The good and the bad of the hot springs

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Photo courtesy John M. Motter Around the turn of the century, circa 1900, the sound of narrow gauge engines was common throughout Archuleta County. In this photo, lumberjacks are skidding logs onto the train bound for the mill, where they will be refined into lumber. Photo courtesy John M. Motter
Around the turn of the century, circa 1900, the sound of narrow gauge engines was common throughout Archuleta County. In this photo, lumberjacks are skidding logs onto the train bound for the mill, where they will be refined into lumber.

The editor of Pagosa Springs’ first newspaper, D.L. Egger, wasted no time in promoting the Pagosa Hot Springs.

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