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4 Porch Notes tagged “dolores,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - Montezuma County

On the San Juan forest near Dolores, dispersed camping has rules

Free dispersed camping on San Juan National Forest land in the Dolores Ranger District is allowed in places but comes with distance and stay rules, not 'camp anywhere.'

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History and culture - Montezuma County

The Galloping Goose in Dolores is a leftover from a vanished railroad

Dolores keeps a restored 'Galloping Goose,' a homemade motor car the Rio Grande Southern Railroad used to survive in its final decades before the line was scrapped.

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History and culture - Montezuma County

The big archaeology museum near Dolores changed its name in 2018

The regional archaeology museum near Dolores, long called the Anasazi Heritage Center, was renamed the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum in 2018.

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History and culture - Montezuma County

Dolores grew up around a railroad, and its oldest hotel still shows it

Dolores took shape as a stop on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, and the town's oldest building, the Southern Hotel, was named for that line.

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