded in 1904 by the leading wives and daughters of some

of the state's most prominent citizens. Colorado Chapter has more than 100 members, who remain committed to the values and ideals of its founding members - promoting educational, historical and civic causes.

Our founding members played an integral role in the region's development. It is important to remember that before women had the right to vote, their most effective means of influencing events was through their husbands, fathers or sons, and through women's groups like DAR. These women knew how to trigger the levers of power and entice those who could do right by the most worthy causes of the day.

Our first regent was Mary Goodell Grant, the wife of Colorado's second Territorial Governor and third State Governor, James B. Grant. The family came to Colorado in 1877, living first in Leadville, then relocating to Denver in 1882. The family home in Denver was later acquired by the Colorado Historical Museum and is now called the Grant-Humphreys Mansion.

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Denver Museum of Natural History MarkerDescription

A bronze marker 10"w x 3-1/2"h located to the left of the stage on the front wall of Ricketson Auditorium at the Denver Museum of Natural History, 2001 Colorado Boulevard in Denver. The marker commemorates the presenting of flags by the chapters to the museum to honor the museum. The flags are at the museum, but are not normally on display.

The dedication was held November 19, 1970.

How to get thereGPS Location: The main entrance to the Denver Museum of Natural History is at Colorado Boulevard

and 20th Avenue in Denver. From I-70, travel south on Colorado Boulevard to 20th Avenue, thence right (west) into the grounds of the museum. From I-25, travel north on Colorado Boulevard to 20th Avenue, thence left (west) into the grounds of the museum. Use the north door of the museum.

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InscriptionFlags presented by Denver, Colorado, Peace Pipe and Columbine Chapters DAR

November 19, 1970

History On December 6, 1900, articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state

to create the Colorado Museum of Natural History. In 1948 the name was changed to Denver Museum of Natural History.

Before the turn of the century, pioneer naturalist Edwin Carter had offered for sale the mounted birds and mammals in his log cabin at Breckenridge with the idea of forming a natural history museum in Denver. A meeting was held on December 13, 1897 to consider his offer.

On January 4, 1898, a meeting was called to discuss sites for the proposed museum, plans for the building and means of raising funds.

In 1899 John T. Mason promised a donation of his butterfly and moth collections and John F. Campion offered his crystalline gold collection.

On December 18, 1899, Carter's collection was purchased for $10,000 and he was appointed curator for life.

On December 5, 1900 a contract was drawn under the terms of which the city of Denver would donate $16,000 to provide a suitable site for the museum, and would recognize the corporation as its governing and managing body, provided the association raised $25,000 or more by personal subscription.

The stated purposes of the museum were to erect and maintain in the city of Denver a museum of natural history, to encourage and aid the study of natural science, and to advance the general knowledge of kindred subjects. John F. Campion was elected the first president of the Board of Trustees.

On October 28, 1901, the present site in Denver's City Park was agreed upon. In July of 1908 the museum was opened to the public.


Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon Marker Description

A granite column 29-1/2"w 32"h with a polished face, mounted on a granite sub-base 36"w x 12"h mounted on a granite base 45"w x 6"h located in Riverside Cemetery in Denver. There is a REAL DAUGHTER plaque 5-3/4"w x 9"h mounted on the sub-base. Faces southeast.


From I-70 in Denver, take the Brighton Boulevard exit (275B). Travel north on Brighton Boulevard to 5201, which is just past Race Street. The cemetery is on the left (west) side of Brighton Boulevard.

The Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon marker is in lot 29, block 27, diagonally to the left in front of the flagpole.

InscriptionJohn Alexander Lennon Major 3, MO.

Cavalry Born Manchester Eng. Oct 30 1818 Died Denver Colo. Sept 14 1897

Elizabeth Brown Lennon, wife of John A. Lennon, Dau. of Lieut Sam Brown Revolutionary Soldier Born St. Clairsville Ohio Feb 4 1823 Died Denver Colo. March 20 1906

HistoryElizabeth Fletcher Brown (1823-1906), the daughter of Samuel Brown and his

second wife, Polly Newkirk, was born February 4th at St. Clairsville, Ohio.She married John Alexander Lennon on September 28, 1845. They lived in Hannibal,

Missouri until moving to Denver in the 1860's. She and John had four children. John Lennon died in 1897. Elizabeth died in 1906.

Her real daughter status derives from her father, who was a patriot of the American Revolution with the rank of second lieutenant in the army.


Flagpole and Marker at Denver Botanical GardensDescription

A bronze marker 11"w x 6-1/4"h mounted in the concrete walkway at the base of a 30-foot aluminum flagpole located at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 900-1000 York Street in Denver.

The flagpole and marker were provided to honor Flag Day. The Denver Botanic Gardens was chosen as the recipient of the flagpole and plaque in the belief that they would contribute to the dignity and serenity of the scene of great beauty provided by the gardens. Faces East.

The commemoration was held June 14, 1962.

How to get thereGPS Location: Denver Botanic Gardens may be reached either by traveling north on Josephine

Street or south on York Street to the 900 block. The Gardens' parking lot and flagpole are on the left (west) side of Josephine Street between Josephine and York streets. The flagpole and marker are adjacent to the parking lot between the parking lot and the buildings of the Denver Botanic Gardens.

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InscriptionFlag and pole given by Colorado Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution June

14, 1962

HistoryIn 1949 Congress recognized June 14th, the anniversary of the day in 1777 when

the Continental Congress adopted the first official national flag, as Flag Day.The history of our flag is long and involved. The congressional resolution officially

adopting it provided that "the Flag of the 13 united states be 13 stripes alternate red and white, that the union be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation." It was not specified whether the stripes be horizontal or vertical, nor was the configuration of the stars; consequently, flags were seen with the stars in a circle, in rows, or with 12 stars encircling a 13th, and the stars had from four to eight points.

January 13, 1794, the law was changed to provide for a flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes. This was the flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor on the night of September 13th, 1813, during the War of 1812, and that inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner.”

In 1818 the law stabilized the number of stripes at 13 and specified that they be horizontal and alternate red and white, while requiring that "on the admission of every new state into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag...on the Fourth of July next succeeding such admission."

Finally, in 1912, with the states and stars numbering 48, exact standards of design were set forth by President William Howard Taft. Even more precise specifications were drawn up to define the 49-star flag in 1959 and the 50-star flag in 1960.


Flagpole and Marker at Plains Conservation CenterDescription

A bronze plaque 13"w x 7"h set in the concrete base of a 55-foot flagpole at the Plains Conservation Center east of Aurora.

The flagpole and plaque were presented by Colorado Chapter in 1969 as a means of participating in the many worthwhile public services provided by the Center. Faces North.

How to get thereGPS Location: The Plains Conservation Center is at 21901 E Hampden Avenue east of Aurora. From

Colorado 83 (Parker Road) travel east on Hampden Avenue for five miles. The Center is on the left (north) side of Hampden Avenue. The flagpole and marker are on the left (east) side of the Interpretive Building/Office.

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InscriptionPresented to Plains Conservation Center by Colorado Chapter N.S.D.A.R.

Sept. 22, 1969

HistoryThe Plains Conservation Center (PCC), which is owned by the West Arapahoe Soil

Conservation District, was created in 1949 from surplus federal property. It occupies over 1900 acres of land and is the only large remnant of native grassland so readily accessible to an urban population. It is a refuge for the plant and wild life species of the native grasslands of eastern Colorado.

The Center's purpose is to preserve a remnant of this rapidly vanishing landscape, which once covered almost forty percent of the state, and to educate the public about its natural and cultural heritage.

Through a variety of educational programs, the PCC brings the natural wonders of the High Plains into the realm of personal experience.

The native mixed-grass plains ecosystem is dynamic - constantly changing in response to the dramatic fluctuations of temperature and rainfall. Ever present on the High Plains is the wind, and it has had a profound influence on the evolution of the plants. The High Plains is actually a mosaic of micro-habitats. Lush areas of western wheatgrass may lie just a few feet away from the domain of needlegrasses, buffalo- grass or blue grama, Colorado's state grass.

Intimately associated with the plants is a variety of wildlife. Species often seen include the American pronghorn, jackrabbit, prairie dog, coyote, badger, horned lizard, bullsnake, prairie rattlesnake, western meadowlark, horned lark, and lark bunting. Birds of prey such as the red-tailed hawk, golden eagle and burrowing owl are commonly observed at the Center.

The educational programs of the PCC have very specific objectives: to help people understand the dynamics of our grasslands, to show the impact of man's activities on them, and to nurture a conservation ethic that people can apply to their daily lives.

The Center receives no government funding, relying solely on revenues generated from its educational programs, and the support of individuals and the business community.


Flagpole and Marker at Wallace CenterDescription

A metal tag 4-1/2'w x 3"h attached to a metal flagpole at the Cleo Wallace Center, 8405 West 100th Avenue in Westminster. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: From I-70, take exit 269A (Wadsworth Boulevard) north to 100th Avenue, thence

right (east) for 0.2 miles to the entrance to Wallace Center, which is on the left (north) side of 100th Avenue. The flagpole and marker are on the left in front of the first building you will see as you enter the grounds of the center.

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InscriptionPresented by Colorado Chapter Daughters American Revolution January 1957.

History Cleo Spurlock was graduated from the University of Denver in 1937 with a degree

in education and psychology. She contracted to teach school, but the contract was cancelled when she married, so she started a school for children with learning problems in the basement of her home. From that beginning came the Wallace School at 4414 Logan Street in Denver.

In 1948 the school relocated to Globeville, and in 1958 relocated again to its present site.

As the public schools came to provide for children with learning disabilities, Wallace School became a school for children and adolescents in need of psychiatric treatment.

Today the school encompasses a 33-acre campus that provides a wide range of services for troubled children, has a staff of about 100 people, and an enrollment of about 100 children.


Washington Elm Scion Marker at DenverDescription

A bronze plaque 18"w x 12"h mounted on a concrete base 24"w x 18- 1/2''h inside an iron fence 68"h x 87"w x 84"d enclosing an oak tree. At the base of the plaque is a black metal strip 18''w x 1-1/4"h. Location: Washington Park in Denver.

The plaque was dedicated in 1917. Faces South.


From I-25 in Denver, take the Downing Street exit north to Louisiana Avenue, thence right (east) on Louisiana Avenue to Gilpin Street, thence left (north) on Gilpin Street to Arizona Avenue, thence left (west) on Arizona Avenue to Franklin Street, thence right (north) on Franklin Street to Mississippi Avenue, thence left (west) into Washington Park thence straight ahead for 0.15 miles to the parking area. The tree, fence and plaque are to the right (north) just to the left of a flagpole.

InscriptionPlaque(insignia)

Scion of the Washignton Elm Cambridge, Massachusetts under which July 3, 1775 George Washington took command of the Continental Army presented by John L. Russell

Dedicated May 3, 1917 by the Colorado and Peace Pipe Chapters Daughters of the American Revolution Strip

Oak Tree planted May 1983 - Peace Pipe Chapter

HistoryOn July 3, 1775, General George Washington took command of the Continental Army

at a ceremonial review in Cambridge, Massachusetts under an elm tree which was thereafter known as the Washington Elm.

In 1916 John Russell, Denver's city landscape gardener, obtained cuttings from the Washington Elm, one of which survived. Eventually it died, and on May 13, 1983, an oak tree was planted in its place and a metal strip added at the bottom of the plaque with an inscription explaining why a small oak tree, rather than a very large elm, is growing inside the fence.

Early in this century it became apparent that the Washington Elm at Cambridge was doomed. In October of 1922 what was left of the tree fell over with a crash as workmen were trying to bolster some seemingly live branches. A plaque now marks the site of the tree which was estimated to be over 300 years old at its death. At its prime it measured 18 feet in circumference, 100 feet in height and 90 feet in the spread of its branches.


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Columbine Chapter - DenverThe golden dome of the state capitol overlooks downtown, where renovated historic



Marker1. Denver Museum of Natural History Marker (with Colorado, Denver and Peace Pipe)

About the Columbine ChapterThe Columbine Chapter was founded in 1953. Our current membership numbers 76

women. Some of us are young and some are not so young; some work outside of the home full time, and some are raising children or are retired. We come from all parts of the country. We welcome as prospective members women over the age of 18 who can prove lineal, blood line descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence through military, civil, or patriotic service.

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Denver Chapter - DenverThe golden dome of the state capitol overlooks downtown, where renovated historic



Markers1. Blue Jay Inn Plaque2. Buchtel Home Marker3. Denver Museum of Natural History Marker (with Columbine, Colorado and Peace

Pipe)4. Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon Marker (with Colorado)5. Katrina Wolf Murat Headstone6. Warren Home Marker7. Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver (with Colorado and Peace Pipe)

About the Denver ChapterDenver founded its own chapter on May 26, 1898. Mrs. Mary Greene Montgomery

Slocum, wife of Colorado College Regent William Slocum and president of the Colorado State Society, helped with the chartering of Denver's chapter. The 1900-1901 yearbook lists 66 members; by 1901-1903, there were 90. One of those early members was Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon, a Real Daughter. As the name suggests, a Real Daughter is an actual offspring of a Revolutionary War patriot. Her father was Samuel Brown, a second lieutenant in the War. Henry C. Brown, builder of the Brown Palace Hotel and donor of the land on which the state capitol stands, was Mrs. Lennon's brother.

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Blue Jay Inn PlaqueDescription

A brass plaque 6"w x 8"h mounted on a wooden base 8"w x 10"h located on the wall of the lobby of the Blue Jay lnn in Buffalo Creek.

The plaque was dedicated June 26, 1990.

How to get thereGPS Location: From Denver, drive west on US-285 past Conifer to Pine Junction, thence left (south)

on Jefferson County 126 for 10 miles to Buffalo Creek via Pine. The Inn is on the right (west) side of the road at Buffalo Creek. Alternatively, Buffalo Creek may be reached by traveling south from Denver on US-85 (Santa Fe Drive) to Sedalia, thence right (west) on Douglas County 67 for 27 mites to Deckers, thence right (north) on Jefferson County 126 for 14.5 mile's to Buffalo Creek.

InscriptionThe Blue Jay InnBuffalo Creek, ColoradoMarked by National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Denver Chapter1990

HistoryThe Blue Jay Inn at Buffalo Creek was built in 1878 or 1879 when a man named Bailey

bought two frame boarding houses and connected them, creating an inn for travelers. From the beginning it was called the Blue Jay Inn.

In 1907 the Inn was purchased by the Girls' Friendly Society of the Episcopal Church for use as a holiday house.

Katherine Ramus and her mother bought the property in 1947, and opened it for business in 1948. It became widely known for the quality of its food, and in 1958 was recommended by the Ford Times, along with Denver's Brown Palace and Colorado Springs' Broadmoor.

Katherine first came to Buffalo Creek in 1921 from Topeka Kansas, by train (the Denver, South Park and Pacific - later the Colorado and Southern) with two younger brothers, Dan, Jr. and Bob, and her parents, Dan and Lizette Davis. The family has used Buffalo Creek as an annual summer retreat ever since.

After graduation from Washburn College in Topeka, Katherine taught in Kansas high schools. During World War II she worked at a boys' camp and lodge in New Hampshire. That is where she got the idea of running a lodge. After the war, she and her mother returned to Buffalo Creek and purchased the Inn.

In 1950 she married Charles Ramus, a University of Denver art history professor. He died in 1979.

The Inn, still owned and operated by Katherine, presently is open only for guests with reservations. The dining room, which can hold 50, is available for reunions, wedding receptions, and business or social meetings. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


Buchtel Home MarkerDescription

A brass plaque 8''w x 6"h mounted on a walnut base located just inside the front door of the Buchtel home, 2100 South Columbine Street in Denver. The building, which was used as the governor's residence during Buchtel's term as governor of Colorado, is presently owned by the University of Denver and is available for book reviews, weddings, receptions, etc. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

How to get thereGPS Location: The Buchtel home is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of E Evans

Avenue and S Columbine Street in Denver. Columbine Street is nine blocks west of Colorado Boulevard.

InscriptionHome of Chancellor and Mrs. Henry

Augustus Buchtel 1905 - 1926Marker by National Society Daughters of the

American Revolution Denver Chapter1988

HistoryHenry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) was born in East Liberty, Ohio, the son of Dr.

Jonathan B. and Eliza Newcomer Buchtel. He attended Asbury College (later DePauw University) and studied for the ministry, receiving his BA degree in 1872. He married Mary Stevenson in 1873. They had four children, Frost Craft, Emma, Henry and Mary.

Immediately upon his graduation, he was appointed pastor of the Zionsville and Northfield Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church.That same year he was accepted as a missionary to Bulgaria, where he served for six months until his wife's persistent illness from drinking water from the Danube River - the only source available - forced them to return to the United States.

He served in a number of pastorates in Indiana, and while at Trinity Church in La Fayette, Indiana he came to Denver to visit his brother, William, who had come to Colorado for his health. While in Denver, he preached at Evans Chapel (later Grace Church), and was so impressive that he was invited to assume that pastorate.

The following year he became pastor of Lawrence Street Methodist Church in Denver, which was consolidated into Trinity Methodist Church. Here he built the edifice which remains in use to this day.

In 1891 he became the pastor of Central Avenue Church in Indianapolis, moving from there to churches in the East. In 1899 he was appointed chancellor of the University of Denver, where he served for 21 years.

In 1906 he was elected governor of Colorado, the only clergyman ever to hold that office, and served for one term. He declined to run for a second term, being on leave of absence from his duties as chancellor of the University.







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Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon MarkerDescription

A granite column 29-1/2"w 32"h with a polished face, mounted on a granite sub-base 36"w x 12"h mounted on a granite base 45"w x 6"h located in Riverside Cemetery in Denver. There is a REAL DAUGHTER plaque 5-3/4"w x 9"h mounted on the sub-base. Faces southeast.

How to get thereGPS Location: N39° 47.621, W-104° 57.466

From I-70 in Denver, take the Brighton Boulevard exit (275B).Travel north on Brighton Boulevard to 5201, which is just past Race Street. The

cemetery is on the left (west) side of Brighton Boulevard.The Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon marker is in lot 29, block 27, diagonally to the

left in front of the flagpole.

InscriptionJohn Alexander LennonMajor 3, MO. CavaleyBorn Manchester Eng. Oct. 30, 1818 - Died Denver Colo, Sept. 14 1897

Elizabeth Brown LennonWife of John A Lennon Dau. of Lieut. Samuel

Brown, Revolutionary Soldier Born St Clairsville Ohio Feb. 4 1823 - Died Denver Colo, March 20, 1906

HistoryElizabeth Fletcher Brown (1823-1906), the daughter of Samuel Brown and his

second wife, Polly Newkirk, was born February 4th at St. Clairsville, Ohio.She married John Alexander Lennon on September 28, 1845. They lived in Hannibal,

Missouri until moving to Denver in the 1860's. She and John had four children. John Lennon died in 1897. Elizabeth died in 1906.

Her real daughter status derives from her father, who was a patriot of the American Revolution with the rank of second lieutenant in the army.


Katrina Wolf Murat HeadstoneDescription

An unpolished boulder 43"w x 19"h located in block 4 of Riverside Cemetery, Brighton Boulevard at E 52nd Avenue in Denver.

How to get thereGPS Location: From I-70 in Denver, take the Brighton Boulevard exit (275B).

Travel north on Brighton Boulevard to 5201, which is just past Race Street. The cemetery is on the left (west) side of Brighton Boulevard.

InscriptionIn memory of the maker of the First United

States flag in Colorado.Katrina Wolf Murat1824 - 1910Erected by Denver Chapter of the Daughters of

American Revolution

HistoryKatrina Wolf (1824-1910) was born in Baden Baden, Germany. In 1848 she married

Count Henri Murat and they moved immediately to the United States. He was financially impoverished, and they traveled to the California goldfields seeking their fortune, but had no luck. They returned east, but tried again in 1858 to strike it rich, this time in Colorado. They arrived at Montana on the South Platte at present day Evans Avenue in Denver on November 3rd.

There they built a log cabin by the river which was soon taken down and moved to Auraria at what is now 10th Street, east of Larimer Street.

There Katrina is credited with making the first United States flag to fly in Colorado. She is also known to have run a laundry and boarding house, where she developed a reputation as a great cook. She seems to have been especially well known for her pies.

History records that Horace Greeley, on a visit to Auraria, was so upset by the noise at the Eldorado Hotel he was staying at near the Murats' that he accepted an invitation to stay with them rather than at the hotel. Rumor had it that the Count shaved Greeley and charged him $5.00 for it. His usual fee was a stiff $1.00.

Later Katrina and the Count owned and operated a dance hall and gambling house in Denver City, but could not make a go of it and moved to Virginia City, Nevada, where they became successful restauranteurs.

In 1868 they returned to Colorado, starting a gambling casino at Palmer Lake. That venture failed, reportedly because the Count gambled away his resources at his own tables.

Katrina divorced him in 1881 and moved to a cabin above Palmer Lake where she lived the rest of her life. She died there in 1910.

And so, Katrina, who changed her name to Catherine when she arrived in the United States, is, accordingly, noteworthy not only as probably the first white woman to arrive in Colorado (a contested claim), but also as a latter day Betsy Ross.


Warren Home MarkerDescription

A brass plaque 8"w x 6"h mounted on a walnut base located inside the front door of the Warren home at 2160 S Cook Street in Denver.

The building is the larger of two red sandstone buildings, and is now a school.

How to get thereGPS Location: The Warren home is located on S Cook Street on the east side of the street between

E Evans Avenue and E Warren Avenue. Cook Street is four blocks west of Colorado Boulevard.

InscriptionHome of Bishop Henry White Warren 1893-

1912, Elisabeth Iliff Warren 1893-1920, Miss Louise Iliff 1893-1966

Marked by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Denver Chapter

1988

HistoryHenry White Warren (1831-1912) was born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He

spent his boyhood in Massachusetts and Connecticut, graduating from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut in 1853. In 1855 his younger brothers William Fairfield Warren, graduated from Wesleyan and the two brothers were ordained that year in the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He served churches in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. In 1855 he married Diantha Kilgore and they had three children, Carrie, Henry Mather and Ellen. Mrs. Warren died in 1867.

At the General Conference in 1880, he was a delegate from Pennsylvania and was elected a bishop, which office he held until 1912. He chose at that time to live in Atlanta, Georgia, where he helped organize a theological school for negroes.

Warren had made a trip to Colorado in 1879 to pursue his interest in mountain climbing, where he met Elizabeth Fraser Iliff, widow of John Wesley Iliff, pioneer rancher and civic leader. They were married in 1883 and in 1884, when Denver was designated as an Episcopal area, moved there. The Iliff Mansion, commonly called Fitzroy Place was constructed in 1893.

Bishop Warren was both a prolific writer and a world traveler. During his term of office he visited Europe, Mexico, China, Japan, India, the Philippines. As resident bishop in the Denver area he saw his constituency grow from 15 churches in the Denver area and 51 in the Colorado Conference to 200 in the conference, which included some in Wyoming and New Mexico.

In 1889 Mrs. Warren gave $100,000 to the University of Denver to endow the Iliff School of Theology. Her stepson, William Iliff, contributed $50,000 in memory of his father, who, although never affiliated with any church, had wished to see a theological school built to train ministers in the West.















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Elbridge Gerry Chapter - SterlingLogan County, located in the northeast corner of Colorado, is a rapidly growing

agriculture and industry-based community. Sterling is the “hub city” of the county and is located 125 miles from Denver, 90 minutes from DIA, and 40 minutes from I-80. Colorado’s beautiful mountain range is only a 2 hour drive away.

The City of Sterling which is the county seat, is the largest city in the Northeastern Colorado region. Interstate 76 as well as Highways 6, 61, and 138 connect Sterling to the surrounding areas. Colorado Highway 14, the Main Street, offers easy access westward to the Fort Collins area and the Front Range.

Markers1. First Schoolhouse in Logan County Tablet2. First White Settler’s House in Logan County Marker3. Irrigation Tablet 4. Pioneer Stockmen Tablet

About the ChapterElbridge Gerry Chapter, NSDAR was organized December 20, 1920. Elbridge Gerry

is the name of two men, one Elbridge Gerry of Colorado is said to have been a grandson of that other Elbridge Gerry, son of Massachusetts, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Massachusetts, Ambassador to France, and who died as Vice President of the United States. The Elbridge Gerry of Colorado became known as the "Paul Revere of Colorado” when on August 19, 1864, two Cheyenne Indians came to his ranch to warn him of an impending raid on settlements and ranches by 1,000 Indians. Gerry rode his horse 65 miles to Denver with the news. Messengers were promptly dispatched to the threatened localities and thus prevented harm to the settlers and ranchers.

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First Schoolhouse in Logan County TabletDescription

A bronze tablet 18“w x 18"h mounted on a granite pillar 28"wx 37"h on a concrete base 34"w x 2"h located on US-138 northeast of Sterling. Faces Northwest.


From Sterling take US-138 northeast for about four miles. The monument is on the right side of the road.


Sterling's first public school this tablet commemorates the establishment of the first public school in the Sterling settlement October, 1875. It was taught by Carrie G Ayres, Later Mrs. J.N. Hall of Denver

The sod schoolhouse stood 3160 feet east and the sod fort built by the early settlers for protection against the Indians, 4200 feet southeast of this point.

This tablet is placed by the Elbridge Gerry Chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution.

HistoryThe first public school in what was later called Old Sterling was a room about 14 by

16 feet, built of adobe by Mr. R.G. Smith and had a dirt floor “but a good shingled roof.” It opened October 25, 1875, taught by Carrie Ayres, who was all of 15 years and two months old at the time.

The schoolroom contained a small iron stove in the center of the room, and a long slanting board along one side with a pine bench, for use during writing periods. The students furnished their own seats.

There were 20 students, ranging in age from four to twenty. They were: Lizzie Perkins (Porter), Salle Perkins (Brush), Bobbie Smith, Pattie Smith (Prewitt), Alice Harris (Simpson), Etta Harris (Sutherland), Bettie Harris, Jennie Harris, Willie Harris, Ella Bennett (Simpson), Bettie Bennett (Beattie), Will Bennett, Ira Bennett, John Bennett, Cora Osgood (Fitch), Rose Clark, Ethel King, Lura Gragg (Smith), Otey Smith, Lizzie Gragg (Sheridan).

In this building the first literary society was organized and the first Sunday School started.

The following year a "very comfortable” schoolhouse was built. It was of sod with a plank floor, a good roof, and fairly comfortable benches for seats. It was used as the school until 1881, when the town of Sterling was laid out and the school moved there.


First White Settler's House in Logan County MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 24"w x 18"h mounted on the northeast face of a trapezoidal built-up stone monument 64"w at the base x 74"h capped with a sandstone cap 40-1/2"w x 3"h. The monument is located on US-6 Southwest of Sterling. Faces Northeast.


Take US-6 southwest from Sterling for two miles. The monument is on the right (northwest) side of the road at the end of a parking area.

Inscription(crossed flags)

This tablet is erected in honor of William Shaw Hadfield. The first white settler if Logan County marking the site of his first sod house at Hadfield island in 1871, three-fourth miles east

Erected by his wife Margaret Seibert Hadfield under auspices of Elbridge Gerry Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution

HistoryWilliam Shaw Hadfield (1838-1927), a native of Derbyshire, England, was born

December 1st, the son of Don and Anna Unwin Hadfield. He came to the United States when he was 25 years old and initially lived in Wisconsin.

He came west in 1865, driving a team of six mules from Atchison, Kansas to Denver, where he lived for a few years. From there he went to Greeley, and from Greeley drove a team of six head of oxen to the South Platte Valley, arriving April 15, 1871. He filed on a homestead three miles south of present day Sterling.

He pitched his tent, and began housekeeping on what is known as Hadfield's Island, until he could build a sod house. This house was the first permanent settler's home in Logan County.

He built his house on the largest island in the lower river valley. There were strong river channels on both sides of the island, which afforded him the necessary water, some protection from the Indians and barriers to contain his livestock. The Island soon became the center of a community named Sarinda, comprising a dozen or so families. A Post office was established and Hadfield became its postmaster.

He lived on his island until 1879 when he moved north to the vicinity of Peetz, where he raised stock for many years. He retired to Sterling where he lived until his death on May 23, 1927 at age 89.

He married Charity Sanders in 1878 and lived with her until her death in 1915. In 1921 he married Margaret Seibert, a nurse who had come to Sterling from Philadelphia in 1908. She was at one time Regent of Elbridge Gerry Chapter and is believed to have been a charter member.

William Hadfield is numbered among Logan County's most honored pioneers.


Irrigation Tablet Description

A bronze tablet 26"w x 33"h located in the Logan County Courthouse in Sterling.


Sterling, in the northeast corner of Colorado, is on US6 and may also be reached from I-76. Entering Sterling on US-6 from the southwest, the Logan County Courthouse is between US-6 northeast bound (3rd Street) and US-6 southwest bound (4th Street) between Ash Street and Main Street. The tablet is on the southeast corridor wall on the first floor.

InscriptionThis tablet is dedicated to those pioneer

settlers of Logan County who, by the introduction of irrigation, began the transformation of the buffalo range of 1872, into the fertile farms of the present day.

The first three canals, in order were:The South Platte Ditch, built in 1872 byC.C. Chamber, J.R. Chambers, Howard

Doughty, John T Doughty, W. G. Cross, James Floyd

The Schneider Ditch, Built in 1873 byHenry Schneider and James SchneiderThe old Sterling Ditch, Built in 1874Out of this enterprising grew the city of

Sterling. Most prominent among those who assisted in the financing of the company and the building of the first section of the canal were:

Mary E. Ayres, Edward Davis, Hugh Davis, M.C. King, David Leavitt, E.L. Minter, B.F. Prewitt, Jos. H. Prewitt, R.C. Perkins, Marion Smith, R.E. Smith, E.G. Smith

They laid the foundation of a new empire in the hearts of the Great American Dessert.(DAR insignia) This tablet is erected by the Elbridge Gerry Chapter, Daughter of the

American Revolution.

HistoryThese and the ditches that followed between 1872 and 1886: Buffalo, Pawnee, Davis

Brothers, Smith and Henderson, Low Line, Iliff and Platte Valley, Sterling #2, and Springdale, and the many more that have followed since, including the Bravo, Harmony, Powell and Dillon, have turned more than 60,000 acres of the South Platte Valley into productive farm land.

As a matter of historical record, the South Platte Ditch was originally named the Godfrey Ditch and the Buffalo Ditch was later incorporated into the Pawnee Ditch.


Pioneer Stockmen TabletDescription

A bronze tablet 24"w x 20-1/2"h located in the Logan County Courthouse in Sterling. Placed by Dr. J. N. Hall and Mrs. G. A. Henderson in 1929.


Sterling, in northeast Colorado, is on US·6 and may also be reached from I-76. Entering Sterling on US-6 from the southwest, the Logan County Courthouse is between US-6 northeast-bound (3rd Street) and southwest-bound (4th Street) and between Ash Street and Main Street.

The tablet is on the southeast corridor wall on the first floor.

Inscription(DAR insignia)Logan County1873

This memorial tablet is dedicated to our pioneer stockmen:

Jared L. Brush, Wm. S. Hadfield, Milton P. Henderson, W. Lee Henderson, John W. Iliff, Stanford S. Kempton, James S. Moore, Martin H. Smith

By the summer of 1873, their numerous herds covered the region now constituting Logan County.

The first permanent occupation of the valley, and its reclamation from the wandering Indian tribes, opened the way for the great agricultural development of the next decade.

This tablet is erected by the Elbridge Gerry Chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution.

HistoryThe first cattle to come into the territory hauled the first settlers across the plains

to the gold fields. They were then fattened and sold for beef. This proved to be a profitable business.

The first man to run cattle in the Platte Valley was John W Iliff. In 1873, J . L. Brush of the Brush Land and Cattle Company, the Henderson brothers and S. S. Kempton moved from Orchard to the south side of the Platte River opposite the present town of Iliff.

Other early stockmen in Logan County include J. R. Chambers, Henry Schneider, John Kendall, Jerome Landrum, J. J. Chairs, W J. Powell, the Buchanan brothers, Limon Cole, the Gunn brothers, R. J. Patterson, Mark Gill, John and Fred Lutin, the Witherbee brothers, the Reagan brothers, A. G. Sherwin, and the Fitch brothers.


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Fort Morgan Chapter - Fort MorganIncorporated in 1884, Sterling depended on the Union Pacific railroad for shipment

of its agriculture products to market. The City still has Union Pacific service, as well as Burlington Northern service, for its industries and businesses. Sterling’s economy continues to be based in agriculture, along with oil and gas production. It has expanded into spin-off and service industries to broaden the economic base.

Markers1. Old Fort Morgan Monument

About the Fort Morgan ChapterThe Fort Morgan Chapter of the NSDAR was formed in Jun 1909. Our group holds

monthly meetings at the Country Steak Out Café in Fort Morgan. We have had programs after each meeting including: Genealogy research, How to make wire/silk flowers, Time and Clocks or time pieces, Native Americans, Different Famous American such as Lincoln, First Ladies, etc.

The Chapter has donated to President General Projects, supported schools by sending funds, labels, and boxes of needed goods. We have sent military packages to our service men and women, donated books to schools, given awards for citizenship, history, etc. We collect aluminum cans, pop tops and labels for various needs.

We are currently taking pictures of gravestones in cemeteries in Washington County to be put on the internet as part of a statewide project.

There is so much more we do – we are a small group but have fun – along with our labors for the cause.

1912 photo of Fort Morgan Chapter

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Old Fort Morgan MounumentDescription

A bronze plaque 28"w x 24"h mounted on a block of granite 40"w x 65"h, weighing 5-1/2 tons, on a concrete base 48"wx 12"h. The monument is located in a small park on the north side of Riverview Avenue between State and Prospect in Fort Morgan.

The monument originally marked the site of the officers' quarters and was conspicuously located in the center of the road called Riverview Drive. In 1924, in the interest of public safety, it was moved to its present location.

The monument was dedicated October 26, 1912. In time the bolts holding the plaque to the pillar disintegrated, and the plaque was remounted and rededicated in 1990. Faces South.

How to get there GPS Location: N40°26.106, W-103°79.94

Fort Morgan is actually on US-34, but can be reached from I-76 by taking exit 75B. From US-34 in Fort Morgan (Platte Avenue) drive north on State to Riverview, thence right (east) on Riverview for ½ block. The park is on the north side of the street.

InscriptionTo mark the site of Old Fort Morgan occupied from 1864

to 1868 and the divergence of the Denver cut off from the Overland Trail

This monument is erected by Fort Morgan Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution 1912

HistoryBeginning in 1864, when hostile Indians threatened travelers along the Denver cutoff

of the Overland Trail, a series of military posts was established along the trail to protect travelers and the mail service.

Camp Junction (sometimes called Camp Tyler) were built in 1864 under General Sam Brown's command at what is now Fort Morgan. The name was later changed to Camp Wardwell, and again in 1866 to Fort Morgan, even though Colonel Christopher A. Morgan, for whom the fort was named, never came further west than St. Louis. He was an aide to Major General John Pope. Who Wardwell was is not known.

Historical notes indicate that the fort was the largest post on the Platte River and was more elaborate than the others. The buildings were made of adobe or of sod or of logs brought from the mountains. Poles for the roofs of adobe buildings were cut from timber stands on river islands. The frame buildings were prefabricated in Denver.

By 1866 the fort was to occupy a four mile square reservation and had grown to a collection of nineteen separate buildings surrounding a parade ground 432 x 245 feet with a 75-foot flagpole. The buildings included officers' quarters, hospital, store, adjutant's quarters, mess quarters, cook house, guard house, and horse stables.

Between 1868 and 1870, the size of the military complement was reduced and the fort was abandoned in 1870. The timbers were salvaged by neighboring farmers and the adobe buildings crumbled into dust.

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Fort Vasquez Chapter - BrightonBrighton, Colorado, is the county seat of Adams County since 1902. This small town

came about during the 1860s as the railroad and fur trade expanded into the West.Brighton was originally little more than a stop along the route for fur traders. They

stopped in the area when traveling from Fort Bent to Fort Laramie.The original name of Brighton was Hughes Station. It was named after a local

railroad promoter who developed the town as a stop along the Denver Pacific Railroad.

Markers1. Pioneer Spirit Marker

About the Fort Vasquez ChapterThe Fort Vasquez Chapter, NSDAR, is named in memory of Louis Vasquez, a fur

trader, who built a fort south of Platteville, Colorado in 1832.

On February 1, 1928, Mrs. Nellie Wilkinson was appointed Organizing Regent for a new DAR chapter in Brighton. She worked tirelessly to achieve this and the new Fort Vasquez Chapter was organized on December 28, 1928. The charter was presented to the Chapter on January 4th 1929 by Mrs. Justus R. Friedline, Colorado State Regent at the time. It's interesting to note that our chapter name, "Fort Vasquez" was actually voted upon by the membership at a later meeting on February 15, 1929.

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Pioneer Spirit MarkerDescription

A marker of Colorado granite 26"w x 66"h with a polished face 19"w x 22-1/2"h located in the Junior Chamber of Commerce Park, a tiny triangle bounded by Main Street, First Avenue and Bush Street in downtown Brighton.

How to get thereGPS Location: From US-85 take Colorado 7 east to 1st Avenue in Brighton, thence south on 1st

Avenue to Bush Street.

InscriptionDedicated to the Pioneer Spirit of our early settlers erected by

Fort Vasquez Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution 1940

HistoryThe first recorded visit by white men to the Brighton area was that of Major Stephen

Harriman Long's expedition in 1820.The first settlers in the area included James Blundell, Thomas Doneldson (Donelson),

George C. Griffin, George and William Hazzard, Andrew Hagus (Hogies), and a man named Taylor. They had come west in the 1859 Pike's Peak gold rush and had staked out 200 acre homestead claims along the east bank of the South Platte River south of present day Brighton. William Hazzard did not prove up his claim and it was taken up by Frank Aichelman the following year.

Hughes Station, named for General Bela M. Hughes of the Colorado Pacific Railroad (later the Union Pacific), was originally platted and promoted by Daniel Franklin Carmichael in 1881. The town was incorporated in 1887, as the Town of Brighton at the instigation of Alice Skeel Carmichael, reportedly in memory of her birthplace, Brighton Beach, New York (or Brighton, Massachusetts, depending on which version of Brighton's history one chooses to believe.)

Other early townsmen included H.C. Bush (first house built where Brighton now is), D.W Strong (general store and saloon), WG. Lovelace (Bank of Brighton), D. Sehoonmaker (lumber, feed and coal store), H. Reuter (bakery and tobacco and confectionery store), LW Clark (blacksmith shop), William Hume (woodworking services), R Henger (boot and shoemaking business).

As early as 1862 the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Stageline and Ben Holladay's Overland Express were running through the area, generally along the old Trapper's Trail, then also known as the Platte River section of the Overland Trail.

In 1870 the Denver Pacific Railroad reached Hughes Station on its way north to Cheyenne. lt had a significant influence on the development of this rich agricultural/agribusiness area which was blossoming as a result of irrigation.

As early as 1860 a system of ditches had begun to take shape, beginning with the Brantner Ditch and including the Platteville, the Brighton and the Fulton.

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Fort William Bent Chapter - LamarLamar's colorful history began with a hijacking in May 1886. During the time of

outlaws and bandits, the westward movement in full swing, township development was extremely profitable along the Santa Fe Line. The most likely site left in Southeastern Colorado for town site platting was located at Blackwell Station, (railroad mile post 499), however the adjacent land owner (A.R. Black) refused to negotiate. "Platters" threatened to move the depot and obtained title to land in Section 31. Tensions heated and Mr. Black obtained a court ordered injunction, however, hours before it was issued, a railroad wrecking crew moved the Blackwell depot three miles west to mile post 502, throwing aside the Blackwell sign and mounting the name LAMAR.

Marker1. First Schoolhouse in Springfield Marker

About the Fort William Bent ChapterThe Fort William Bent Chapter was organized March 5, 1921 by Mrs. Lucille Landers

Garvin of Lamar. The chapter was instituted with 19 members, by Mrs. Florence M. Stote, Colorado State Regent. First officers were: Mrs. Eloise Spencer Nowles, Regent; Miss Helen Merrill, Vice Regent; Mrs. Adelaide Ford Hover, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Mary Louise Crary, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Agnes Mayfield, Treasurer; Mrs. Nan Brownlee, Registrar; Mrs. Sue B. Gordon, Chaplain; Mrs. Mary Allen, Historian; Mrs. Rachel Ford Denning, Auditor. Other Charter members were Mrs. Gail Parrish Larrick, Mrs. Lucille Landers Garvin, Mrs. Grace Haulk Gilman, Mrs. Bessie Ratliff, Addie Lee McLeod, Miss Ethel Gordon, Mrs. Fay Huddleston Butler, Mrs. Florence Smith Goodale, Mrs. Lena Sanders Bean, Miss Frances M. Hover, Mrs. Minnie Koonsman, and Mrs. Leo McLean.

The choice of the name of Fort William Bent Chapter designates the most famous of the three forts built by the Bent brothers. William Bent first came to the upper Arkansas Valley in 1824, settled near the mouth of the Purgatoire River, and built a small picket fort at a point between the present Pueblo and Canon City. This was too far west for trade. In 1828 he began the erection of Fort William, as it was at first called (called Bent's Old Fort), which took four years to complete. After William Bent set fire to Bent's Old Fort in 1849, he moved thirty eight miles down the Arkansas River to Big Timbers where, in a temporary stockade, he attempted to revive Indian Trade. In 1852-53 he built a large stone trading post that became known as Bent's New Fort. The chapter derives its name from the new fort.

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First Schoolhouse in Springfield MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 14"w x 20"h mounted to the left of the front door of the stone building located at 281 West 7th Avenue in Springfield. The marker was dedicated on June 4, 1978. Faces South.

How to get thereGPS Location: Springfield is in southeast Colorado. Take US-285/287 south from Lamar for 49,

miles. In Springfield, from US-285/287 (Main Street) turn right (west) at 7th Avenue for two blocks to Tipton Street. The school house is on the northeast corner of that intersection.

Inscription(DAR insignia)Springfield Schoolhouse, 1889-1920Masonic Temple, 1922Placed by Fort William Bent Chapter NSDAR, 1978

HistoryThis stone building, a two-level structure 53 x 33 feet, the first schoolhouse in

Springfield was erected in 1889. It was built of dressed native sandstone laid up in random ashlar style, on three fifty-foot lots deeded to the school district by the Windsor Town Company "for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar." The pediment is ornamented with the date 1889 high above the arched doorway.

The schoolhouse served as an educational center from 1889 until 1920, and as a social center for the community. Church services were held in the building as well as adult spelling bees, plays, recitations, and musical events. District Court convened there.

In 1920 a new school was built. The building became a Masonic Temple in 1921, as it is today.

The building was listed in the National Register Historic Places on October 5, 1977 by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

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General Marion Chapter - Canon CityCañon City is the county seat of Fremont County in southern Colorado, with a

population of approximately 16,000 people within the city limits, and another 5,000 to 7,000 people within the surrounding area in Fremont County.

The City is located in a mountain bowl along the Arkansas River valley as it flows east from the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Royal Gorge. A combination of unique geography and an elevation of 5300 feet above sea level protects the city from harsh weather conditions, making Cañon City “the Climate Capital of Colorado,” with temperatures generally 10 degrees warmer than other nearby Colorado communities.

Markers1. Pike's Blockhouse Monument 2. Rudd Cabin, Stone House and Plaque

About the General Marion ChapterGeneral Marion Chapter was organized June 3, 1907. Mrs. Mabel Greydene-Smith

was the Organizing Regent. The chapter number is 760, the seventh chapter to be organized in Colorado. The charter members were: Ruth Lewis, Wilma Durkee, Ada Wright Arthur, Ethel Scott Thomas, Jean Blair Whipple, Estelle Beach Davis, Abbie Bowlby Galley, Jessie Anne Peabody, Hattie Averill Thomas, Helen Weaver Wilson, Mabel Greydene-Smith, Selina Bowlby Biggs, Elizabeth Bowlby Smith.

The first officers were: Mabel Greydene-Smith (Mrs.), Regent; Selina Bowlby Biggs (Mrs. Clinton), Vice Regent; Hattie Averill Thomas (Mrs.), Recording Secretary; Wilma Durkee (Mrs. Charles G.), Treasurer; Ethel Scott Thomas (Mrs.), Historian.

Canon City’s DAR chapter chose a name not closely associated with Colorado History. The name was suggested by Mrs. John Campbell, State Regent, as a preliminary meeting in January, 1907. General Francis Marion (1732-1795) was a courageous general, a famous strategist of the Revolutionary War. He was known as “The Swamp Fox” because of his skill in retreating – Indian fashion – to swamps and forests after quick, effective raids on the British Forces. The name honors a devoted patriot who fought to make America free.

In 1910, the Colorado State Conference was entertained in Canon City, and again in 1920. Miss Ruth Lewis was State Registrar when Mrs. Maria Bleeker Wheaton was state regent. She was a charter member, and is still a member of this chapter. Mrs. Clyde Dawson served the State Conference as recording secretary in 1912, and later Mrs. W. T. Little held the same state office. Mrs. W. C. Thomas headed a state committee in 1923-1925.

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Pike's Blockhouse Monument Description

A bronze plaque 17"w x 25"h, mounted on a huge boulder of native granite 62"w x 60"h sitting on a concrete base 69"w x 5"h, located in Canon City. Faces Southwest.

How to get thereGPS Location: Canon City is on US-50 about 41 miles west of Pueblo. The monument is on the north

side of US-50 (Royal Gorge in Canon City) at the western edge of the city just beyond the penitentiary.

InscriptionTo commemorate the fact that Zebulon Pike built

a block house on the west bank of Sand Creek near the Arkansas River and Spent the Winter 1806-1807 there.

This momument is erected by General Marion Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1922(DAR insignia)

HistoryFollowing the Lewis and Clark expedition into the northwest to explore the newly-

acquired Louisiana Territory, Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike in 1806 commanded an expedition to the southwest. The expedition traveled by boat up the Missouri and Osage rivers to the Osage Indian villages near the present boundary between Kansas and Missouri. There they procured horses from the Indians and crossed the prairie to the Republican River. Pressing on, at the Big Bend of the Arkansas River Pike divided his party and sent six men downriver in canoes. The rest of the party continued upstream, arriving at present day Pueblo on November 24th. At the mouth of Fountain Creek they built a fort, the first structure erected in Colorado by Americans.

Their route took them to present day Florence, Canon City and Royal Gorge. From there they continued on up the Arkansas. Out of food near present day Salida, they found a herd of bison and killed eight. They built sleds and returned to a previous campsite at Canon City toting the remainder of the bison, arriving on January 5th. There they built a blockhouse, the one this marker memorializes.

Pike was the first American - the first writer in English - to describe the mountain that bears his name and such other landmarks as South Park, the Royal Gorge, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the San Luis Valley.

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Rudd Cabin, Stone House and PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 18"wx 23"h mounted on a conglomerate pillar 26"w x 55"h set on a concrete base 59"w x 8"h, located on the grounds of the Rudd cabin and stone house which are behind the Municipal Building in Canon City. Faces North.

How to get thereGPS Location: The Canon City Municipal Building is on the southeast corner of the intersection of

Royal Gorge US-50 and 6th Street in Canon City.

Inscription(Colorado state seal)This tablet is property of the state of ColoradoRudd Cabin

Built in 1860 by Anson and Harriet Rudd, this Cabin is one of the few original log cabin home still standing in Colorado. First local building with a wooden floor, this cabin was the birth place of Anson Spencer Rudd (first white child born in Canon City to reach maturity) during much of the Civil War, the Rudd family faced Indian hazards, and alone inhabited Canon City. At the War's end Anson Rudd became one of the leading citizens of a revived city, being at various times prison warden, postmaster, sheriff and county commissioner. The adjacent stone building was the Rudd home in 1881.

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado, The Canon City Museum Association, The General Marion Chapter of D.A.R.1957

HistoryAnson Rudd and his wife Harriet immigrated to Colorado in 1855 from Iowa, living

first in Leadville. They moved to the area which would become Canon City and built a log cabin in 1860 where it now stands. It had a wooden floor, a novelty in those times.

Rudd was a blacksmith by trade, but over the course of his life he held many public positions including postmaster, first county sheriff, first warden of the Colorado Territorial Penitentiary, county commissioner.

In 1881 Anson and his son, Anson, Jr., the first white child born in Canon City to survive to maturity, built the stone house, where the elder Rudds lived until 1904 when they moved to Louisville, Colorado to live with their son.

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Gunnison Valley Chapter - Gunnison 119

Gunnison Valley Chapter - GunnisonGunnison Country first began to boom in the 1870s along with the rush of mining

activity in Colorado. The Ute Indians had been forced out of the area and many ranchers, traders and miners began to move in. Gunnison became the official seat of Gunnison County on May 22, 1877. In 1880 the railroad arrived, welcomed by not only miners but by the ranchers and farmers as well.

Gunnison saw one of the quickest boom and bust cycles ever as the mines and railroads came to town in the 1880s along with all the normal business increases it created. But, by 1883 a mining bust had come to town and half of the population departed. It seems the precious ore veins that were discovered turned out to be shallow and low producing.

In 1909, Gunnison Colorado State Normal School was founded, and in 1915 the name was changed to Western State College.

The Gunnison historical museum complex displays a restored turn-of-the-century schoolhouse, the town’s first post office and a railroad depot, complete with a steam engine and cars from the DG&RG Railroad. It also showcases one of the largest antique car collections in the state.

Markers1. Flag, Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison Health Care Center2. Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison Courthouse3. Flag at Library4. Post Office Marker5. Rainbow Route Marker6. Ute Council Tree Marker

About the Gunnison ChapterGunnison Valley Chapter was chartered on February 25, 1917 with eighteen

members signing the charter. This charter is one of the few numbered Colorado charters issued.

This Chapter is the oldest patriotic organization still in existence in Gunnison.

With the enthusiastic band of eighteen patriotic women, much work was accomplished in the years that followed. A quote from the first minutes stated, "The Regent, Mrs. Shackleford, presided with grace and dignity." "The American Golden Rule", she said, "was to love your neighbors as yourself and your country more than yourself."

This Chapter continues to support Veteran activities in peacetime and war. Each year the Chapter has a program dedicated to our Veterans and takes gifts and other articles to the nearest VA hospital in Grand Junction. A member has received an award for 1000 hours of Veteran volunteer service, and other members have given many hours of service to Veterans.

Since 1917, this Chapter has knit articles for soldiers and rolled bandages in support of the war efforts, and now in peacetime our members bake cookies for the disabled Veteran's ski clinic held in Crested Butte, Colorado. Gunnison Valley Chapter of the

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NSDAR organized the Gunnison Red Cross Chapter soon after it was established in Switzerland in 1917.

The Gunnison Valley Chapter was named for forty-one year old Captain John W. Gunnison, who, as a United States Army Topographical Engineer with eleven years of wilderness surveying behind him, camped along the river in 1852. The Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, selected him to survey a railroad route through the Rocky Mountains crossing the Continental Divide at a point near Cochetopa Pass. His work paved the way for the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Rail Road built in the early 1880's from Salida over Marshall Pass to Gunnison, through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and on to the West. Captain Gunnison lost his life to Indians in Utah in 1853.


Flag, Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison Health Care CenterDescription

A brass plaque 6"w x 4"h mounted on a wooden base 8"w x 5"h located at the base of an 88"h flagpole flying a 60°'w x 32"h United States flag, located in the Iva Lehman solarium of the Gunnison Health Care Center in Gunnison.

The flagpole and marker were presented to the Gunnison Health Care Center in commemoration of the centennial-bicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The flag, presented later, was flown over the United States Capitol, on December 13, 1978, as attested by a framed certificate from the capitol architect which is displayed on the east wall of the solarium.


Traveling west on US-50, which is Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison, continue on Tomichi Avenue, past where US·50 bears off to the left beyond downtown Gunnison, for 0.5 miles. The Gunnison Health Care Center is on the right (north) side of the street.

InscriptionThis flag presented to the Gunnison home

October 2, 1976 by the Gunnison Valley Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution.


"illegal" taxation of Americans by England to help pay for the expensive Seven Years' War (1756-1763). As the quarrel deepened, the friction became bloody at times: the Boston Massacre, the fight between the Minutemen and the British at Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill. On August 23, 1775, King George III declared the colonists in a state of rebellion.

On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia put before the Second Continental Congress a resolution calling for a declaration of independence from England. A committee comprising Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman was appointed to spell out the reasons for the anticipated declaration. Jefferson was appointed to prepare a draft.

On July 2, 1776, Congress voted unanimously, albeit through a series of political maneuvers, to adopt the resolution, and on July 4th the text proclaiming it. The actual signing of the declaration began on August 2nd. The last signature was not affixed until almost a year later.

Of the 56 signers, two became presidents (Adams and Jefferson),three vice presidents (Adams, Jefferson, Gerry), ten U.S. congressmen, nineteen illustrious jurists, sixteen governors and dozens of others high officeholders.


Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison CourthouseDescription

A metal plate 12-1/4"w x 4-1/4"h mounted on a concrete base 48"w x 19"h, painted black, on which is mounted a flagpole, located on the grounds of the Gunnison County Courthouse in Gunnison.

The original wooden flagpole, together with a war service flag, were dedicated on Mother's Day, May 12, 1918. The flag, to be flown beneath the Stars and Stripes, was a cross of 164 blue stars on a white background, representing Gunnison men who had entered military service. The flag, and a framed document with a listing of those men, are in the possession of Gunnison Valley Chapter and are displayed yearly.

The old wooden flagpole was replaced with the present metal pole in 1931. Faces South.


From Tomichi Avenue, which is US-50 in Gunnison, turn north on Iowa Street for two blocks to Virginia Avenue. The courthouse is on the northeast corner of that intersection. The flagpole is on the west side of the building.

InscriptionThis flag pole was presented to Gunnison County

by Gunnison Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, November 11, 1931

HistoryThe United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 in retaliation for

Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare against neutrals after January, 1917. A total of 4,743,826 men and women served in the military during this conflict, of which just over one million saw service in Europe. Total casualties were 320,710 of which 53,513 died in combat and 63,195 of other causes. During the course of World War I, over 10,000,000 persons in military service perished.

An armistice became effective at 11:00 am on November 11, 1918, and the Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany on June 28, 1919. The United States Senate, led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, refused to ratify the treaty. Charles Evans Hughes, President Harding's Secretary of State, later negotiated a separate treaty.


Flag at LibraryDescription


Inscription

History


Post Office Marker Description

A copper plate 7"w x 9-1/4"h below a DAR insignia, mounted inside a glass-faced case 12-1/2"w x 19-3/4"h located to the left of the door of a restored log post office building located in Pioneer Museum in Gunnison. Faces N.


Pioneer Museum is on the south side of US-50 on the eastern outskirts of Gunnison.

InscriptionCentennial Historical Marker Honoring Gunnison

Postmasters1876 - 1976Alonzo Hartman October 2, 1876Frank Adams March 29, 1886Sprigg Shackleford February 25, 1890Patrick Daly March 19, 1894Mathew C. Dearing June 3, 1898George W. Summers January 16, 1901Nellie R. Summers March 11, 1905B. Frank Martin December 20, 1911Martin G. Wenger July 8, 1915Harry R. Aiken October 20, 1915R J. Hurley March 7. 1919Paul C. Boyles February 18, 1920Mathias M Schmitz March 27, 1936Benjamin H. Snyder February 17, 1937Forrest Fred Frasier December 30, 1965Calvin D. Wright August 24, 1967

HistoryA centennial historical marker honoring 16 postmasters 1876 to 1976.

Commemorates a post office first opened for business on October 2, 1876. The building, a log cabin, had been moved to the museum grounds and restored several years before the 1976 centennial dedication of the marker.


Rainbow Route Marker Description

A painted metal sign 24-1/2“w x 32-1/4"h mounted on a stone masonry base 49”w x 36”h located in the northwest corner of the grounds of the Pioneer Museum in Gunnison.

The original marker was placed by Gunnison Valley Chapter at the summit of old Monarch Pass, probably in 1917. In the late 1930's, the sign was found on the pass and preserved by Margaret Flick. The sign was badly rusted and damaged. HODAR(husband of DAR) James Stell restored it in 1978, and it was placed on the grounds of the Pioneer Museum in 1986. Faces North


Pioneer Park is located on the south side of US-50 on the eastern outskirts of Gunnison.

InscriptionRainbow Route (rainbow) DARGunnison ->

<- Salida

HistoryThe Rainbow Route was a part of the National Auto Road System, the first automobile

road across the continent. It went from Pueblo to Salt Lake City by way of Canon City, Royal Gorge, Parkdale, Cotopaxi, and Salida, connecting there with the Midland Trail and the Lincoln Highway. From Salida, the Rainbow Route branched, the main branch going to Parlin via old Monarch Pass, the other to Parlin via Cochetopa Pass. From Parlin it proceeded on to Gunnison, Sapinero, Cimarron and Montrose, where it turned south to Ridgway; then on to Placerville, down the San Miguel River to Norwood, and on to Grand Junction and Salt Lake City.

According to a local Gunnison newspaper account, the section of the road from Canon City to Salida took 100 men working night and day more than two years to complete. Convicts from the state prison were employed in building the road. The cost was around $150,000. This section was opened on September 21, 1915.

According to Mrs. Ruth Smith Stell, a Past Regent of Gunnison Valley Chapter, the actual work of building the road was under the personal supervision of the county commissioners. Gunnison and Montrose counties imposed a tax of four dollars per person to pay for the work.

Many of the road signs used to mark the Rainbow Route were placed by Gunnison Valley Chapter, with donations from at least one Denver chapter. The signs were placed on trees and telephone poles. Remember this was 1915.


Ute Council Tree MarkerDescription

A bronze marker 12"w x 7"h mounted on the trunk of a gigantic cottonwood tree (populus deltoides) in Delta. The tree is listed in the book of Famous and Historic Trees of the United States. In 1982 it was 260 inches in circumference, seven feet in diameter measured breast high, and eighty-five feet tall. Dendrochronological testing of a branch of the tree that died and broke off indicated that the branch originated in 1822.

This tree was the site of many councils between the Ute Indians and the white man between 1857 and 1882. Faces East.


On US-50 in Delta drive north across the bridge over the Gunnison River, then continue north on US-50 for 0.2 mites to Lane G 96, thence left (west) on Lane G 96 for 0.2 mites to Road 1550. The tree is directly ahead on the west side of the road.

InscriptionThe Ute Council Tree marked by Capt

John Gunnison Capter D.A.R. in memory of Chief Ouray and Chipeta.

HistoryOuray (the arrow) (1833-1880) was born in New Mexico of a Jicarilla Apache father,

Guera Muera, and a Tabeguache Ute mother. His father had been stolen from the Apaches as a child by the Tabeguache and raised as a Ute.

By age 27, Ouray had become a subchief and shortly thereafter, he persuaded the tribe to appoint him to work out a treaty with the United States government to define the limits of Ute territory. In the Treaty of 1863, Ouray was recognized by the United States government as head of all the Utes, although at the time he could truthfully be called only a leader of some of the Tabegauche band. Even so, in time Ouray became, perhaps through sheer force of personality, trusted and respected by most of his people. He was able to manage the Indians quite successfully most of the time, and also counsel with the white men, often meeting at the site of the tree.

He was regarded at the time as one of the greatest of the Indian Chiefs. His stained glass portrait is mounted high in the rotunda of the capitol building in Denver along with the fifteen other men chosen as Colorado's founding fathers. He was the only person to be voted this honor unanimously.

Chipeta (white singing bird) (1843-1924), Ouray's second wife, was a Kiowa Apache who was kidnapped as a child by the Tabeguache Utes after her parents had been killed in a raid. She was described as a beautiful, tall, slender woman with a very straight, sharp nose and well- defined features. She was a refined, cultured woman, though she spoke almost no English. She was treated by her husband as an equal, which was most unusual among the Utes, who considered women to be inferior to men in tribal matter. She is said to have been the only Ute squaw ever permitted to sit in council.

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Huajatolla Chapter - WalsenburgWalsenburg is in the heart of Spanish Peaks Country, criss-crossed by I-25 and state

highways 160 and 10. Nestled in the shadows of the soaring twin peaks and the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it has been attracting and guiding travelers for centuries. Today visitors still delight in the small-town charm of Walsenburg and the surrounding area, which is rich in history, natural wonders and artistic inspiration.

The Highway of Legends Scenic and Historic Byway begins just west of town and winds its way through world-famous geological sites, wildlife viewing and small mining towns. Also west of town, you’ll want to stop at the Lathrop State Park visitor’s center.

Markers1. Francisco Plaza Plaque2. Old Fort Garland Gateway and Plaque

About the ChapterThis Chapter no longer in existence. The photo below was taken in 1926 at the

dedication of the Francisco Plaza Placque.

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Francisco Plaza PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque l2”w x 9"h mounted at the base of a granite boulder 30"w x 40"h which is mounted on a concrete base 40"w x 2"h x 28"d. The plaque is located in La Veta. Faces North.


La Veta is on Colorado 12. From downtown Walsenburg, travel west on Colorado 160 for 10.8 miles to Colorado 12, thence left (south) on Colorado 12 for 4.5 miles to La Veta. Francisco Plaza is on the southwest corner of the intersection of Main Street (Colorado 12) and Francisco Street immediately behind the public library. The plaque is directly south of the Francisco Museum in Francisco Plaza, across the driveway in the northwest corner of a fenced yard.

Inscription1862 (DAR Insignia) 1926

This marks the Francisco Plaza erected for protection against Indians placed on site of the first well in La Veta by Huajatolla Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution Walsenburg, Colorado

HistoryFrancisco Plaza was built by the partnership of Jolm M. (Colonel) Francisco (1820-

1902), the sutler at Fort Garland, and Henry Daigre, an employee at the fort. The partnership purchased a large (later reduced to 1,720 acres by Congress) tract of land in the Cuchara Valley from Ceran St. Vrain, surviving partner owning the Vigil-St. Vrain land grant.

Construction of the plaza, actually a fort to provide protection from the Indians, was begun in 1862 and completed the following year. The plaza was in the form of a U about 120 x 150 feet, built of adobe, with a high wooden fence closing in the top of the U, and a gateway with massive wooden doors. A deep well was dug inside the walls.

At the time the plaza was constructed, there may have been as many as twenty people living in the area. The population began to increase after the plaza was built, and among the arriving settlers were Hiram Vasquez, William and James Hamilton, Robert and Willet Willis. In 1871 a post office was established.

When the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad came to La Veta (then known as Spanish Peaks) in 1876, the temporary depot was located inside the plaza. The east wall, the wooden fence, was removed so the tracks could run into the plaza. Later the depot was located two blocks to the north and the trackage rerouted. The La Veta Town Company was formed, with General William J. Palmer of the D&RGRR as president. Among the incorporators was former Colorado territorial governor Alexander Cameron Hunt.

Francisco Plaza was placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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Old Fort Garland Gateway and PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 17-1f2”w x 23·1/2”h mounted on the right hand pedestal of a moss rock gateway at the entrance to Old Fort Garland in Fort Garland. Faces East.


Fort Garland is on Colorado 160 between Walsenburg and Alamosa. From Colorado 160 in Fort Garland turn south on Colorado 159 for 0.2 miles. The fort is on the right (west) side of the road.


This memorial is the property of the state of ColoradoFort Garland

United States Military Outpost to protect settlers from hostile Indians. Named for Brig. Gen John Garland. Commander of this district in 1858 established 1858. Abandoned 1883.Commanded by Col. Kit Carson, 1866-7

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado, from Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Huajatolla Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution Walsenburg, Colorado

HistoryReplacing nearby Fort Massachusetts, which was abandoned because of its

vulnerability to Indian attack, Fort Garland was established in 1858 to protect settlers in the San Luis Valley, then a part of the Territory of New Mexico. With its adobe buildings forming a parallelogram around the parade ground, the fort was large enough to accommodate two companies of about 100 men and a handful of officers.

During its 25-year existence, Fort Garland housed several different companies of infantrymen and mounted riflemen, as well as volunteers.

One of the volunteer units occupying the fort was a regiment commanded by Kit Carson, a legendary frontiersman who had been commissioned Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General during the Civil War. Ordered to Fort Garland in 1866 to keep the peace and negotiate with the Utes, Carson served as the post's commandant for one year. With the return of regular troops in 1867, his volunteers were mustered out and Carson settled in Boggsville (now Las Animas) to become Colorado's superintendent of Indian affairs.

Fort Garland was abandoned as an active post of the United States Army in 1883, following the large-scale removal of the Utes from Colorado in 1880.

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Kinnikinnik Chapter - Colorado SpringsKnown as Little London in its early days, the city was founded by Gen. William J.

Palmer in 1871. A Civil War hero and railroad magnate, Palmer influenced much of the state's settlement, but Colorado Springs was his home. It had plenty of "civilized" attractions — opera houses, fine hotels and restaurants.

The city sits at the foot of one of America's most famous landmarks, Pikes Peak, upon whose summit Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write "America the Beautiful." Tourists still converge on the peak, where they can drive, ride the cog railway or even hike to its 14,115-foot summit.

Markers1. Black Forest Log School Marker2. First Stake of Fountain Colony Marker(with Zebulon Pike)3. Old Stone Fort Marker(with Zebulon Pike) 4. Ute Trail Marker(with Zebulon Pike)

About the Kinnikinnik ChapterKINNIKINNIK is the Indian name for bearberry, a sturdy creeping vine with glossy

evergreen leaves, pink flowers, and persistent scarlet berries, which grows throughout the foothills and mountain slopes. It typifies growth, strength, beauty, and forest conservation.

Kinnikinnik Chapter was organized January 1914. Mrs. Winfield Scott Tarbell, State Regent, appointed Mrs. Norman M. Campbell, Organizing Regent. The charter dated December 29, 1914, records 39 names. The first gavel, made of wood from Mt. Vernon, presented by Mrs. Tarbell, is still used at each meeting.

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Black Forest Log School MarkerDescription

Two Bronze plaques in a black slate frame mounted over the door into the school. Plaque on the right was given to the preservation committee in July 1993 by Kinnikinnik Chapater NSDAR. The site is the original location of the school at the corner of Shoup Road and Black Forest Road. The marker was dedicated May 1996. It faces north.

How to get thereGPS Location: From I25 take the Monument Exit (161) east which is Colorado 105. Continue on

Colorado 105 east 5.1 miles to State Highway 83. Turn Right and follow Highway 83 for 2.7 miles to Hodgen Road. Turn left and follow Hodgen Road east 3.2 miles to Black Forest Road. Turn right on Black Forest Road and go south 4 miles to Shoup Road. There is a stoplight at this intersection. The log school is located on the northwest Corner. Address is 6110 Shoup Road.

Inscription

HistoryThe original schoolhouse was built in 1922 to serve the needs of students living the

heavily treed area known as Black Forest. Over the years the school was claimed by adjoining school districts from time to time but was primarily supervised by the El Paso County Superintendent. The school operated until 1945 when it was closed and students were sent to other districts. The building was sold at auction and purchased by Mrs. Burgess. Following her death El Paso County purchased the property and turned it into a home for the local county road maintenance man and his family. It was used for this purpose until the 1980’s when the county abandoned the property. A small group of local historians organized and decided to see if the old school could be saved. The property received National Historic Designation November 3, 1992. They applied for and did received two grants through Colorado History Foundation – one in 1996 for roof repairs and another in 1997 for repairs to the foundation. Many hours of hard work and searching for authentic furnishings went into the project. Everything was donated by those interested in preserving the school. At the dedication in 1996 El Paso County officially gave the property to the Black Forest Fire Department which had their fire station next door. Their purpose was to oversee the project. The first station has since moved to a larger site and the school house property is currently in the process of being given to the restoration committee which is known as Friends of the Black Forest Log School, Inc. Their mission is to preserve and maintain the building and use it for educational purposes by promoting local history and early day education.


First Stake of Fountain Colony MarkerDescription

A granite pillar 12-1/2”w x 40"h, mounted on a concrete base 30"w x 2”h located on the south side of Pike’s Peak Avenue between Cascade Avenue and Tejon Street in Colorado Springs. The original marker was placed July 4, 1895. It was damaged and removed to the Pioneer Museum in Colorado Springs. In 1983 a new marker was placed at the original site. Faces North.

The stake is in the Pioneer Museum.


From I-25 in Colorado Springs, take exit 142 (Bijou Street) east to Cascade Avenue, thence south on Cascade Avenue two blocks to Pike’s Peak Avenue, thence left (east) on Pike’s Peak Avenue for one-half block. The marker is on the south side of the street.

InscriptionThe first stake of the Fountain Colony was driven

here. July 31, 1871Rededicated NADAR Zebulon Pike Chapter,

Kinnikinnik Chapter, August 1, 1983DAR July 4, 1895

HistoryColorado Springs was organized as the Fountain Colony of Colorado. The first stake

in the town site was driven July 31, 1871 at the southeast corner of what is now Pike’s Peak and Cascade Avenues. General William J. Palmer, then managing director and superintendent of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, first saw the area in 1869, and determined that it was "the most attractive place for homes in the West, a place for schools, colleges, science, first class newspapers, and everything that the above implies."

In March of 1870 General Palmer organized the Denver and Rio Grande Company to build a railroad from Denver south to Mexico. In the fall of that year the railroad purchased 9312.27 acres of land at the site for about $10,000.

The Fountain Colony was organized with General Robert A. Cameron as vice president, superintendent and general manager; W.E. Pabor as secretary; E.S. Nettleton as chief engineer. All three had come from Union Colony (Greeley) where they had become disenchanted with the imperious and puritanical ways of Nathan Meeker.

During its first years, Colorado Springs was known as Fountain Colony for its position on Fountain Creek; later it was renamed Colorado Springs for the mineral springs at Manitou.


Old Stone Fort MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-1/2"w x 23-1/2"h mounted on a boulder 46"w x 39"h, located on Colorado 105 north of Monument. The marker was dedicated on February 17, 1950. Faces North.


From I-25 take the Monument exit (161) west to Colorado 105, thence north on Colorado 105 (toward Palmer like) for 0.65 miles. The marker is on the left (west) side of the road opposite the Tri-Lakes Fire Protection District building.

Inscription(Colorado state insignia)

This tablet is property of the State of ColoradoDue south 610 feet is the Old Stone Fort built

at the pioneer home of David McShane. Constructed as a defense against Arapahoe and Cheyenne Raiders, it was a refuge used in 1865-1868 by the following Pioneer families of the Monument Valley; Brown, Chandler, Davidson, DeMasters, Foulkner, Guire, Jackson, McShane, Oldham, Roberts, Simson, Shideler, Teachout, Walker, Watkins, Welty

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J.N. Hall Foundation and by the Zebulon Pike and Kinnikinnik Chapters DAR and the Citizens of the Monument region. 1950

HistoryEarly settlers selected the upper Monument Valley because they found good soil,

excellent grass and abundant water. The families listed on the marker worked together to build this Indian fort on the McShane ranch, and used it as a defense against Indian raiders from 1865 to 1868.


Ute Trail MarkerDescription

A granite pillar 30”w x 72"h mounted on a concrete base, located in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. The marker was dedicated in 1935. In 1964 the City Parks and Recreation Department of Colorado Springs undertook a beautification project surrounding the marker. Protective stones were placed around the site, and several trees and other vegetation including gooseberry, mountain mahogany, juniper, pinon pine and yucca were planted. Faces West

How to get thereGPS Location: N38°52.250, W-104° 52.707

From I-25 in Colorado Springs, take Garden of the Gods Road (exit 146) west 2.25 miles to 30th Street (the end of the road), thence left (south) on 30th Street for 1.4 miles to the entrance to Garden of the Gods Park, thence right (west) for 0.45 miles to the second right which is now a one way road (Juniper Way Loop) that winds through the park. One way traffic will bring you back to the marker which is 2.5 miles from the beginning of the one way road. The marker in on the right and there is a pull off spot directly in front of the marker. As you travel around the one way road follow signs direction you to a visitor/nature center whenever there is a branch in the road. It is well marked. The marker is on Juniper Way Loop. The visitor center is back on 30th Street.

InscriptionThis stone marks the Indian Trail used by the Plains

Indians to Ute Pass.Erected by the Zebulon Pike and Kinnikinnik Chapters

DAR 1935

HistoryThe Ute Trail extended from the plains of Colorado to Utah, its eastern reach being

the forerunner of US-24 west from Colorado Springs. Before the time of the white man, it had been used for many years by some bands of the Ute Indians in their annual trip from their homelands in central and western Colorado to the springs at Manitou, and in their forays into plains country to fight with their enemies or to hunt.

As the white man began moving westward in the 19th century, explorers, trappers, prospectors and cowboys began using the trail. Major Stephen Harriman Long’s expedition of 1820 made note of it. Kit Carson traveled it to trap beaver in South Park. The journals of John Charles Fremont speak of it.

The 1859 gold rush saw the beginning of extensive use of the trail for freighting supplies to the gold fields and bringing out gold ore. Its use dwindled after 1872 when a new wagon road was built following Fountain Creek (Fontaine qui Bouille). The Colorado Midland Railroad in the 1870's built its line upward and westward following closely the wagon road, not only serving the gold fields, but enabling the development of a great recreation area.


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La Junta Chapter - La JuntaLa Junta is located in southeastern Colorado, about 60 miles east of Pueblo. The

county seat of Otero County, La Junta has for more than a hundred years formed a junction for commercial, agricultural, and ranching ventures. Before that La Junta was the junction where the Santa Fe Trail branched south to New Mexico, while a lesser route continued west to Pueblo and beyond. The Santa Fe Trail was one of the nation's first great trade routes.

La Junta sits on the south bank of the Arkansas River in what is primarily shortgrass prairie country. The mountains for which Colorado is so famous can be seen to the west, but this is rolling prairie land. Farming dominates the landscape in a narrow corridor along the river, while a short excursion north or south of US Highway 50 brings travelers to miles upon miles of grasslands.

Marker1. Bent's Old Fort Gate

About the ChapterLa Junta Chapter NSDAR was organized November 24, 1913. Mrs. Harriet Bragg was

the first chapter regent and was regent for seven years. There has been a total of 38 regents, including the current regent, Mrs. Betty L. Pennington. The chapter's geographic area includes Fowler, Rocky Ford, La Junta and Las Animas (Otero and Bent Counties). The site of Bent's Old Fort was maintained by the chapter for years which included the building of the stone gateway at the original entrance to the roadway leading to the Fort. The chapter owned the site of the Fort from February 8, 1926 to June 14, 1954 when the land was deeded to the State of Colorado for the use and benefit of the State Historical Society for the sum of $1.00. Later it was sold to the United States for $1.00 on June 3, 1960 and became a part of the National Park Service.

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Bent's Old Fort GateDescription

Bent's Old Fort Gateway

How to get thereGPS Location: N38.03497,W-103.44007

Bent's Old Fort Gate, located north of La Junta on Colorado Highway 194 at the entrance to the National Historical Site of Bent's Old Fort. The DAR marker was moved from its original location on a farm adjoining the fort to the west. The marker sits on a pedestal to the west of the stone archway.

InscriptionErected by the La Junta Chapter DAR Dedicated 14, 1930

HistoryThe site of Bent's Old Fort was maintained by the chapter for years which included

the building of the stone gateway at the original entrance to the roadway leading to the Fort. The chapter owned the site of the Fort from February 8, 1926 to June 14, 1954 when the land was deeded to the State of Colorado for the use and benefit of the State Historical Society for the sum of $1.00. Later it was sold to the United States for $1.00 on June 3, 1960 and became a part of the National Park Service.

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Long’s Peak Chapter - LongmontThis easy-going community is just 16 miles outside Boulder, but it has a character

all its own. Featuring a lively and historic downtown, plenty of open space parks, high tech companies and lots of new housing developments, Longmont is a vibrant, diverse town.

Downtown is the city's top spot, offering a range of restaurants and shops. Family events and live music are also a part of the urban atmosphere. The history of Longmont is very much alive at the Dougherty Museum and at several Victorian homes and old cabins and mills, all part of the nationally registered historic district.

Markers1. First Log Cabin in St. Vrain Valley Monument2. Robert A. Hauck Milk House( Marked by the Colorado State Society)

About the Long’s Peak ChapterLongs Peak Chapter was named for Longs Peak, the majestic and noble mountain

peak so prominent in the horizon west of Longmont.

Major Stephen Long, who explored and charted this area of Colorado in 1820, gave his name to one of, if not the most, prominent mountain peak which can be seen for many miles along the northern Colorado plains.

According to DAR National Organizing Secretary, Mrs. William Smoot, Longs Peak Chapter was officially organized on April 7, 1916, with sixteen recognized members. The Charter was granted in 1917, after the acceptance of an additional seventeen members. Susie Carr McGwire, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Byron Carr, who were members of the Chicago Colony that settled Longmont, was the first Regent of Longs Peak Chapter. She served for six years.

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First Log Cabin in St. Vrain Valley MonumentDescription

A bronze plaque 18"w x l4"h mounted on a granite pillar 24"w x 148"h located on the west side of US-287 in Longmont at the south end of the bridge over the St. Vrain river.

The monument was dedicated in 1928. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 9.19 W-105° 6.10

Longmont is on US-287 between Broomfield and Loveland. It can be reached from I-25 by traveling west on Colorado 119. US-287 is Longmont's main north-south street.

Inscription1860 (insignia) 1928

The site of the first log cabin in the St Vrain Valley lies 200 feet west of the marker. The Cabin was built by Alonzo N. Allen and used as a Stage Station on the Overland Trail.

Placed by the Longs Peak Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution

HistoryThe first log cabin in the St. Vrain Valley was built by Alonzo N. Allen. He, with his

step-son, W H. Dickens, came to the St. Vrain Valley in 1859. The original cabin was added onto and became The Allen House, catering to stagecoach passengers. Part of this cabin was still standing in 1946.

Alonzo Allen also made claim to a mountain valley where Allens Park, named for him, was later developed.

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Robert A. Hauck Milk HouseDescription

A bronze marker 14"w x l0"h mounted to the right of the door of the reconstructed Robert A. Hauck Milkhouse in Old Mill Park, Longmont. Authentic furnishings such as milk cans, churns, cheese molds, etc. have been provided and shelves built to hold these items.

In 1973, through the combined efforts of Mr. Milton Nelson, the building's owner, the Territorial Daughters of Colorado, the Colorado State Society of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission, the building was dismantled, the pieces moved to Old Mill Park and the building reassembled and restored. Faces South.

How to get thereGPS Location: N 40° 9.47W-105° 6.25

From US-287 in Longmont (Main Street) turn west on 3rd Avenue for three blocks to Pratt Street, thence left (south) on Pratt Street for 1/2 block. The park is on the right (west) side of the street.

InscriptionInscriptionRobert A. HauckMilkhouse

Built in 1860 -on land given to Mr. Hauck by Chief Niwot of the Arapahoe Indians. Dismantled, moved and restored in old mill park by the Territorial Daughters of Colorado and the Colorado State Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dedicated this day, August 1, 1976 and deed presented to the St. Vrain Historical Society as a gift for continued preservation and education of future generations.

HistoryIn the early 1860's a milkhouse constructed of native sandstone (from the present

Morse Coffin quarry) was built on his land by Robert A. Hauck, wagonmaster, gold seeker, homesteader and organizer of the first rural school of Colorado Territory. The milkhouse, one of his homestead buildings, was built on a land claim given him by Chief Niwot (left hand) of the Arapahoe Indians in 1859. The land location was southwest of Longmont, adjacent to Boulder Creek.

The milkhouse is a one-story (with attic) building of two rooms, 13 x 18 feet. The walls are blocks of cut, coarse sandstone 18 inches thick. Two cool air vents of wood in decorated hand-carved design are built in through the peak of the roof. The medium gable roof has wooden shingles, and there are two windows with flat double hung sash with shutters. The interior walls are plastered.

A stream of water ran through the milkhouse to cool the milk, butter and cheese. Milk was brought from the barn after milking, strained and poured into milk cans. The thick yellow cream was scooped off and kept in earthen jars. The churning of butter from this cream was also done in the milkhouse and the butter put into wooden molds. Cheeses were also made there.

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Mountain Rendezvous Chapter - Evergreen 143

Mountain Rendezvous Chapter - EvergreenEvergreen, Colorado is nestled in the foothills west of Denver. Seemingly a world

apart but just minutes away, Evergreen is an easy commute off Interstate-70, only 35 minutes from downtown Denver.

Markers1. Church of the Transfiguration Commemorative Bell2. Stone Bench at Hiwan Homestead3. Stone Bench on the Lariat Loop

About the Mountain Rendezvous ChapterThirty years ago, thirty-three dedicated and hardworking women founded the

Mountain Rendezvous Chapter of DAR to foster the ideals of patriotism, education and historic preservation. Led by Organizing Regent, Mary Ellen Russell (Mrs. C. Robert Russell), twelve members of Golden’s Mount Lookout Chapter transferred as a group to Member-at-Large status in 1980 to organize the Mountain Rendezvous Chapter in Evergreen. They were joined by 21 more Organizing members by the time the chapter was confirmed by NSDAR on April 29, 1981. Ten additional members became Charter members during the Chapter’s first year.

Mountain Rendezvous Chapter’s Organizational Meeting and Luncheon was held Saturday, February 7, 1981 at the home of Mrs. James Bradfield. Presiding over the event was State Organizing Secretary, Mrs. Frank S. Crane. State Regent, Mrs. Warren Kelley, installed the chapter’s first slate of officers and administered the Oath to the members of the new chapter.

Our chapter’s name honors the festive gatherings of the fur trade that brought together settlers, traders and mountain men whose independent and adventuresome spirit opened the West following the War of 1812. Beginning in 1825, sixteen Mountain Rendezvous Festivals were held in the Rocky Mountain Region, the last one occurring in 1840. The Hiwan Homestead Museum in Evergreen, a frequent site of early DAR chapter meetings, revives the tradition of the Rendezvous each summer with “Mountain Men” demonstrations of song, dance, and tale-telling.

Even in its earliest years, our chapter was recognized for enthusiastic support of DAR objectives. Within four years, it had been recognized as a Golden Rule Benefactor of the DAR Schools , Underwriter of the first DAR Museum Antique Show in 1982, Patron of the Committee for Peace and Independence during the Treaty of Paris Bicentennial celebration, and Contributor to the Independence Jubilee Club.

Mountain Rendezvous Chapter’s mountain location still attracts many who share the adventuresome, independent spirit of our revolutionary ancestors, including the

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members of NSDAR’s Middle Park Chapter of Grand County, who chose to merge with the Mountain Rendezvous Chapter in 2006. Today, our chapter gatherings provide the opportunity for more than 105 members to support our community with scholarship opportunities, community service and student achievement awards, and patriotic celebrations.

We are blessed to live in these beautiful mountains and our meetings serve to remind us of our common ancestors who loved this land dearly. They dedicated their lives to preserving the principles of liberty and justice, and we as daughters, pledge ourselves to maintain that heritage and to love our country with our lives and loyalty.


Church of the Transfiguration Commemorative BellDescription

A 9 inch high by 8 inch diameter brass bell located at the entrance to Bancroft House, one of several historic buildings located on the Church of the Transfiguration land in Evergreen, CO. The bell was placed there by the Mountain Rendezvous Chapter to commemorate the Evergreen Conference Historic District which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Faces north.

How to get there GPS Location: N39° 38.247'W-105° 18.815'

From I-70 West take the Evergreen Parkway exit 252 towards CO-74. Merge onto CO-74. Follow for about 5 miles. You will see Evergreen Lake on your right. At the stoplight in town take a left and follow through town. Church complex is on the right just past Meadow Drive.

InscriptionMountain Rendezvous Chapter, NSDAR, 2010

HistoryBefore the 1859 gold rush, Evergreen was part of a vast wilderness that belonged

by treaty to the Ute and Arapahoe. The first non-native settlers were French fur traders and lumberjacks. Later settlers came searching for gold, silver, copper, timber and elk. The earliest Evergreen structure was a bunkhouse for lumberjacks built in 1860. This bunkhouse is the oldest area building of continuous use in Evergreen. By 1868 wealthy visitors from Denver, including Colorado's second Territorial Governor, John Evans, and Governor Sam Elbert, were establishing summer colonies near Evergreen. In 1873 the original bunkhouse was expanded and renamed Stewart's Hotel. In 1897 Evergreen began to support the Episcopal Summer Conference and in 1899 Stewart's Hotel became St. Mark's Mission Church of the Transfiguration. In 1979, twenty-three historic buildings on seven acres became known as the Evergreen Conference Historic District when they were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings on the Church of the Transfiguration complex include the original bunkhouse, now called St. Mark's; the bell tower, built by Jock Spence in 1911; Bancroft House, built in c1871 as a summer home for Dr. Frederick Bancroft; and one of Evergreen's first public libraries, built in 1921.


Stone Bench at Hiwan HomesteadDescription

A bench made out of native Colorado flagstone located near the NE corner of the main Hiwan Homestead Building. The bench was dedicated in 2002. Its purpose was to provide a place to rest, while visiting the buildings and grounds of one of Evergreen's most significant historic structures now known as the Hiwan Homestead Museum.

How to get there GPS Location: N39° 33.616'W-105° 19.394'

From the west metro Denver area:Take I-70 west to exit 252 (Evergreen Parkway-SH 74). Proceed approximately seven

miles to Douglas Park Road (there is a Conoco gas station on the right hand side). Turn left on Douglas Park Road. After several turns, the road becomes Meadow Drive. The museum is approximately 1\2 mile on your left.From the southwest metro Denver area:

Take C-470 west to the Morrison road-SH 8 exit. Turn left (west) and proceed through the town of Morrison. This road becomes-SH 74. Take SH 74 through the towns of Idledale and Kittredge to Evergreen. Turn right onto Meadow Drive (at the Bradley gas station) and proceed about 1\2 mile. The museum will be on your right.

InscriptionMountain Rendezvous Chapter, NSDAR, Evergreen,

Colorado 2006

HistoryHiwan Homestead Museum is a historic 25-room log mansion constructed in the

Rustic style of the early 1900s. Mrs. Mary Neosho Williams purchased 1280 acres of forest and meadow land from John "Jock" Spence in 1886, and commissioned him to build a log home for her and over the next ten years had him add additional rooms. Each of the Homestead's rooms is unique, but an octagonal on the second level is of special interest, having been used regularly for many years for Episcopal services.

In 1938 the Williams property was purchased by the Buchannan's and christened Hiwan, an Anglo Saxon term meaning a high, secluded spot and the amount of ground that one man with one ox can handle to care for his family.

Now a Jefferson County Open Space facility, the Homestead houses a museum operated through a partnership with the Jefferson County Historical Society.

Hiwan Homestead Museum is a living heritage center offering programs, events, exhibits and activities for children and adults. Once a cherished retreat for a wealthy Denver family, later the headquarters of the sprawling Hiwan Ranch, Hiwan Homestead has a legacy of stories stacked higher than the beautiful Rocky Mountains that surround it.

The Museum is open year round. A professional staff and dedicated team of volunteers are on hand to help make the heritage of Hiwan Homestead Museum unforgettable.


Stone Bench on the Lariat LoopDescription

A bench made out of native Colorado stone, placed by Bear Creek in Historic downtown Evergreen, Colorado and part of the Lariat Loop. The bench was placed in a small private park in 2006 and dedicated on November 29th of that year. Its purpose was to provide a place to rest, while touring the downtown area and have a plaque, letting people know that DAR was present in Evergreen.

How to get there GPS Location: N39° 37.943 W-105° 19.222'

From Denver, take I-70 West. Take the Evergreen Parkway, exit 252 toward CO-74. Take CO-74 for 7.7 miles, into downtown Evergreen. Once you pass Evergreen Lake (on the right), you will come to a stop light. Go straight and Baskin Robbins is immediately on the right. Park and take the small path behind Baskin Robbins and across the foot bridge over Bear Creek. The bench is on the left, by the creek.

InscriptionMountain Rendezvous Chapter, NSDAR,

Evergreen, Colorado, 2006

HistoryAs stated on the Lariat Loop Scenic & Historic Byway, "the Lariat Loop is a

combination of two historic routes: the Lariat Trail Scenic Trail Mountain Drive, ascending Lookout Mountain and the Bear Creek Canyon Scenic Mountain Drive. In combination these routes were part of several of the 'scenic circles' developed and promoted by Denver in 1915-1920's to help Coloradans experience the mountains in proximity to the Denver Metropolitan area. These roadways were designated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Lariat Loop provided early automobile access to the Denver Mountain Parks system and, later, to Jefferson Co., Open Space parks. Today the Lariat Loop Scenic & Historic Byway continues to serve this purpose, carrying visitors along the same routes as in the early days of Colorado tourism."


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Monte Vista Chapter - Monta VistaMonte Vista... spanish for Mountain View, is a historic & lively town located in the

heart of the San Luis Valley! In every direction you look, you are surrounded by Colorado’s magnificent Rocky Mountains...some of which peak at 14,000 feet!

Marker1. Col. Albert Pfeiffer Grave Site Marker(with Alamosa and Rio Del Norte)

About the Monte Vista ChapterMonte Vista Chapter takes its name from the city which is located near the center

of the historic San Luis Valley. The name, figuratively "Vision of the Mountains," comes from the unobstructed vista of the sweeping San Juan range which forms the Continental Divide, and the Sangre de Cristo mountains which were named by the Conquistadores. It was Spanish territory, then belonged to Mexico, then ceded to the United States after the War with Mexico, and is replete with little-known Spanish, Mexican and pioneer history and folklore.

The Chapter was organized October 23, 1914, by Mrs. Gertrude Robinson, Organizing Regent.

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Col. Albert Pfeiffer Grave Site MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 15”w x 20-1/2”h mounted on a rubble monument 30”w x 55”h standing at the head of a grave site fenced with a white picket fence 50”w x 90”d 58”h located northeast of Del Norte.

At the side of the road is a wooden sign 58”w x 34”h painted red with white alpha numerics mounted on a crossbar between two very tall fence posts. The plaque faces west. The wooden sign faces south.

How to get thereGPS Location:N37°41’ 43.16W-106° 35’ 6.84

From downtown Del Norte, go west 8.5 miles on Highway 160 to Embargo Creek Access Road (Rio Grande County 18), thence right (north) on Embargo Creek Access Creek Road for 1.4 miles to Rio Grand Country 15, thence left (west) on Rio Grande Country 15 for 0.45 miles. The wooden sign is on the right (north) side of the road. The plaque and grave site are on the right (north) about 135 yards up the hill. Walk through the cattle guard, across the foot bridge, and up the hill.

InscriptionPlaqueIn Memoriam, Colonel Albert H. Pfeiffer, 1822-

1881, Who died in service of his country. Scout Indian fighter companion and aid to Kit Carson, (DAR insignia)Erected 1931 by the Rio Del Norte Chapter D.A.R.

HistoryAlbert Henry Pfeiffer (1822-1881) was born in Friesland, Holland of Scottish parents.

He emigrated to the United Stated in 1844.In 1855 he was a lieutenant in a volunteer company of the New Mexico Militia

commanded by Colonel Ceran St. Vrain. Lt. Col. Kit Carson was second in command. In 1861, when the Civil War Broke out, the governor raised a regiment of volunteers. Colonel Kit Carson commanded the regiment, and Captain Pfeiffer a company.

During the Civil War, Pfeiffer was stationed at Fort McRay, Fort Nichols, and Fort Union, and after the war at Fort Garland, where he commanded a company under Colonel Kit Carson. Aside from the action between Union forces and Confederate forces under General Sibey in 1863, Pfeiffer’s military duty consisted primarily of escorting wagon trains through hostile Indian territory and in punitive action against the Indians.

He was active in Indian affairs. He has been appointed Indian agent at Abiquiu during his military career, and had been adopted by the Utes.

He mustered out of military service in 1867 and settled on his homestead at Granger near present day Del Norte.

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Mount Rosa Chapter - LittletonNot every Denver suburb has such a distinctive history separate from the city proper,

but Littleton definitely has its own story. First of all, its historic downtown area, with tree-lined streets and several distinctive

historic buildings, looks nothing like Denver's high-rise skyline. But if you want to get to Denver from here, aside from driving, you can hike or bike the riverside trail along the Platte River or you can get there fast on the new light rail.

An impressive town museum, the Littleton Historical Museum, is situated on a spacious 14 acres next to Ketring Lake. This living history farm, served well by trained volunteers, recreates life on an 1860s farm and homestead. Stepping through its gates is like stepping back in time. Imagine what it was like to go to class in the old schoolhouse, to churn the butter for your bread, make a quilt to keep you warm at night or watch the village blacksmith at work. Galleries and exhibits, with thousands of local artifacts, further interpret the area's history.

Markers1. Historic Fort Logan Field Officers' Quarters

About the Mount Rosa ChapterMount Rosa was an early Spanish and Indian name for the present Mount Evans, the

dominant peak of the Denver skyline. The name was probably derived from the rose reflection which frequently appears on the peaks of the Front Range just before sunrise.

John L. J. Hart of Denver in his Fourteen Thousand Feet: The History of the Naming and Ascents of Colorado Peaks, states "the Indians named Mount Rosa" and it was so called until 1858, when Bierstadt, traveling with General Lander toward Wyoming, painted the peak and renamed it "Rosalie" after his wife. His painting was exhibited in 1861 as "Morning in the Mountains".

In 1870, at a rally in Greeley, it was suggested this highest peak, 14264 feet, in the Front Range be named in honor of Gov. John Evans. The State Legislature made it official in 1895 on Evans' 81st birthday.

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Historic Fort Logan Field Officers' QuartersDescriptionHow to get thereGPS Location: N39° 22.88,W-105° 02.24.37

Inscription

HistoryBuilt:1889 In 1886, Congress authorized the construction of Fort Logan on a site chosen by

Lieutentant General Phil Sheridan. Named for General John A. Logan of the Union forces, who led the US forces in the American Civil War. The fort was architecturally distinguished by its handsome field officers’ quarters designed in a modified Queen Anne style. After the post closed in 1946, Governor Stephen McNichols acquired a portion of it in 1960 for the Fort Logan State Mental Health Center. Other organizations, including Fort Logan National Cemetery, also occupy parts of the 980 acre site.

Since 1994, nonprofit organizations and volunteer services have received grants to renovate the field officers’ quarters and convert it into a museum. Fort Logan is a special part of Colorado’s heritage.

Guide to Colorado historic places: sites supported by the Colorado ... By Thomas J. Noel

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Mt. Garfield Chapter - Grand JunctionThe largest city on Colorado's Western Slope, Grand Junction sprawls across the

Grand Valley, perfectly situated for exploring the wonders of northwestern Colorado — and wonders certainly abound.

To the east is the Grand Mesa with lakes, forests and terrific fall-color displays. To the west is the Colorado National Monument, a little Grand Canyon of red rock formations, steep drop-offs and high vantage points, including the 23-mile Rimrock Drive. To the south is the lush Western Slope agricultural oasis, fostering everything from wine grapes to peaches that feed more than 18 Grand Valley wineries and local farmers' markets, respectively. To the north are the Little Book Cliffs, sheer rippled walls of stone that descend from the mesa top to the valley floor. If you are fortunate, you can hike up the Book Cliffs and see a band of wild horses that roam freely.

The great Colorado River flows from the Rocky Mountains down through the city and into Utah. Here, you can take mild to wild river raft rides, with several areas on the river offering class-IV rapids. Nearby Rattlesnake Canyon is worth a trip to see spectacular red-sandstone arches.

Charming and booming with local businesses, the streets of downtown Grand Junction are filled with art galleries, clothing boutiques, antique shops and a variety of restaurants — many with delightful sidewalk dining. Grand Junction’s Main Street also features one of the nation's largest outdoor sculpture collections, with more than 100 pieces of art lining the sidewalks.

Markers1. First Grand Junction Newspaper Site Marker2. Grand Junction Town Company3. Meeker Tree Marker4. Old Spanish Trail, "Crossing the Grand"5. Park Opera House Site Marker6. Spirit of Pioneer Women Statue7. Veteran's Memorial8. Whitman Park Marker9. World War I Memorial Flagpole and Markers

About the Mt. Garfield ChapterThe Mount Garfield Chapter NSDAR was organized in 1910, during the State Regency

of Maria Eleanore Wheaton, the fifth State Regent. Frances Kent McClintock was the Organizing Regent. The application for Charter was approved February 22, 1910. There are 30 members listed as Charter Members.

The Chapter took its name, Mount Garfield, from the name given the promontory that stands above the valley that was named the day, in 1881, that the news of President Garfield’s assassination was received.

On the 26 of September in 1881, the town site of Grand Junction was established. A DAR marker on today’s Avalon Theater identifies the location of the developer, the Grand Junction Town Company. In the early days of the Chapter, meetings were at the Grand Junction Hotel LaCourt, the home of one of the members. The DAR members planted trees at the Emerson School that had been in the yard of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Mount Garfield DAR Charter Member Lola Price rode the first passenger train into Grand Junction. Her husband, Edwin, was the proprietor and editor of the Grand Junction News, the first newspaper in town. A DAR marker identifies the site of this early publishing enterprise.

Over the years the Chapter has remained active in the community. Student history essay contests, Good Citizenship Awards and scholarship competitions have maintained association with the schools. With the local Veterans' Administration Hospital, there have been numerous opportunities for involvement with our honored veterans. County wide patriotic holidays and parades have allowed us to show our patriotic spirit to the community. Placing DAR Markers and transcribing local records are helping preserve the local history.


First Grand Junction Newspaper Site MarkerDescription

A bronze marker 17"w x 13-1/2"h located at the west end of the north wall of the present day Woolworth Building in downtown Grand Junction. The plaque was placed during the Grand Junction Diamond Jubilee in 1957. Faces N.


The Woolworth Building is on the southwest corner of the intersection of Main and 5th streets in downtown Grand Junction.

InscriptionUpon this site in October 1882 a vital

cultural influence in the town of Grand Junction was established by the priming of the first newspaper. The Grand Junction News Edwin Price, Editor.

This tablet placed by Mount Garfield Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1957

HistoryEdwin Price, editor and publisher, came to Colorado in 1876 and was employed by

a Denver newspaper. Before his death, he wrote: "In the summer of 1882 the town had so far progressed that a newspaper should be established to advertise the resources of the valley. Gov. Crawford had entered into a correspondence with the late William E.Pabor, who was then conducting the Colorado Farmer at Denver, Colorado, along with some other persons, I believe. In order to settle the matter definitely, Mr. Bucklin and Gov. Crawford decided to make a trip to Denver Mr. Bucklin at once came to my office with a proposition to start a newspaper at Grand Junction. Glowing accounts of the country were told by Mr. Bucklin and the possibilities for making money, and lastly, a very fair offer was made me, and after taking several days to think the matter over, I decided to accept the offer. I sold my interest in my Denver printing plant, and at once purchased an outfit for the publication of a newspaper at Grand Junction. A fierce political campaign was then being waged in the state and it was decided that the paper ought to be started as early as possible in order to get whatever benefits that would accrue from this source to a newspaper. So, early in the month of October, our materials were shipped and my brother, Wm. H. Price, and myself left Denver about the 7th of October. From Delta we were compelled to take the stage to reach Grand Junction where we arrived on the 13th day of October, 1882. On the 27th day of October the first issue of the Grand Junction News made its appearance. The first copy of the paper sold for $35.

The building that housed this plant was a small log cabin located near the corner of Main and Fifth Streets. As the years passed and more permanent buildings were built, the location of the business was moved. The present site has been remodeled throughout the years.


Grand Junction Town CompanyDescription

How to get there GPS Location: N39° 04.032, W-108° 33.706

On the south side of Main Street, near the corner of Main and Seventh Streets, Grand Junction. The marker is placed on the West side wall of the Avalon Theater

InscriptionOn this site formerly stood the Adobe

building which was the original home of the Grand Junction Town Company. Through its organizer and President, Governor George A. Crawford, this Company filed on land left vacant by the removal of the Ute Reservation to Utah, September 1881, and thus founded the city of Grand Junction. This Tablet was erected by Mount Garfield Chapter DAR, 1924.

HistoryAfter removal of the Ute Indians from the area the land was opened to white

settlement. There were hardy pioneers already settled here, but no definite townsite. Mr. Edwin Price, Editor and Publisher of the first newspaper in Grand Junction wrote the following account: "Early in 1881 a company of men got together in the city of Gunnison and decided to form a town company for the purpose of starting a town in the Grand Valley. In this company were George A. Crawford, former Governor of the State of Kansas, M. Rush Warner, James W. Bucklin, Richard D. Mobley and William Nishwitz. An outfit was secured and a surveyor employed and the company started overland, bound for a point known as the junction of the Grand and Gunnison Rivers. After much tribulation they reached their destination in the early spring of 1881. But, they found a number of hardy pioneers already ahead of them, among them Mr. J. Clayton Nichols, William McGinley, William Keith and a number of others who had already established themselves on land claims. Camps were made and claims staked and the location of the town site settled upon. Cabins were built to hold the claims and every step taken to legally hold the town sight."


Meeker Tree MarkerDescription


The tree is located on Tom Bieser property, just southwest of Mesa Colorado. The tree is southeast of the house with a pile of stones around it, but no sign of a marker.

At this time, no one is allowed on the property, but the Biesers kindly allowed the Mount Garfield Chapter members to view it in 2010.

InscriptionMarker Missing"Tree where Mrs. Meeker, Miss Josephine

Meeker, and Mrs. Price and her two children were surrendered to the Government agents after they had been taken captive by the Indians at the time of the Meeker Massacre. Placed by Mount Garfield Chapter DAR (no date)

HistoryMount Garfield 1938 records notes this tree was so seldom seen it was not

considered expedient to place a marker. A fence, however, was erected to protect it from stray cattle. Later records show a circle of lava rock was placed around the tree and a marker was placed. While the famous Meeker Massacre took place in Rio Blanco Country on the White River, the tragedy was finalized in Mesa County on an Old Indian trail about 2 miles above the present town of Mesa. There is an old tree just where the trail crosses Mesa Creek and it was here the captives were released. Details of the massacre are too detailed to mention here but soon afterwards General Charles Adams and a few soldiers from Montrose containment sought council with the Indians since he was the only white man they would accept. (He was a former White River Indian Agent). First conferring with Chief Ouray, he started his journey and almost a month later, on October 25, found the Indians and their captives. After the council, a treaty was negotiated and the captives released. As that time, the captives seemed to be well and unharmed.


Old Spanish Trail, "Crossing the Grand"Description


Located on Orchard Mesa in Grand Junction, the boulder and marker are located on the north side of Unaweep Avenue and west of 28 ½ Road.

InscriptionCrossing the GrandTo honor the countless travelers who

forded the Grand (Colorado) River from this site. This arroyo's location on the North Branch of the Old Spanish Trail and the Salt Lake Wagon Road was a vital link in the opening of the West. C. 1830-1880.

Sponsors: Colorado Riverfront Foundation, Mesa County, Mesa County Historical Society, Museum of Western Colorado, Mr. Garfield Chapter, NSDAR, Old Spanish Trail Assocaition, Parkerson Construction, Inc. and Snyder Memorials, Inc.

HistoryThe North branch of the Old Spanish Trail was a bypass route going almost due north

from Santa Fe to Taos, then following a north to northwest direction, it went through Saguache over Cochetopa Pass to Gunnison. There were a few trails used primarily by Indians and "Mountain Men" that took various routes to reach old Fort Uncompahgre, established in the last 1820's near Delta. The North Branch went north from Old Fort Uncompahgre to one of the few fords across the Colorado River, called the "Crossing of the Grand", at Grand Junction. That ford used by the Indians from time immemorial until river ferries were established in the last 1800's, was of vital importance to the pioneers of the Grand Valley. The North Branch, once across the river, followed the river for many miles west until the canyon walls closed in, and the travelers were forced to cut across the desert to reach the main route of the Spanish Trail near Green River, Utah. A trading Fort in Northeastern Utah was also a prime factor in the establishment of the route during the 1830's and 1840's.


Park Opera House Site Marker Description

A bronze marker 17”w x 13-1/4“h mounted on a warehouse building standing on the original site of the Park Opera House in downtown Grand Junction. Faces South.


The building on which the plaque is mounted is in about the center of the block on the north side of Ute Avenue between 4th and 5th streets in downtown Grand Junction.

InscriptionUpon this site in 1891 was built the Park

Opera House a modern theater which was for many years the center of the cultural and social life of Grand Junction

This tablet placed by Mount Garfield Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

1957

HistoryThe Park Opera House Company was first organized in June, 1891, and stock was

sold to raise money for the construction. Because of the location of Grand Junction, a growing community, there was definite need for an auditorium. Elaborate plans were made for one of the largest auditoriums in western Colorado. By October, 1891, a major portion of the anticipated cost had been obtained so the company purchased the Paff building, a 3-story brick structure located directly across the street from Whitman Park. Remodeling of the building was started at that time.

Completed, it had a stage of 28 x 58 feet, steam heat, electric lighting, and a seating capacity of 1400 with two balconies. The cost was $25,000 and in the western area, only the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen is said to have cost more.

It was opened and dedicated by the Haverly Minstrel Company the evening of June 25, 1892, and continued to serve the community for many years until moving picture theaters were built. After standing idle a number of years, it was sold to the C. D. Smith Company and an additional brick warehouse was built on the site in 1935.


Spirit of Pioneer Women StatueDescription

Statue mounted on a granite and concrete base overlooking the Colorado River and the North Branch of the Old Spanish Trail

How to get there GPS Location: N39° 03.116, W-108 °32.724

398 28 3/8 Road, Eagle Rim Park on Orchard Mesa

InscriptionThe Spirit of Pioneer WomenDedicated to all Pioneer Women, To portray their

vision, Strength Determination Character and Contributions.

DAR Insignia, The Mount Garfield Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution Honors the many organizations and people who have generously given of their time and money to ensure the completion of this statue honoring Pioneer Women. A project strongly endorsed by the Mount Garfield Chapter NSDAR. Lincoln Fox, Artist and Sculptor 1999

HistoryIn the year 2000, Mount Garfield Chapter, along with a coalition of organizations,

erected and dedicated "The Spirit of Pioneer Women" statue in the new Eagle Rim Park on Orchard Mesa. This park marks the "Crossing of the Grand" on the North branch of the old Spanish Trial. The life-size Sculpture was dedicated as a tribute to our Pioneer Women.


Veteran's MemorialDescription

Marker mounted on a metal Park Bench


1st and Main Street in Grand Junction, in the plaza of the Two Rivers Convention Center.

InscriptionDAR InsigniaMount Garfield Chapter Centennial 1910

- 2010. This Chapter held their organizing meeting on February 22, 1910 at the La Court Hotel which once stood at this site.

The first Regent was Fannie Kent McClintock. The Mount Garfield Chapter is named after the promontory that stands above the Grand Valley.

This bench is dedicated and placed by the Mount Garfield Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. February 22, 2010.

History


Whitman Park MarkerDescription

A large granite boulder on a concrete base, on which is mounted a bronze tablet 24”w x 16"h, located in Whitman Park in Grand Junction. Faces South.


Whitman Park in downtown Grand Junction is bounded on the north by Ute Avenue, on the south by Pitkin Avenue, on the east by 5th Street, and on the west by 4th Street. The marker is on the eastside of the park adjacent to 5th Street.

InscriptionWhitman Park

In honor of Marcus Whitman, Patriot, Missionary, who swam the Grand River near this point on his heroic, Trans-Continental ride mid-winter 1842-43. Which saved the great northwest to the United States.

Mounted Garfield Chapter DAR, Grand Junction Chapter SAR July 4, 1917

HistoryWhen the dispute over the valuable and rich land lying north of California became

very great and it seemed imminent that England would take it for her own, Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife decided someone should notify Congress to save it for the United States. Dr. and Mrs. Whitman and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Spaulding had opened a mission in the northwest six years previously. In order to reach Washington before Congress adjourned March 4, 1843, the journey would have to be made during the fall and winter months. On October 14, 1842, Dr. Whitman, Col. Amos Lovejoy and an Indian guide reached Fort Hall (now Pocatello, Idaho). Being warned of hostile Indians they traveled to Fort Uinta, Utah, in November. From there, until they reached Fort Uncompahgre, there was little detail recorded except that the group swam the Grand River in midwinter at a point where Grand Junction now lies. From there they went through the Gunnison area to Bent's Fort, then followed the Santa Fe Trail to St. Louis. Reaching Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1843, just one day before Congress adjourned, they, through their efforts, saved Oregon and the Northwest Territory for the United States.


World War I Memorial Flagpole and MarkersDescription

A steel flagpole 60 feet high, mounted on a trapezoidal steel base 21"w at the top, 30"w at the bottom, 36"h, with a bronze marker on each of the four faces; a bronze medallion 8"w x 11-1/2"h on the south, west and north faces, and a trapezoidal bronze plaque on the east face 17-1/2"w at the top, 22-1/4"w at the bottom, 19-3/4"h. The flagpole is located in Lincoln Park in Grand Junction. It was dedicated June 21, 1928. Main plaque faces E.

How to get thereGPS Location: N39° 04.446,W-108° 33.087

Lincoln Park in Grand Junction is located on the eastside of 12th Street between Gunnison and North avenues.

InscriptionNorth marker: DAR insignia.South marker: DAR insignia.West marker: DAR insignia.East marker:Lest we forget

In honor of the Eight Hundred Mesa county men who gave their loyal service in the World War, 1914-1918 and in memory of those among them who gave the most of what man can give, life itself. This tribute is placed in loving appreciation by the Daughters of the American Revolution Mount Garfield Chapter. 1928.


in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, setting off a chain of events that shortly embroiled all of Europe in World War l.

America's mood was one of noninvolvement until the German Navy, in pursuit of its government's newly-adopted policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, began sinking passenger liners and freighters. On May 1, 1915, the American Gulflite was torpedoed. On May 3rd the British liner Lusitania was sunk with the loss of 1198 lives including 128 Americans. After vigorous protest by the United States, Germany modified its policy somewhat until early 1917, when an all-out submarine campaign was resumed.

Public opinion now began to shift away from neutrality. President Wilson had opposed our involvement, but eventually concluded that there was no way of avoiding it. On April 6, 1917, war was declared. 4,734,991 men and women served in the armed forces. There were 320,710 military casualties, of which 53,513 died in action and 63,195 died from other causes.

An armistice ended the fighting at 11:00 am on November 11, 1918. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The United States Senate, opposing some of its provisions creating a League of Nations, refused to ratify it.


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Mt. Lookout Chapter - GoldenThe grave of Buffalo Bill Cody, of legendary Wild West Show fame, is situated on

Lookout Mountain above town. It's a major attraction in the Denver area, and the quaint museum next to it is worth a stop. While you're up there, stop by the Lookout Mountain Nature Center and Preserve and the 1917 Boettcher Mansion.

Down below, the smell of hops permeates the clean mountain air. The Miller Coors brewery was established here in 1873 by German immigrant Adolph Coors. A factory tour includes sampling some fresh brews.

Golden was such a boomtown, it was made Colorado's territorial capital in 1862. Local museums, including the Golden Pioneers Museum, will flesh out the amazing local history for you. Don’t miss the Colorado Railroad Museum, where you can actually climb around on old trains.

The Colorado School of Mines makes its home here; visitors can view displays of rocks, gems and minerals and learn about how they're important to modern civilization in the school's geology museum.

Markers1. DAR Bicentennial Triangle Park Marker2. First Building in Golden Plaque3. First Building of Colorado School of Mines Site Plaque4. First Territorial Capital of Colorado Plaque

About the Mt. Lookout ChapterLookout Mountain stands at the west edge of the city of Golden. Ute Indians used

the mountain as a campground and lookout to detect the approach of enemies. Their smoke-stained teepees sat back on the mountain among the springs and woods while the Arapahoe lived far to the east on the plains near present-day Denver. At a meeting in 1922, prospective members selected several names, among them “Mount Lookout,” transposing the name of this mountain, and the National Society selected it as the most appropriate.

Seventeen women met in June of 1923 to organize the chapter and elect officers. From there, Mount Lookout Chapter has grown to one of the largest chapters in the state of Colorado. Meetings, generally held the first Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m., are open to chapter members, their guests, and prospective members.

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DAR Bicentennial Triangle Park MarkerDescription

A ground level granite marker 42:1/2”w located on the north bank of Clear Creek in DAR Park in Golden.

Mount Lookout Chapter began beautification of a triangular piece of city property bordering on scenic Clear Creek as a bicentennial project. Over a five-year span numerous trees and shrubs were planted, the area was sodded, and a picnic table and benches added. Dedicated April 21, 1972. Faces North.

How to get thereGPS Location: N39°45.403 W-105°13.397

DAR Park is located on the west side of Washington Avenue in Golden between Clear Creek and 10th Street. A narrow strip of park lies along Washington Avenue, and the park extends westward along the north bank of Clear Creek. The marker is just off the path about 40 yards west of Washington Avenue.

InscriptionMt. Lookout Chapter NSDAR (insignia)Arbor Day April 21, 1972For future generations


"illegal" taxation of Americans by England to help pay for the expensive Seven Years' War (1756-1763). As the quarrel deepened, the friction became bloody at times: the Boston Massacre; the fight between the Minutemen and the British at Lexington and Concord; the Battle of Bunker (Breed’s) Hill. On August 23, 1775, King George III declared the colonists in a state of rebellion.

On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia put before the Second Continental Congress a resolution calling for a declaration of independence. A committee comprising Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman was appointed to spell out the reasons for the anticipated declaration.

Jefferson was designated to prepare a draft.On July 2, 1776, Congress voted unanimously, albeit through a series of political

maneuvers, to adopt the resolution, and on July 4th the text proclaiming it. The actual signing of the Declaration of Independence began on August 2nd. The last signature was not affixed until almost a year later.

Of the 56 signers, two became presidents (Adams and Jefferson), three vice presidents (Adams, Jefferson, Gerry), 10 U.S. congressmen, 19 illustrious jurists, 16 governors and dozens of others high officeholders.


First Building in Golden PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 22"w x 17"h mounted on a wind-carved boulder72"w x 48"h from Clear Creek Canyon, located in the northwest quadrant of Parfet

Memorial Park in Golden. Faces West.


From US-6 westbound, after crossing I-70 proceed on west for 3.2 miles to 19th Street, thence right (east) on 19th Street to Washington Avenue, thence left (north) on Washington Avenue to just past Clear Creek. Parfet Memorial Park is on the east side of Washington Avenue in Golden. Faces West.

Inscription(missing insignia)

On this spot stood the first building in Golden. A trading post built in 1859.

Marked by Mount Lookout Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1927

HistoryVery much in the Golden news in the mid-20’s was the fate of the Old Boston Building,

first building constructed in Golden by the Boston Company, main founder of the city. This was a sturdy log building, 1-1/2 stories high, with the lower floor used as a store and supply department, and the upper story for sleeping. As a bustling little city grew around it, the building was put to several uses including private residence. The land was sold to the city of Golden for use as a park, and Mt. Lookout Chapter plus other organizations tried to raise support for saving the doomed building, advocating plans to restore the log exterior which proved to be in excellent condition after the siding was removed, and to convert the interior into a museum. The building was sold and moved, however, and the chapter marked the site.


First Building of Colorado School of Mines Site PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 17-3/4”w x 23-1/2"h mounted on a boulder 84"w x 48"h located on the grounds of the Lookout Mountain Division of Youth Services on South Golden Road in Golden. Faces West.


From South Golden Road in Golden drive west on Johnson Drive (16th Avenue) for 1/2 block, thence north on the driveway into the Youth Services complex. There is a sign at the entrance to the driveway.

The plaque is inside the restricted area of the correction center, and admission is secured at the control building which is directly south of the parking lot. Once inside the restricted area, the plaque is south about 40 yards at the left of the pedestrian traffic circle.


On this site stood the first building of the Colordo School of Mines. Built in 1866 as part of Jarvis Hall, through the efforts of Bishop George Randall, and the Episcopal Church. The Building was distroyed by a wind storm, August 12, 1869. Rebuilt 1870 the School of Mines became a territorial instititution through deeding of property and by legislative action of Feb. 9, 1874. The school was maintained here until 1879, when it was moved to its present location in Golden.

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the William A. Braiden Foundation and by the Mount Lookout Chapter DAR1949

HistoryThe school’s beginnings were in a grant of $3,000 given to Bishop Randall, first

Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, for buildings to start a School of Mines and for the first unit of a university. In 1866 this first building, as part of Jarvis Hall, was built but was destroyed in 1869. Bishop Randall obtained another $4,000 grant and rebuilt the building.

The school struggled and the Colorado Territorial Government took it over in 1874.


First Territorial Capital of Colorado PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 18"w x 24"h mounted on the south wall of the present Golden Mercantile Building in Golden. Faces South.


The Golden Mercantile Building is on the northwest corner of Washington Avenue and 12th Street in Golden.


This tablet is the property of the State of Colorado.

From 1862 to 1867 Golden was the Territotial Capital of Colorado. Legislative sessions were held in this Building (erected by W.A.H. Loveland) and in others, now demolished, accross the street. Golden was named for Thomas L. Golden who camped on this site in 1858. Town founded by Boston Company June12, 1859, Incorporated Jan. 2, 1871.

Placed by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Mount Lookout Chapter DAR1936

HistoryThe bill which created the Territory of Colorado became law on February 28, 1861.

Interestingly, the bill originally called it the Territory of Idaho.The first territorial legislature convened on September 9th of that year in Denver. The

second session convened in Colorado City, but after four days adjourned and moved back to Denver.

The third session of the legislature met in Golden, but only to organize, after which it adjourned to Denver for the rest of the session, which became a typical practice. Due mainly to the efforts of W.A.H. Loveland, it was not until the the seventh session in December of 1867 that a bill was passed removing the capital to Denver.

Golden had been settled originally by George Jackson, Thomas Golden and James Sanders, gold seekers who established winter quarters in 1858 at the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, the site of present day Golden. Other early arrivals included W.AH. Loveland (for whom the City of Loveland was named), John M. Ferrell, E.L. Berthoud, Fox Diefendorf and R.B. Cheney.


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Mt. Massive Chapter - LeadvilleLeadville was home to H.A.W. Tabor, who became almost as famous for leaving his

wife and marrying a younger woman as for discovering one of the richest silver strikes in the state. His second wife, Baby Doe Tabor, became the stuff of legends — there's even an opera about her.

Leadville was a very influential boomtown — it was almost named as Colorado's capital city. Well-preserved, Leadville has 70-square city blocks of Victorian buildings, all part of a designated National Historic Landmark District, along with 20-square miles of a preserved mining district. More than 50 buildings date back to the 1870s, including the Tabor Opera House.

Leadville is located in the geographic center of Colorado, on U.S. Hwy. 24, part of the Top of the Rockies Scenic and Historic Byway. The town's paved Mineral Belt Trail offers year-round recreation for bikers, hikers, snowshoers and cross-country skiers.

Marker1. Louisiana Purchase Boundary Marker

About the Mt. Massive ChapterNot an active Chapter

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Louisiana Purchase Boundary MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-3/4"w x 23-1/2”h mounted on a boulder 43"w x 45"h mounted on a concrete base flush with the ground, located at the summit of Fremont Pass on Colorado 91 on the west side of the road. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: N40° 44. 0556,W-105° 75. 4722 Fremont Pass is on Colorado 91 at Climax. Colorado 91 runs between Leadville and

I-70 between Frisco and Vail.


This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado

Fremont Pass on the Continental Divide between Arkansas and Blue River drainages, Altitude 11,316 Feet

Western boundary of the Louisiana purchased of 1803. Named in honor of John C. Fremont famous western explorer

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Mount Massive Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution of Leadville 1930

HistoryThe Louisiana Territory, a vast, uncharted area — 827,000 square miles — as large

as the United States in 1800, stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Claimed first by France by right of discovery, the area was ceded to Spain, which closed the port of New Orleans to American traffic, bringing great hardship to western settlers.

In 1800 Spain secretly ceded the region to Napoleon. President Jefferson believed that a strong nation holding the mouth of the Mississippi posed a threat to the United States, so in 1803 he purchased the entire territory from France for $15 million, probably the greatest single act of his presidency.

John Charles Fremont, a sometime officer in the Corps of Topographical Engineers, made five expeditions into the West between 1842 and 1854, which earned him the popular nickname of the “Pathfinder." He was an exponent of Manifest Destiny whose prophet, Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri was his father-in-law. Fremont aroused the westering impulse of the American people as no man ever did before or after him.

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Namaqua Chapter - LovelandThe town of Loveland actually rests north along the Front Range near Fort Collins.

Colorado's Sweetheart City, has become famous for its Valentine's Day love stamp program, but its bronze foundries and local art program are equally impressive. Each August, during Sculpture in the Park, Loveland's surprisingly large community of local sculptors (about 200) converges in Benson Park to sell their work. A month later the town hosts the nation's largest exhibit of prehistoric arrowheads at the Stone Age Fair.

Markers1. Buckingham Marker2. David Barnes Marker3. Duffield4. Enos A. Mills Homestead Site Monument5. Namsqua Marker6. Sarah Milner Smith Plaque7. Thomas H. Johnson Memorial Fireplace8. War Memorial Monument 9. Washington Elm Scion and Marker

About the Namaqua Chapter Namaqua Chapter was named for the first White/Indian settlement in the Big

Thompson Valley, near what is now Loveland, Colorado. It was organized January 8, 1914.


Buckingham MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 20"w x 24"h mounted on a stone wall 147-1/2"w x 37"h located at the rear of a concrete slab 147-1/2"w x 74"d on which are set five bronze markers 12"w x 6"h marking the burial place of the Mariano Modena family and a friend. All this is located in Namaqua Park in Loveland. Dedicated July 21, 1960. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: From Eisenhower Boulevard (US-34) in Loveland drive south on South Wilson

Avenue to 1st Street (County Road 20), thence right (west) 1/2 mile to Namaqua Avenue thence right (north) 1/2 mile. The park is on the right (east) side of the road.


Dedicated to the memory C.G. Buckingham 1846-1940

Whose estate fulfilled his desire to provide this resting place for the Modena Family, First settlers of Namaqua

Erected by Namaqua Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution July 21, 1960

HistoryCharles G. Buckingham (1846-1940) came west from Van Wert, Ohio in June of 1870

with the original Union Colony sponsored by Horace Greeley and with two other men started a bank where Greeley now stands.

In 1871 his brother Walter came to Colorado with the Chicago Colorado Colony that settled where Longmont is now located and in 1874 the brothers opened the Buckingham Brothers Bank in Boulder where Charles made his home until his death in 1940.

Charles owned the land on which Namaqua Park now stands and the land on which the original Fort Namaqua buildings were located.

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David Barnes MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-3/4"w x 23-1/2”h on the drinking fountain on the southwest corner of Fourth Street and Cleveland Avenue in Loveland.

In late summer of 1990, an errant automobile jumped the curb and demolished the fountain. It was scheduled to be rebuilt immediately, but late in November of 1990, it had not yet happened. Faces North.

How to get thereGPS Location: Cleveland Avenue in downtown Loveland is south-bound US-287, Loveland’s main

north-south street. From Eisenhower Boulevard (US-34) drive south on Cleveland Avenue nine blocks to Fourth Street.

Inscription(missing insignia)

In honor of David Barnes, Pioneer 1821-1884 He erected a sawmill and a quartz mill in Russell Gulch in 1866. Constructed the Barnes Ditch in the Big Thompson Valley, 1872. Upon his land the City of Loveland was founded in 1877.

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and By the Namaqua Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution 1932

HistoryAround 1871 David Barnes purchased 320 acres of land in the Thompson Valley. He

farmed the land until the fall of 1877 when the Colorado Central Railroad was built from Longmont to Fort Collins running through his property.

The City of Loveland was laid out the following spring. Barnes gave alternate blocks to the railroad and land for churches. He built the first brick building in Loveland. Friends thought the town should be named Barnes but Barnes preferred to name it for his friend, W.A.H. Loveland, president of the Colorado Central Railroad.

In 1881 Barnes purchased three miles along the Cache la Poudre River just below Rustic. There he built a log house and other buildings, plus a bridge across the river. There he was killed in a farming accident in 1884.

He was a friend of everyone, always had a smile, and was known as "Uncle David" Barnes.


DuffieldDescription

A bronze plaque 20”w x 12 ¾”h mounted on the northwest corner wall in the courtyard of the Loveland Public Library.

How to get there GPS Location: The Loveland Public Library is located at 300 North Adams Avenue in Loveland. From

US 287, Loveland’s main north-south street, drive east on Fourth Street four blocks to Adams Avenue. The library entrance to the library is on the right (south) side of Fourth Street.

InscriptionHONORINGMRS. ANNA VINACKE DUFFIELD

LIBRARIAN 1903-1947.HER VISION, ZEAL, AND COURAGE

BROUGHT TO FRUITION THE LOVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY NAMAQUA CHAPTER, N.S.D.A.R. 1953

HistoryMrs. Anna Vinacke Duffield was born in Wellsville, Ohio, in 1865. She lived in Denver

before coming to Loveland with her parents who were engaged in the hardware and furniture business. She was an instructor in organ and piano.

In 1899, her husband died very tragically and two years later, two of her four sons died the same week of typhoid fever or diphtheria.

In 1901, the Women’s Improvement Society was about to disband. With a treasury of $3.10, they formed a Library Association. Along with many townspeople, Mrs. Duffield contributed many books from her extensive personal library and a Reading Room was opened over the drug store. Mrs. Duffield was made Librarian. After several moves, the Reading Room settled in a small frame building on Cleveland Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets.

In 1905, the first Library Board was appointed and Mrs. Duffield was employed as Librarian. During the following three years, $3,200 was raised to purchase this corner. With this, the city could qualify for a $10,000 Andrew Carnegie Award with which to erect and equip a building. Dedication was on 8 October 1908. Books now numbered 1,000.

Through the Library’s growth, Mrs. Duffield was a guiding influence – quiet, unassuming, practical. She had been a Music Teacher and the great decision of her life was whether she should return to her Musical career or devote her life to books. She often questioned her decision but many in Loveland profited from her decision. She was never too busy or too tired to assist in the search for knowledge. Many children and youth have been guided into channels of right thinking through her patient understanding.

She continued to serve as Librarian throughout her life. When she died in 1947, she had served Loveland for 46 years.


Enos A. Mills Homestead Site MonumentDescription

A bronze plaque l8"w x 24"h mounted on a concrete monument66"w x 55"h located beside Highway 7 at the Enos Mills homestead near Allenspark.

Faces West.

How to get thereGPS Location: The monument is on the east side of Colorado 7, seven miles north of Allenspark

which is between Estes Park and Boulder.


Enos A Mills Father of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Internationally known naturalist author, lecturer and nature guide homesteaded on this site in 1885.

Placed by Namaqua Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution 1982

HistoryEnos Abijah Mills, the "Father of Rocky Mountain National Park," was born in 1870.

He was raised on a farm near Pleasanton, Kansas.He came West in 1884, originally settling in Greeley. He started, building a cabin by

himself on his homesite between Allenspark and Estes Park in 1885 and finished it in 1887.

A naturalist by profession, he was a tireless campaigner in the cause, of conserving nature's wonderful workmanship in the Long's Peak region by placing it in the keeping of the United States Government. He, single-handed, brought it about, for all the forces that contributed to the victory were lined up through his efforts.

After six years of persistence, writing, lecturing and campaigning, the bill creating Rocky Mountain National Park was passed by Congress in January, 1915 in the administration of Woodrow Wilson.

According to his daughter, Enda Mills Kiley, what separated Enos from other naturalists was that "he created and perfected NATURE GUIDING by training special people, both men and women, to be nature guides, using special methods .... "

A spin-off from his nature guide training was a youth program he called "The Trail School."

He ran The Long's Peak Inn across the valley from his cabin. It was started in 1901 and featured getting outdoors with nature guides.

The cabin and museum is open to the public. For further information, you may contact Enda Mills Kiley at (303) 586-4706.


Namaqua MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-3/4"w x 23-1/2"h mounted on a natural boulder 51"w x 48"h, located in Namaqua Park in Loveland.

The original site of the marker was north of the river and west of the road. After his death, the estate of Charles G. Buckingham, who had owned the land, citizens of Loveland, and the DAR created the present Namaqua Park and moved the marker and the graves of the Modena family to their present locations.

The marker was erected in 1931. Faces West.

How to get thereGPS Location: From Eisenhower Boulevard (US-34) in Loveland drive south on South Wilson

Avenue to County Road 20, thence west 1/2 mile to Namaqua Avenue (County Road 196), thence north 1/2 mile.

The park is on the right (east) side of the road.


This memorial is the property of the state of Colorado Namaqua

Home, Trading post and Fort of Mariano Modena, early trapper, scout and pioneer. First settlement in the Big Thompson Valley. Station on Overland Stage route to California 1862

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and By the Namaqua Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution 1931

HistoryMariano (Marianne, Marianna, Mary Ann) Modena (Medina) was a guide with

Fremont's expeditions, a runner for Colonel Johnson from Fort Massachusetts to Fort Bridger and a guide with Captain Randolph B. Marcy's expedition across the Rockies during the winter of 1857-58.

Shortly after his expedition with Captain Marcy, Modena settled with his family on the banks of the Big Thompson River, about three miles west of present day downtown Loveland. He built a house on the south side of the river, and later built a stone fort on the north side of the river. This settlement he named Namaqua in honor of his friend, Chief Namaqua.

Later he added a variety store. His settlement was a stop on the stage route to California.


Sarah Milner Smith PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 32-1/4"w x 26"h mounted on a wall of the foyer of Sarah Milner Elementary School in Loveland.

Immediately above this plaque is a picture of Sarah Milner Smith and a brass plaque 10"w x 5-1/2"h mounted on a walnut base 12-1/2'w x 26"h.

How to get thereGPS Location: Sarah Milner Elementary School is located at 743 Jocelyn Drive in Loveland. From

Eisenhower Boulevard (US-34) drive south on South Taft Avenue to Carlisle Drive, thence right (west) on Carlisle Drive just past Jocelyn Drive. The school is on the left (south) side of Carlisle Drive.

InscriptionDedicated in honor of Sarah Milner Smith

Pioneer Teacher of Larimer County 1866-1870By Namaqua Chapter Daughter (insigna) of the

American Revolution

HistorySarah Milner was born in Canada and grew to her girlhood in Freeport, Illinois. In

her early teens she was a private secretary to Bishop John H. Vincent and at age 16 was a teacher in the same building.

In 1864 the Milner family came west to the gold and silver mines of Central City and Nevadaville. Indians often attempted to steal their horses and stock enroute and Central City was not all they expected. In a short time they homesteaded a tract of land in the Big Thompson Valley, one-half mile south of present day Loveland.

In 1866 she began to teach school in a little log schoolhouse on the banks of the Big Thompson. It was a small one-room building with a sod roof through which the rain would trickle, leaving muddy puddles on the homemade desks.

The school was a community building in which all public gatherings were held. Every other Sunday a circuit rider held forth, and the Rev. Mr. Smith of the Methodist Church conducted his first service there.

In early days, friendly Indians came in strolling bands, passing through to the southeast buffalo country. They would come in the school and ask for "whisk" (whiskey) and "shuge" (sugar) and could not understand why they didn't find any there.

In 1870 Miss Milner married Joseph Smith and devoted her time to homemaking until her husband died, leaving her with three small children. For a time she ran the Big Thompson House, but her love for teaching prevailed and she became a teacher in Loveland schools.

She homesteaded a tract of land on the Buckhorn River. The development of the Buckhorn and Crystal Mountain country was largely due to Mrs. Smith and her sons, Eugene and Edward.

She died in 1939 at age 95.


Thomas H. Johnson Memorial Fireplace Description

A block of alabaster 32"w x 9-3/4"h and above it a triangular block of alabaster 20"w x 20"h mounted on the face of a huge outdoor fireplace 96"w x 132"h located in Lakeside Park in Loveland. Faces South.

How to get thereGPS Location: Lakeside Park is on the south side of Eisenhower Boulevard (US-34) just west of

Grant Avenue on the shore of Lake Loveland. The fireplace is in the northwest quadrant of the park.

InscriptionTriangular plague(DAR insignia)Rectangular plagueHonoring T.H. JohnsonNamaqua Chapter D.A.R.

HistoryThomas H. Johnson came to Colorado in 1860 from the east, where his father was

one of President Abraham Lincoln's bodyguards.He was a man of many resources: he was interested in mining for a while but soon

found he could make a better living selling hay to mining camps. He was elected to the Third General Assembly in 1880, was deputy warden of the state penitentiary during Governor Albert W McIntire's administration, was state game and fish commissioner during Governor Charles S. Thomas's administration, was for many years sergeant-at-arms in the State House of Representatives. He surveyed the first railroad line of the Union Pacific from Cheyenne to Ogden, Utah.

He was known as the "Cowboy Statesman," which sobriquet he earned for stumping the state on horseback on behalf of James G. Blaine, unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States in 1884.

At one time Johnson owned the land which is new Lakeside Park.


War Memorial MonumentDescription

A cast red concrete pillar 50"w x 48"h on the face of which is mounted a large bronze plaque 20"w x 12"h and twenty-two small oval plaques. The memorial is located at the left of the A-frame building in Loveland Burial Park, 1702 Cleveland Avenue in Loveland.

In 1924 a grove of ash trees was planted in the cemetery and at the base of each tree a bronze marker was placed in memory of a soldier who lost his life in World War I. Additionally, each of four other trees was marked with a bronze plaque honoring either The Unknown Soldier or the war dead of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War or the Spanish-American War.

In 1986 these plaques were moved to the present red concrete pillar. Faces Southeast.

How to get thereGPS Location: Cleveland Avenue in downtown Loveland is south-bound US-287, the main north-

south street in Loveland. Loveland Burial Park is on the west side of US-287 immediately north of where US-287 becomes two one-way streets in downtown Loveland.

From the south entrance, drive straight ahead (north) to the A- frame building. From either US-287 entrance, drive straight ahead (west) to the A-frame building.

InscriptionLarge plaque(insignia)

This marker places in rededication to the memory of the men from Loveland who gave their lives in World War I. Originally the small markers were placed by Namaqua Chapter NSDAR, May 1924 at trees planted in this cemetery, in memory of those brave veterans who made the supreme sacrifice, placed May 1986 by Namaqua Chapter NSDAR Loveland, Colorado

History

Conflict Served Total Casualties

Battle Deaths

Other Deaths

Revolutionary War (1775-83) 184,000-250,000

33,769* 6,824* 18,500*

Civil War (1861-65) 2,813,363-3,713,363

780,213* 214,938* 283,394*

Spanish-American War (1898) 360,760 4,108 385 2,061

World War I (1917-18) 4,743,826 320,710 53,513 63,195World War II (1941-46) 16,353,659 1,078,162 292,131 115,185Korean War (1950-53) 5,764,143 157,530 33,629 20,617

Vietnam War (1964-73) 8,744,000 211,324 47,356* 10,795** = estimated


Washington Elm Scion and Marker LovelandDescription

A bronze plaque 9"w x 6"h mounted on a built-up wooden shaft 18"w x 42"h inside an octagonal bench surrounding a huge elm tree located in a micro-park on the northwest corner of the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Eisenhower Boulevard in Loveland. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: Lincoln Avenue in downtown Loveland is north-bound US-287, Loveland's main

north-south street. Eisenhower Boulevard (US-34) is Loveland's main east-west street.

InscriptionScion of the Washington Elm at

Cambridge, Mass. Namaqua Chapter, 1931 NASDAR


at a ceremonial review in Cambridge, Massachusetts under an elm tree which has become known as the Washington Elm.

In April, 1931, Namaqua Chapter received a shoot from an elm tree grown from seeds of the Washington Elm. The shoot was planted in the yard of then Lincoln School. The tree had excellent care from the custodian, but soon died to the ground. Then, a green shoot came through but it, too, died and all hope was given up. However, the following spring a green shoot again appeared which kept growing. The tree did well, but after a few years the yard was converted into a gravel playground. Somehow the tree survived.

In 1948, when the tree was dedicated and presented to the city of Loveland and to the school board, it was tall, beautifully shaped and 15 inches in diameter. A marker was placed on a band around the tree, but was later removed and stored.

In 1965 the tree was again in trouble. The school land was sold to a company which did not intend to save the tree but changed its mind in the face of concerted opposition to the tree's destruction. An under-ground watering system was installed plus a concrete wall to protect it from parking lot traffic. The tree lived and is now the only known survivor of three Washington Elm scions planted in Colorado.


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Peace Pipe Chapter - DenverThe golden dome of the state capitol overlooks downtown, where renovated historic



Markers1. Auraria Marker2. Baker’s Spring Marker3. Denver Museum of Natural History Marker(with Colorado, Columbine and Denver)4. Flagpole and Marker on Genesee Mountain5. Four-Mile House Marker6. John Patrick House Plaque7. Mamie Doud Eisenhouer Home Marker8. Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver(with Colorado and Denver)

About the Peace Pipe ChapterOn Wednesday, June 1st, 1910, a luncheon meeting was held at the residence of the

Organizing Regent, Mrs. Greydene-Smith in Denver, Colorado.

Mrs. Fred Wheaton, Colorado State Regent of NSDAR and Mrs. W. S. Tarbell were honored guests. There were seven other ladies present who were proud to be charter members of the new 13th Colorado NSDAR Chapter.

The table centerpiece was a real Indian Peace Pipe tied with the NSDAR colors and each guest was given a small replica of a Peace Pipe.

National NSDAR had given approval for the Chapter to be named "Sante Fe Trail" but before the actual charter time, it was learned that Trinidad, Colorado, was organizing a new Chapter. Since Trinidad was on the old trail, the name was relinquished to them.

Mrs. Greylene-Smith suggested the name "Peace Pipe" because of its historical significance in the development of the west. The term was also indicative of "a first meeting," and favored by all.

The first yearbook cover was distinctive and different. The spirals of smoke wreathing up from the Peace Pipe formed the letters "NSDAR"

In 1945 the Chapter received one of Sitting Bull's Peace Pipes. The red stone pipe was supposed to have been used at a conference between government commissioners, and Chiefs of the Sioux, and other tribes in 1867. Robert R. Peale, son of Franklin Peale, to whom Chief Sitting Bull presented the pipe in 1882, presented the pipe to our Chapter. The Chapter presented it to the NSDAR Museum in Washington D.C., where it is currently displayed.

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Auraria MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-3/4" x 23-1/2"h mounted on the cast aggregate rim of a large masonry planter 20 feet in diameter located on the north side of the intersection of northwest-bound Speer Boulevard and Market Street in Denver. Dedicated in 1959. Faces SE.

How to get there GPS Location: Speer Boulevard parallels Cherry Creek on both sides from Downing Street to lower

downtown Denver. It may be reached from I-25 by taking the Downing Street or Broadway exit north to Speer Boulevard thence northwest on Speer Boulevard to Market Street.

Inscription(Colorado State seal)

This tablet is the property of the state of ColoradoAuraria

On November 1, 1858 the center of the stream was designated the east boundry of Aurarua, first duly located and platted town at the mouth of Cherry Creek.This 1,200 -acre settlement with Indian row and "Uncle Dick'' Wootton's Store,was the definite beginnings of Denver. The town was named for Aurari, Georgia, Meaning “Gold.” William Green Russell and his brothers discovered the first gold in paying quantity in Colorado, inciting the Gold Rush of 1859. Auraria was the cradle of Colorado’s pioneer business and political development. On April 5, 1860, a ratification meeting was held by moonlight on the Larimer Street Bridge one block south, at which Auraria and Denver consolidated under the name Denver.

Erected by the State Historical of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Peace Pipe Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

1959

HistoryIn February of 1858, William Green Russell led a party of gold seekers from Georgia

to the Rocky Mountain area, where they prospected with indifferent results up and down Cherry Creek and the South Platte, and even into Wyoming. In September the party returned to the mouth of Cherry Creek where they built cabins on the east bank of the South Platte. The following month the area was organized as the Auraria Town Company. Across the creek was the undeveloped site of St. Charles, very soon to become Denver City.

The following year the Auraria Town Company and the Denver City Town Company were consolidated as the city of Denver.


Baker’s Spring MarkerDescription

A tablet measuring 62x39 inches was placed on the east end of West Colfax Viaduct, Marking Baker's Spring. This steel tablet was unveiled October 29. The inscription was:

"This tablet marks the camping place of the Fremont Expedition, and here also camped Kit Carson and other pioneer scouts."

Had it not been for this spring Denver might not have existed, but the pioneers, pushing their way to the Rocky Mountains, camped at that site.

How to get there GPS Location:

Inscription

History"You're driving to downtown Denver from the West on the West Colfax Avenue

Viaduct. About 200 yards from the east end you see a bronze plaque on the south railing of the structure.

Nobody in his right mind would stop to read it, traffic on the viaduct being what it is. So you may be puzzled and curious to know what the plaque memorializes.

This is the Baker's Spring marker, first put in place October 29, 1921. Just 250 feet south of this marker is a site which was used as a camping ground by early scouts and pioneers. Many councils with Indians were held there. Nearby was a spring of pure, fresh water, Baker's Spring, named of the first owner.

Addison Baker settled the spot in 1858, and homesteaded 160 acres as a farm. His son, Nathan A. Baker, continued to farm the land and lived near the spring for many years.

Their site was well known as a camp site. Gen. John C. Fremont and his party camped there in 1843. Other travelers stopped to rest and occasionally it was covered with the white tents of adventurers who came west looking for gold.

The spring and the gatherings of people who came there became the nucleus of the city we now know as Denver. The water from the spring was Denver's first water supply. No one now seems to know what became of the spring.

The marker was put in place by Peace Pipe Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Within a year the marker was stolen. The chapter replaced it and the second marker was stolen. In 1933 the third, and present marker was put in place."

The Denver Post February 3, 1974.







The marker is gone.


November 19, 1970











Flagpole and Marker on Genesee Mountain Genesee ParkDescription

A trapezoidal built-up stone base 55"w at the bottom 48"h on which is mounted a metal flagpole and on the southwest face of which is mounted a bronze plaque 14-1/2"w x 8"h, located at the top of Genesee Mountain in Genesee Park, a Denver mountain park.

The United States flag, and for the past several years the Colorado flag, have been presented to the city of Denver each year on Flag Day, June 14th. In 1973 the Chapter gave to the city a new flagpole with flags to replace the old flagpole given June 14, 1911.

The continuing gift of flags commemorates both the bicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the granting of statehood to Colorado in 1876. Faces Southwest.

How to get thereGPS Location: From Denver take I-70 west to exit 254, thence south, following the Genesee Park

signs for 2-1/2 miles to the end of the road, a turnaround. The flagpole is visible to your left, a very short walk up the trail.

Inscription On each Flag Day since June 14,1911 Peace Pipe

Chapter D.A.R. Presents a new flag to the City & County of Denver for this standard

HistoryDeclaration of IndependenceOn June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia put before the Second Continental

Congress a resolution calling for a declaration of independence from England. A committee comprising Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman was appointed to spell out the reasons for the anticipated declaration. Jefferson was designated to prepare a draft.

On July 2, 1776, Congress voted unanimously, albeit through a series of political maneuvers, to adopt the resolution, and on July 4th the text proclaiming it.

Colorado statehoodIn 1706, what is now Colorado was claimed for Spain by Juan de Ulibarri. In 1803

eastern Colorado became part of the United States by way of the Louisiana Purchase; in 1846 a strip between a line north from the source of the Rio Grande east to the Continental Divide with the advent of Texas statehood; in 1848 the rest of the state as a result of the Mexican War and the resulting Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo.

The Territory of Colorado was created on February 28, 1861. In 1875 Congress voted for and President Grant approved a proposal for Colorado statehood. The issue was put before the voters on July 1, 1876, and on August 1 President Grant issued the proclamation and Colorado entered the Union as the 38th state.


Four-Mile House MarkerDescription

A bronze marker 22"w x 19"h which is presently stored in B House in Four Mile Historic Park. Four-Mile House is a log house, later covered with clapboards and with an addition faced partly with brick and partly with clapboards, located in Four Mile Historic Park, South Forest Street in Denver.

Landmark Preservation Committee plaque #12, issued in 1968, is attached to the front of the house immediately to the left of the front door.

How to get thereGPS Location: Four Mile Historic Park's mailing address is 715 South Forest Street, but access to

the park is from its parking lot and reception center, which is on the east side of Exposition Avenue one-half block west of South Forest Street.

From Leetsdale Drive, travel south on South Forest Street for three blocks to Exposition Avenue, thence right (west) on Exposition Avenue one-half block to the parking lot.


4 Mile House erected about 1858 purchased by Levi Booth in 1864. Last stage station entering Denver on the Smoky Hill Trail. Route of pioneer prospectors, the Butterfield Stage and the Wells Fargo Express.

Marker by the Peace Pipe Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1858-1941

HistoryThis was the last toll gate and station of the Butterfield Stage and Wells Fargo

Express enroute to Denver on the Smoky Hill Trail. It was the last chance for a change of horses and rest before making the final run into Denver. In 1865 the stage lines started operations along the Smoky Hill route and cut diagonally from the Four Mile House to the end of Smoky Hill route (what is now the corner of Colfax and Broadway where the Pioneer Monument stands in downtown Denver).

Mary Cawker built the house of hewn logs about 1858 and used it as her home as well as for the accommodation of travelers. In 1864 Levi Booth purchased the house. In 1942 it was known as the D.W. Working farm house. On December 2, 1969, the former stage coach station was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


John Patrick House PlaqueDescription

A bronze plaque 21"w x 14"h mounted just to the right of the front door of the John D. Patrick House in Genesee Mountain Park near Denver. The plaque was dedicated June 14, 1990. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: From I-70 west of Denver, take the Chief Hosa exit (253) south. Just beyond the

intersection and just short of the Chief Hosa Lodge, take the dirt road to the left for 0.7 miles to the first Y in the road. Take the right fork of the Y. The Patrick House is on the right just up the hill. Continue on past the house to the entrance to the Lazy G Buffalo Ranch compound. The house is inside the compound.

InscriptionThe John D. Patrick House built C. 1860

in land granted by Presidents U.S.Grant and C.B. Arthur this oldest structure in the Denver Mountain Park system was used as a toll house

Marker by the Peace Pipe Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution June 14, 1990

HistoryThe Patrick House was built about 1860 by John D. Patrick as a residence and toll

house after he brought his wife, Elizabeth, and his family of five boys to the area from Missouri in 1859. The shutters, door frames and windows of the house came with them.

He immediately secured a charter from the Kansas Territorial Legislature for the Genesee Wagon Road Company and set up a toll road. Toll fees were: a four-horse wagon $1.50; six horses and two wagons $2.50. In 1866, the Patricks and John Evans were issued a certificate of incorporation for a road coming from Gilpin County along Clear Creek to join with the Genesee Road. In 1867 the Genesee Wagon Road Company was incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Colorado. By then, the Patricks controlled a main thoroughfare from east of Apex (just south of Golden) to the Gilpin County diggings by way of Mount Vernon Canyon and North Clear Creek.

In 1878 Elizabeth Patrick, who had managed and controlled the entire property, died and was buried on the grounds, as was her husband, John, later. In 1881 the state filed an injunction to put the company out of business.

While John Patrick was characterized as a "quiet, inoffensive man of more than average ability," who must have earned the esteem of his neighbors, since he served in the Colorado Territorial Assembly, the sons would be better characterized as fractions. It was not unusual for one or another of them to appear as a defendant in court. Reuben was killed by his brother Baltimore in a quarrel over a dog; Chris shot and wounded an employee over wood chopping and served a sentence for his crime. In time, the surviving brothers drifted away from the area and the Patrick family faded from history.


Mamie Doud Eisenhower Home MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 24"w x 15-1/4"h located on the right hand column of the front stops of the house at 750 Lafayette Street in Denver.

After Mrs. Doud passed away and Mrs. Mae Tiley of Fort Collins purchased the home, Peace Pipe Chapter, with the cooperation of Mrs.Tiley, placed the marker. Mrs. Eisenhower was informed of all plans for this marker and was very happy that it was done.

How to get thereGPS Location: Lafayette Street is two blocks east of Downing Street. From I-25 take the Downing

Street exit north to 7th Avenue, thence east two blocks to Lafayette Street, thence north to #750, which is on the east side of the street.


Girlhood home of Mamie Doud Eisenhower Here on July 1, 1916 Mamie Doud Married Dwight D Eisenhower and later became America's first lady as 34th President of the United States, President Eisenhower used this home as the summer White House

Marker by the Peace Pipe Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution July 1 1962.

HistoryMamie Geneva Doud (1896-1979) was born in Boone, Iowa. She came to Denver at

age nine with her sisters and her parents, John and Elevira. Some time later, John Doud purchased the home at 750 Lafayette Street. Mamie attended Jackson, Coronna (later Moore), and Mulholland elementary schools, East Denver High School, and then The Wolcott School for Girls for one year.

In 1916 she married newly-promoted First Lieutenant Dwight David Eisenhower of the United States Army at her home on Lafayette Street. He was to rise to the rank of permanent 5-star general and become the 34th President of the United States for two terms (1953-1961).

The Eisenhowers had two children, Doud Dwight, who died at age three of scarlet fever, and John Sheldon Doud.

The Doud home was deeded to Mamie in 1936, although her parents continued to live there until their deaths, John's in 1951 and Elevira's in 1960. During Eisenhower's presidency, the house became the "Summer White House" during their frequent visits. It was sold in 1961 after the Eisenhowers purchased a farm at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and built a house there.

Mamie and Ike lived at their Gettysburg home after he left the Presidency. He died in 1969. She died November 1, 1979.
















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Santa Fe Trail Chapter - Trinidad Just north of the New Mexico border and Raton Pass, Trinidad was a stop on the

Santa Fe Trail and home to trappers, traders and early ranchers in the 1800s.To get a feeling for the town's history, seek out the Corazon de Trinidad National

Historic District's Baca House and Bloom Mansion, both part of the Trinidad History Museum, where you'll see how the ordinary and extraordinary folks lived in the late 1800s.

For a look at Trinidad's pre-history, stop by the Louden-Henritze Archeology Museum, where you'll find artifacts from the nearby Trinchera Cave, home for thousands of years to prehistoric humans.

Markers1. Washington Elm Marker

About the ChapterThe Daughters of the American Revolution have a long association with the Santa

Fe Trail. In about 1900 enterprising members of the organization began the very progressive project of “marking” remnants of the Old Trail, all the way from Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, in Nuevo Mexico. Most of the small granite markers they placed along the way are still there. They mark ruts left in the prairies by the heavy freight wagons, watering holes, camp spots, and natural landmarks such as mountain passes and remarkable rock formations.

Two major DAR Santa Fe Trail monuments – as opposed to the small granite markers - are located in or near Trinidad. One is in a field at El Moro, just east of Trinidad, the other is in town in city-owned Kit Carson Park.

The Santa Fe Trail was not an immigrant trail. It was an international road of commerce between a Mexico newly independent of the Spanish crown, and a rapidly expanding United States of America. Commerce on the Trail began in 1821 when Missouri businessman William Becknell took a mule train of trade goods to product-hungry Santa Fe. Soon, strings of pack mules and lumbering freight wagons were crossing the 800-plus miles of virtually barren wilderness.

In 1846 Colonel Stephen W. Kearny led his approximately 1,600 man “Army of The West” from Missouri across the “great American Desert” to a camp right here in what is now Trinidad, on the Rio de las Animas Perdido en Purgatorio (now called the Purgatoire River), across Raton Pass and on down the Trail to Santa Fe. In addition to his 1,600 men, Kearny’s army included 1,400 wagons and field pieces, 15,000 oxen, 4,000 mules, and uncounted teamsters, muleteers, and drovers. Ultimately, Kearny’s journey, his bloodless occupation of Santa Fe and his trip onward from there to help raise the Bear Flag in California, was responsible for adding Southern Colorado, West

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Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and all of California to the Union. A pivotal event in American history and it took place right in Trinidad on the Santa Fe Trail.

A chapter was previously here from 1912-1983, but had to disband. Twenty years later, individuals in the community felt the chapter needed to be reappear and started the chapter again. New members with new projects, the chapter has a fresh start.

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Washington Elm MarkerDescription

How to get thereGPS Location: N37° 10.2716, W-104°30.5720

Inscription

In memory of George Wasington 1932

HistoryGeorge Washington Elm. Marker place in 1932 by Santa Fe Chapter, DAR 1932. This

marker was found in 2009 by the City of Trinidad. It was placed in an area of trees planted in the memory of George Washington in 1932. The Chapter disbanned in 1982 and reinstituted itself in 2003.

While the City of Trinidad was trimming trees, they found this marker and contacted the Chapter. Since that time, the chapter has planted a Douglas fir tree near the marker.

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Sarah Platt Decker Chapter - Durango 197

Sarah Platt Decker Chapter - DurangoDurango was founded in 1880 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, when they

extended their line from Durango to Silverton in order to haul precious metals from high-country mines. Trains were essential transportation of the day, bringing supplies in and precious metals out. Today, when the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad blows its whistle, tourists climb aboard for a 45-mile trip through the still-wild San Juan Mountains to Silverton where they can lunch and shop before re-boarding for the trip home.

Markers1. Baker's Bridge Marker2. Four Ute Chief Monument

About the Sarah Platt Decker ChapterSarah Platt Decker Chapter, NSDAR, was named for Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker. She was

born in McIdoo Falls, Vermont, October 1, 1855. At an early age she manifested concern for the welfare of women and children, and after coming to Denver in 1877, she worked for their welfare. She was responsible for many of the legal reforms affecting them in this state, and became widely known for her work in this field, later being the first woman appointed to the Civil Service Commission of Colorado. She died in San Francisco, California, in 1912, while attending a convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Decker was endowed with a brilliant mind, a sympathetic heart, and a wealth of common sense. She spent some time in Durango as a houseguest of Mrs. John L. McNeil, State Regent of Colorado, 1908-1909, and it was during this time that our chapter members met her, and later elected to name the new organization in her honor and to accept her motto:

"Never frown, never sigh, keep step."

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Baker's Bridge MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 18"w x 23-1/2"h mounted on a granite boulder 22"w x 26"h mounted on a concrete base 30"w x 20"d x 17"h located on LaPlata County Road 250, north of Durango.

The original marker, a yellow metal marker printed in black, was placed by Sarah Platt Decker Chapter in 1930 to commemorate the construction of the first Baker's Bridge in 1861, and the official opening of the new one, 300 feet south of the original site. Over the years this marker was heavily damaged by vandalism and was replaced in 1961 by the present marker, which was relocated in 1989. Faces West.


From Durango, take US-550 north to La Pata County Road 250, which is two miles north of Honeyville. Baker's Bridge is 0.55 miles down Road 250. The marker is on the left (north) side of the road just short of the bridge.

Inscription(Colorado State Seal)This memorial is the property of the

State of Colorado Baker's Bridge Captain Charles H. Baker, who discovered gold in the San Juan in 1860, led a party of prospectors to the area in 1861. They placer mined on El Rio de Las Animas, Built the First bridge (300 feet north), and established the town called Animas city. It was a mile and a half north of the present site of Durango. Many suffered great hardships. Some perished from the winter storms. When no profitable mines were found the area was abandoned for a decade. Baker joined the confederate forces during the Civil War. Later he returned to the San Juan where he was killed by Indians. Baker's first bridge was used for half a century.

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J.N. Hall Foundation and by the Sarah Platt Decker Chapter, DAR 1961

HistoryIn 1859 Capt. Charles H. Baker, a veteran of the Mexican War, first explored this area

and returned east to tell of the riches to be found here. He came back with a party including Benjamin Eaton, who became governor of Colorado; George A French; Thomas Pollock and wife; E B. Kellogg and family; D. H. Haywood; Nate Nye; Daniel S. Rogers; Pharis Hubbard, who probably designed the bridge; Charles Idle; Charles L. Hall. These were explorers, pioneers, and later builders and developers.

The party made camp on the Las Animas River and built a log bridge across the canyon at its narrowest point, about 100 yards from the present, modern bridge.

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Four Ute Chief MonumentDescription

A cut stone obelisk about 20 feet high with bronze plaques 26"w x 18"h inset on each of the four sides, and small plaques 10-3/4"w x 6"h mounted below on the concrete base, each large plaque honoring a Ute chief, Ouray, Ignacio, Buckskin Charley and Severo, and each small plaque identifying the sponsoring organization. The obelisk is located in Ute Park on the grounds of the Ute Reservation at Ignacio.


From US-160 east of Durango, take Colorado 172 south for about 14 miles to Ignacio. In Ignacio, turn left (east) at the first road past the Sky Ute Lodge Motel, which is just south of the convention center and bingo hall, for 0.3 miles to Ute Park, which is on the right (south) side of the road. The obelisk is in the east center of the park.

InscriptionLarge Ouray plague:To the memory of Ouray Chief of all the

Utes, Man of Vision, Statesman and Leader who counselled peace and friendship with the pioneers. Died August 24, 1880

Small Ouray plaque:Chief Ouray plaque sponsored by the

Sarah Platt Decker Chapter DAR

HistoryThe Ute Indians, the "blue sky people", were, in the 19th century, a loose

confederation of seven nomadic bands. Ouray ("the arrow"), a subchief of the Tabeguache band, was recognized by the United States government in the Treaty of 1863 as head of all the Utes, though at the time he could truthfully be called only a leader of some of the Tabeguache band. Even so, in time Ouray became, perhaps through sheer force of personality, trusted and respected by most of his people. From 1863 to the end of his life, Ouray was able to persuade the Utes not to war against the white man, however deep their grievances, except once, the Meeker Massacre of 1879 led by Chief Douglas of the White River Utes.

Ignacio was a chief of the Southern Utes and a contemporary of Ouray. Buckskin Charley (Charlie) was the last traditional chief of the Capote band. Severo was a chief of the Capote band before the time of Buckskin Charley's chieftainship. All four had traveled to Washington to testify at a Congressional hearing inquiring into the details of the Meeker Massacre.

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Smoky Hill Trail Chapter - Parker 201

Smoky Hill Trail Chapter - ParkerA relatively new community, Parker is a city suburb with easy access to the growing

commercial centers in far south Denver. For history buffs, the chamber of commerce office in the old town hall is a good place to dive into Parker's past. Here guests can pick up information on nearby attractions, including 20-Mile House, an old way station that served as a post office and boarding facility.

Markers1. Smoky Hill Trail South Marker

About the Smoky Hill Trail ChapterThe Colorado gold rush of 1859 resulted in the establishment of the Smoky Hill Trail.

It was the shortest route to the Colorado "gold" from the Missouri River. Longer routes included the Oregon Trail which cut through the very northeastern tip of Colorado and the Santa Fe Trail which cut through the very southeastern tip of Colorado. The Smoky Hill Trail headed directly for the Denver area. Eventually, there were three main branches of this trail.

For several years, the Smoky Hill Trail was a route for gold-seekers, wagon trains carrying freight and immigrants seeking a new life, stage coach lines, and, for a limited time, the pony express mail service.

Mile houses were located along the Cherokee/Smoky Hill Trail leading to Denver. Three of these "Mile Houses" remain. The 20 Mile Historic Park in Parker, the 17 Mile House North of Parker and the 4 Mile House in Denver. In July 2001, the 17 Mile House along with 32 surrounding acres in Parker joined the 20 Mile and 4 Mile as historic landmarks to be preserved forever.

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Smoky Hill Trail South MarkerDescription

A marker of Salida granite about 24"w x 36"h with a polished face located at the intersection of Flintwood and Hilltop roads at Hilltop southeast of Parker.

This marker was placed in 1986. The site has since been landscaped and chapter members and the local Boy Scout troop keep it weeded and watered.


From the intersection of Parker's Main Street and Parker Road (State Highway 83) drive south on Parker Road 0.55 miles to Hill top Road, thence left (east) on Hilltop Road for 6.1 miles to Flintwood Road. Drive south on Flintwood Road 0.2 miles to where Hilltop Road bears off to the southeast.

Inscription(DAR insignia)Smoky Hill Trail South 1859-1881Erected by the Smoky Hill Trail

Chapter NSDAR and Douglas County 1986

HistoryStarting in 1859, many gold seekers traveled west from the Missouri River along what

is now US-40 and I-70, up the Smoky Hill River, west to Cheyenne Wells, thence northwest to Denver. This Smoky Hill Trail, commonly known as the Starvation Trail, offered little by way of wood or water, and took a terrific toll of human life.

In 1865, a branch from Lake (just east of Limon) to Denver, generally following the route of present day Colorado 86, was surveyed for the Butterfield Overland Dispatch stage line, which went into operation the following year between Denver and the Missouri River. This branch passed north of Elizabeth to Hilltop, thence north and then northwest where it intersected the Cherokee Trail about fifteen miles south of Denver, thence north along Cherry Creek into Denver. This stage route was known as the Smoky Hill Trail South. It offered far better wood and water facilities than the Starvation Trail, which was then abandoned. Later, this branch followed present day Hilltop Road into Parker, thence north to Denver.

The Smoky Hill Trail South was in use for about ten years between Denver and the Missouri River as a route for gold seekers and immigrants, as a wagon train route, as a stagecoach route, and even as a route for a local pony express. The advent of the railroad spelled the end of its interstate use, but it remained as a local route between Denver and eastern Colorado for many more years.

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Uncompahgre Chapter - MontroseLocated in the heart of southwest Colorado, Montrose is the basecamp for deep

adventure and unexpected wonder. Located just 11 miles from Montrose is the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. If the Black Canyon could be described in one word, it would be “dramatic.” Carved into the earth by the powerful Gunnison River, its depth alone is enough to take your breath away. Adjacent to the Black Canyon is the Curecanti National Recreational Area, which includes the vast Blue Mesa Reservoir.

Markers1. Cleland Park Fountain2. Concrete Tepees and Sign Honoring Chipeta3. Ouray and Chipeta Memorial4. Chipeta Plaque5. Ute Council Tree Marker

About the Uncompahgre ChapterThe Uncompahgre Chapter was chartered on 1 November 1909, just a few years

after Montrose, Colorado, was founded in 1882. These DAR ladies were instrumental in acquiring the land where Chief Ouray and Chipeta had settled; later donating the land to the Colorado Historical Society where the historic Ute Museum was established. On 18 October 1956, the old DAR chapter was disbanded.

But, in 1993, a group of ladies decided to charter a new DAR chapter. Since they could not use the same chapter name, and since they were drawing members from the entire Uncompahgre Valley, they asked for (and were granted) the same name, by just adding the word "Valley." And what a great valley it is, encompassing the Uncompahgre Plateau, the Uncompahgre River, and Uncompahgre Peak in the nearby San Juan Mountains (just to list a few namesakes.)

The Uncompahgre Ute Indians left their legacy in the name "Uncompahgre" pronounced Un-com-PAH-gray and means 'Where Water Makes Rock Red.'

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Cleland Park FountainDescription


InscriptionIn Memory of Captain John Gunnison

who blazed a trail for settlers through here in 1853. Presented by Captain John Gunnison Chapter, DAR Delta, Colo. 1927. This Fountain is reproduced on the original site by The City of Delta -

Historic Preservation Board, 2005. Fountain crafted by Larry Scheer, Jr.

History


Concrete Tepee and Sign Honoring ChipetaDescription

A full-sized, reinforced concrete tepee erected in 1924 over a cold, natural spring on Ouray's homestead property. On the rear interior wall of the tepee is a painted trapezoidal sign 30"w at the top, 40"w at the bottom, 36"h. The tepee is located in Chief Ouray State Historical Monument on the southern edge of Montrose. Faces East.

How to get thereGPS Location: Chief Ouray State Historical Monument is located on the west side of US-550 about

1.5 miles south of Montrose.

InscriptionErected 1924 by the DAR in memory of Chipeta

HistoryChipeta (White Singing Bird), second wife of Ouray,

the Ute chief recognized by the United States government as the head of all the Utes in the Treaty of 1863, was a Kiowa Apache taken and raised by the Tabeguache Utes after her parents had been killed in a raid.

She married Ouray at age 16. She and Ouray became inseparably devoted to each other. He treated her as an equal, which was most unusual, since the Utes considered women to be inferior to men in tribal matters. She is said to have been the only Ute squaw ever permitted to sit in council.

She was described as a tall, beautiful, slender woman with a very straight, sharp nose and well-defined features. She was a refined, cultured woman, though she spoke almost no English.

In return for Ouray's help during the many treaty councils with the Utes, the United States government built Ouray and Chipeta a six-room adobe house at the site of the present day Chief Ouray State Historical Monument just south of Montrose. The property included a fenced 500 acre farm with a storehouse, buildings for the hired help, an outside kitchen, granaries, stables, and two hundred head of horses and mules, as well as sheep, goats and cattle.

The house was furnished with iron beds. rocking chairs, rugs, stoves, and other often uncomfortable and impractical white man's furnishings. There was even a piano.

After Ouray's death in 1880, Chipeta was forced to relocate to Utah with the rest of the Uncompahgre Utes. The government sold the farm to provide the funds for her future life. She settled at Bitter Creek, where she spent the rest of her life. She was not confined solely to the reservation, and made many trips to Colorado throughout the years.

Chipeta died on August 16, 1924 at Bitter Creek. She was eighty-one years old. She was buried on the Uinta Indian Reservation, but the following year her remains were reburied in an above-ground sarcophagus on the grounds of the Chief Ouray State Historical Monument, where the original Ouray farm had been located.


Ouray and Chipeta MemorialDescription

A bronze plaque 17-1/2" x 23-1/2"h mounted on the front wall of the Ute Indian Museum on the southern outskirts of Montrose.

Chief Ouray Memorial Park (Chief Ouray State Historical Monument) originated as a project of Uncompahgre Chapter in 1921 when the homesite of Chief Ouray was about to become obliterated. In 1945 the chapter deeded to the State Historical society the land on which are located the tepee; the concrete mausoleum in which Chipeta is buried, which is located just up the hill from the tepee and spring; the grave of Chief John McCook, Chipeta's brother; a large monument with a bronze head of Ouray inset into the shaft and an inscription below.

How to get thereGPS Location: The Ute Indian Museum is on the grounds of the Chief Ouray State Historical

Monument, which is on the west side of US-550 about 1.5 miles south of Montrose.

Inscription(Colorado State Seal)

This tablet is the property of the State of ColoradoChief Ouray State Historical Monument, this area

was once part of the farm of Ouray, Chief of the Ute Indians, and of his wife, Chipeta. Presented to the State Historical Society of Colorado by the Uncompahgre Chapter, D.A.R., which saved it for posterity. Established as a memorial to these great Utes, May 31, 1945.

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the William A. Braiden marker fund, 1949

HistoryAlthough the Ute Indians were rather nomadic and autonomous bands by nature,

Ouray (The Arrow) and his wife, Chipeta (White Singing Bird), had a permanent home and homestead at this location after 1875. He was recognized as the head of the Ute Indians by the United States government in the Treaty of 1863, although at the time he was actually only a leader of some of the Tabeguache band. Even so, in time Ouray became, perhaps through sheer force of personality, trusted and respected by most of his people.

Chipeta, a Kiowa Apache by birth, was a warm, charming person, much loved by all who knew her. She was described as tall, beautiful, cultured. She married Ouray when she was sixteen years old, and throughout his life he showed great admiration and respect for her. She is said to have been the only Ute squaw ever allowed to sit in council.

Both Ouray and Chipeta were influential in negotiating treaties between the Ute Indians and the United States government.


Chipeta PlaqueDescription


InscriptionIn Memory of Chipeta Wife of Chief Ouray Tepee

erected over Ouray and Chipeta's Spring 1924 By the DAR Permanent Marker placed by Uncompaghre Valley Chapter, NSDAR

History


Ute Council Tree MarkerDescription

A bronze marker 12"w x 7"h mounted on the trunk of a gigantic cottonwood tree (populus deltoides) in Delta. The tree is listed in the book of Famous and Historic Trees of the United States. In 1982 it was 260 inches in circumference, seven feet in diameter measured breast high, and eighty-five feet tall. Dendrochronological testing of a branch of the tree that died and broke off indicated that the branch originated in 1822.

This tree was the site of many councils between the Ute Indians and the white man between 1857 and 1882. Faces East.


On US-50 in Delta drive north across the bridge over the Gunnison River, then continue north on US-50 for 0.2 mites to Lane G 96, thence left (west) on Lane G 96 for 0.2 mites to Road 1550. The tree is directly ahead on the west side of the road.

InscriptionThe Ute Council Tree marked by Capt

John Gunnison Capter D.A.R. in memory of Chief Ouray and Chipeta.

HistoryOuray (the arrow) (1833-1880) was born in New Mexico of a Jicarilla Apache father,

Guera Muera, and a Tabeguache Ute mother. His father had been stolen from the Apaches as a child by the Tabeguache and raised as a Ute.

By age 27, Ouray had become a subchief and shortly thereafter, he persuaded the tribe to appoint him to work out a treaty with the United States government to define the limits of Ute territory. In the Treaty of 1863, Ouray was recognized by the United States government as head of all the Utes, although at the time he could truthfully be called only a leader of some of the Tabegauche band. Even so, in time Ouray became, perhaps through sheer force of personality, trusted and respected by most of his people. He was able to manage the Indians quite successfully most of the time, and also counsel with the white men, often meeting at the site of the tree.

He was regarded at the time as one of the greatest of the Indian Chiefs. His stained glass portrait is mounted high in the rotunda of the capitol building in Denver along with the fifteen other men chosen as Colorado's founding fathers. He was the only person to be voted this honor unanimously.

Chipeta (white singing bird) (1843-1924), Ouray's second wife, was a Kiowa Apache who was kidnapped as a child by the Tabeguache Utes after her parents had been killed in a raid. She was described as a beautiful, tall, slender woman with a very straight, sharp nose and well- defined features. She was a refined, cultured woman, though she spoke almost no English. She was treated by her husband as an equal, which was most unusual among the Utes, who considered women to be inferior to men in tribal matter. She is said to have been the only Ute squaw ever permitted to sit in council.

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Zebulon Pike Chapter - Colorado SpringsKnown as Little London in its early days, the city was founded by Gen. William J.

Palmer in 1871. A Civil War hero and railroad magnate, Palmer influenced much of the state's settlement, but Colorado Springs was his home. It had plenty of "civilized" attractions — opera houses, fine hotels and restaurants.

The city sits at the foot of one of America's most famous landmarks, Pikes Peak, upon whose summit Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write "America the Beautiful." Tourists still converge on the peak, where they can drive, ride the cog railway or even hike to its 14,115-foot summit.

Markers1. First stake of Fountain Colony Marker(with Kinnikinnik Chapter)2. Old Stone Fort Marker(with Kinnikinnik Chapter)3. Ute Trail Marker(with Kinnikinnik Chapter)

About the Zebulon Pike ChapterOn January 24, 1895, a group of women met to organize the first chapter of the

Daughters of the American Revolution in the state of Colorado. The women who met that day were very active in politics, their churches, and service organizations. They belonged to lineage societies and literary groups. They were involved in musical organizations and educational institutions. The women were the civic leaders of their time. They were the charter members of the Zebulon Pike Chapter, NSDAR. The charter members lived close together in the central part of Colorado Springs. According to a map at that time, there were only about eighteen city blocks between the most extreme locations of the residences of the charter members. The women's age spectrum ranged from 21 to 67 years of age, with most of the members' ages ranging between 40-50 years. Their ages provided a wonderful mixture of energy and talent.

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First stake of Fountain Colony MarkerDescription

A granite pillar 12-1/2”w x 40"h, mounted on a concrete base 30"w x 2”h located on the south side of Pike’s Peak Avenue between Cascade Avenue and Tejon Street in Colorado Springs. The original marker was placed July 4, 1895. It was damaged and removed to the Pioneer Museum in Colorado Springs. In 1983 a new marker was placed at the original site. Faces North.

The stake is in the Pioneer Museum.


From I-25 in Colorado Springs, take exit 142 (Bijou Street) east to Cascade Avenue, thence south on Cascade Avenue two blocks to Pike’s Peak Avenue, thence left (east) on Pike’s Peak Avenue for one-half block. The marker is on the south side of the street.

InscriptionThe first stake of the Fountain Colony was driven

here. July 31, 1871Rededicated NADAR Zebulon Pike Chapter,

Kinnikinnik Chapter, August 1, 1983DAR July 4, 1895

HistoryColorado Springs was organized as the Fountain Colony of Colorado. The first stake

in the town site was driven July 31, 1871 at the southeast corner of what is now Pike’s Peak and Cascade Avenues. General William J. Palmer, then managing director and superintendent of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, first saw the area in 1869, and determined that it was "the most attractive place for homes in the West, a place for schools, colleges, science, first class newspapers, and everything that the above implies."

In March of 1870 General Palmer organized the Denver and Rio Grande Company to build a railroad from Denver south to Mexico. In the fall of that year the railroad purchased 9312.27 acres of land at the site for about $10,000.

The Fountain Colony was organized with General Robert A. Cameron as vice president, superintendent and general manager; W.E. Pabor as secretary; E.S. Nettleton as chief engineer. All three had come from Union Colony (Greeley) where they had become disenchanted with the imperious and puritanical ways of Nathan Meeker.

During its first years, Colorado Springs was known as Fountain Colony for its position on Fountain Creek; later it was renamed Colorado Springs for the mineral springs at Manitou.

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Old Stone Fort MarkerDescription

A bronze plaque 17-1/2"w x 23-1/2"h mounted on a boulder 46"w x 39"h, located on Colorado 105 north of Monument. The marker was dedicated on February 17, 1950. Faces North.


From I-25 take the Monument exit (161) west to Colorado 105, thence north on Colorado 105 (toward Palmer like) for 0.65 miles. The marker is on the left (west) side of the road opposite the Tri-Lakes Fire Protection District building.

Inscription(Colorado state insignia)

This tablet is property of the State of ColoradoDue south 610 feet is the Old Stone Fort built

at the pioneer home of David McShane. Constructed as a defense against Arapahoe and Cheyenne Raiders, it was a refuge used in 1865-1868 by the following Pioneer families of the Monument Valley; Brown, Chandler, Davidson, DeMasters, Foulkner, Guire, Jackson, McShane, Oldham, Roberts, Simson, Shideler, Teachout, Walker, Watkins, Welty

Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J.N. Hall Foundation and by the Zebulon Pike and Kinnikinnik Chapters DAR and the Citizens of the Monument region. 1950

HistoryEarly settlers selected the upper Monument Valley because they found good soil,

excellent grass and abundant water. The families listed on the marker worked together to build this Indian fort on the McShane ranch, and used it as a defense against Indian raiders from 1865 to 1868.

212 Zebulon Pike Chapter - Colorado Springs

Ute Trail MarkerDescription

A granite pillar 30”w x 72"h mounted on a concrete base, located in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. The marker was dedicated in 1935. In 1964 the City Parks and Recreation Department of Colorado Springs undertook a beautification project surrounding the marker. Protective stones were placed around the site, and several trees and other vegetation including gooseberry, mountain mahogany, juniper, pinon pine and yucca were planted. Faces West

How to get thereGPS Location: N38°52.250, W-104° 52.707

From I-25 in Colorado Springs, take Garden of the Gods Road (exit 146) west 2.25 miles to 30th Street (the end of the road), thence left (south) on 30th Street for 1.4 miles to the entrance to Garden of the Gods Park, thence right (west) for 0.45 miles to the second right which is now a one way road (Juniper Way Loop) that winds through the park. One way traffic will bring you back to the marker which is 2.5 miles from the beginning of the one way road. The marker in on the right and there is a pull off spot directly in front of the marker. As you travel around the one way road follow signs direction you to a visitor/nature center whenever there is a branch in the road. It is well marked. The marker is on Juniper Way Loop. The visitor center is back on 30th Street.

InscriptionThis stone marks the Indian Trail used by the Plains

Indians to Ute Pass.Erected by the Zebulon Pike and Kinnikinnik Chapters

DAR 1935

HistoryThe Ute Trail extended from the plains of Colorado to Utah, its eastern reach being

the forerunner of US-24 west from Colorado Springs. Before the time of the white man, it had been used for many years by some bands of the Ute Indians in their annual trip from their homelands in central and western Colorado to the springs at Manitou, and in their forays into plains country to fight with their enemies or to hunt.

As the white man began moving westward in the 19th century, explorers, trappers, prospectors and cowboys began using the trail. Major Stephen Harriman Long’s expedition of 1820 made note of it. Kit Carson traveled it to trap beaver in South Park. The journals of John Charles Fremont speak of it.

The 1859 gold rush saw the beginning of extensive use of the trail for freighting supplies to the gold fields and bringing out gold ore. Its use dwindled after 1872 when a new wagon road was built following Fountain Creek (Fontaine qui Bouille). The Colorado Midland Railroad in the 1870's built its line upward and westward following closely the wagon road, not only serving the gold fields, but enabling the development of a great recreation area.

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Santa Fe Trail Markers in Colorado

The marking of the old Santa Fe Trail was first suggested to the Daughters at the State Conference in Ottawa in 1902 by Fannie Geiger Thompson (Mrs. A. H.), Kansas State Regent. By the time they had the next conference, the hand of death took Mrs. Thompson to a Heavenly home. Daughters of Kansas regarded the marking of the trail as a sacred legacy left by Mrs. Thompson, and voted to go to work at once to under take completion of her dream. It proved to be quite an undertaking as the marking of the trail involved the placement of ninety-six granite stones across the 500 mile route in Kansas. The Old Santa Fe Trail became a definite way across the states of Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. The Kansas Daughters were the first to mark the old Trail and the Daughters of Missouri, Colorado, and New Mexico followed their example. The story of marking the trail is told in a book called "The story of the Marking of the Santa Fe Trail" published in 1913 and written by Mrs. T.A. Cordry, State Historian of Kansas, Daughters of the American Revolution. Parts of the story are taken from letters of the old settlers to Mrs. Stanley, State Regent, and Miss Meeker, and every bit of it is true and authentic.

Our Colorado Santa Fe Trail DAR markers began conception in 1906 and were completed in 1912 with the last one unveiled at Bent's Old Fort. The marker was given by Mr. A.E. Reynolds of Denver, owner of the land where Bent's Old Fort is located. A committee consisting of one member from each chapter in the state was called upon to ask the legislature for $2,000 to aid in the project. State Legislature appropriated

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the $2,000 as requested and upon completion, the Colorado Daughters returned $600 to them after paying all the bills. Twenty seven stones were set with funds furnished by the state of Colorado, the Santa Fe Railroad, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; the city council of Trinidad gave $500, and many citizens along the route contributed. Daughters from all of the Colorado cities came to the ceremonies in their most modern conveyances, the automobile, but fourteen old timers of Las Animas came in one of the old stage coaches which actually traveled the Santa Fe Trail in 1858. There are now thirty six of these historic granite stone markers on the actual route that the wagons traveled on the Santa Fe Trail in Colorado.

At Bent’s Old Fort Marker Dedication September 5, 1912 Mrs. Freeman C. Rogers, State DAR Regent, wears her ribbon of office (third from the left).

El Moro Marker dedication March 2, 1910. Mrs. Frank Wheaton, State DAR Regent presided at the ceremonies.


Marker 1- Prowers CountyThe Santa Fe Trail followed the north side of the

Arkansas River from Great Bend through western Kansas, entering Colorado along U.S. 50 Highway. DAR Marker 1 is located at the Colorado state line one and one-quarter miles north of Lamar. It is on the north side of the Arkansas River at Rd. 39. It is inscribed on the east side as "Kansas" and the west side as "Colorado." The granite stone was placed in August 1907 and present at the dedication were Mrs. John Campbell, Regent, Lt., Gov. Harper and A.E. Reynolds, who later gave a marker at Bent's Old Fort.

The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872. Marked By The Daughters Of The American Revolution And The State of Colorado 1908"

GPS:N38.04827, W-102.04433

Marker 2-Prowers CountyMarker 2 is in the town of Holly. Go south on Main

Street past the Santa Fe Railway depot, cross the railroad tracks, go past a red brick house and turn right. The marker is located south of the tracks between a large limestone barn and private home. This Marker was first placed at Holly Warm Springs, which was used by the Indians. It was later moved to the Holly depot, and moved again after 1943.

The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872 Marked By The Daughters Of The American Revolution And The State of Colorado 1908"

GPS:N38 049.06, W-102.12384


Marker 3-Prowers CountyAmity Marker is in a ditch east of the entrance to

Amity Mill and Farm office at Rd. 30.5. From Holly, go west on 50, turn north on Rd 30.5. On the south side of U.S. 50 it is outside of the highway fence. The marker is on the east side of the N/S road. It is difficult to spot being sometimes smothered by weeds. Dates of 1822-1880 are not the same as the dates on the other markers in eastern Colorado. Two Markers on Raton Pass use the date of 1880, the year extensive travel on the Santa Fe Trail ceased with the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad. Claims to be almost on the top of SFT.

The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1880 Marked By The Daughters Of The American Revolution, Zebulon Pike Chapter 1908"

GPS:N38.05662, W-102.20103

Marker 4-Prowers CountyMarker 4 is located north of Granada at the

junction of U.S. 50 and U.S. 385 in Granada, go north two and six tenths miles, crossing the Arkansas River bridge. The marker is on the east side of U.S. 385 in front of the highway fence just North of the Arkansas River bridge. U.S. 50 crosses to the south side of the river east of Granada.

The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872 Marked By The Daughters Of The American Revolution, Zebulon Pike Chapter 1908"

GPS:N38.09977, W-102.30979


Marker 5-Prowers CountyMarker 5 is north of Carlton. Return to U.S. 50 at

Granada. Go west to Rd 19 which is just east of of Carlton Feed Mill. Go north on Rd. 19 for one and nine-tenths mile, crossing the Arkansas River bridge. The marker is on the east side of the road against a fence. It is three tenths of a mile south of Colorado 196.


GPS:N38.11127, W-102.41158

Marker 6-Prowers CountyTo find Marker 6, turn south on Highway 196, go

west six miles to Rd. 13, north of Morse. The marker is on the north side of the highway, and on the west side of Rd. 13. It is in a cleared area, plainly visible and on a concrete base.


GPS:N38.11393, W-102.52099


Marker 7-Prowers CountyMarker 7 is on the north edge of Lamar just north

of the Arkansas River bridge. Go one and one fourth miles north of Lamar crossing the Arkansas River bridge. The marker is on U.S. 50 and U.S. 287, on the east side of the highway. It is the only one to be marked with a "Point of Interest" sign, and a pull-out area for cars. It was the first to be dedicated by the DAR in August 1907. This marker is reached from the east on Colorado 196 about six miles west of marker number 6. Turn south at Big Timbers Museum to U.S. 50.


GPS:N38.11106, W-102.61814

Marker 8-Bent CountyMarker 8 is northeast of the town of Prowers. From

Lamar go west on U.S. 50 to Rd. 35. Go south one mile, then turn east to Rd. JJ for one tenth of a mile. Turn south on Rd. 35.25. A tall stone marker placed by Lamar Junior Chamber of Commerce is visible on a hill about one-fourth mile west of a curve in the road. The DAR marker is below the crest of the hill northeast of the tall marker. Both designate the site of Bent's New Fort built in 1853. A few stones from the foundation are nearby. This is on ranch land behind a barbed wire fence.

The inscription on the marker reads "Fort Bent Later Fort Wise Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872 Marked By The Daughters Of The American Revolution Zebulon Pike Chapter 1908"

GPS:N38.09475, W-102.75988


Marker 9-Bent CountyMarker 9 is south of McClave. Return to U.S. 50 and

go west to Rd. 30, go south on Rd. 30 to crossroads at Rd. JJ. The marker is to the east side in unfenced pasture.


GPS:N38.08720, W-102.85124

Marker 10-Bent CountyMarker 10 is south of Hasty. Return to U.S. 50 and

head west to Hasty, turning south on Rd. 24. Go south two and three-tenth miles on paved road to John Martin Reservoir State Park Visitor Center. A valid Colorado State Parks pass is required to enter the Park and view the marker. Additional directions to the marker can be obtained from the State Park Visitor Center. The marker sits on a concrete slab within a chained enclosure overlooking John Martin Reservoir.

The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872 Marked By The Daughters Of The American Revolution And The State of Colorado 1908" Our thanks to Sandy Bemiss, Tourist Assistant at John Martin Reservoir State Park for the photo contribution.

GPS:N38.08282, W-102.96209


Marker 11-Bent CountyMarker 11 is north of Fort Lyon. Return to U.S. 50

and go west to junction of Colorado 183 and turn south for one half mile on Fort Lyon Road (183). The Marker is about 50 feet southwest off 183, on the west side of the road, across a deep ditch.


GPS:N38.09220, W-103.14296

Marker 12-Bent CountyMarker 12 is west of Fort Lyon. Return to U.S. 50,

and go west three miles to Rd. 13. The marker is on the north side of the highway and east side of Rd. 13. This marker was moved from its original site in the Caddoa Creek area when the dam for John Martin Reservoir was being constructed.


GPS:N38.08891, W-103.17876


Marker 13-Bent CountyMarker 13 is northeast of Las Animas. The marker

is two miles west of No. 12, a short distance east of Alpine Inn, north of U.S. 50. The legend is on a stone shield mounted on a rectangular piece of granite which differs from other Markers except the one in La Junta. This Marker was moved from its original site near the Arkansas River Bridge north of the town of Las Animas after a car involved in a fatal accident hit the marker. There are deep scratches on the stone.

The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872 Marked By The Pueblo Chapter Daughters Of The American Revolution 1909"

GPS:N38.08445, W-103.22006

Marker 14-Bent CountyMarker 14 is located on George Baublits Farm.

Leave U.S. 50 at junction of Colorado 194, and go west to Rd. 6.25. The marker is in a pasture south of the highway. An old dilapidated building is visible from the highway. Go down a lane toward the building. The marker was knocked off its base by cattle and on October 18,1984, Mr. Baublits used his tractor-loader to set it upright.


GPS:N38.08290, W-103.30225


Marker 15-Otero CountyMarker 15 is at Bent's Old Fort Gateway. Go west

on Colorado 194 to cobblestone arch gateway at the Fort. The marker is to the east of the old entrance and sits on a cobblestone pedestal capped by concrete. Both the gateway, this pedestal and another to the west side of the gate were erected by La Junta DAR Chapter and dedicated on June 14, 1930. This marker was moved from its original location on a farm adjoining the Fort on the west, by the National Park Service in 1963, soon after NPS acquired the Fort site.


GPS:N38.03497, W-103.44007

Marker 16-Otero CountyMarker 16 was originally placed on the ground of

Bent's Old Fort as is shown in this photograph. It was "Erected at the Request of the Daughters of the American Revolution 1910 by A.E. Reynolds." Reynolds, owner of the land donated the site of the old fort to the La Junta DAR Chapter in 1920. The dedication of the marker took place September 5, 1912. The marker has been moved twice by the NPS, first to a contact station, then in October 1984, to a site under the old gateway entrance which was closed to traffic.

The inscription reads "Erected At The Bequest Of Daughters Of The American Revolution 1910 By A. E. Reynolds 1822 The Santa Fe Trail 1875 This Stone Marks The Point On The Trail Where The Brothers Charles And Col. William Bent Erected Bent's Fort In 1829 The Most Famous Stopping Place On The Trail"

GPS: N38.04600, W-103.43114


Marker 17-Otero CountyMarker 17 is on the southeast corner of La Junta's

Court House Square facing south. It is similar to one at Las Animas. On Colorado 194 go west to La Junta. Turn south and cross the Arkansas River bridge. The Santa Fe Trail crossed to the south side of the river about six miles west of Bent's Old Fort, near present La Junta.

The inscription reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1875 Marked By The Arkansas Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1908 Of Pueblo Colorado"

GPS:N37.98612, W-103.54346

Marker 18-Otero CountyMarker 18 is southwest of La Junta. From La

Junta's Potter Park on U.S. 350 (west side of town) go three miles southwest. The marker is on the west side of the highway in a ditch against a fence. It was moved from its original site in a grove of trees which is visible to the west of the highway.


GPS: N37.95139, W-103.56351


Marker 19-Otero CountyMarker 19 is reached by Traveling on US 350 W out

of La Junta for 13.0 miles, turn right at CO71-N for .5 miles, North on CO-71/Co Rd 19, Entrance of Comanche National Grasslands.

Park south side of this parking lot. Walk south to a walkgate, be sure to close the gate. As you walk south, you are walking on the Santa Fe Trail about 1/4 of a mile.


GPS: 37.85914,-103.73037

Marker 20-Otero CountyMarker 20 is located at Timpas. Return to U.S. 350

and go southwest about two and one-half miles to Timpas. Cross the railroad tracks north of Timpas and turn right at the picnic area. Park there and hike 1/4 mile west through a pasture said to be infested with rattlesnakes.


GPS: N37.82443, W-103.77449


Marker 21-Otero CountyMarker 21 is located near Ayer. Go southwest five

miles from Timpas on U.S. 350 near Ayer. Highway milepost 51 is on the left side and the marker is in a ditch on the right (west) against a fence.


GPS:N37.76447, W-103.83427

Marker 22-Otero CountyMarker 22 is located at Mindeman-Iron Springs.

Continue southwest six miles on U.S. 350. Turn left (south) on Rd. 9 crossing a cattle guard into the John Graves Ranch. For one-half miles on Rd. 9. The marker, sighted with field glasses, is in a pasture about one-fourth mile to the right from the road. Santa Fe Trail ruts are visible near the marker and on a hill above the Iron Springs Stage Stop which is about seven-tenths of a mile from the marker. A few posts remain from the old corral which covered 40 acres when this part of the Santa Fe Trail was in use.


GPS:N37.69928, W-103.91701


Marker 23-Las Animas CountyMarker 23 known as the Delhi marker is at the edge

of a ditch on the east side of U.S. 350 opposite Rd. 88.0 (on the west side of the highway). It is about seven miles southwest of Rd. 9 the turn-off to Iron Springs. The ground had washed away from the marker and it fell face down in the ditch. It was set back on its base on level ground near a farm driveway in the fall of 1986.


GPS:N37.64063, W-104.01852

Marker 24-Las Animas CountyMarker 24 is near Thatcher. Turn right off U.S. 350

at Rd. 76.5 and go through Thatcher. At the end of Rd. 76.5 turn right and proceed to a farm house. Opposite the house is a gate on the right. Go through the gate and walk toward the northeast about a block. The marker is near cedar trees on a base in a rocky area. After locating the marker return toward Thatcher, look up a rocky canyon on the left to catch a glimpse of the Trail landmark, "Hole-in-the-Rock," a watering stop on the Trail.


GPS:N37.55380, W-104.11640


Marker 25-Las Animas CountyMarker 25 is in Simpson. Go four miles southwest

of Thatcher on U.S. 350. Rd 70.0 is a railroad crossing which is two-tenths mile northeast of the marker. It is on the right side of the highway across a shallow ditch.


GPS:N37.50037, W-104.16438

Marker 26-Las Animas CountyMarker 26 is located in Tyrone. The marker is 15

poles northeast of Rd. 64.0 on U.S. 350, or 12 telegraph poles northeast of milepost 609 (R.R.) It is outside of the railroad right-of-way fence on the right side of U.S. 350 where the highway curves away from the railroad (about one-tenth of a mile between railroad and highway). This one is difficult to find.


GPS:N37.45789, W-104.20643


Marker 27-Las Animas CountyMarker 27 is west of Model. Go one-half mile

southwest of the town of Model on U.S. 350 to Rd. 52.0, turn right and continue two and one-half miles on a dirt road. The marker faces west on the right side of the road.


GPS:N37.36635, W-104.29382

Marker 28-Las Animas CountyMarker 28 is northeast of Hoehne. The town of

Hoehne can be reached either from U.S. 350, or U.S. 160 east of Trinidad or Hoehne exit off of I-25. From Hoehne go north on Rd. 83.8 to junction with Rd. 42.0. Turn right (east) and go four-tenths mile. The marker is on the north side of the road against a fence. This was on the Trail from Timpas Creek.


GPS:N37.29296, W-104.37866


Marker 29-Las Animas CountyCounty Road 32 & County Road 75, Trinidad,

ColoradoThe marker was originally on opposite corner -

near the Railroad. It was placed facing the railroad so as passengers passed by they would be able to read the marker. Photograph of the dedication of marker.

Santa Fe Trail Markers in Colorado by Leo G. Gamble and Mary Gamble written for the DAR and page 223 of this publication.

When the marker was moved from its original site, it later was found in the middle of a field. It was retrieved from the field and placed on the corner of the field and rededicated in 1994 by the Colorado State Society, Mrs. Donald White, State Regent.

This marker was dedicated March 2, 1910 by the DAR.

The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1872 Placed By Colorado Chapter, Denver, Daughters Of The American Revolution November 1908"

GPS:N37.22048, W-104.46620

Marker 30-Las Animas CountyMarker 30 is located at Kit Carson Park in Trinidad.

It is the largest DAR marker on the Santa Fe Trail. This marker is inscribed on all four sides with historical facts on the west and east sides. The DAR insignia and the Colorado state seal are on the other two sides. Note the date of "1879" which indicates that the Trail was not used extensively after the coming of the Santa Fe Railway to southern Colorado in 1878. The Marker dedication was March 2, 1910, the same date as the one at El Moro.

Inscription reads,"This Monument Marks The Route Of The Santa Fe Trail 1822-1879 Placed By The Daughters Of The American Revolution And The State of Colorado It Also Commemorates The Faithful Work Of Harriet Parker Campbell In Marking This Historic Highway While State Regent 1904-1908"

GPS: N37.17655, W-104.50696900-998 Rosita Avenue, Trinidad, Colorado


Marker 31-Las Animas CountyMarker 31 is located on Raton Pass. Southbound

take exit 6 off I-25 at Gallinas south of Trinidad. The date of "1880" is used for the last year of the Santa Fe Trail use. This marker was moved from its original site during highway construction. The base is of lava rock, not the usual concrete.


GPS:N37.06092, W-104.52399

Marker 32-Las Animas CountyMarker 32 is located southbound on I-25 on Raton

Pass. Take Exit 2 at Wootton Ranch. The toll road over Raton Pass and into New Mexico was called "my 27 miles of turnpike" by the builder, Dick Wootton. It was no easy task to cut down the hillside, blast and remove rocks and build bridges over the mountain streams in the 1860s. The toll road was used until the coming of the railroad. This marker erected at this historical site was not a part of the original placing of DAR markers in 1906-1909, but the work of the Santa Fe Trail DAR Trinidad Chapter.

The inscription on the marker reads "On This Site The Dick Wootton Toll-Gate Swung From 1866 To 1880 Erected By The Santa Fe Trail Chapter D. A. R. 1928"

GPS:N37 344.28, W-104 3120.71


Marker 33-Las Animas CountyMarker 33 is located on the Wootton Ranch. It is on

the east side of the north portal of the Santa Fe Railway tunnel through Raton Pass; it is the last DAR marker in Colorado on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. The marker faces west. When moved from its original site, its location was reversed, making "Colorado" Inscribed on the south side of the stone, and "New Mexico" on the north- a geographical error.

The inscription can be read by Amtrak passengers riding on the left side of a coach when headed south if watching closely for it. The Santa Fe Trail went up over the Pass which is pierced by the tunnel. The inscription on the marker reads "Santa Fe Trail 1822-1880 Marked By The Daughters Of The American Revolution And The State of Colorado 1908"

GPS:N37.01825, W-104.48887

Marker 34-Las Animas CountyMarker 34 is located on the abandoned Springer

Ranch. From Springfield on U.S. 287 go 16 miles south of junction U.S. 160 to Rd. M, turning left (east) on Rd. M, a graveled road and continue east to the Colorado-Kansas state line. The marker is near the center of E1/2, Sec, 14, T 34S, R 41W. It is approached over unimproved cattle trails going south (no county road markers) through fenced pastures. Inquire of a local rancher to reach the marker. It is near a deep depression in the prairie grass which shows the direction the wagons took the Santa Fe Trail toward the southwest. The marker was knocked from its base by cattle, but was replaced in the fall of 1984.



Marker 35-Baca CountyMarker 35 is on the Miles Ranch or Nine-Mile Camp.

Go back west on Rd. M to Rd. 45. Turn left (south) to Rd. G, then turn left (east) on Rd. G. The marker is near the middle of Sec. 22, T. 34S, R 43W. Inquire at a ranch house for permission to cross the pasture. There are three gates to open and close, and a dry or wet arroyo to cross. An artesian windmill is near the site of the Marker. This Marker is about seven miles southwest over the Trail from Marker number 34.


Marker 36-Baca CountyMarker 36 is on Streeter Ranch. Return to Rd. 45

and go left (south) to Rd. C to the abandoned Streeter Ranch buildings. Turn left (east) on a cattle trail about one quarter mile south of Rd. C. The marker is on SE 1/4. Sec. 11, T. 35, R 43W north of the Oklahoma line on boggy ground near the Cimarron River. There are three gates to open and close on the way to the marker. Cattle have rubbed the granite marker so that the sides have an oily appearance. The Santa Fe Trail continued on southwest into the Oklahoma Panhandle in Cimarron County where it crossed the Cimarron River at Willow Bar Crossing north of Keyes.



Madonna of the TrailThe idea of a highway memorial to the Pioneer

Mothers of the covered wagon days began in Missouri about 1909 when a group of women formed a committee to locate the Old Santa Fe Trail in Missouri. This committee secured the funds that the state of Missouri needed to mark the trail with suitable boulders or monuments. This concept sparked plans for the National Old Trails Road, which was approved by Act of Congress.

In 1911, the Daughters of the American Revolution established a national committee known as the National Old Trails Road Committee whose work was, primarily, to definitely establish the Old Trails Road as a great National Memorial Highway.

In 1912, the National Old Trails Road Association came into being and stated in its bylaws: 'The object of the Association shall be to assist the Daughters of the American Revolution in marking Old Trails and to promote the construction of an Ocean-to-Ocean Highway of modern type worthy of its memorial character.' The Association, under the guidance of its president, Judge Harry S. Truman, guaranteed the expense of erecting the monuments.

By 1924, plans for the proposed markers had evolved from boulders, to a small cast iron marker, to a new plan that involved the erection of 12 large markers. 'The Madonna of the Trail' design was accepted by the members at the annual DAR conference in 1927. Mrs. John Trigg Moss, chairman of the DAR committee, suggested the design, and the monuments were created by the St. Louis sculptor, August Leimbach.

The Madonna of the Trail is a pioneer woman clasping her baby, with her young son clinging to her skirts. The face of the mother, strong in character, beauty, and gentleness, is the face of a mother who realizes her responsibilities. It has feeling of solidity - a monument which will stand through the ages.

The figure of the mother is of heroic proportions - 10 feet high and weighing 5 tons. The base on which the figure stands is 6 feet high and weighs 12 tons. This base rests on a foundation that stands 2 feet above ground level, making the monument 18 feet tall. The figure and the base are made of algonite stone, giving the monuments the warm, pink color of Missouri native granite. On two sides of the base, historic or local commemoration data is inscribed.

The monuments were erected by state organizations of the Daughters of the American Revolution in each of the twelve states through which the National Old Trails Road passes, culminating in the week of April 19, 1929, with the twelfth monument dedication at Bethesda, Maryland.

The marking of the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, honoring the pioneer mothers of covered wagon days, completed the memorialization of the trail of a young nation as they crossed the Allegheny Mountains to make their homes in the great western wilderness. 'The autograph of a Nation written across the face of a continent.'

GPS: N39 318.48, W-104 465.37


Dedication August 1907 at Lamar DAR Marker. From left is A.E. Reynolds, Mrs.John Campbell, State Regent, and Lt. Gov. Harper.

Map and GPS coordinates were provided by the Santa Fe Trail Association with our deepest appreciation.

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Colorado Fun Facts• "Beulah red" is the name of the red marble that gives the Colorado State Capitol its distinctive splendor.

Cutting, polishing, and installing the marble in the Capitol took six years, from 1894 to 1900. All of the "Beulah red" marble in the world went into the Capitol.

• The world's largest flat-top mountain is in Grand Mesa.• Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous U.S. highway, leaves Rocky Mountain National Park on the east

and soars to 12,183 feet as it crosses the Continental Divide to the Western Slope.• Deep in the mountains of southwestern Colorado, Ouray is home to the world’s first park devoted

exclusively to the sport of ice climbing. The park opened in 1995.• The highest paved road in North America is the road to Mt. Evans off of I-70 from Idaho Springs. The

road climbs up to 14,258 feet above sea level.• Colfax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuous street in America.

• The thirteenth step of the state capital building in Denver is one mile above sea level.• The Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel between Clear Creek & Summit counties is the highest auto

tunnel in the world. Bored at an elevation of 11,000 feet under the Continental Divide, it is 8,960 feet long.

• The longest set of dinosaur tracks discovered to date is in Picketwire Canyon near La Junta in southeastern Colorado. Some scientists believe the footprints reveal these dinosaurs were herding animals.

• Leadville is the highest incorporated city in the United States at 10,430 feet elevation. Because there were many "silver" named towns at the time, the founding fathers suggested Leadville.

• Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in city limits and 20,000 acres of parkland in the nearby mountains.

• The tallest sand dunes in America are in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve outside of Alamosa in south central Colorado. This 46,000-acre landscape of 8,000-foot sand peaks was created by ocean waters and wind more than one million years ago.

• The World's First Rodeo was held on July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail.

• Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike explored the southwest portion of the Louisiana Territory in 1806, and though he never climbed the peak that bears his name, he did publish a report that attracted a lot of interest to the area. In fact, a trip to the top of Pikes Peak in 1893 inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write the ballad, America the Beautiful.

• Colorado is home to 54 14,000-ft mountain peaks, more than any other state in the United States.• Colorado has the highest mean altitude of all the states.

• The Kit Carson County Carousel in Burlington dates back to 1905, making it the oldest wooden merry-go-round in the United States. It is the only wooden carousel in America that still has its original paint.

• The highest suspension bridge in the world is over the Royal Gorge near Canon City. The Royal Gorge Bridge spans the Arkansas River at a height of 1,053 feet.

• The world's largest natural hot springs pool is located in Glenwood Springs. The two-block long pool is across the street from the historic Hotel Colorado, a favorite stop of former president Teddy Roosevelt.

• Boulder is home to herbal tea maker Celestial Seasonings, located on Sleepytime Drive, where factory tours and tea tastings are the norm.

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• Greeley is home to the internationally-acclaimed Greeley Independence Stampede, which dates back to the 1800s and features national rodeo events, live music performances from national headliners, carnivals and more.

• The Stanley Hotel, in Estes Park, has a long list of celebrities and heads of state that have stayed at the luxurious 1909 hostelry, which was also said to be the inspiration behind author Stephen King's novel “The Shining.”

• A golf ball flies on average ten percent farther in Colorado than other states because of the altitude. It flies even farther at higher altitudes (above 7,000 feet).

• In Fruita, the town folk celebrate 'Mike the Headless Chicken Day.' Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for another 4 years without a head.

• More than one third of the land in Colorado is Federal Public Land.

• Colorado has more microbreweries per capita than any other state.• The highest point in Colorado is Mount Elbert at 14,442 feet.• The oldest existing Colorado town, San Luis (in south central Colorado), was founded in 1851.

• Around 550 A.D, a basketmaker culture developed in south-western Colorado. Known as Ancestral Puebloans this native tribe formed and built villages in rock canyons. Today parts of their intricate structures still stand at Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez, which was the first national park created solely to preserve the work of humans.

• The Monte Vista and Alamosa National Wildlife Refuges are home to scores of birds, including flocks of migrating giant Sandhill Cranes in the spring.

• There are canyons deeper and narrower than the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, but no other canyon in North America combines this gorge’s depth with its width.

• Grand Lake, on the western side of Rocky Mountain National Park, is the largest natural lake in the state.• For 16 years. Bent’s Old Fort was the lifeblood of trade trappers and hunters along the Santa Fe Trail.

The fort was created by two brothers, both of whom were known as good brokers of peace with Indian nations in the area.

Timeline and Facts about the History of ColoradoFacts about the History of Colorado History - 1700's

• Colorado was first explored by the Spanish• 1541 - The Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, reached Colorado

• 1682 - Claimed by the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) for France• 1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great

Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.

• 1765 - Juan Maria Rivera leads Spanish expedition in search of gold and silver.• 1775 - 1783 - The American Revolution creates the United States of America. The Revolution was due

to the British burden of taxes and total power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies• July 4, 1776 - United States Declaration of Independence

• July 10, 1778 - France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces

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• September 3, 1783 - The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain

• Facts about the History of Colorado History - The Early 1800's

• Claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803) The Louisiana Purchase - In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State, James Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land

• 1805 - 1806 - (Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Indian cessions open up land to white settlement

• 1812 - 1815 - The War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate but confirmed America's Independence

• 1848 - In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico cedes to United States most of that part of Colorado not acquired by Louisiana Purchase

• 1859 - Gold is found by George A. Jackson along Chicago Creek

• The Plains Indians including the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Ute, Kiowa, Lakota and Comanche nations fought bitter wars over the land during the 1800's led by chiefs such as Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, and Sitting Bull. One of the most famous battles was the defeat of General

• George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. Treaties were made and broken and there were bloody massacres. The tribes were forced to go to Indian Reservations

• 1869 - The final military engagement between whites and plains Indians in the eastern part of the territory took place at Summit Springs although in 1888 a band of Utes from Utah under Colorow make last Indian raid into Colorado

• Facts about the History of Colorado History - The American Civil War• 1861 - 1865 The American Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry and set in

• motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a • known opponent of slavery, was elected president and in 1861 the South Secedes. The • initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of Mississippi, Florida,

• Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. • These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America. The • bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War.

• The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy• 1865 December 6 - The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution is

ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery• 1876 - Colorado is admitted to Union as 38th State

• 1898-1901 The Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.

• Origin of the name - The name is the Spanish word for "red" in reference to the color of the water of the Colorado River.

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Colorado State Symbols & Emblems

State Motto

“Nil Sine Numine”

Nothing without Providence

State Nicknames

"Centennial State"

"Colorful Colorado"

State Animal

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

State Bird

Lark Bunting

State Fish

Greenback Cutthroat Trout

State Flower

White & Lavender Columbine

State Fossil

Stegosaurus

State Gemstone

Aquamarine

State Grass

Blue Grama

State Insect

Hairstreak Butterfly

State Mineral

Rhodochrosite

State Tree

Colorado Blue Spruce

State Rock

Yule Marble

State Song

"Where the ColumbinesGrow," A.J. Fynn

and Rocky Mountain High,” John Denver

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#3 Ditch Marker in Greeley .......................................................................................... 79100th Anniversary Marker ............................................................................................ 42A.G. and Augusta Wallihan Marker ............................................................................... 44Adams Cemetery Marker ............................................................................................. 50Anniversary Marker for Cache la Poudre Chapter ........................................................... 51Antoine Janis Cabin Marker .......................................................................................... 52Antoine Janis Marker ................................................................................................... 53Auraria Marker .......................................................................................................... 184Autobees Settlement Marker ........................................................................................ 28Baca Ranch Marker ..................................................................................................... 29Baker's Bridge Marker ............................................................................................... 198Baker’s Spring Marker ............................................................................................... 185Belmar Museum Tree and Marker ................................................................................. 46Bent's Old Fort Gate .................................................................................................. 138Bicentennial Commemorative Tree and Marker .............................................................. 47Bingham Hill Cemetery Monument ................................................................................ 54Black Forest Log School Marker .................................................................................. 132Blue Jay Inn Plaque ..................................................................................................... 96Buchtel Home Marker .................................................................................................. 97Buckingham Marker .................................................................................................. 174Cache la Poudre Marker ............................................................................................... 55Charles Dixion Grave Site Marker ................................................................................. 71Cherokee Stage Station Marker .................................................................................... 56Chipeta Plaque .......................................................................................................... 207Christensen Park Bench ............................................................................................... 15Church of the Transfiguration Commemorative Bell ..................................................... 145Cleland Park Fountain ................................................................................................ 204Col. Albert Pfeiffer Grave Site Marker .......................................................................... 150Colonel Albert H. Pfeiffer Grave Site Marker .................................................................. 10Colorado State Symbols & Emblems ........................................................................... 238Concrete Tepee and Sign Honoring Chipeta ................................................................ 205Council Tree of Chief Friday of the Arapahoes ............................................................... 57DAR Bicentennial Triangle Park Marker ....................................................................... 166David Barnes Marker ................................................................................................. 175Denver Museum of Natural History Marker .................................................................. 186Denver Museum of Natural History Marker .................................................................... 86Denver Museum of Natural History Marker .................................................................... 94Denver Museum of Natural History Marker .................................................................... 98Doughboy Monument .................................................................................................. 32Doyle Settlement Marker ............................................................................................. 31Dr. Edwin James Marker .............................................................................................. 30Drinking Fountain Honoring World War Veterans ........................................................... 82Duffield .................................................................................................................... 176Elbridge Gerry and Family Grave Site Fence and Marker ................................................. 72Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon Marker ....................................................................... 87Elizabeth Fletcher Brown Lennon Marker ....................................................................... 99Engine #30 Plaque ...................................................................................................... 16Enos A. Mills Homestead Site Monument ..................................................................... 177First Building in Golden Plaque ................................................................................... 167First Building of Colorado School of Mines Site Plaque .................................................. 168First Church Bell in Boulder Marker ............................................................................... 17

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First Grand Junction Newspaper Site Marker ............................................................... 155First Grist Mill Marker .................................................................................................. 58First Log Cabin in St. Vrain Valley Monument .............................................................. 140First Public School in Colorado Monument ..................................................................... 18First School House in Larimer County ........................................................................... 59First Schoolhouse in Logan County Tablet ................................................................... 104First Schoolhouse in Springfield Marker ....................................................................... 114First Stake of Fountain Colony Marker ........................................................................ 133First stake of Fountain Colony Marker ......................................................................... 210First Territorial Capital of Colorado Plaque .................................................................. 169First Wheat Field in Colorado ....................................................................................... 19First White Settler's House in Logan County Marker ..................................................... 105Flag at Library .......................................................................................................... 123Flag, Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison Health Care Center .......................................... 121Flagpole and Marker at Denver Botanical Gardens ......................................................... 88Flagpole and Marker at Gunnison Courthouse .............................................................. 122Flagpole and Marker at Plains Conservation Center ........................................................ 89Flagpole and Marker at Wallace Center ......................................................................... 90Flagpole and Marker on Genesee Mountain Genesee Park ............................................ 187Flowers House Marker ................................................................................................. 60Fort Chambers ............................................................................................................ 20Fort Pueblo Marker ...................................................................................................... 33Fort St. Vrain Monument ............................................................................................. 73Founding Daughters of Cache la Poudre Marker ............................................................ 61Fountain City Marker ................................................................................................... 34Four Ute Chief Monument .......................................................................................... 199Four-Mile House Marker ............................................................................................. 188Francisco Plaza Plaque .............................................................................................. 128German POW Camp 202 Gateposts .............................................................................. 74Grand Junction Town Company .................................................................................. 156Hardscrabble Marker ................................................................................................... 35Historic Fort Logan Field Officers' Quarters ................................................................. 152Irrigation Tablet ........................................................................................................ 106John Patrick House Plaque ......................................................................................... 189Katrina Wolf Murat Headstone ................................................................................... 100Log Cabin Site Marker ................................................................................................. 62Louisiana Purchase Boundary Marker .......................................................................... 172Louisiana Purchase Boundary Marker ............................................................................ 83Madonna of the Trail ................................................................................................. 233Mamie Doud Eisenhower Home Marker ....................................................................... 190Marker 1- Prowers County ......................................................................................... 215Marker 10-Bent County .............................................................................................. 219Marker 11-Bent County .............................................................................................. 220Marker 12-Bent County .............................................................................................. 220Marker 13-Bent County .............................................................................................. 221Marker 14-Bent County .............................................................................................. 221Marker 15-Otero County ............................................................................................ 222Marker 16-Otero County ............................................................................................ 222Marker 17-Otero County ............................................................................................ 223Marker 18-Otero County ............................................................................................ 223Marker 19-Otero County ............................................................................................ 224

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Marker 20-Otero County ............................................................................................ 224Marker 21-Otero County ............................................................................................ 225Marker 22-Otero County ............................................................................................ 225Marker 23-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 226Marker 24-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 226Marker 25-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 227Marker 26-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 227Marker 27-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 228Marker 28-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 228Marker 29-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 229Marker 2-Prowers County .......................................................................................... 215Marker 30-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 229Marker 31-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 230Marker 32-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 230Marker 33-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 231Marker 34-Las Animas County .................................................................................... 231Marker 35-Baca County ............................................................................................. 232Marker 36-Baca County ............................................................................................. 232Marker 3-Prowers County .......................................................................................... 216Marker 4-Prowers County .......................................................................................... 216Marker 5-Prowers County .......................................................................................... 217Marker 6-Prowers County .......................................................................................... 217Marker 7-Prowers County .......................................................................................... 218Marker 8-Bent County ............................................................................................... 218Marker 9-Bent County ............................................................................................... 219Martha J. Henry Noble Tree and Marker ........................................................................ 36McClelland Orphanage Dormitory ................................................................................. 37Meeker Museum Bench and Marker .............................................................................. 75Meeker Tree Marker .................................................................................................. 157Mineral Palace Park Marker .......................................................................................... 38Mrs. Lenna Brainard Derham/Red Oak Tree .................................................................. 21Namaqua Marker ...................................................................................................... 178Old Flowers Store and Post Office Marker ..................................................................... 63Old Fort Garland Gateway and Plaque ........................................................................ 129Old Fort Morgan Mounument ..................................................................................... 110Old Red Rocks Marker ................................................................................................. 22Old Spanish Trail, "Crossing the Grand" ...................................................................... 158Old Stone Fort Marker ............................................................................................... 134Old Stone Fort Marker ............................................................................................... 211Ouray and Chipeta Memorial ...................................................................................... 206Overland Stage and Express Marker ............................................................................. 64Overland Stage and Express Marker ............................................................................. 76Overland Stage Station Marker ..................................................................................... 65Park Opera House Site Marker ................................................................................... 159Patrick Henry Osage Orange Tree ................................................................................ 23Pike's Blockhouse Monument ..................................................................................... 116Pioneer Millstones Marker ............................................................................................ 11Pioneer Spirit Marker ................................................................................................. 112Pioneer Stockmen Tablet ........................................................................................... 107Post Office Marker ..................................................................................................... 124Rainbow Route Marker .............................................................................................. 125

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Robert A. Hauck Milk House ....................................................................................... 141Rudd Cabin, Stone House and Plaque ......................................................................... 117Sam Deon-Elisa Gardner Cabin Marker .......................................................................... 66San Carlos de Los Jupes Marker ................................................................................... 39Sarah Milner Smith Plaque ......................................................................................... 179Scott Carpenter Marker ............................................................................................... 24Smoky Hill Trail South Marker .................................................................................... 202Spirit of Pioneer Women Statue ................................................................................. 160Steward J Adams Memorial .......................................................................................... 77Stone Bench at Hiwan Homestead .............................................................................. 146Stone Bench on the Lariat Loop ................................................................................. 147Susan Howe Holmes Marker ........................................................................................ 67Thomas H. Johnson Memorial Fireplace ...................................................................... 180U.S.S. Maine Memorial ................................................................................................ 40USS Maine Memorial Tablet at Greeley ......................................................................... 78Ute Council Tree Marker ............................................................................................ 126Ute Council Tree Marker ............................................................................................ 208Ute Trail Marker ........................................................................................................ 135Ute Trail Marker ........................................................................................................ 212Veteran's Memorial ................................................................................................... 161Vietnam Memorial ....................................................................................................... 25Virginia Dale Overland Trail Stage Station ..................................................................... 68War Memorial Monument ........................................................................................... 181Warren Home Marker ................................................................................................ 101Washington Elm Marker ............................................................................................. 195Washington Elm Scion and Marker Loveland ............................................................... 182Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver ..................................................................... 102Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver ..................................................................... 191Washington Elm Scion Marker at Denver ....................................................................... 91Whitman Park Marker ................................................................................................ 162World War I Memorial Flagpole and Markers ............................................................... 163Zebulon Pike Campsite Monument and 100th Anniversary Marker ................................... 41

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