New Listings in the National Register (continued)
The Keeper of the National Register, National Park Service, recently
approved the listing of the following properties in the National
Register of Historic Places.
GRAND COUNTY
North Inlet Trail
Rocky Mountain National Park, roughly along N. Inlet and Hallett Cr. to Flattop Mt.,
Grand Lake vicinity
The Ute and other indigenous groups most likely traveled along North
Inlet. In 1868, an audacious mountaineering party perhaps followed the
trace of a prehistoric North Inlet Trail. It is generally believed that
Major Wesley Powell and a small group of students and associates–the first
group on record to successfully climb Longs Peak–approached their objective
by tramping up the drainage of the North Inlet. The National Park Service
(NPS) began working on the modern alignment of the 11.5-mile trail in 1926.
The trail’s design reflects the principles of Naturalistic Design as practiced
in the 1920s through the 1940s, specifically in the implementation of the trail
design of NPS landscape architect Allison van V. Dunn and trail crew supervisor
Bert L. Moses. The property is associated with the
Rocky Mountain National Park and the
Historic Park Landscapes in National and State Parks Resources
Multiple Property Submissions. (2006 photograph)
Full nomination (PDF, 1.35mb)
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LARIMER COUNTY
Lake Haiyaha Trail
Rocky Mountain National Park, roughly along Bear, Nymph and Dream lakes, then up Chaos Canyon, Estes Park vicinity
The National Park Service (NPS) completed the first section of the
Lake Haiyaha Trail to Nymph Lake in 1930. Construction progressed in
stages. The next half-mile, up to Dream Lake, was completed in 1931.
Work on the final section between Dream and Haiyaha commenced in 1933,
under the supervision of Rocky Mountain National Park’s first landscape
architect to specialized in trail work–Allison van V. Dunn. The extensive
dry laid rock walls in the switchbacks south of Dream Lake utilized Dunn’s
technical background. Today, the rockwork in this section appears old
(covered with lichen and settled into the surrounding dirt) yet is still
very functional. Like many of the historic trails in the park, this 2.1-mile
trail manifests the application of the NPS Naturalistic Design philosophy as
applied in the 1920s through the 1940s. The property is associated with the
Rocky
Mountain National Park and the Historic
Park Landscapes in National and State Parks Resources Multiple Property Submissions.
(2003 photograph)
Full nomination (PDF, 1.03mb)
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