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1. Burns, Colorado, looking down the Colorado River

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Photo postcard, hand colored, 15799: Looking down the Colorado River at Burns, Colo., on the Dotsero Cutoff. Caption on verso: "'The Pagodas' in Red Canon, Colorado River. The Dotsero Cutoff, 38.1 miles long, is the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's latest construction, connecting Dotsero, 17 miles east of Glenwood Springs, with Orestod, on the Moffat Road. This reduces the distance 175 miles from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City...

2. Colorado River below Bond

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"Scene on Colo River, below Bond." [caption] Denver & Rio Grande Railway bridge is at left center.

3. Drowning

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Tree that marked the final resting place of a Navajo Indian who was working for the D& RGW Railroad and was drowned in the river. A wooden cross marking the grave was placed in the dead tree, but was not evident in 1989.

4. Drowning

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Tree Marking Navajo Indian grave near Burns, Colorado, in 1989.
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