Fort Lupton - Platteville, CO, USA
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Outspoken1
N 40° 05.912 W 104° 48.656
13T E 516115 N 4438710
This cairn holds a historic plaque honoring Fort Lupton trading post. The cairn was built in 1929.
Waymark Code: WM17FM3
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2023
Views: 4
This marker is found along the Can-Am highway (Hwy 85) and State Hwy 66. It commemorates the historic Fort Lupton of which a reconstruction is about 1/4 mile away.
The marker reads:
This memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado
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Due West 1/4 mile is the site of
FORT LUPTON
Established in 1836 by
Lieut. Lancaster P. Lupton
A rendezvous of the early fur trappers
visited by Fremont and Kit Carson in 1843
Farming begun here in the early forties
Overland Stage station and refuge
from Indians in the sixties
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Dedicated by
the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Thursday Afternoon Club, citizens and pioneers of Fort Lupton
1929
Cairn Location: Adjacent to a highway. BE CAREFUL!!!
Cairn Purpose: Other (please describe in description)
Type if different from above list: Historic location/event
Types of rock: Rounded River stones
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