Historic Photo Hunt

The City of Cortez and the Cortez Historic Preservation Board invite you to participate in history revealed this May with a fun, photographic scavenger hunt! Find each specific historic location listed below Cortez, take a selfie, and submit by May 31, 2025 to win a prize! 

How to Participate in the Historic Cortez Selfie-Scavenger Hunt

  1. Download & print your favorite image from the Historic Cortez Coloring Book at: https://tinyurl.com/CTZ-24Book 
  2. Color the picture.
  3. Find the real location of your picture.
  4. Take a picture of yourself, holding your picture next to the real-life location.
  5. Email the picture to hwest@cortezco.gov before 11:59 PM on May 31, 2025 to be entered to win a prize! (Please use the subject line: Historic Photo Hunt)

Posting your scavenger hunt selfie on social media? Use #HistoricCortez, #HistoryMysteryCortez, and #81321Proud to encourage others to play!

Want More History?

The Historic Preservation Board has come up with trivia questions that will be distributed to local businesses that regularly host trivia and posted on the City's Facebook page throughout the month of May. Follow https://www.facebook.com/cityofcortezcolorado/ to play!

Did you know...

...the City of Cortez is nearly 140 years old? (This area has been inhabited for many years beyond that, but it wasn't known as Cortez until 1886)

...there are THREE buildings in Cortez on the National Register of Historic Places?

...there are many historic buildings in the City of Cortez, 58 of which are listed on the local historic registry?