May 24, 1911 Colorado National Monument established by Presidential Proclamation ![]() August 1930 Frank A. Kittredge, Chief Engineer for National Park Service (NPS), evaluates a new proposed road ![]() 1933 Congress passes the Federal Unemployment Relief Act ![]() May 22, 1933 CCC Company 824 moves into camp NM-1-C at the Coke Ovens ![]() November 1933 Company 825 from Mesa Verde National Park moves to the monument, eventually occupying the "last word" in CCC camps: camp NM-3-C at mouth of Fruita Canyon. They continue road construction and begin the steel fence that will protect the monument’s bison herd ![]() ![]() December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor ![]() October 1949 Work on road from Cold Shivers Point to Grand Junction entrance resumes ![]() In addition to Rim Rock Drive, these organizations (and many others) worked together to build:
All are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ![]() |
Last updated: April 29, 2025