Historical Markers in
Ouray County, Colorado

Beaumont Restoration Boom Towns Idarado Houses It's Our Fault Larson Brothers Mine Mine Reclamation Improves Water Quality Ouray Elks Lodge Preserving the Past Reclaiming the Land Ridgway Railroad Museum San Juan Travel The Heart of the Red Mountains The Idarado Mine The Silverton Railroad The Treasury Tunnel The Yankee Girl This Marker in Memory of Rev. Marvin Hudson Untold Stories
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.
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