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Las Animas County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,507. The county seat is Trinidad. The county takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally called El Río de las Ánimas Perdidas en el Purgatorio, which means "River of the Lost Souls in Purgatory."
The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the time, with the exception of the headwaters and several bedrock gorges in the lower reaches.
Animas River (On-e-mas) is a 126-mile-long (203 km) river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System.
Animas Forks is a ghost town located twelve miles (19 km) northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. At over 11,000 feet, Animas Forks is one of the highest mining camps in the Western US.
Weston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 55. The Weston Post Office has the ZIP Code 81091.
Eureka is a mining ghost town in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name from the Greek interjection Eureka!
The Silverton Northern Railroad, now defunct, was an American 3 ft narrow gauge railroad constructed to reach the mining area north of Silverton, Colorado along the upper Animas River. This line, the third railroad project by Otto Mears, began in 1889 as a branch of the Silverton Railroad to Eureka. Incorporated in 1895 as the Silverton Northern Railroad, the line was projected to run past Eureka to Animas Forks and on to Mineral Point and then on to Lake City via Henson Creek, including a proposed three-quarter-mile tunnel through the mountains. However, Animas Forks was the end of the line, which was reached in 1896.
The Purgatoire River is a river in southeastern Colorado, United States. The river is also known locally as the Purgatory River or the Picketwire River. Purgatoire means Purgatory in French. French trappers named the river to commemorate Spanish explorers killed in a Native American attack.
The Alpine Loop National Back Country Byway is located northeast of Silverton, Colorado in San Juan and Hinsdale Counties. The route is circular, running from the ghost town of Animas Forks to Lake City and return. The Byway combines crossings of Engineer and Cinnamon Passes with high country scenery that features river meadows, alpine tundra, and ghost towns.
North Fork Vermejo River is a tributary of the Vermejo River. The river flows from Las Animas County, Colorado south to a confluence with Little Vermejo Creek in Colfax County, New Mexico that forms the Vermejo River.
The Animas Forks Pioneer was the only newspaper ever published in the mining town of Animas Forks, San Juan County, Colorado. This American English newspaper began publication in 1882 and lasted only four years, ceasing publication in October 1886 when the period of speculative mining ceased. The publisher was George N. Raymond. Animas Forks became a ghost town by the 1920s. The Pioneer printing plant was the highest altitude printing plant in U.S. history.
West Fork Animas River is a tributary of the Animas River in San Juan County, Colorado. It flows from a source near Hurricane Peak to a confluence with the North Fork Animas River that forms the Animas River.
South Fork Animas River is a tributary of the Animas River in San Juan County, Colorado. It flows from a source near Tower Mountain to a confluence with the Animas River.
Stonewall Gap is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. Its population was 67 at the 2010 census.
Pioneer or The Pioneer is the name of the following newspapers:
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- ↑ "North Fork Animas River". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2013-06-08.
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