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1893 Map of Elmoro

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Elmoro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1893
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1893

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The high plains and rugged mesas of Southern Colorado converge at Trinidad, a critical rail and river junction just before the turn of the century. The Purgatoire River cuts a diagonal path through the landscape, flanked by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the Denver Texas and Fort Worth Railroad, which provided essential connections for the region's early mining and ranching economy.

Rising above the settlements of Elmoro and Hoehne, the massive Raton Mesa and Fisher Peak dominate the southwestern horizon along the Colorado New Mexico Boundary Line. This survey documents a network of small outposts like Tyrone and Barela that once served the remote canyons of the Apishapa River and Van Bremer Ravine, illustrating the expansion of western transit routes across Las Animas County.