The following is taken verbatim from the plaque in the photo. It is now some 20-30 yards off the road with no sign or indicator at all. Pure chance that I noticed it.
Gore pass. 9524 ft
Here in 1855 crossed sir George Gore, an Irish Barnett bent on slaughter of game and guided by Jim Bridger. For three years, he scoured Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, accompanied usually by 40 men, many carts, wagons, hounds and unexamined camp luxuries. More than 2,000 Buffalo, 1600 elk and deer, 100 bears were massacred for sport. A trail by 1866, a wagon road by 1874, this modern highway opened 1956.
Erected by the citizens of Routt and Grand counties and the state historical society of Colorado through the Mrs. J. N. Hall foundation.
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