View from the top of a small knoll south of the town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado.
Creator(s)
Dixon, Dick.
Summary
A grave is surrounded by a picket fence on a knoll in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. Brush grows around the grave and a dirt road winds toward the ghost town.
Date
Summer 1975
Notes
Photographer's stamp on back.; Title typed on paper with photoprint; additional information: "Camera pointing north east. There are three graves on this knoll. Two are sporadically maintained, including the one in the picture. No markers are on any of the three graves, however, one to the right of this picture, also unmarked, belongs to Grace Ramsey. Born 1897, Died 1900. The buildings in the distance were built by Peter J. Schlosser, one of the founding fathers of the town. The main street runs roughly east and west in the bottom of Cat Gulch. Nipple Mountain is to the right as is another portion of the town. A second portion of the town lies below the knoll to the left of the picture."; R7100139143
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