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Date added: March 27, 2015; Modified: August 21, 2022
The utility area is the principle maintenance station of Rocky Mountain National Park. It is located near the Beaver Meadows entrance at Estes Park CO. It is a large complex of functional buildings, including offices, shops, garages, and storage, centered… read more
Date added: August 14, 2022; Modified: August 21, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) made improvements to three of the existing campgrounds in Rocky Mountain National Park: Endovalley, Aspenglen and Glacier Basin. These three were the most popular campgrounds at the time and their facilities were antiquated, so CCC… read more
Date added: August 14, 2022; Modified: August 21, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was active in Rocky Mountain National Park during the whole of the program’s lifetime, 1933 to 1942. There were four main camps in the park. The CCC participated in a fish-restocking program, which the National… read more
Date added: August 19, 2022; Modified: August 21, 2022
Trail Ridge Road is the main route across Rocky Mountain National Park It is a marvel of highway engineering and provides stunning views of the park, particularly as it traverses the alpine regions above timber line. The road is 48… read more
Date added: March 27, 2015; Modified: August 21, 2022
The Gem Lake Trail at Rocky Mountain National Park is on the National Register of Historic Places (2008, 5LR.11810.1), in part for New Deal improvements: “The trail is associated with the early resort industry and tourism in the Estes Park region,… read more
Date added: April 26, 2013; Modified: August 21, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Timber Creek Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park (Brock, p 40). Timber Creek was the first campground on the west side of the park, in the valley of the upper Colorado River. Brock… read more
Date added: April 26, 2013; Modified: August 21, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working for the US Forest Service, constructed four fire lookout towers around Rocky Mountain National Park. The one on the summit of Shadow Mountain, overlooking Grand Lake CO in the southwest corner of the park,… read more
Date added: April 24, 2013; Modified: August 21, 2022
In 1936, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed three buildings for what was then called the Bighorn Ranger Station at the east entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park – which was the original entrance on this side of the park…. read more
Date added: August 20, 2022; Modified: August 21, 2022
A 2.1 mile segment of road was built in 1933-34 between the Fall River Road entrance and the junction with Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, completing a key link in the park’s highway system. The work… read more
Date added: October 9, 2012; Modified: August 12, 2022
The Treasury Section of Fine Arts commissioned two plaster bas-reliefs by Mary Kittredge for the post office in Delta, Colorado. They are entitled “Cattle” and “Fruit”, and were installed in 1942. The murals are still in place and the building was… read more
Date added: October 9, 2012; Modified: August 12, 2022
The downtown post office and federal building was constructed by the federal Treasury Department in 1937. The style is Neoclassical Moderne, clad in sandstone-colored brick, with three central vertical elements for the entrance and windows on the facade, faced… read more
Date added: July 22, 2022; Modified: August 11, 2022
In 1909, an abundance of dinosaur fossils were discovered by a team of paleontologists collecting for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, near Jensen, Utah. It was one of the most important dinosaur excavation sites in the United States at… read more
Date added: August 10, 2022; Modified: August 10, 2022
In the 1936-37, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) build the stone observatory (later visitor’s center) at Land’s End on the western tip of Grand Mesa. It was built in the Rustic Style popular in… read more
Date added: August 10, 2022; Modified: August 10, 2022
The Land’s End road up the western end of Grand Mesa was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1933-34. The main builders were 200 veterans enrolled in the CCC, who worked out of a CCC seasonal tent camp… read more
Date added: January 8, 2012; Modified: August 10, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the 23-mile Rim Rock Drive from one end of the Colorado National Monument to the other. It is a remarkable road that winds along the top of the cliffs, with spectacular views of the… read more