Marianos Crossing in 1902 near the city of Namaqua, what is now part of North West Loveland, Colorado. Photo Courtesy of the Loveland Museum and Gallery

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1. Loveland Public Library
300 North Adams
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 962-2665
www.ci.loveland.co.us/Library/libmain.htm

Hours:
Mon. thru Thurs. 10am - 9pm
Fri. & Sat. 10am - 6pm
Sun. 1 - 5pm, Sept. - May only
Closed Sundays June - Aug.

General collection; Larimer County Oral History collection; local newspaper and index from 1892.

2. Loveland Museum/Gallery
503 North Lincoln Avenue
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 962-2410
http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/Cultural_Services/cultural_services_museum.htm

Hours:
Tues., Wed., Fri. 10am - 5pm
Thurs. 10am - 9pm
Sat. 10am - 4pm
Sun. 12 noon - 4pm

Historic Sites

3. Lone Tree School

In North Lake Park at 29th Street and Taft Avenue
Loveland, Colorado
(970) 962-2410

Hours:
By appointment only. To schedule a visit or for more information contact Loveland Museum/Gallery.

An excellent example of the one-room country schools found on the Colorado Plains at the turn of the century. Operated as a "living history museum."

4. Namaqua Park (City of Loveland Parks & Recreation)
www.ci.loveland.co.us
County Rd. 19E and Big Thompson River (Hwy 34 west to Namaqua Ave., South on Namaqua to the Park entrance.)

Hours:
Daily until 9pm

Commemorates Fort Namaqua, trading post and home of Mariano Modena, early trapper. Established in 1859, Fort Namaqua was the first settlement in the Big Thompson Valley.

5. Rialto Theatre
228 E. 4th St.
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 962-2120
http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/rialto/history.htm

Hours:
Tues. thru Fri. 12:30 - 6pm;
Sat. 10am - 1pm

Historic Theatre, renovated and re-opened in 1996, is part of Historic Downtown Loveland. Walking Tour brochure available at Loveland Museum and Gallery.

6. Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park (City of Loveland Parks & Recreation)
(970) 962-2727
www.ci.loveland.co.us
Big Thompson Flood and Idylwilde Hydroelectric Plant Site
1211 Big Thompson Highway (West of Loveland on N. side of US Highway 34)

Hours:
Daily until 9pm

Site of Loveland's original hydroelectric plant dating from 1925. Also commemorates the Big Thompson Flood.

7. Wild Mansion/Devil's Backbone
Devil's Backbone Trail
Larimer County Parks
County Rd. 31,
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 679-4570

Hours:
Trail closes at sunset

Wild Mansion is historical home of pioneer industrialist Alfred Wild. (Now operated as a business.)

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