Near State Highway 184 at milepost 7, on the right when traveling west.
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
Near Railroad Avenue (State Highway 145) just west of 5th Street, on the left when traveling east.
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
