Ophir, Colorado
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Alta Lakes and the San Miguel Mountains, Western Colorado. A favorite resort of fishermen, these lakes are at the end of a forest road, a few miles east from State Highway 145 between Telluride and Ophir. Lizard Head, the Wilsons, and Lone Cone show.
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A view of a railroad track looping around with two trestle and bridges in summer. An X is marked as a reference point to the notes made on the other side of the card.
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The text reads, "Near Telluride, between Ophir and Rico, was Matterhorn, a minute community at the base of Yellow Mountain. Here is the old saloon."
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Black and white photo print image of wood-built sheds and shelter for the railway line. Positioned within a filed valley with mountains and forest in background.
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The postcard shows a lake that is surrounded with trees. There are some mountains in the background and some clouds in the sky.
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A color postcard with a mountain in the background with some trees in the foreground.
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Dudley Mitchell discusses aspects of early Mesa County life, with an emphasis on the variety of jobs he worked for the railroad. He also discusses the change from locomotive steam engines to diesel engines, how trains were built, the way railroads advertised, and the changes railroads went through over the years. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado...
