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Apr 22, 2007

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South Park
In the 1880s the term park refered to a open area.
South Park is the southern-most park in Colorado.
500 x 338,  27.4 k  As one enters South Park from Kenosha Pass, the Continental Divide, a string of 14,000 foot peaks, looms to the north.
500 x 338,  23.7 k  Eastern side of Mount Silverheels as seen from Jefferson.
700 x 465,  38.1 k  On the road to Como which can be seen nestled at the base of Little Baldy Mountain.
500 x 344,  40.7 k  Autumn scene from Jim and Dave's cabin.
700 x 465,  40.6 k  The backbone of the Rockies. Looking north west from Dave and Jim's cabin.
700 x 465,  37.1 k  A heard of horses graze on winter pastures in South Park.

 

Bristlecone Peak

700 x 465,  50.8 k  An historic brownstone house in Denver like the ones Jake helped build in 1886. This is the sole remaining brownstone within several blocks.
500 x 341,  39.6 k  Approaching Alma from Fairplay, the southern slope of Mount Bross rises on the right.
640 x 426,  56.9 k  The Alma Hotel as it is now. Alma's Only Bar serves a good breakfast.
500 x 339,  38.5 k  The Silver Heels Bar, now empty. We miss it.
500 x 327,  34.7 k  "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.
700 x 536,  57.8 k  The "Alma Gazette" office.
700 x 465,  34.5 k  Quandry Peak which Wiley thinks looks like the back of an elephant.
500 x 340,  35.6 k  A 500 year-old bristlecone pine, trying to "run from the wind." It's barely alive.
500 x 340,  42.6 k  Approaching the bristlecone pine forest.
700 x 465,  67.6 k  The south side of Bristlecone Peak.
500 x 341,  47.3 k  The southern side of Bristlecone Peak.
700 x 465,  67.8 k  The rock pinnacles above Jake and Wiley's cabin, where Wiley and Jake climbed the crevice to look out across South Park.
500 x 339,  64.9 k   The rock pinnacles as seen from "Jake and Wiley's" cabin.
700 x 465,  73.8 k  A view from Jake and Wiley's cabin looking across South Park.
365 x 550,  63.4 k  Old One, the ancient Bristlecone Pine, 30 feet from the rock pinnacles.
341 x 500,  65.6 k   Another view of the Old One.
700 x 465,  46.0 k  A vista across South Park as it may have looked from the Casteel Ranch.
500 x 337,  30.2 k  "Pinnacle Rock," where Winder and his men attacked Jake and Wiley, and Wiley was shot.
700 x 465,  101.8 k  The rocks where Winder and Clint shot at Jake and Wiley's cabin as seen from Jake and Wiley's front door.

 

The Protectors

500 x 344,  77.7 k   The ruins of "Jake and Wiley's" cabin as seen from the top of the cliff.
700 x 465,  126.5 k  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.
500 x 325,  39.5 k  Jim and Dave's cabin in The Protectors. The dead "Raven Tree" stands at the edge of the cliff.
700 x 465,  50.2 k  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.
700 x 465,  36.4 k  Dave and Jim's main room where Jake and Wiley slept while they were in 1993.
500 x 340,  51.4 k  Winnie, September 21, 1989 - June 19, 2004
500 x 335,  17.1 k  The Collegiate Range west of Buena Vista, Colorado.
640 x 426,  66.7 k  The old railroad grade in South Park as seen in 1998.
576 x 550,  30.9 k  Statue of Jesus where Jake gives thanks for saving Wiley.
700 x 465,  67.3 k  The parking lot at the Denver water tunnel outlet where Jake and Wiley confronted the motorcycle thugs in 1993.
700 x 465,  89.2 k  The Elephant Corral as seen in 2004. This is where Jake hid from the Harris's in 1886.
700 x 465,  57.0 k  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

700 x 465,  50.8 k  The old railroad bed can be seen in areas between Jefferson and Bailey.

 

Pinkerton Partners

500 x 328,  24.5 k  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.
398 x 600,  50.5 k  Black Canyon of the Gunnison, where Jake fell backwards into the chasm.

 

Alone by the Window

700 x 465,  70.2 k  Dave and Jim's cabin as seen from the top of the cliff above Jake and Wiley's cabin in 1994.
365 x 550,  42.8 k  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.
700 x 465,  42.6 k  A closeup of the 1920's wood stove in Dave and Jim's kitchen.
700 x 465,  86.4 k  The house in Bailey that Father Dier helped build in 1886 which is still there in 2004.
508 x 600,  63.9 k  Typical Colorado mine from 1887.

 

Authors'

700 x 465,  41.0 k  Dave (driving) and Jim (left) enroute to Denver.
350 x 243,  35.3 k  Dave (left) and Jim pose with Winnie and Dawson respectively.


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