Eckley
BOGGS LUMBER & HARDWARE BUILDING
125 N. Main St.
National Register 1/18/1985, 5YM.50
The 1915 Boggs Building is the oldest surviving commercial building
in Eckley. The two-story structure was the first of five brick buildings
constructed in the early twentieth century. In addition to the first-floor
retail space, the upper level variously contained an opera house,
dance hall, and town offices. Most recently, the building served
as the Eckley Grange Hall.
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Idalia
WALTER AND ANNA ZION HOMESTEAD
Off Yuma County Road 15, Idalia vicinity
National Register 7/6/2005, 5YM.235
The Walter and Anna Zion Homestead has a long association with the
Zion family, early homesteaders in the Idalia-Vernon area who farmed
and ranched from 1910 until 1975. Family descendants continue agricultural
operations. The homestead is a rare intact example of sod construction.
An ingenious adaptation utilized by many plains homesteaders to
construct their first homes, sod houses were intended to be temporary,
typically abandoned as frame housing became an affordable option.
Those that survived often underwent significant changes. The Zion
Homestead is the only known surviving collection of intact Colorado
sod buildings without major changes. The homestead has the potential
to yield important information regarding sod building construction
in Colorado. Research at this site could yield information regarding
regional variations in sod construction due to local soil composition
and moisture content, as well as advanced construction techniques
due to a later settlement period than the Midwest.
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Vernon
VERNON SCHOOL
25817 Colorado St., Vernon
State Register 8/9/2000, 5YM.172
Serving as Vernon’s only high school from 1927 until 1959,
Vernon School was the town’s only grade school from 1939 until
1969. The 1927 school, with its 1949 gymnasium addition, represents
a second stage of school construction for rural communities, one
which involved building larger facilities that addressed the needs
of high school students. The addition boasted one of the first gymnasiums
in the area with a regulation-size basketball court. Since 1970,
the building has served as a community center.
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Wray
BEECHER ISLAND BATTLEGROUND
Beecher Rd., 16.5 miles southeast of Wray
National Register 10/29/1976, 5YM.40
Incidents of armed conflict between plains tribes and Anglo settlers
followed the Sand Creek massacre in 1864. This site along the Arickaree
Fork of the Republican River includes the small island battleground
where, during the period from September 17-26, 1868, Cheyenne Dog
Soldiers, under the leadership of Chief Roman Nose, fought scouts
of the U.S. Cavalry. The nine day battle ended when additional cavalry
units arrived in relief from Fort Wallace. Roman Nose died in the
engagement.
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Yuma
LETT HOTEL
204 S. Ash St.
National Register 1/25/1990, 5YM.85
John Lett constructed the simple two-story wood frame building
with its inviting wrap-around porch in 1916.
YUMA PUBLIC LIBRARY
217 S. Ash St.
State Register 9/13/1995, 5YM.121
The 1930 Yuma Public Library played an important role in the social
history of Yuma. Construction of the building was spearheaded by
the Yuma Woman’s Club.
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