A good Wednesday morning.
Continuing Cliff, Carl, Bruce and Tim's progress up Lost Canyon, a tributary of the Dolores River, on their fishing trip in "Coronado's Gold":
The boys make a detour to Jersey Jim Lookout Tower. Jersey Jim is located near the head of Lost Canyon. In 1956 the tower was operated by my aunt Betty Porter's sister-in-law Verna Dale Porter. It was and is 90 feet tall. It is no longer a manned tower, but is a monument. It is located in an aspen forest. The photo was taken during the early spring before the aspen leafed out, but you can get a perspective of how tall the tower is.
From its vantage point at near 10,000 ft. on the western slope of the La Plata Mountain range, Mrs. Porter could monitor the entire southwestern corner of Colorado and hundreds of thousands of acres of National Forest land.
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