Archuleta, Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel Counties
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Colorado River Highway
Mesa County
East of Grand Junction, on east/south side of I-70 at exit 47 by truck stop. Similar to, but not a Colorado Historical Society marker.
N 39°09'31" W 108°17'59"
photos taken 6/25/09
First plaque reads:
Colorado River Highway. Dedicated to the pioneers of the mountains and the valleys of western
Colorado by Grand Junction Lodge No. 575 B.P.O.E. June 14, 1931.
Second plaque reads:
Governor William H. Adams. State Highway Advisory Board, Peter Seerie, William Weiser, B.B.
Allen, E.G. Middelkamp, J. Hayes-Davis, L.C. Moore, Frank H. Blair. State Highway Engineer.
Maj. L.D. Blauvelt, 1921 - 1930. Charles D. Vail, 1930 -. Locating Engineer, R.E. Cowden.
Third and fourth plaques are missing.
Red Mountain Pass
Ouray County
US-550 south of Ouray
N 37°53'56" W 107°42'415"
photos taken 7/16/06
This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado. Red Mountain Pass. Across divide between
Uncompahgre and Animas Rivers. Altitude 11,018 feet. "The Million Dollar Highway" toll road built
by Otto Mears 1882. Improved highway opened 1924. Erected by the State Historical Society of
Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the State Highway Department and the U.S.
Forest Service. 1929.
