view gallery W4.5 km | Fort Lupton - Platteville, CO, USA in Cairns This cairn holds a historic plaque honoring Fort Lupton trading post. The cairn was built in 1929. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 02/12/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery W4.5 km | Fort Lupton - Platteville, CO, USA in Colorado Historical Markers This marker is found along the Can-Am highway (Hwy 85) and State Hwy 66. It commemorates the historic Fort Lupton of which a reconstruction is about 1/4 mile away. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 02/11/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery W5 km | Fort Lupton - Ft. Lupton, Colorado in Historic Forts A Colorado fort slowly being reconstructed by volunteers. posted by: Big B Bob location: Colorado date approved: 11/26/2009 last visited: 04/13/2018 |
view gallery W5 km | Independence School - Fort Lupton, Colorado in One-Room Schoolhouses A school built and opened during the Centennial, is now fully restored and on display. posted by: Big B Bob location: Colorado date approved: 11/06/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery SW5.1 km | HWY 85 in Fort Lupton, CO in Blue Star Memorial Highway Markers Blue Star Highway Memorial in Fort Lupton, Colorado. posted by: Avi8torAce location: Colorado date approved: 01/22/2009 last visited: 08/15/2012 |
view gallery NW10.8 km | Fort Vasquez - Platteville, CO in Historic Forts Fort Vasquez is a former fur trading post founded by Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette in 1835. posted by: CerealBoxMonsters location: Colorado date approved: 11/13/2010 last visited: 04/07/2019 |
view gallery NW10.8 km | Fort Vasquez - Platteville, CO in History Museums Fort Vasquez is a former fur trading post founded by Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette in 1835. The ruins were restored as part of a WPA project and it is now an active history museum run by History Colorado. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 07/10/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery NW10.8 km | Fort Vasquez - Platteville, CO in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Fort Vasquez is a former fur trading post founded by Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette in 1835. The ruins were restored as part of a WPA project and it is now an active history museum run by History Colorado. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 07/10/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery NW10.8 km | Fort Vasquez - Platteville, CO in Colorado Historical Markers Fort Vasquez is a former fur trading post founded by Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette in 1835. The ruins were restored as part of a WPA project and it is now an active history museum run by History Colorado. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 07/09/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery NW10.8 km | Fort Vasquez - Platteville, CO in WPA Projects Fort Vasquez is a former fur trading post founded by Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette in 1835. The ruins were restored as part of a WPA project and it is now an active history museum run by History Colorado. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 07/08/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery NW10.9 km | "Prince of the Prairie" - Platteville, CO in Figurative Public Sculpture A life-sized brass bison stands on the entrance sign to Fort Vasquez. posted by: CerealBoxMonsters location: Colorado date approved: 11/11/2010 last visited: 04/07/2019 |
view gallery N12.9 km | Town of Platteville Veteran’s Memorial - Platteville, Colorado in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials Memorial park set up for local Veteran’s. posted by: quinnster212 location: Colorado date approved: 07/03/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery NW13 km | Platteville UP Railyard -- Platteville CO in Active Rail Locations The UP railyard in Platteville is a good place to watch traffic on the UP's Greeley subdivision, especially the last week of July when the Frontier Days specials roll through posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Colorado date approved: 03/05/2018 last visited: 07/24/2004 |
view gallery S14.2 km | Hughes Station - Brighton, CO, USA in Train Stations/Depots Originally a stagecoach station, Hughes Station was the first Rail Road station in the city that became Brighton, county seat of Adams County. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 06/27/2024 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.2 km | Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory & Brighton Prisoner of War Camp/5AM.3221 - Brighton, CO in WWII Prisoner of War Camps The canning factory became a POW Camp for 589 German POWs. After the war, many stayed in the US as they had bonded with the community and did not want to return to a devastated Germany. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 05/03/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.2 km | Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory/ & Brighton Prisoner of War Camp/5AM.3221 - Brighton, CO in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Both a former WWII POW camp and a NRHP Multiple Property Documentation Form "Ornamental Concrete Block Buildings in Colorado, 1900-1940," under the associated property type Ornamental Concrete Block Commercial/Industrial Buildings. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 05/19/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.3 km | Brighton High School - Brighton, CO in Frieze Art The frieze on this old high school includes 'wise owls' and scholars with books. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 10/22/2012 last visited: 05/19/2013 |
view gallery S14.3 km | Brighton High School - Brighton, CO in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This old high school is still a school; it is now an alternative school. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 08/23/2012 last visited: 05/19/2013 |
view gallery S14.3 km | 1921 - State Armory - Brighton, CO, USA in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This former Colorado State Armory is not the Performing Arts Center for the county and city of Brighton. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 06/29/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.3 km | The Armory Performing Arts Center - Brighton, CO, USA in Concert Halls A former State of Colorado Armory, the building has been converted into a concert venue. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 06/29/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.5 km | Touch the Sky - Brighton, CO in Figurative Public Sculpture This sculpture is found in Malcom Park near the elementary school. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 08/26/2012 last visited: 05/19/2013 |
view gallery S14.5 km | Gene's Barber Ship - Brighton, CO, USA in Barber Poles At this location for the past forty years. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 10/01/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.5 km | Sandpaper Track - Brighton, CO, USA in Ancient Traces and Roads This road was originally a trail along the South Platte River used by American Indians, trappers, settlers, cowboys and cyclists. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 08/04/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.5 km | Sandpaper Track - Brighton, CO, USA in Figurative Public Sculpture Found outside the AnyThink Library, Brighton Branch. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 07/22/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery S14.5 km | Brighton Elks Lodge #1586 - Brighton, CO, USA in Elks Lodges This active lodge (#1586) is housed in a building that was erected in 1918. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 06/27/2024 last visited: never |
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