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Melvin Ranch

Charles L. and Maude W. Melvin homesteaded Melvin Ranch, receiving the patent on the land in 1901. The ranch grew to 628 acres, and is used for pasture and hay production. Their grandchild and family operate the ranch today.

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Simmons Ranch

In 1887, what is now the Simmons ranch near Doloras was first homesteaded by George and Elizabeth Osterfeld. They left the farm to their daughter Julia Simmons who then passed it on to Harold and Lillian Simmons. Today, Lillian and her son, James, own the ranch, which includes several historic structures that are being recognized by the National Trust's special award.

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Ritter-Schlegel-Lee Ranch

Back in 1874, Hiram Ritter homesteaded 160 acres northwest of what is now Cortez. That parcel became the nucleus of a sheep ranch which at one time encompassed 3600 acres of deeded land and over 1500 acres of leased land. It had the reputation of being one of the best sheep ranches in the Montezuma Valley. Sheep continued to be raised on the ranch until 1976. Today cattle and grass hay are grown.

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The Southern Hotel / Rio Grande Southern Hotel

Constructed in 1893, with a 1902 addition, this is the oldest building in Dolores.  The 2½-story building, which took its name from the railroad line, was the first hotel in town. 

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R.S.S. Fox House

The 1917 house is a good local expression of the Craftsman style.  Despite the enclosure of the porch, the home possesses distinctive characteristics of the style as seen in the full-width front porch with its short, square columns resting on larger piers, the triangular knee braces along the sloping edges of the roof, and the roof’s overhanging open eaves with exposed rafters. 

O’Brien Site

This residential cluster of eleven unit pueblos with a focus of occupation between AD 1075 and 1150 has potential to yield important information about community formation and population dynamics in the central Mesa Verde region.  As the site is larger than a household but smaller than a community, it holds an important place in the evolution of prehistoric Puebloan society.

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Lebanon School

The school is associated with the educational, recreational, and social activities of the Lebanon community.  It is an interesting example of the Classical Revival style in a rural schoolhouse.

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Galloping Goose Engine No. 5

This gasoline-powered narrow gauge railroad car, constructed in 1933, provided the Rio Grande Southern Railroad with a cost saving alternative to the more expensive steam locomotive passenger trains and allowed the company to continue operating in the San Juans until 1952.  A gasoline engine is under the hood of a 1928 Pierce-Arrow touring car.

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Escalante Ruin

Noted in the journals of Father Silvestre Escalante during a 1776 expedition, this is the first recorded archaeological site in what is now the state of Colorado. 

Anasazi Archaeological District

The focus of one of the largest federally funded cultural resource mitigation efforts ever funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the district has seen a wide variety of human visitation and occupation over time.