Category Archives: Town

Traces

Of course this area was once home to and part of the range of various Native American tribes.   Cuerno Verde started his war against the settlers right where the power plant stands today.    There are still traces of the indigenous people.

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These don’t exactly honor the memory of the ancestors.

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This place is a 1930’s roadhouse (a place with booze and dancing).  The interior has a circular log ceiling like a Navajo hogan (a hogan is a house).   It used to be on the edge of town and sat vacant for years.   Now it’s a bar again.

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It has this carving in case you missed the idea that the place is about Indians.

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This is a Ute tree.   It’s a trail marker and was actually shaped by Ute Indians.  It’s over by the creek, not far from my house.

More men about town

I hadn’t really realized how many statues of men there were until I started taking photos.   So here’s more of this lot.

This was a local farmer.  He liked to grow pumpkins to give away to school children.

This guy and his hat are immortalized near the courthouse.

This member of the Dumpty family is somewhat estranged from the rest of his clan and we don’t know why.   (He’s not saying!)

It’s hard to tell gender, but I believe he is a snowman.

The same is true of this stick man.

Pan is only half man, but his goat bits are pretty well hidden by the snow.   He lives at a local university, to inspire students to hedonism (as if they needed the push ;-)).

 

Men about town

Strolling about town, one notices that there are a number of representations of men.

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This fellow with his back turned to the mountain, was the European person who gave the mountain it’s present name.   He used to be facing the mountain, but when the city moved him, they turned him around.

The city founder was an abolitionist who became a general during the American Civil War.   His horse (also a male) (possibly Diablo) was not awarded any rank for his participation.

He made pots of money by staking gold miners, and as he had no heirs, he left lots of his money to the city.

Another mining millionaire who left his money to the city.

This cowboy reading a newspaper reminds one that people are (or were) literate and news is worthwhile (or not).

The bloodsucking count immortalizes the intentions of the real estate interests of our fair city.