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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Caption: Finding Our Roots Marker - A
Additional Description:
Some of the peaks of the Sawatch Range on the western edge of Chaffee County remind us of this area’s history. “Sawatch” derives from a Ute word meaning “blue earth.”

The trio of mountains south of Highway 50 near Poncha Springs are named for Ute Chief Ouray, his wife Chipeta and their son Pahlone. North of Highway 50 and west of Highway 285 are Mount Shavano, with its famous “angel,” Taberguache Peak and Mount Antero.


Submitted: November 28, 2013, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p263715
File Size: 3.197 Megabytes

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