New Listings in the National Register
The Keeper of the National Register, National Park Service, recently
approved the listing of the following properties in the National
Register of Historic Places.
BOULDER COUNTY
EAST LONGS PEAK TRAIL
Rocky Mountain National Park, Meeker Park vicinity
The trail to the summit of Longs Peak reflects the principles of National Park
Service Naturalistic Design from the 1920s through the 1940s. Active tourist use of
the trail began in 1873 and continues up until the present day with hundreds of
personal accounts repeatedly expressing exhilaration over the scenery and exhaustion
from this high-altitude effort. Initially lodge owners maintained the trail and
climbers hired local guides to assist in their mountain ascent. Between 1900 and 1906,
Enos Mills forged his skills as a public speaker and naturalist while guiding visitors
up the trail. He used his guided tours to educate visitors about the value of
conserving and preserving the surrounding natural environment. This experience firmly
established his reputation as a local mountain expert and he eventually served as the
figurehead in the effort to create Rocky Mountain National Park. The upper portion of
the trail remains as Mills experienced it during his 304 treks to the granite summit.
With the establishment of the park in 1915, the National Park Service took over maintenance
of the trail and also offered guides for tourists trekking up this well-known
“Fourteener.” The property is associated with the
Rocky Mountain National Park
and the Historic Park Landscapes of National and State Parks
Multiple Property Submissions. (Photograph 2006)
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LARIMER COUNTY
EAST LONGS PEAK TRAIL
Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park vicinity
See Boulder County, above
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