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Plaque on Poudre City Monument
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| Title | Plaque on Poudre City Monument |
| Image ID Number | H09915 |
| Date | 1973 |
| Decade | 1970s
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| Description | Color photograph of a close-up view of the plaque on Poudre City Monument. This monument reads "THIS TABLET IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. POUDRE CITY STAMP MILL. THIS CHIMNEY, PART OF A GOLD-REDUCING STAMP MILL BUILT BY JOHN ZIMMERMAN, IS THE ONLY REMNANT OF POUDRE CITY, A TOWN THAT SPRANG UP AS A RESULT OF MISTAKEN CLAIMS OF GOLD - RICH ORE IN THE POUDRE CANYON WALLS. WITH A GENERAL STORE, HOTEL, AND SALOON, THE LITTLE TOWN OF FIFTY CITIZEN WAS HARDLY TWO YEARS OLD WHEN, ON JUNE 10, 1891, CHAMBERS LAKE DAM BURST UPSTREAM, FLOODING AND DESTROYING THE COMMUNITY. ERECTED BY THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO AND THE CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THROUGH THE ROBERT S. ELLISON FUND, 1973." |
| Content Type | object
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| Historical Context | Urban Growth and Technology, 1970-Present
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| Subject | Monuments & memorials
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| Image Source | Historical Collection |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Image Collection | Historical Collection
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| File Location | LC Subjects - Landmarks, Monuments, Markers |
| Language | English |
| Image Origin | Print |
| Digitization Format | Epson Expression 10000XL; Adobe Photoshop 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72 dpi |
| Collection Name | HistoricPhotographs
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