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Boren's Falls, in the La Plata Mountains, near the source of the La Plata River. La Plata County, Colorado. - NARA - 517145

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Gold mining in Boren's Gulch. La Plata County, Colorado - NARA - 517143

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Head of Boren's Gulch, southern face of the La Plata Mountains. La Plata County, Colorado. - NARA - 517144

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Near Cave Basin - Flickr - aspidoscelis

Southwest side of the San Juan Mountains, southwest of Cave Basin on the trail to Dollar Overlook, north-northeast of Vallecitos Reservoir, 32.49761 -107.50469, La Plata County, Colorado, 4 Jul 2019. Sambucus racemosa, Allium, Achillea millefolium, Arnica cordifolia, Hydrophyllum fendleri, Mertensia franciscana, Vicia americana, Geranium richardsonii, Ribes montigenum, Veratrum californicum, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Bromus cf. frondosus, Bistorta bistortoides, Ranunculus inamoenus, Thalictrum

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Near Cherry Creek - Flickr - aspidoscelis

Above Cherry Creek on the east side, south-southeast of Mancos, 37.1861 -108.2027, La Plata County, Colorado, 16 May 2014. Smooth brome grassland, with Amaranthus, Artemisia tridentata, Carduus nutans, Dieteria, Ericameria nauseosa, Erigeron, Tragopogon dubius, Alyssum, Sphaeralcea coccinea, Bromus inermis, etc.

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The Strater Hotel, opened in 1888 during a mining boom in Durango, Colorado LCCN2015632887

Title: The Strater Hotel, opened in 1888 during a mining boom in Durango, Colorado Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Title, date and keywords b

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