National Historic Landmark - Lindenmeier Site

The only extensive Folsom campsite yet known, providing a picture of the life of the Early Hunters (9000-3000 BC). The site is not open to the public, but information is available at www.ci.fort-collins.co.us.

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National Historic Landmark - Leadville Historic District

Leadville mines have yielded minerals of higher total value than any other mining district in the country. There were three major mining phases in the Leadville district, ranging from 1860 to 1917. A large number of early structures survive.

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National Historic Landmark - Granada Relocation Center

The Granada Relocation Center was one of ten camps built by the wartime War Relocation Authority to house Japanese Americans relocated from the West Coast of the United States under the terms of Executive Order 9066. The Executive Order authorized ...

National Historic Landmark-GeorgetownSilverPlumeHistoricDistrict

The Georgetown-Silver Plume area flourished because of gold and silver production. The two communities have retained much of their mid-19th-century boom-town atmosphere.

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National Historic Landmark-Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Completed in 1882, this railroad was built to haul ores from isolated areas to smelters. It was also the main source of transportation and support for the mining community of Silverton. One of the few passenger railroads of its kind ...

National Historic Landmark - Cripple Creek Historic District

Cripple Creek served one of the world's largest gold fields, yielding almost $25 million in 1901.

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National Historic Landmark-Central City/Black Hawk HistoricDist.

The Central City/ Black Hawk NHL is at the heart of one of the richest mining areas of the Rocky Mountain West. It was the discovery of gold here, in 1859, which triggered the great Pike's Peak gold rush.

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National Historic Landmark - Bent's Old Fort

Strategically located for trade with Southern Plains Indians, and the principal stop on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail, the post was the hub of a vast trading network in the 1833-46 era, and a rendezvous for military ...

National Historic Landmark - Colorado Chautauqua

Founded in 1898 as the Texas-Colorado Chautauqua, the Colorado Chautauqua is the only site of its kind, an independent institution established and continuously operating as a chautauqua open to the general public. Its programming successfully assimilated the popular entertainment featured ...

National Historic Landmark - Rohwer Relocation Cemetery

Rohwer Relocation Camp was constructed in the late summer and early fall of 1942 as a result of Executive Order 9066 (February 16, 1942). Under this order, over 110,000 Japanese aliens and Japan-Americans were relocated from the three Pacific Coast ...