The Utes / Uncompahgre River Country / Ouray (1833-1880) / Chipeta (1843-1924)

Historical marker location:

17253 Chipeta Road, Montrose, Colorado

( Marker is on Chipeta Road north of U.S. 550, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.