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<br />SELF GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF MARBLE, COLORADO
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<br />This is an update and revision of the tour guide prepared by Duncan McCollum for
<br />Local the Marble Historical Society, It begins at the museum at 412 West Main, and
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<br />C. t" proceeds east to West IS St, then south to State St, then west to West 2 St, then
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<br />Businessessouth to Park St, then west to West 3' St, and finally south to the mill site, The routE
<br />requires about 1 hour to complete, You may obtain a copy of this guide at the
<br />museum (hours are generally 2-4 PM on Saturday and Sunday), or you may print
<br />this page using your browser.
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<br />WELCOME TO MARBLE! Have you ever seen the Lincoln Memorial in
<br />Washington DC, or the Denver Post Office, or the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
<br />and wondered where the beautiful white stone came from? You are standing in the
<br />town which produced that stone, as well as marble for the New York City Municipal
<br />Building, the Montana State Capital, and hundreds of other buildings,
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<br />This tour guide will take you on a short tour of Marble Colorado, As you follow the
<br />route you will see some of the buildings which were a part of this once thriving
<br />quarry town, For each numbered point of interest on the map there is a brief
<br />description in this guide, While you walk the tour please stay on the roadsides, as aI:
<br />of the buildings are located on private property, For their safety, children should be
<br />accompanied by an adult. You are welcome to wander through and picnic at the
<br />Mill Site, which is a town park.
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<br />WARNING! All of the marble that you see is privately owned, and is valuable
<br />(about $1/lb, and a cubic foot of marble weighs 170 lbs), Do not attempt to steal the
<br />marble!
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<br />THE PURE WHITE STONE. Marble was a unique type of boom town, Instead of
<br />gold or silver mining, its economy was based on an entire mountainside of the finest
<br />marble found anywhere in the world,
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<br />The marble deposits were discovered in 1873 by a geological survey expedition
<br />when the Crystal River Valley was still part of the Ute Indian Reservation, Soon
<br />after, the Utes were removed farther west, and prospectors and settlers entered the
<br />area, founding Marble in 1881, Eighteen years later the Town was officially
<br />incorporated and began its forty year cycle of boom and bust. The peak period in
<br />Marble's history was the five years preceding the United States' entry into World
<br />War I in 1917, when the town supported a population of 1400,
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<br />http://www.marblecolorado.org/tour.htm
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<br />5/3/2004
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