Historical Marker
The Overland Trail
Historical marker location:
13074 County Road 370, Sterling, Colorado
( Marker is at the intersection of County Road 370 and U.S. 6 on County Road 370.)
Marker installed: 1999
Colorado was originally part of the Kansas and Nebraska territories, but was separated and made into its own territory in 1861. It became a state in 1876, 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.