I had to post this because I couldn't find a quick answer when I Googled It.

I added index.cfm to my Apache config file under DirectoryIndex to kick off the file as a default. Which worked, kind of...When no page was specified the index.cfm was loaded. However, it was coming up in plain text. Not exactly what I am looking for here. I need that page to compile and render out with CF.

I had to add the CF extensions (.cfm, .cfml, etc.) to the AddHandler Jrun section of the Apache config file.

I am going to assume they weren't there because when I installed CF I used the built-in server method. And later, when I configured it for Apache using the Web Server Configuration Tool, I didn't check the box to configure it for Coldfusion Applications.