![]() Though never an actual established town, even with people still living in the area, Parkdale basically became a siding for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Recently, the tracks have seen action from the tourist train up the Royal Gorge and Bighorn Sheep Canyon and from loads generated by the nearby quarry. Notice the white shack east of that which has “U.S. It is the pink colored building under the billboard sign. It is still standing by the rafting company on the south side of the highway. Then, in 1970, the Parkdale Post Office closed it's doors for good. In 1948, a feldspar plant was constructed nearby. ![]() That idea fell through as the Internment Camp was established at Camp Carson outside Colorado Springs. At the onset of Pearl Harbor and World War II, the CCC camp closed as people left for war and plans were to turn the site into a Japanese Internment Camp. Roosevelt’s “New Deal Plan” that put people to work and help end the Great Depression. In early 1941, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp was built here under President Franklin D. Next, a bridge was constructed at the river crossing and the site became simply “Bridge.” In the 1880s, the name was changed to Parkdale because of the beautiful valley where ranchers raised livestock and Parkdale had the distinction of having the country’s smallest post office, operating with one postmaster and no carriers from a seven foot by nine foot shack. Soon the name became Twelve Mile Ford because it was located twelve miles from Cañon City. McCandless owned a large ranch where the wagon road crossed the Arkansas River, and thus a small development at the site took his name. If you wish to respond to this message from the mail bot, go to your cache page and e-mail IgnotusPeverell from the log there, or email me directly at referencing the geocache GC Code and/or link.įirst known as McCandless Ford, this area enjoyed several name changes in the early days. I am not notified if a note is posted to this page. NOTE: Please do not reply by leaving a note on this geocache. Volunteer Reviewer for Colorado and New Mexico "If a geocache is archived by a reviewer or staff for lack of maintenance, it will not be unarchived." ![]() This cache is being archived, and removed from the active cache listings. Check out all of a geocache owner's responsibilities here. Cache maintenance includes: replacing broken or missing containers, replacing full or wet logs, updating any changes to the text, updating coordinates, removing the needs maintenance attributes, enabling the listing, and more. I can't find any recent responses from Badger4007 about maintaining this cache which makes it appear they are either unwilling or unable to maintain this geocache. I'm IgnotusPeverell, one of the volunteer reviewers for geocaches submitted to. Read Martin Marietta’s latest quarterly report here.IgnotusPeverell: Greetings. The new employees and locations join the company’s Rocky Mountain Division, based in Westminster, Colo., just north of Denver. This acquisition added about 25 employees at the Parkdale Quarry, an aggregates facility Drennan Yard, a distribution facility and Rock & Rail, a federally chartered short-line railroad that operates east and west between Pueblo and Parkdale, Colo.Ĭombined, the acquisitions add nearly 1 billion tons of aggregates to Martin Marietta’s reserves. The smaller acquisition, that of Front Range Aggregates and its rock and rail subsidiary, was completed Nov. Rocky Mountain Materials also sells decorative landscape stone and other landscaping materials. The acquisition added nearly 400 employees at Red Canyon Quarry, a granite and limestone quarry Sokol and Penrose Ranch, two active sand-and-gravel operations two ready-mix plants two asphalt plants and a recycling facility. The larger of the two acquisitions, Colorado Springs-based Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt and Rocky Mountain Premix, was finalized Feb. Parkdale offers convenient commutes to Boulder, Denver and the Interlocken Business Park via I-25 and the Northwest Parkway. ![]() acquired two Colorado-based companies, growing its workforce by about 400 people, strengthening its long-term position in the state’s southern market and complementing its presence in the metro Denver area. from 600,950 - 931,950 What does this Price Range mean. Martin Marietta’s Parkdale Quarry | Photo: Martin Marietta
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