Juanita, Colorado

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Juanita is a ghost town in Archuleta County in southwest Colorado. Accessed from County Road 551 and located at 37°1.634′N107°9.036′W / 37.027233°N 107.150600°W / 37.027233; -107.150600 .

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    . My mother, Mrs. Laura Lee Martin, taught at Juanita school (all 8 grades) in 1940-41. Signed: Doris J. Schmitt