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The Stanley Hotel History
The Stanley Hotel History: The property of the Stanley hotel was a favorite of Mr. Windham Thomas Whydham‐Quin the fourth Earl of Dunraven. He would come to the area for his summer hunting. “Lord Dunraven” wanted to put a Hunting lodge and game preserve. Wyndham Thomas Quinn the 4th Earl of Dunraven Dunraven hired some local Agents and purchased 15,000 acres from the U.S. Government. Soon after the purchase there were claims filed by twenty‐one different parties including Mr. R.Q. McGregor. They all claimed that Dunraven had no right to the land because he was not a U.S. citizen. Mr. Dunraven lost the property due to the claims of Mr. McGregor. F.O. Stanley A local who wanted to purchase the land for himself had hired R.Q. McGregor. This was Mr. Freelan Oscar Stanley. Freelan Oscar (F.O.) Stanley was born in 1849; he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1903 and was told to move to Colorado because the “fresh mountain air” would help his condition. Mr. Stanley and his wife moved to a home located at 1401 Gilpin St in Denver. After a month in Denver, he was showing no signs of change. Arrangements were made for him to visit a friend’s cabin in Estes Park. Mr. & Mrs. Stanley fell in love with the area and in 1904 purchased 8.4 acres of their own. F.O. Stanley’s sister Flora Jane Record Tileston, who would become Mrs. Stanley (1848‐1949) was an active member of the community, she was known for dressing up as a Gypsy and doing fortune telling at fundraisers for the Estes Park Women’s Club They purchased the property with the assistance of Mr. -
Rocky Mountain National Park Lawn Lake Flood Interpretive Area (Elevation 8,640 Ft)
1 NCSS Conference 2001 Field Tour -- Colorado Rocky Mountains Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:00 AM Depart Ft. Collins Marriott 8:30 Arrive Rocky Mountain National Park Lawn Lake Flood Interpretive Area (elevation 8,640 ft) 8:45 "Soil Survey of Rocky Mountain National Park" - Lee Neve, Soil Survey Project Leader, Natural Resources Conservation Service 9:00 "Correlation and Classification of the Soils" - Thomas Hahn, Soil Data Quality Specialist, MLRA Office 6, Natural Resources Conservation Service 9:15-9:30 "Interpretive Story of the Lawn Lake Flood" - Rocky Mountain National Park Interpretive Staff, National Park Service 10:00 Depart 10:45 Arrive Alpine Visitors Center (elevation 11,796 ft) 11:00 "Research Needs in the National Parks" - Pete Biggam, Soil Scientist, National Park Service 11:05 "Pedology and Biogeochemistry Research in Rocky Mountain National Park" - Dr. Eugene Kelly, Colorado State University 11:25 - 11:40 "Soil Features and Geologic Processes in the Alpine Tundra"- Mike Petersen and Tim Wheeler, Soil Scientists, Natural Resources Conservation Service Box Lunch 12:30 PM Depart 1:00 Arrive Many Parks Curve Interpretive Area (elevation 9,620 ft.) View of Valleys and Glacial Moraines, Photo Opportunity 1:30 Depart 3:00 Arrive Bobcat Gulch Fire Area, Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest 3:10 "Fire History and Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation Efforts" - Carl Chambers, U. S. Forest Service 3:40 "Involvement and Interaction With the Private Sector"- Todd Boldt; District Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 4:10 "Current Research on the Fire" - Colorado State University 4:45 Depart 6:00 Arrive Ft. Collins Marriott 2 3 Navigator’s Narrative Tim Wheeler Between the Fall River Visitors Center and the Lawn Lake Alluvial Debris Fan: This Park, or open grassy area, is called Horseshoe Park and is the tail end of the Park’s largest valley glacier. -
Introduction of Electronic Commerce
Orf 467 – Transportation Systems Analysis Fall 2018/19 Enhancing Mobility Through Technology in a Congested Urban Environment Evolution of Ground Transport Technology: From the Omnibus through Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) to autonomousTaxis (aTaxis) The Problem: Urban Congestion Snarls Mobility Also issues about accessibility and equality of access Orf 467 – Transportation Systems Analysis Fall 2018/19 Over the years technology has evolved… From: To: Omnibus on Blackfriar’s Bridge, 1798 Hummers ~2007 (Pre Crisis) To: Prius & Tesla 2017 (?????) To: GoogleCars ~ 2017+ ??? Orf 467 – Transportation Systems Analysis Fall 2018/19 Evolution of the OmniBus for intra-urban mass transportation Start: Geo Enhancement: London,1798 NYC, 1830 Technology Elements: • Capacity: ~10 Seated Passengers • Propulsion: Horses or Mules • Externalities: Disease and non-operating revenue from pollution • Suspension: Steel Sprung Wooden Wheel with solid axel • Way: “Flat” Pavement (stone, wood, compacted earth) • Headway & Lateral Control: Human Capacity Enhancement: Propulsion Enhancement: Support Enhancement: Double Decker, London Steam, London Iron (Steel) Rails Orf 467 – Transportation Systems Analysis Fall 2018/19 Growth of Horse-Drawn Street Railway Technology 1850: NYC 1860: London 1875: Minneapolis 1890: Broadway NYC 1908: Washington , GA Week 8 Orf 467 – Transportation Systems Analysis Fall 2018/19 Evolution of Horse-Drawn Street Railway Technology Today: DisneyWorld Orf 467 – Transportation Systems Analysis Fall 2018/19 Growth of Cable Street Railway Technology -
Written Historical and Descriptive Data
Holzwarth Trout Lodge BABS No. C0-79 (Holzwarth's Newer Summer Ranch) Trail Ridge Road Rocky Mountain National Park Grand Lake Vicinity Grand County Colorado J- WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA Historic American Buildings Survey Rocky Mountain Regional Office National Park Service P.O. Box 25287 Denver, Colorado 80225-0287 HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY HOLZWARTH TROUT LODGE HABS No. C0-79 (HOLZWARTH'S NEVER SUMMER RANCH) Location: Trail Ridge Road Rocky Mountain National Park Vicinity Grand Lake, Grand County, Colorado Quad: Grand Lake, Colorado UTM: A 13/427220/4469300 B 13/426680/4469300 c 13/426680/4468705 D 13/427045/4468705 E 13/424575/4469255 F 13/427480/4469265 G 13/427440/4469045 H 13/427535/4469040 Date of Construction: ca. 1902-1945 Present Owner: National Park Service Department of the Interior Present Use: These buildings are used as a center from which the National Park Service interprets the Holzwarth ranch and pioneer life in the Colorado River Valley. Significance: The Holzwarths built their still-standing homestead cabin in 1917 with the intention of making a living by ranching. By 1920, however, they had begun construction of cabins for the accommodation of guests and gradually developed a well-known dude ranch. These buildings, of frame and log construction, are exemplary of the casual methods of construction in the beginning of the dude ranch industry; and buildings of the complex are typical of those in which a homestead evolved gradually into a dude ranch. HOLZWARTH TROUT LODGE HABS NO. C0-79 PAGE 2 PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History Dates of Construction: Fleshuts Cabin - 1902 All Other Buildings - 1917-1945 Architect/Designer: Joe Fleshuts - Fleshuts Cabin John Holzwarth - all other buildings. -
Rocky Mountain National Park Park
Inside this Issue Join the Celebration Find us on your favorite social media platform to join in on special events, • Important Info This year marks one hundred years since photos, videos, and more! • Staying Safe Rocky was established. See the special insert • Centennial Information to learn about 100 years of Wilderness, • Ranger-led Programs Wildlife, and Wonder, and the events @Rockynps #rmnp • Fun Things to Do: Hiking, planned to celebrate the centennial birthday. Camping & More! National Park Service Rocky U.S. Department of the Interior Mountain The official newspaper National of Rocky Mountain National Park Park Park News Spring 2015 March 22, 2015 - June 13, 2015 Enjoy Your Visit By Katy Sykes, Information Office Manager What pictures in your mind does the word "springtime" conjure up? Fields of flowers, baby animals, twittering birds? How about white mountains and snowfalls measured in feet? Springtime in Rocky Mountain National Park is all of these and more. Actually, springtime in Rocky can feel like any season of the year: sunny, snowy, rainy, windy, warm, and cold. Spring days can be gorgeous with crystal blue skies and bright sunshine that pours down over the mountains. But traditionally, some of the park’s biggest snowfalls occur in March and April. Snow into early June up on the mountaintops is not uncommon. Trail Ridge Road is scheduled to open for the season on May 22 this year, but its opening is always weather-dependent and it stays open as long as weather and road conditions permit. Spring snows are usually quite wet, which is great for forest fire prevention but not always great for activities like snowshoeing, Dream Lake in springtime NPS/John Marino backcountry skiing, and early season hiking. -
The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles …And Other Colorful Characters
The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles …and Other Colorful Characters By Ralph Warren Stanley Edited by Charlotte R. Morrill Southwest Harbor Public Library 338 Main Street Post Office Box 157 Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679-0157 207-244-7065 Southwest Harbor Public Library SWHPL Digital Archive Southwest Harbor Public Library Imprint Number Three July 2017 Latest Update: 10/22/17 © Ralph Warren Stanley Dedicated to my grandmother, Celestia Gertrude (Dix) Robinson who instilled in me interest in the lives and accomplishments of my ancestors, relatives and others that I knew, how-be-it, noble, tragic or humorous. My father once told me that a man could never have had a better mother-in law and I can say that a boy could never have had a better grandmother. Introduction Albie Neilson, knowing that I knew a lot about the Stanley family, really inspired me to write this story. Albie was intrigued by the difference in the way of life he experienced growing up as a child at home as opposed to the way of life at Mount Desert Island and Cranberry Island. It was two different cultures coming together and today both are fast disappearing. My father, Chester Stanley, and his uncle, Lewis Stanley, who sailed the boats for the Neilson family and taught them ways of the sea and how to sail, greatly influenced Albie’s life as well as his brothers and no doubt a lot of other summer children around the Rock End Dock. As a child, I was interested in history and genealogy and through the years I had gathered a lot of stories. -
Project Summary Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Project Summary Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Project Title: Geomorphic Response of Roaring River and Fall River to the September 2013 Flood Discipline: Natural Resources Type of Project: Technical Assistance Funding Agency: National Park Service Other Partners/Cooperators: University of Colorado at Boulder Effective Dates: 5/1/2014 – 12/31/2015 Funding Amount: $67,419 Investigators and Agency Representative: NPS Contact: Paul McLaughlin, Ecologist, RMNP, 1000 Hwy 36 Estes Park, CO 80517, [email protected], 970-586-1282 Investigator: John Pitlick, Geography Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0260, [email protected], 303-492-5906 Project Abstract: The September, 2013 flood appears to have triggered widespread erosion and instability of pre-existing glacial deposits along the Roaring River valley, resulting in a heavy supply of sediment to the alluvial fan and subsequent damage to the Old Fall River Road. At this location, Roaring River has shifted ~100 m to the west and a large amount of sand- and gravel-sized sediment has been deposited in the area where Fan Lake once existed. It is likely that these new deposits will be reworked during the coming spring runoff, and thus greatly increase the sediment supply to Fall River. One near-term concern with increased sediment supply to Fall River is the potential to overload the channel, and force a transition to a braided- like pattern, similar to what Pitlick (1993) observed in lower Horseshoe Park following the Lawn Lake flood, and what Rathburn et al. (2013) observed in the headwaters of the Colorado River following the Grand Ditch failure. -
Stanley Hotel Ge Alejandro Malaspina “Sometimes I Feel Like They're All Still
John Charles U niversity of of niversity FremontJOHN CHARLES FRÉMON T: HEROIC PATH FINDER OR HEEDLESS SELF-PROMOTER? C olorado at at olorado D enver H IS UNEXPEC T E D G U E S T S : T GHOST STORIES ORICAL OF THE STANLEY HOTEL H IS T O R I C A L St U D I E S J O U R N A L Spring 2006 . Volume 23 Stanley St Thuccydides Hotel UDIES J THUCYDIDEAN MORALI T Y OURNAL AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY S pring 2004pring T H E E N L I G H T ENMEN T Alejandro . C O M E S T O V ol. 21 ol. SALEM VILLAGE A L EMalaspina J A N D R O M A L A S P I N A A N D T H E P E R I L S Salem OF PROJECTION Village “Sometimes I feel like they’re all still here, like they never really checked out, and I can almost see them.” —Jack Torrance in Stephen King’s– The Shining EDITOR: Debra Faulkner, Graduate Student EDITORIAL STAFF: Annette Gray, Graduate Student Rose Lewis, Graduate Student Paul Malkoski, Graduate Student Thomas J. Noel, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor DESIGNER: Shannon Fluckey Clicks! Copy & Printing Services Auraria Campus HISTORICAL STUDIES JOURNAL Spring 2006 . Volume 23 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER Downtown Denver University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Myra L. Rich, Ph.D., Department Chair U.S. Colonial and Early National, Women and Gender, Immigration History Frederick S. -
The Geologic Story of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
782 R59 L48 flforttell Uniucraitg ffitbrarg THE GIFT OF UL.5. SoLpt. o|: Doca-manis, ^^JflAgJJ^-J^HV W&-J 1079F hiiUBfeillW^naf Cornell University Library F 782R59 L48 3 1924 028 879 082 olin Cornell University Library The original of this bool< is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028879082 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. lANE, Secretary NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STEPHEN T. MATHER, Director THE GEOLOGIC STORY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK COLORADO BY WILLIS T. LEE, Ph. D. Geologist, United States Geological SuiTey WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 n ^HnH- CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 7 Location and character 7 A brief historical sketch ^ 9 In the days of the aborigines 11 Accessibility 11 A general outlook 12 The making and shaping of the mountains 14 Geology and scenery 14 Before the Rockies were bom 15 The birth of the Rockies 19 How the mountains grew 21 How the mountains were shaped 22 Work of rain 23 Work of frost 24 Work of streams 25 Methods of work 25 Streams of park exceptional 27 Stripping of the mountains 27 An old plain of erosion'. 28 Many periods of uplift 28 Work of ice 29 . When and why glaciers form. •. 29 ' Living glaciers • 29 Ancient glaciers 31 Fall River Glacier 32 Thompson Glacier 32 Bartholf Glacier 33 Mills Glacier 33 Wild Basin Glacier 34 Glaciers of North Fork and its tributaries 84 Glaciers in the northern part of the park 37 How the glaciers worked 37 Approaches to the park 38 Loveland to Estes Park 38 Lyons to Estes Park - 41 Ward to Estes Park 42 Grand Lake route 43 The park as seen from the trails 45 Black Canyon trail 45 Lawn Lake 47 Hagues Peak and Hallett Glacier 47 Roaring River 49 Horseshoe Falls 50 Fall River road 50 Trail ridge 54 3 4 CONTENTS. -
Cultural History of Rocky Mountain National Park Teacher Guide
National Park Service Rocky Mountain U.S. Department of Interior Rocky Mountain National Park Cultural History of Rocky Mountain National Park Teacher Guide Table of Contents Rocky Mountain National Park ..................................................................................................... 1 Teacher Guides ................................................................................................................................. 2 Rocky Mountain National Park Education Program Goals ....................................................... 2 Schedule an Education Program with a Ranger ........................................................................... 2 Cultural History of Rocky Mountain National Park Background Information Humans First Arrive on the Land .................................................................................... 4 Euro-Americans Move West ............................................................................................ 6 A Place Called Estes Park ................................................................................................. 7 Explorations and Mountaineering .................................................................................. 7 The Rise of the Dude Ranch ............................................................................................ 8 New Lives in the Clear Mountain Air ............................................................................. 9 Protecting Outdoor Opportunities and National Parks .............................................10 -
National Register of Historic Places Inventory
Form No. 10-306 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS NAME HISTORIC Multiple Resource Nomination for Rocky Mountain National Park AND/OR COMMON -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Estes Park _X- VICINITY OF STATE CODE COUNTY CQQ£_ Colorado CO Larimer 069 CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE —DISTRICT X— PUBLIC —OCCUPIED _ AGRICULTURE. _ MUSEUM _BUILDING(S) —PRIVATE _ UNOCCUPIED —COMMERCIAL 2^PARK _ STRUCTURE _BOTH _ WORK IN PROGRESS _ EDUCATIONAL _ PRIVATE RESIDENCE —SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT _ _IN PROCESS -XYES: RESTRICTED —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC X Multiple __BEING CONSIDERED — YES: UNRESTRICTED _ INDUSTRIAL _ TRANSPORTATION Resource _NO —MILITARY —OTHER: AGENCY REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (If applicabie) service Rocky Mountain Region STREET & NUMBER 655 Parfet, Box 25287 CITY, TOWN STATE CO 80225 Denver VICINITY OF LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Rocky Mountain National Park STREET & NUMBER CITY. TOWN STATE Estes Park CO I REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE List of Classified Structures Inventory DATE 1976, 1982, 1985 X-FEDERAL _STATE _COUNTY LOCAL DEPOSITORYFORSURVEY RECORDS National Park Service, Rocky, Mountain Regional^ . -> Office~ r r • CITY. TOWN Denver 80225 DESCRIPTION 1TION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE .EXCELLENT X_DETERIORATED JSuNALTERED .^ORIGINAL SITE .XGOOD _RUINS FALTERED _MOVED DATE. .XFAIR __UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Located in north-central Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park straddles the Continental Divide and encompasses the rugged Front Range and Mummy Range. -
National Register of Historic Places
Form No. 10-306 (Rev 10-74) UNITHDSTAThS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM J984 FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOWTO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS _______TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS______ | NAME HISTORIC Trail Ridge Road_________________________________________ AND/OR COMMON LOCATION STREET & NUMBER Kpckv Mountain National Park N/A^NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Estes Park L> ' C . _X- VICINITY OF Fourth/Third STATE CODE COUNTY CODE Colorado 08 Lar imer /Grand 069/049 CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _DISTRICT —XPUBLIC _OCCUPIED —AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM —BUILDING(S) —PRIVATE X_UNOCCUPIED —COMMERCIAL —PARK ^.STRUCTURE —BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS —EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE _SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT —IN PROCESS _YES: RESTRICTED —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —BEING CONSIDERED X_YES UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL ^TRANSPORTATION — NO —MILITARY —OTHER: AGENCY REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (If tpplicible) National Park Service STREET & NUMBER 655 Parfet Street CITY. TOWN STATE Denver N/A VICINITY OF Colorado LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. Subject site within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Park, created from the public lands by Act of Congress, January 26, STREETS. NUMBER 1915, CITY. TOWN STATE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE FEDERAL —STATE —COUNTY —LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS N/A CITY. TOWN STATE KT/A M/A DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE —EXCELLENT t —DETERIORATED —UNALTERED X-ORIGINALSITE X.GOOD _RUINS X-ALTERED MOVED DATF _FAIR _ UNEXPOSED DESCRIBETHE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous highway in the United States, extends 37.9 miles through Rocky Mountain National Park from Deer Ridge Junction to the southwestern boundary of the park some 2 miles northwest of Grand Lake.