Overland Park - Denver, CO
N 39° 40.962 W 104° 59.838
13S E 500231 N 4392540
This historical marker about Overland Park is located at the Overland Park Golf Course in Denver, Colorado.
Waymark Code: WMC8X2
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2011
Views: 6
The marker text reads:
"This tablet is the property of the State of Colorado. Overland Park. Most historical of Denver's municipal parks. Created in 1882. This site was homesteaded in 1862 by "Potato" Clark. Jim Beckwourth, mulatto "daredevil" erected a home in 1860 .6 mile northeast. Sam Brown's toll bridge of 1859 located 4 miles south. Gold discovered during July 1858 .2 mile southwest by Green Russell's party from Georgia. That fall log cabins of Montana City were built about .5 mile south of this spot. Gold traces were found at Spanish Diggings 2 miles north in 1857. Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the William A. Braiden Foundation and by Sons of the American Revolution, American Pioneer Trails, and the western history students of South High School, 1948."
Group or Groups Responsible for Placement:
Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the William A. Braiden Foundation and by Sons of the American Revolution, American Pioneer Trails, and the western history students of South High School.
County or City: Denver
Date Dedicated: 1948
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