Potato Digger

Historical marker location:

803 East Tomichi Avenue, Gunnison, Colorado

( Marker is on Adams Street south of Tomichi Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

In 1913, the city of Trinidad, Colorado, became the site of the first successful oil well-drilled west of the Mississippi River. The discovery led to a boom in oil production in the region, and Colorado became a major oil-producing state.