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3. Salt Well
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The Salt Well southeast of McCoy. "Early settlers gave it this name because of the waters salty taste. It is a deep natural spring about forty feet in diameter with a steady year-around flow of water which remains at approximately the same temperature in all seasons. Another mystery of the spring is that it has been sounded to a depth of 1,500 feet without finding bottom." -- McCoy Memoirs p.90
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
5. Table Rock
6. Red Point
10. Conger Mesa
11. Old Quarry
12. Salt Well
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The Salt Well southeast of McCoy. "Early settlers gave it this name because of the waters salty taste. It is a deep natural spring about forty feet in diameter with a steady year-around flow of water which remains at approximately the same temperature in all seasons. Another mystery of the spring is that it has been sounded to a depth of 1,500 feet without finding bottom." -- McCoy Memoirs p.90, photo on p.91
[Title supplied from catalog prepared...
14. Dotsero Volcano
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Looking down on the volcano at Dotsero in 1939.
"The most recent lava flow in Colorado occurred in Eagle County. This was approximately 4,000 years ago ( think Stonehenge) as determined by radiocarbon dating of a tree found in the ash in 1962. Local historians weren’t available for documentation purposes, however, according to an article written by Allen Best in 1990 [Vail Trail Dec. 7, 1990], there would have been a native American local population...
15. Fulford Cave
16. Fulford Cave
17. Balanced Rock
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"The Balanced Rock near the present Ronald Kirby ranch or former Quinlan place was once in the middle of the river, but when the Dotsero Cut-off was built, the river was relocated and shifted south to avoid a sharp curve in the track, which isolaed the rock in still water. In the winter time, this was an ice crossing and a short distance above there was an excellent ford." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 144
The river described is the Colorado (formerly Grand)...