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Local rules - Dolores County
In Dolores County, an address tells you who makes the rules
Dove Creek and Rico are the county's incorporated towns, and everywhere else is unincorporated, where the county commissioners set the land-use rules.
Read note ->History and culture - Dolores County
Rico and the railroad: why a mountain town sits in Dolores County
Rico grew from a silver strike and a narrow-gauge railroad that ran over Lizard Head Pass, which is why a former mining town anchors the county's mountainous east end.
Read note ->History and culture - Dolores County
Rico Today: A Mining Town That Never Went to Ghost
Rico's refurbished 1880s main street still holds galleries, B&Bs, and a few restaurants, with the upper Dolores River and old mining roads right out the door.
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