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    Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a national park of the United States located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service...
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    Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado. The city population was...
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    Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport (IATA: GUC, ICAO: KGUC, FAA LID: GUC) is a county-owned, public airport one mile southwest of Gunnison, in Gunnison...
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    The Gunnison River is located in western Colorado, United States and is one of the largest tributaries of the Colorado River. The 180-mile long (290 km)...
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    Rio Grande Western Davenport 0-4-0 #50 Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD F9A #5771 & F9B #5762 Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD GP30 #3011 Denver & Rio Grande...
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    shows it in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River in 1904. Another shows it in Montrose, Colorado, west of Gunnison, at the head of a special train taking...
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  • Gorizont — Denver (Russian) The Greeley Tribune — Greeley Gunnison Country Times — Gunnison Haxtun-Fleming Herald — Haxtun The Herald Democrat — Leadville...
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    the Gunnison Pioneer Museum in 1964. The engine today[when?] is cosmetically restored in its yellow and silver paint scheme. Rio Grande 223 Rio Grande...
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    The Gunnison National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 1,672,136 acres (2,612.71 sq mi, or 6,766.89 km2) in Mesa, Gunnison, Hinsdale and Saguache...
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    The Gunnison Gorge Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located immediately northwest of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, in Colorado....
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    306 m) Marshall Pass and reached Gunnison on August 6, 1881. From Gunnison the line entered the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River passing the famous Curecanti...
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    South Park, and Pacific Railroad (later called the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway) was a historic 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated...
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    Crested Butte, Colorado (category Towns in Gunnison County, Colorado)
    Crested Butte is a home rule municipality located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,639 at the 2020 United States...
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    Mount Crested Butte, Colorado (category Towns in Gunnison County, Colorado)
    Mt. Crested Butte is a home rule municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. Mount Crested Butte is the home of the Crested Butte Mountain...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railway first reached Montrose in 1882, and by 1885, it was described as the "most important station west of Gunnison City". The...
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    Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) is one of five species of prairie dog. This species belongs to the squirrel family of rodents, and are predominantly...
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    Curecanti National Recreation Area (category Gunnison River)
    (locally) or /kuːrɪˈkɑːntiː/.) is a National Park Service unit located on the Gunnison River in western Colorado. Established in 1965, Curecanti National Recreation...
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    Curecanti Needle (category Landforms of Gunnison County, Colorado)
    impoundment of the Gunnison river between Gunnison and Montrose, Colorado. Used for many years as an advertising symbol for the Denver and Rio Grande Western...
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    Cimarron River is a 22.0-mile-long (35.4 km) tributary that joins the Gunnison River in Curecanti National Recreation Area near Cimarron, Colorado. The...
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    Denver & Rio Grande Railroad's Black Canyon route, a narrow-gauge passenger and freight line that traversed the famous Black Canyon of the Gunnison between...
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    on the Rio Grande's subsidiary, the Rio Grande Southern. In later years, some were used as switchers at the D&RGW's yards in Durango, Gunnison and Montrose...
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    K-36 Mikado type engines. The locos worked out of Salida, Colorado to Gunnison, Colorado and up the Crested Butte Branch as well as the Monarch Branch...
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    Blue Mesa Reservoir (category Gunnison River)
    is an artificial reservoir located on the upper reaches of the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado. The largest lake located entirely within the...
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    drgw.net. Retrieved February 28, 2024. D&RGW Gunnison Division Timetable No 103. Denver, Colorado: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. August 17, 1924....
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    Colorado River (redirect from Río Colorado)
    The Colorado River (Spanish: Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern...
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    such as the San Juan from Alamosa to Durango, the Shavano from Salida to Gunnison and The Silverton from Durango to Silverton. The K-28s also operated on...
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  • The Lake Fork of the Gunnison River begins in high mountains in the western region of Colorado, United States, draining the northeastern part of the San...
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  • Thumbnail for Fairview Peak (Gunnison County, Colorado)
    America. The 13,214 feet (4,028 m) mountain is located in Gunnison County, Colorado, and in the Gunnison National Forest. During the Laramide Orogeny the area...
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    Carson Peak (Colorado) (category Gunnison National Forest)
    east-northeast of the community of Silverton, on land administered by Gunnison National Forest and Rio Grande National Forest. It is situated on the Continental Divide...
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  • Quartz Crested Butte Branch: Gunnison to Anthracite Ruby-Anthracite Branch: Crested Butte to Floresta Baldwin Branch: Gunnison to Baldwin Kubler Branch:...
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