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<br />. <br /> <br />2208 sites and trails, stage coach and toll road locations, an~ the spec- <br /> <br /> <br />tacular narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande rtailroad. The entire area <br /> <br /> <br />to be inundated, .including West "lk Creel" Sapinero Creek, and espec- <br /> <br /> <br />ially Lake Fork of the Gunnison has many valuable links with the past. <br /> <br /> <br />A historic reconnaissance in this area should include mapping and <br /> <br /> <br />aerial photographing . . . <br /> <br />"The information given for the proceeding reser- <br /> <br /> <br />voir area is also applicable to ~Gateview~ Cebolla, and Curecanti <br /> <br /> <br />reservoirs, except that in the case. of the lattei7 there are a number <br /> <br /> <br />of village sites in the area to be inundated, including the village <br /> <br /> <br />of Cimarron and the mining sites (non extinct) along the Cimarron <br /> <br /> <br />River, that should definitely be mapped." <br /> <br /> <br />'.Iit:l reference to Taylor <'ark and AllIlont iieser- <br /> <br /> <br />voirs, "the writer knows this region only from having fished it and <br /> <br /> <br />to his knowledge there are few historical sites in the area other than <br /> <br /> <br />former ute camp sites and jJrospector and mining locations made during <br /> <br /> <br />the Gunnison mining era from lS70 to lS9l. It is suggested that both <br /> <br /> <br />these areas might warrant a local survey in order to ascertain lo- <br /> <br /> <br />cations not readily identifiable from available historic lIl9.terial." <br /> <br /> <br />6. Vehicle traffic in the vicinity of the reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />sites in Group B is comparatively light as indicated on tile 1946 <br /> <br /> <br />Traffic Density Lap, Colorado, which shows a maximum. of 450 and a <br /> <br /> <br />minilnum. of 20 per day. <br /> <br /> <br />7. It will be necessary to relocate portions of U. S. <br /> <br /> <br />higrnvay 50 at Blue ~esa and Curecanti because portions of it traverse <br /> <br /> <br />these reservoir sites. A branch of the Denver arid dio Grande Western <br /> <br /> <br />Railroad narrow gauge line follows tile Gunnison rtiver through t.he can- <br /> <br /> <br />. yon where these two sites are located and it will require relocation. <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'.' <br /> <br />.\ <br /> <br />'. <br />