National Register Listings in Rio Grande County, Colorado
Carnegie Library
Central School Auditorium and Gymnasium
Creede Branch, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad South Fork Water Tank
El Monte Hotel
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Keck Homestead
Monte Vista Downtown Historic District
Monte Vista Library
Spruce Lodge
Sutherland Bridge
US Post Office and Federal Building-Monte Vista Main
Wheeler Bridge
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.