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William Henry Perkins, better known as "Moccasin Bill" Perkins (December 24, 1825 – November 13, 1904), was a frontiersman, scout, and hunter. [1] Born in Indiana, he learned to trap and hunt as a child when the area was a wilderness. He continually moved west to Missouri, Kansas, central Colorado, and ultimately the Western Slope of Colorado.
William Thomas Perkins Jr. (August 10, 1947 – October 12, 1967) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic action on October 12, 1967, during the Vietnam War in which he smothered an exploding grenade with his body to save the lives of three fellow Marines.
In 1988, Lance and Lou Wheeland of Trinidad established an Aultman Museum to function as a permanent home for the studio's photographic work and the Aultman family's personal papers and effects. [14] In 1990, The Aultman Museum merged with the A.R. Mitchell Western Art Museum with both collections sharing the historic Jamieson Building on East ...
Perkins, “Moccasin Bill” 1825–1904 1860–1904 United States: William Henry Perkins (Not to be confused with Buffalo Bill. Not to be confused with Moccasin Bill, Cunning Serpent of Ojibwah") Provost, Etienne: 1785–1850 1822–1830 Canada [18] Rose, Edward: 1780–1833 1807–1833 United States Russell, Osborne: 1814–1892 1834–1845
In 1879 AD, Charles Elliott Perkins, a friend of William Jackson Palmer, purchased 480 acres (190 ha) of land that included a portion of the present Garden of the Gods. [citation needed] Upon Perkins' death, his family gave the land to the City of Colorado Springs in 1909, with the provision that it would be a free public park. Palmer had owned ...
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The Corazon de Trinidad is a historic district in Trinidad, Colorado which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [ 1 ] The district is a 132 acres (53 ha) area roughly bounded by the Purgatoire River on the north and west, Walnut St. on the east, and 3rd, W. 1st and Animas Sts. on the south.
An "experienced climber" from New York died after falling 300 to 400 feet while hiking a mountain in Colorado, authorities said. Herbert "Hal" Wise, 53, was hiking the Rock of Ages trail in Wilson ...