Photos of Places in the Books

South Park
In the 1880s the term park refered to a open area. South Park is the southern-most park in Colorado.
		As one enters South Park from Kenosha Pass, the Continental Divide, a string of 14,000 foot peaks, looms to the north.
		Eastern side of Mount Silverheels as seen from Jefferson.
		On the road to Como which can be seen nestled at the base of Little Baldy Mountain.
		Autumn scene from Jim and Dave's cabin.
		The backbone of the Rockies. Looking north west from Dave and Jim's cabin.
		A herd of horses graze on winter pastures in South Park.

	Bristlecone Peak
		An historic brownstone house in Denver like the ones Jake helped build in 1886. This is the sole remaining brownstone within several blocks.
		Approaching Alma from Fairplay, the southern slope of Mount Bross rises on the right.
		The Alma Hotel as it is now. Alma's Only Bar serves a good breakfast.
		The Silver Heels Bar, now empty. We miss it.
		"Bill's livery" in Alma is center and right. The brown building, left-center, is the "Alma Gazette" office, carefully located by the builder to block the view of Main street from Bill's livery.
		The "Alma Gazette" office.
		Quandry Peak which Wiley thinks looks like the back of an elephant.
		A 500 year-old bristlecone pine, trying to "run from the wind." It's barely alive.
		Approaching the bristlecone pine forest.
		The south side of Bristlecone Peak.
		The southern side of Bristlecone Peak.
		The rock pinnacles above Jake and Wiley's cabin, where Wiley and Jake climbed the crevice to look out across South Park.
		The rock pinnacles as seen from "Jake and Wiley's" cabin.
		A view from Jake and Wiley's cabin looking across South Park.
		Old One, the ancient Bristlecone Pine, 30 feet from the rock pinnacles.
		Another view of Old One.
		A vista across South Park as it may have looked from the Castille Ranch.
		"Pinnacle Rock," where Winder and his men attacked Jake and Wiley, and Wiley was shot.
		The rocks where Winder and Clint shot at Jake and Wiley's cabin as seen from Jake and Wiley's front door.

	The Protectors
		The ruins of "Jake and Wiley's" cabin as seen from the top of the cliff.
		Dave Brown sits on the ruined remains of Jake and Wiley's log cabin. Behind Dave we can see the cliff the cabin was built against.
		Jim and Dave's cabin in The Protectors. The dead "Raven Tree" stands at the edge of the cliff.
		Dave and Jim's kitchen, with the 1930's wood stove in the center. The stove is now used as a table having been replaced with a modern gas stove.
		Dave and Jim's main room where Jake and Wiley slept while they were in 1993.
		Winnie, September 21, 1989 - June 19, 2004
		The Collegiate Range west of Buena Vista, Colorado.
		The old railroad grade in South Park as seen in 1998.
		Statue of Jesus where Jake gives thanks for saving Wiley.
		The parking lot at the Denver water tunnel outlet where Jake and Wiley confronted the motorcycle thugs in 1993.
		The Elephant Corral as seen in 2004. This is where Jake hid from the Harrise's in 1886.
		Condos around Cheesman Park in Denver. Jake and Wiley attended a party in 1993 with Dave and Jim in one of these buildings.

	Home to Kentucky
		The old railroad bed can be seen in areas between Jefferson and Bailey.

	Pinkerton Partners
		One of the areas of South Park where Seth and Clem rode while sitting backwards on their horses, and where Jake and Wiley rode naked.
		Black Canyon of the Gunnison, where Jake fell backwards into the chasm.

	Alone by the Window
		Dave and Jim's cabin as seen from the top of the cliff above Jake and Wiley's cabin in 1994.
		The Raven Tree can be seen in front of Dave and Jim's cabin as seen from just in front of the ruins of Jake and Wiley's cabin in 2004.
		A closeup of the 1920's wood stove in Dave and Jim's kitchen.
		The house in Bailey that Father Dier helped build in 1886 which is still there in 2004.
		Typical Colorado mine from 1887.

	Authors'
		Dave (driving) and Jim (left) enroute to Denver.
		Dave (left) and Jim pose with Winnie and Dawson respectively.

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