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Steamboat Rock


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Steamboat Rock
This is Steamboat Rock (and Tug Rock), aptly named landmarks northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado.

"...Camped half a mile to the right of the road...crossed Evans old [1849] Trace...[camped] on a hill by the side of a large, steep Red Mt..." June 29, 1850, Cherokee Diary.

"...the red bluffs [sketched]..." June 22, 1850, Diary.

 

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