Fort Lupton - Platteville, CO, USA
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Outspoken1
N 40° 05.912 W 104° 48.656
13T E 516114 N 4438711
This marker is found along the Can-Am highway (Hwy 85) and State Hwy 66. It commemorates the historic Fort Lupton of which a reconstruction is about 1/4 mile away.
Waymark Code: WM17FAP
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2023
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The marker reads:
This memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado
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Due West 1/4 mile is the site of
FORT LUPTON
Established in 1836 by
Lieut. Lancaster P. Lupton
A rendezvous of the early fur trappers
visited by Fremont and Kit Carson in 1843
Farming begun here in the early forties
Overland Stage station and refuge
from Indians in the sixties
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Dedicated by
the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Thursday Afternoon Club, citizens and pioneers of Fort Lupton
1929
Group or Groups Responsible for Placement:
State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the Thursday Afternoon Club, citizens and pioneers of Fort Lupton
County or City: Platteville
Date Dedicated: 1929
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