Convict Cabins Site

This photo was taken  in Rocky Mountain National Park near the site of the convict cabins.  When construction of Old Fall River Road was beginning, the National Park recruited 38 convicts from the Colorado State Penitentiary to work on the road.  To house them, they built what came to be known as the Convict Cabins.  A marker now identifies the spot where these cabins stood.  These and many other old lodges and cabins that once stood within the boundaries of the National Park have been removed to return the park to a natural state.