RUDD CABIN - Canon City, CO
N 38° 26.398 W 105° 14.289
13S E 479216 N 4254658
Loacted behind the Canon City Museum and History Center off 6th St. and Royal Gorge Blvd.
Waymark Code: WM11J8
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2006
Views: 56
This marker is for one of the last standing log homes in Canon City. Here is what the plaque says.
Built in 1860 by Anson and Harriet Rudd, the cabin is one of the few original log cabin homes still standing in Colorado. First local building with a wooden floor, this cabin is the birthplace of Anson Spencer Rudd (First white child born in Canon City.) During much of the civil war, the Rudd family faced Indian hazards, and inhabited Canon City. At wars end Anson Rudd became one of the leading citizens of a revived city being at various times prison warden, postmaster, sheriff, and county commissioner. The adjacent stone building was the Rudd home in 1881.
Group or Groups Responsible for Placement:
The State Historical Society of Colorado
The Canon City Museum Assoc.
The General Marion Chapter of D.A.R.
The Citizens of Canon City
County or City: Fremont County, Canon City
Date Dedicated: 1957
Check here for Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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