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<br /> <br />Creek. The Hardscrabble settlement was abandoned after 1B`t8 <br />(Lecompte 1978). , <br />Emigration and Mining Period: ca. 1850 t^ 1930. The mayor <br />trails carrying overland emigrants tc Utah, California and Oregon <br />for the most part by-passed the region. One alternate route, the <br />Cherokee Trail, did travel up the Arkansas River and then up <br />Fountain Creek and beyond to loin with trails on the South Platte <br />River. Farming began in the Fountain Creek valley in the 1860s, <br />and the city ^E Fountain was established in 1870 CMcThighe <br />198't:92; Larson 1981: 2). In the immediate area, Colorado City <br />Clater t^ be part of Colorado Springs) was established in 1655, <br />and the town of Monument was platted in 187'1 by the Denver and <br />Rio Grande Railroad CMcThighe 198'1) <br />Settlement Period: ca. 1850 to Present. By the 1860s <br />ranches were scattered throughout the area, and some of the <br />cattle trails From Texas prahably used Fountain Creek valley as <br />an alternate route. Irregular stage service between ^enver and <br />Santa Fe was apparently established in 1660, with a route <br />following Fountain Creek. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad <br />built a line between Colorado Springs and Pueblo in 1672. <br />Ranching/Farming activities and tourism have characterized the <br />economy of the immediate region in recent years. <br />Statement_oF_Db~ectives <br />The principal objective of the inventory is t^ locate and <br />record all cultural resources in the pra~ect area and tc <br />Formulate management recommendations for them. The data <br />accumulated by this prc~ect are intended for integration into the <br />5 <br />