Colorado State Veterans Memorial

Dedicated by the people of Colorado in gratitude and respect for the men and women who have proudly served and sacrificed in our nation’s armed forces.

Marker can be reached from Lincoln Street.

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Colorado

(Four Corners)

Colorado Territory was created in 1861 for its gold, silver and other mineral resources. Its western boundary was designated as 32 degrees of longitude west of the Washington Meridian.

Colorado became a state in 1876. In 1878, U.S. Surveyor Rollin ...

Colorado State Capitol Time Capsule

Memorial Stone commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Colorado State Capitol. The time capsule beneath this stone contains messages and memorabilia from the people of Colorado in 1990 to its people in 2090. Dedicated ...

Bloomer Girl; A Colorado Trailblazer

In 1858, a young woman from Kansas climbed to the summit of Pikes Peak. Julia Archibald Holmes was the first Anglo woman on record to make the climb, and she became famous for that accomplishment as well as for the ...

Fort Peña Colorado (Red Rock)

Established in 1880 as a means of preventing Indian raids into Mexico. Raided by Apaches in 1881. Abandoned in 1893 after Western Texas had been permanently cleared of Indians.

Marker is on Post Road.

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Pioneer Women of Colorado

Erected by Pioneer Women of Colorado 1939 A.D. in memory of pioneers massacred by Indians. 1864 A.D. Hungate, Nathan W. and Ellen and Children Laura V., Florence V. 1868 A.D. Dietemann, Henrietta and son John, Louis Alma, Joseph Bledsoe

Marker is ...

Burlington County Colorado Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to All American veterans. This monument is dedicate to all Americans who have served in the United States Military. The names here are but a few. May we never forget the sacrifices that have been made. “In Honor of ...

Colorado Plateau

From this point, the Colorado Plateau extends across northwestern New Mexico into northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and southwestern Colorado. A colorful landscape of mesas and canyons, it is underlain by natural mineral, oil and gas resources locked within sedimentary strata ...

Colorado Soldier's Monument

(West side):

Colorado Territory - Organized

February 28, 1861

Colorado Admitted as a State

August 1, 1876

Census of Territory in 1861 - 23,331

War Governors

William Gilpin

Richard Ed Whitsitt Adjutant General

1861-1862

John Evans

David H. Moffat, Jr. Adjutant General

1863-1865

Military Organizations in the Civil War

First Colorado Infantry

Later First Colorado ...

Carson & Colorado

R. R. Freight Depot

This building, the first to be constructed in Hawthorne, is a remnant of the narrow-guage Carson & Colorado Railroad built south from Mound House in 1881. Railroad officials created the town from desert when the first ...