1969 Map of Rye

About this map

Rye and Colorado City sit at the eastern edge of the San Isabel National Forest in this late 1960s survey. The landscape is defined by the transition from the high Table Mountain and Huckleberry Hills down into the drainage basins of Greenhorn Creek and Graneros Creek. Water management is central to the area's development, evidenced by the Standard Ditch cutting across the foothills and the presence of a Fish Hatchery near the edge of town.