Overland Park - Sterling, CO
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N 40° 37.099 W 103° 10.867
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At the intersection of Highway 6 and County Route 370, in Sterling, Colorado, the Overland Trail Park and Museum provides historical information and exhibits of the westward pioneer movement.
Waymark Code: WM6Z7E
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2009
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"OVERLAND PARK, 62 m., contains the Logan County Museum, modeled after an early western fort, with round bastions and a parapet pierced by loopholes."
--- Colorado, A Guide to the Highest State, 1941
The museum itself, opened in 1936, exhibits the lifestyle and hardships the pioneers endured while heading westward on the Oregon Trail. The Overland Trail stage route was a branch of the Oregon Trail that followed the south bank of the South Platte River through northeastern Colorado. It is believed that this route may have been the heaviest traveled road in America from 1862 to 1868.
The yard in front of the museum's building also has exhibits of transportation and farming technology used by the pioneers during their travels and settlement of the west. There is also a "village" behind the museum with several period buildings, shops and farm machinery.
Museum Hours:
April 1 - October 31
Monday through Saturday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
November 1 - March 31
Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Closed Sunday, Monday and Holidays.
Overland Trail Museum
Phone: (970) 522-3895