GENERAL30150

• Permit No: C1989074
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/24/1990
• From: KEITH HOLLINSHEAD
• To: TREND IN COLO
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'tourism Sciences,
~rsv.,; tYOq :945: oaa6 Texas A&h1 University
RPTS - 'T'.H.M.Un~.r. ~ College Station, Tex(IS 77843-22(il
WITH COMPLIMENTS OF
KEITH HOLLINSHEAD
70: THE PLANNING AND LAND OFflC6~ LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
CfO, MR.FRANK GAANDF.RO _ T.R.E.N.D. OFFICE, TRINIDAD
IT IS WITH CONSIDERAOLE CONCERN THAT I YYRRE TO E%PRE55 MY DISAPPOINTMGN'i THAT THAT THE
PLANMNC AIrD LAND USE OFFICE OF LAS ANUfA3 COUNTY MAY DE ADOUT TO APPROVE IOR
OTHERWISE BElN57RMIENTALDV THE DEVELOPMENT OFJ A STRIP M111Nfi AT ENCEL\TLLE ON TIIE SITE
OF THE OLD ENCEL COALh1 WB SOMB THREB hHLF.9 SOUTH OF TRAIDAD.
HAVING JUST COMPLETED A CONSULTANCY PROJECT ON THE DEVELOP\1ENT OF THE SANTA
FE TRAIL AS AN INTERNATIONAL TOURISM ATTRACTION AYD AS A LOCAL ECONOMIC RF.SOCRCE FOR
TIIE 7RD'HDAD RF.GiON, 1 Ah1 h10ST KEEN TO DRA1V ATTENTION TO THE IMPER.{TINE NF.F.D TO
SAFBOUARD THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND GEO•PH YSTCAL AM1IENIT1Eb OF TIIE HINTERLAND
SURROU(iDINC flSHF.R'S PEAK. TRIN1DAp AND THE PEAK ARE THE PIVOTAL FOINTS UN THE
hlOUNTA]N BRANCH OF THE SANTA FR TRAIL ... AND i AN DiSTURDED THAT THE RIntROCK cUAL
COMPANY'S PROPOSAL WOULD DESPOR FOREVER A CRITICAL HISTORICAL ROUTGYY AY N'll[CH IS OF
Ja]MENSENATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STATURE, TIIF.SANTA FETRAILISANATIONALIIISTORICAL
TRAILAS DESIGNATEDIN 19S16YCONCRESS UNUERiHGNA710NALTRAILS SYSTEM1i ACT. CURRENTLY,
THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE, THS NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE, THE COLORADO DLPARTM1IENT OF
LOCAL AFFAIRS, THE COLORADO TOURISh1 DOARD ••• AND, IN TOTAL, SOME. Tl!'ENI'Y F'EOERAL, STA IE
AND LOCAL AGENCIES --ARE CONSIDERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONA4 LANDMARK IIERITAG G
CENTER NEAR TURNOFF "3" ON THE 1.15, A FEIY h11LE5 SOTH OF EN(~F.LVILLE TO ACCESS TIIG
IMPORTANT MIX OF AATON iPASS] CORRIDOR ASSETS BETW IXT TRIr.TDAD AND RA70N, 711AT CENTER
IS DEINC PLANNED A9 A AfAJOR SOUTH•N'ES~TERN DRAWCARD TO RECEIVE DOh1ES1'IC .{NU
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PRAWN TU'fRIMDAD, FISHER`S PEAK AND "TIIE BATON".
TNB ROUTE WAY FROM THE PURGATOIRE RIVER IN TRINIDAD 70 7HF. 70P OF THE BATON PASS
iDF.NEATH THE SHADOW OF THE STRATEGIC FISHER'S PEAK] IS OF INCALCULADLE HISTORIC,
CULTURAL AND GEO-PHYSICAL VALUE. ti WOULD DE A LASTING CONDEMNATION OF OUR CURRENT
SOCIHTAL VALUES AND THfi BTEVYARDSHIP PRIORITIES OF OVR ACE 1F SUCH AN IMPORTANT
COLLECTIVE SET OF Ah[GNITY AND NF.RITACE ASSETS, VISTAS AND LOCALES R'ERF, TO DE DEGRADED
AND DEMINISHED pY TH6 PRESENCR OF THE AI+ORESAID STRIP MINE.
I URGE THE PLANNING AND LAUD USE OFFICE TO SAFECL'ARD THE L'NIQVE PEDIGREE OF THE
RGGION BY MAPPING, RF.COGNISINC AND PROTECTING THE VITAL HISTORICAL, CUL7~L'RAL A V D SCENIC
PANORAh1A9 THAI ARR CURRENTLY AFFURVED TO AND FROhI FISHER'S PEAK. THERE IS NO OTHER
FISHER'S PEAK. THERE IS ONLY ONE BATON PASS 1N THE WORLD. THE FRONTIER SIGNIIIC,{NCE OF
THB SANTA F6 TRAIL IS UNh1ATCHF.D AROUND THE CLUUF.. SUCH TtIPORTANI' N.ITION,IL AND
INTERNATIONAL ASSETS ARE TRREPLACP.ADLE. LIiT NOt All:llF. COMhiF,RC1AL GAIN ]fUTILAI~F. TIIE
NATURAL AND HISTORIC INHERITANCE UPON WHICHTRINIDAD IVAS FOUNDED ANp CPON 1YIlICH THE
"CONQUEST" OF THE SOUTH•WES7 WAS STAGED.
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[[l CONSULTANT : TOUAI5h1 SERVICES
THE OFFICE OF RURAL DGVELOPMEVT :THE DEPT. OF LOCAL AFFAIRS
THE STATE OF COLORADO 198b d 1989 @1990 JJJ
Author of 1990 A.O,L.A. report to IItI South-tnR Colorado Reglonnl Tourism Dotrd "SANTA FE" SALUTE.
AuSult 1D90.
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