WWII 10th Mountain Division

Historical marker location:

4400 West Kenyon Avenue, Denver, Colorado

( Memorial can be reached from Omaha Drive, 0.1 miles west of Denver Drive.)

Marker installed: 2009

United States Army.

The town of Leadville, Colorado, located at an elevation of over 10,000 feet, was once the second-largest city in Colorado and home to the richest silver mine in the world. It also has the distinction of having the highest airport in North America, at an elevation of 9,927 feet.