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By Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2025
Dolores / McPhee Reservoir Marker
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1 ► Colorado, Montezuma County, Dolores — Dolores / McPhee Reservoir —  |
| Dolores Established in 1892 with the coming of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Dolores started out as a railroad town. In the 1930s, the RGS's answer to cutting operating costs was the Galloping Goose. The Goose was a gas-powered vehicle that . . . — — Map (db m290596) HM | |||
| 2 ► Colorado, Montezuma County, Dolores — 6012 — Galloping Geese of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad — |
| Otto Mears, “Pathfinder of the San Juans,” constructed the 162-mile Rio Grande Southern Railroad (narrow gauge) in 1890-91, between Ridgway and Durango, by way of Placerville, Rico, Dolores (a railroad town founded by the R.G.S.), and Mancos, . . . — — Map (db m283599) HM | |||