These mountains have such incredible views
(and roads to reach the top)
View to the east (toward Buena Vista)
Not too many guard rails on this road!
It is the highest paved crossing of the Continental Divide in the United States.
View to the west
Tin Cup
Tin Cup got its name from one of the prospectors that carried out his gold dust in a tin cup. The underworld ruled Tin Cup and there never really was any law.
Every time an honest sheriff would arrive, he would be told what to do by the leaders of the underworld. If he didn't comply, he was killed.
So, the cemetery at Tin Cup is filled with honest sheriffs
and other good people that did not comply.
Around the turn of the century there was said to be about 2000 people here, but the mining collapsed and so did the population.
A few families live here year round, but the rest have summer homes.
Frenchy's Cafe is popular in the summer.
The town hall holds church services in the summer.
Last Sunday, the preacher had come up from Denver.
Interesting architecture
The sign describes a wind storm that destroyed so much of the area.
There were a surprising number of recent headstones,
but still had a few of the really old ones.
I guessed they didn't practice 'inclusion'
One of the wooden headstones with a date of 1900.
The new flags came on their 'clean up day' for the cemetery.
A surprising nice marble headstone for a Civil War hero.
The Jewish Knoll
Probably the most interesting one of all-
"Wm N. Roesner
Dec 22 1947
for years he was Posen
now proud to be a Rosen"
An interesting day!
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