By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Now: A visit to the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center will give you an opportunity to see an actual piece of the wooden water pipeline. This extraordinary remnant is on the second floor and resting on the floor. Across from the pipe are two retired control panels that […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Many, many years ago a spring was naturally born to provide water for many different purposes at different times. The source of the spring was an aquifer. As snowmelt and rainwater trickle through cracks and fractures in the rock formations, the aquifer is filled and the water table rises. The water […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Introduction Outside of the R.G.R.M. & H.C. are two log cabins, a stone house, an enclosed carriage, and a conglomerate rock with a plaque. The larger cabin, built in the 1860s, belonged to Anson and Harriett Rudd and held the distinction of being the first cabin in the area to have […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey This is a continuation of the Marco’s Flower Garden. Part I was the news articles from the Cañon City Daily Record, 1929 to 1934 about the Museum Board of Directors and local Fish and Game Association’s undertaking of building a fish pond on the west of the building. The news articles […]
By Loretta (Stevens) Bailey Come by the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center (RGRM&HC). Walk past the replica of an Allosaurus, who is standing guard over a close-by flower garden filled with bright yellow daisies. Stop at the north end of the garden and you will see a large green sculpture made of concrete […]