Entering the Centennial State - Colorado - Julesburg
Posted by: BruceS
N 40° 59.257 W 102° 15.648
13T E 730426 N 4540996
Historical marker located under water tower in center of Julesburg.
Waymark Code: WM215X
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2007
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Entering the Centennial State - Colorado
Here on the Great Plains where the ramparts of the Rocky Mountains still
lies some hours westward, the Mountain State welcomes you. This highway
leads up the valley of the South Platte River to Denver, in 1859 and 1860 the
gold rush carried thousands westward along this trail, in wagons, on horseback,
with handcarts and on foot, seeking fortune. They saw then an empty land,
traversed only by nomad Indian bands who followed great dark herds of buffalo,
often miles in extent. Towns like Julesburg soon grew from stage stations
armed against Indian attack. In the 1870's the first rails were laid
almost in the wagon ruts. Today the highway traverses bountiful lands and
substantial cities. ~ text of maker