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Pueblo, CO

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Fort Garland, CO

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Fort Vasquez 

Platteville, CO

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Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park® 

Georgetown, CO

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Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin 

Leadville, CO

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Denver, CO

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Trinidad, CO

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Montrose, CO

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