Cache la Poudre Marker August 1, 1910
This granite marker, 37” wide by 48” high, marks the site
of a powder cache hidden from local Native Americans by French trappers in
1836. Dedicated on Colorado Day, August 1, 1910, it stands in its
original location near Bellvue, in Pleasant Valley
at the west foot of Bingham Hill.
The marker cost $94.00 and includes the following 112
letter inscription:
THE CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER
DERIVES ITS NAME FROM
POWDER CACHED BY TRAPPERS
NEAR THIS SPOT – 1836
ERECTED BY CACHE LA POUDRE
CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – 1910.
In smaller letters below is engraved the names of the
chapter’s Marker Committee members:
COMMITTEE: MRS. P. J. McHUGH
MRS. W. M. POST
MRS. H. M. RUSSELL
A portion of the dedication ceremony was held at the Doty
farm nearby. Following the speeches, the marker was unveiled by
Florence and Esther Gillette, the youngest members of the Cache la Poudre
Chapter.
Sources:
Hildegarde and Frank McLaughlin, A Guidebook to DAR Historic
Markers in Colorado ([Denver?]: Colorado State Society NSDAR, 1991)
Unpublished notes compiled by Mildred Payson Beatty
