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1. Conger Mesa
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The upper end of Conger Mesa showing the crater as viewed from Tunnel 49.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Two people standing at Fancy Pass in the snow.
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Looking down on the volcano at Dotsero in 1939.
"The most recent lava flow in Colorado occurred in Eagle County. This was approximately 4,000 years ago ( think Stonehenge) as determined by radiocarbon dating of a tree found in the ash in 1962. Local historians weren’t available for documentation purposes, however, according to an article written by Allen Best in 1990 [Vail Trail Dec. 7, 1990], there would have been a native American local population...
4. Conger Mesa
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"The upper part of the Conger Mesa, looking south-east and across Rock Creek Canyon, From Volcano Ridge. Taken in 1919, it shows the Ebert, Ambos, Johannbroer, Theisen, Abbett and a portion of the Schomers place on the extreme right. Before settlement, a well defined Ute Indian trail crossed over the Mesa from Egeria Park to the Blue River, by way of Yarmony Park. Notice the Crater before its exploitation by commerical interests." McCoy Memoirs,...
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"A view of the Mesa looking southwest, about 1930 [photo date is 1932; Album 1 index is 1924]. Shown are parts of seven ranches, with the Kayser and Schrupp ranches in the distance. The nearest place is Theisens, Schomers is just above the railroad S, the Bill Johannbroer ranch in the center and the former John Ambos ranch to the right." McCoy Memoirs p. 216
"Conger Mesa was to stand deserted until about 1903, then a group of people mostly of...
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The Dotsero volcano, or crater, near Dotsero.
"The most recent lava flow in Colorado occurred in Eagle County. This was approximately 4,000 years ago (think Stonehenge) as determined by radiocarbon dating of a tree found in the ash in 1962. Local historians weren’t available for documentation purposes, however, according to an article written by Allen Best in 1990 (Vail Trail Dec. 7, 1990).
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The Dotsero volcano, or crater, near Dotsero.
"The most recent lava flow in Colorado occurred in Eagle County. This was approximately 4,000 years ago (think Stonehenge) as determined by radiocarbon dating of a tree found in the ash in 1962. Local historians weren’t available for documentation purposes, however, according to an article written by Allen Best in 1990 (Vail Trail Dec. 7, 1990).