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File:Cabin in Independence Ghost Town, just off State Highway 82 through the "Top of the Rockies" route through Independence Pass in Pitkin County, below the Continental Divide in the Colorado Rockies LCCN2015633628.tif

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English: Title: Cabin in Independence Ghost Town, just off State Highway 82 through the "Top of the Rockies" route through Independence Pass in Pitkin County, below the Continental Divide in the Colorado Rockies

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; A ghost town since 1912, it was the first settlement in the valley, after gold was struck on Independence Day, July 4, 1879, hence its name. The town has also been known historically by other names: Chipeta, Mammoth City, Mount Hope, Farwell, Sparkill and Hunter's Pass. Like other early settlements in the upper Roaring Fork Valley, it lost population over the course of the decade as Aspen emerged as the ideal location for commerce in the region.
Date Taken on 6 August 2015, 19:44 (according to Exif data)
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Carol M. Highsmith  (1946–)  wikidata:Q5044454
 
Carol M. Highsmith
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Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney

Artist name: Carol M. Highsmith
Carol McKinney Highsmith
Description American photographer and architectural photographer
Date of birth 18 May 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Leaksville, North Carolina
Work period 1981-
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United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
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Camera location39° 06′ 23.12″ N, 106° 36′ 20.22″ W  Heading=151° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Public domain This work is from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
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