Ute Indian Trail, Garden of the Gods - Colorado Springs, CO - Ancient Traces and Roads on Waymarking.com

"Grinding stones found at the Garden of the Gods and other sheltered areas along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains suggest the groups would gather together after their hunt to complete the tanning of hides and processing of meat. Winters in protected mountain valleys were spent in warm teepees sewing, crafting tools, playing games, and telling stories.

El Paso (Spanish for "the pass") County was named for the Ute Pass Trail, worn into a wide road by countless generations of migrating Indians traveling with horses and dragging their teepee poles. This same wilderness road was followed by mountain men, explorers, prospectors, freight wagons, and the Colorado Midland Railroad, and is now the route of a modern highway (U.S. 24). Under the strong leadership of Chief Ouray, the Utes remained friendly to the newcomers as the government negotiated treaties to share Ute land. Gradually the Native people were confined to smaller and smaller areas. Often they were reduced to starvation because of the loss of hunting and gathering grounds and the lack of food and other provisions promised by the treaties." (from (visit link) )

The Zebulon Pike and Kinnikinnik Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed this marker in 1935 along with renovations and roads being created by the Civilian Conservation Corps program. There is nearby parking as this marker is adjacent to the main road where parking is prohibited. The Ute Indian Trail may easily be hiked throughout the park. More information about the Ute people may be found at (visit link) . Use of the area by the Ute people is explored at (visit link) .

Current trail maps may be found at (visit link) . The current trails follow many of the original native American and game trails.

Feature Discription: Many of the trails throughtout the park were originally American Indian native trails from the peoples who both lived in and traveled through the area. Web address for the route: [Web Link] Secondary Web Address: [Web Link] Beginning of the road: Unknown; probably the plains area of what is now Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA End of the road: Unknown; trails throughout the area were for hunting, travel, trade and moving to lower elevations for the winter.

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