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Tennessee Pass in Colorado

THIS MEMORIAL IS THE
PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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TENNESSEE PASS
ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN THE
ARKANSAS AND EAGLE RIVERS
ALTITUDE 10,424 FEET
NAMED FROM THE TENNESSEE FORK OF
THE ARKANSAS
EXPLORED BY FREMONT AND
KIT CARSON 1845
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTED 1881
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ERECTED BY
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO
FROM
THE MRS. J.N. HALL FOUNDATION
AND BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
AND THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE
1929
 

submitted by JEB John Bradley

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