Volume 5: Telluride/ Ouray/ Ophir
These mountain towns are gems in Southwest Colorado. Telluride and tiny Ophir are in San Miguel County, and Ouray, not far away if unimproved roads aren’t a barrier, is located in Ouray County. Telluride is the most populous (about two thousand residents) and best known of the three, home to a famous ski resort, many well-known music festivals, and exclusive luxury homes. Telluride’s colorful history as a hard-rock mining town where gold, silver, and tellurium were extracted beginning in 1878 changed dramatically in the 1970s when the Telluride Ski Resort opened. Telluride’s elevation is 8,750 feet above sea level, a bit higher than Ouray’s 7,792. (source) Fewer than 1,000 people call Ouray home, but each year many thousands of tourists visit the charming village, nicknamed the “Switzerland of America.” Like most mountain towns in the region, Ouray was founded on mining (gold, in this case), made accessible by the railroad, and popular with visitors. (source) Ophir, Colorado, is the highest in elevation of these three towns at 9,695 feet. Gold was discovered in 1875, and the town was founded in 1881, but the mines decreased until there was only one resident in 1970! Telluride’s popularity in recent has allowed a few hundred residents to call Ophir home. (source)
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- Tunnel through Riverside snow slide
- Tunnel through Riverside snow slide, b/w postcard of a group of people in a horse-drawn vehicle (four horses).
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- Tunnel, The, Chief Ouray Highway
- The Tunnel, Chief Ouray Highway.
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- Turks Head & Molas Lake, Chief Ouray Highway (Colo.)
- Turks Head and Molas Lake, Chief Ouray Highway.
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- Twin Bridges, Ouray Toll Road, Ouray, Colorado
- Phots shows horses and carriage crossing "Two Bridges.'
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- Twin Falls, Yankee Boy Basin
- View of Twin Falls, Yankee Boy Basin.
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- Twin Falls, Yankee Boy Basin (Colo.)
- A view of two waterfalls with mountains and clouds in the background
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- Twin Peaks Motel (Ouray, Colo.)
- A view of a motel with mountains in the background
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- Twin Peaks Motel (Ouray, Colo.)
- Photo of a snow covered "a-frame" styled structure; a yellow Jeep is parked in front; a man in a red sweater is standing to the left of the Jeep everything is covered in snow
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- Twin Peaks Motel, Ouray, Colorado
- View of the entrance to the Twin Peaks Motel, Ouray, Colorado.
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- Twin Peaks from Million Dollar Highway
- Twin Peaks from Million Dollar Highway.
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- Twin Peaks from the Upper Reservoir (Ouray, Colo.)
- A small peak overlooks a small lake a fence surrounds the lake also visible is a small wooden shack.
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- Twin Peaks on Million Dollar Highway near Ouray, Colo.
- Black and white vertical view of mountain-side dirt road and Twin Peaks in background. Under the name "Smith" is the word "Ouray".