The Woodpecker Army

Historical marker location:

Estes Park, Colorado

( Marker is on Fall River Road (U.S. 34) 0.2 miles north of Trail Ridge Road (U.S. 36), on the left when traveling south.)

Rocky Mountain National Park.

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.