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2) Geology of the Western San Juan Mountains and a tour of the San Juan Skyway, Southwestern Colorado
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1996.
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The last thirty years Maynard has lived in Colorado and hunted in the San Juan region of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Having heard many stories of early trappers and gold miners, he began extensive esearch on Treasure Mountain and the Frenchmen who explored the area. Over the last twelve years he has obtained information from France, Spain, Cananda, Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico. Mr. Adams is presently working on another sequel to Citadel Mountain...
4) Avalanche release and snow characteristics, San Juan Mountains, Colorado: final report, 1971 - 1975
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Occasional paper volume 19
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1976.
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By 1952 it was thought the grizzly bear had been wiped out in Colorado, pushed to oblivion by predator-phobic sheep ranchers and government trappers. Even so, through the mid-1900s, ghostly stories of grizzly sightings continued to haunt remote corners of the dark-timbered San Juan Mountains in the southern-most part of the state. Then, one spooky September evening in 1979, a flesh-and-blood grizzly sow was surprised on its daybed in the South San...
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2004
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La Ventana (The Window) Landmark still holds the secrets of the richest gold mine to ever be mined in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Hidden by the Utes after a running battle with the Spaniards in 1770, it has never been found. Along with the mine, Treasure Hunters have looked for the gold bullion and rich Sylvanite ore, said to be stores somewhere east of La Ventana. Many stories have been told of sheep herders finding and losing the location...
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2000
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Erupting volcanoes, shifting seas, the icy embrace of giant glaciers, haunts of the dinosaurs: it's all here in Hiking Colorado's Geology. in 50 hikes, you'll see first-hand evidence of the most dramatic geologic events that created - and continue to shape- the terrain of this beautiful state. You'll benefit too from the authors' long experience as guides and lecturers, sharing their passion for the natural world. - 50 hikes revealing Colorado's dramatic...
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1995
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Do grizzly bears still wander the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, where they have long been considered extinct? If so, can they elude the naturalists determined to prove that these bears, perhaps smarter than all other bears, survive in the mountain wilderness? Rick Bass, along with veteran grizzly expert Doug Peacock and biologist Dennis Sizemore, search for proof - a claw mark on a tree, a tuft of fur, bear tracks - and as they search, an adventure...
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The revised, expanded, and updated version of Mountain Mysteries, the number one guide to the magnificent San Juan Mountains. New chapters on Telluride, Silverton, Ouray, and Lake City, as well as details on many existing and long abandoned small communities, have been added. Whether it's hiking, jeeping, auto touring or just armchair reading, David Smith takes the reader on a grand tour of the resplendent San Juans. Filled with rare photographs,...
19) Citadel Mountain
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Historical novel based on the adventures of the Lebreau Expedition into unexplored territories of present-day TX, NM, CO, KS, and MO in 1799-1804.