Sandpaper Track - Brighton, CO, USA
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Outspoken1
N 39° 59.245 W 104° 49.163
13S E 515419 N 4426375
Found outside the AnyThink Library, Brighton Branch.
Waymark Code: WMYTDY
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2018
Views: 4
The plaque reads:
THE SANDPAPER TRACK
From 1870 to 1920 bicyclists regularly raced 25 miles between Denver and Brighton
Along the South Platte River on a path now known as Old Brighton Road.
Native Americans walked the same trail.
Mountain Men knew it as Trapper's Trail. Settlers named it Cherokee Trail.
Cowboys called it Goodnight-Loving Trail.
Cyclists called it the Sandpaper Track.
The Sandpaper Track Champion, the Buttermilk Kid, received a jug of buttermilk.
The Sandpaper Track
Kathy Wardle
May 2011
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Sandpaper Track
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Kathy Wardle
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: May 2011
Materials used: Bronze and concrete
Location: AnyThink Library, Brighton Branch
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