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Estes Park
In 1858, Joel Estes entered what is now Estes...
Longs Peak Inn
A native of Fort Scott, Kansas, Enos Abijah Mill...
Longs Peak
In 1820, Major Stephen Long’s expedition on t...
Flattop Mountain
The gentle slopes atop Flattop Mountain are remn...
Escape Dunes
Escape Dunes is in an open grove of ponderosa...
Music Pass
American pikas live primarily on the alpine t...
National Historic Landmark- Trujillo Homestead / Zapata Ranch
After the United States annexed Mexico’s n...
Upper and Lower Dogwood Trails
Walking paths have long been a part of Hot Springs Nationa...
Hot Springs Railroad
A narrow-gauge railroad line from Malvern to Hot Springs k...
Hot Springs Mountain
The Mountain View Railway Company of Hot Springs was autho...
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Estes Park
In 1858, Joel Estes entered what is now Estes Park and started a ranch. The first Estes Valley settlers in the early 1860's found many mule deer. But due to people, predators and harsh elements the population dropped. Around ...
Longs Peak Inn
A native of Fort Scott, Kansas, Enos Abijah Mills first came to Estes Park at the age of fourteen. In 1901, he negotiated with Carlyle Lamb for the purchase of Longs Peak Inn. Finally in 1902, Mills bought the ...
Longs Peak
In 1820, Major Stephen Long’s expedition on the plains, and was the first non-Indians to see Longs Peak. In 1865, Jules Verne published From the Earth to the Moon using Longs Peak as an astronomical observatory. The adventurous editor ...
Flattop Mountain
The gentle slopes atop Flattop Mountain are remnants of the erosion surface that happened almost 70 million years ago, when the Rocky Mountain uplift began. Giant blocks of ancient crystalline rock, overlain by younger sedimentary rock, broke and were ...
Escape Dunes
Escape Dunes is in an open grove of ponderosa pine. Escape dunes are actively moving dunes formed when sand was blown eastward across Medano Creek in dry years, piling up against the foothills. Ghost forests, (places where dunes have ...
Music Pass
American pikas live primarily on the alpine tundra of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. They spend their summers gathering mounds of grass to dry in the sun, then stay active all winter under the snowpack eating their summer's work. ...
National Historic Landmark- Trujillo Homestead / Zapata Ranch
After the United States annexed Mexico’s northern territories in 1848, the new American citizens of the Southwest moved north and east. One of these Hispano Americans was Teofilo Trujillo, who settled with his wife in the San Luis Valley ...
Upper and Lower Dogwood Trails
Walking paths have long been a part of Hot Springs National Park and the preceding Hot Springs Reservation. Many informal paths criss-crossed the mountains when Hot Springs Reservation was reclaimed by the federal government in 1878; however, formal trails were ...
Hot Springs Railroad
A narrow-gauge railroad line from Malvern to Hot Springs known as the “Diamond Jo Line” was completed by Jo Reynolds in 1875. Previous method of travel to hot springs had been a 24 mile hike by foot, horse, or carriage ...
Hot Springs Mountain
The Mountain View Railway Company of Hot Springs was authorized to construct observatory towers along its route for visitor’s pleasure. Thus, the Hot Springs Mountain observatory tower opened to the public in May 1906. The Department of the Interior granted ...
