54 Years Ago
Workers from the Perimeter Construction Company were at work on one of the hairpin turns on Lariat Trail Saturday, installing steel guardrail. The 287 foot section of rail is one of two the company has contracted to put up on the roadway for the county. It has installed two similar railings on sharp curves on 32nd Ave. near South Table Mountain.
Golden Transcript – May 17, 1971
The Lakewood company installations on Lariat Trail replace the crumbled old stone walls which once served to keep motorists from plunging…into the Clear Creek Valley.
Golden Transcript – May 17, 1971
The Lariat Trail (now also called the Lookout Mountain Road - map) was built by Golden resident "Cement Bill" Williams in 1913. Read Paul Haseman's interesting history of the road and the man!
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