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Dolores river was named "Rio de Nuestra Senora de las Dolores", (the river of Our Lady of Sorrows) by Dominguez and Escalante, Spanish Catholic priests in 1776 when they came through this area seeking a route from the missions of Santa Fe, NM, to California. In 1891 the inhabitants of the area named the Town after the river to Dolores. It was incorporated by July 7th, 1900. Dolores was a busy community in the early 1900 as a major stop for the rail road running from Durango to Telluride and then Ridgeway. Many of the old structures and buildings are still here and if you stop for a moment and listen you can still hear the locomotive building steam for the long climb over the pass to Telluride. Today Dolores is filled with warm and friendly people in an atmosphere that will remind you of the past and the way it used to be. It is still all here, waiting for you to see and enjoy. |
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