Summit County, Colorado

Near Dillon

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Summit County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

late 60s

This story is a story that my mom told me. She says it happened when she was young, back in the late 60s, maybe early 70s, I would guess. I will confirm this with her. My family used to have a cabin near and North of Dillon, Colorado off of Highway 9. There is a "Blue River Campground" there. The private road we would take to the cabin is directly across Hwy 9 from the entrance to this campground. My uncle and aunt, 20 years older than my mom, bought this cabin back in the 60s, they had it until around 1990, when I was 10, so I have been to the locations described in this report. My mom was in her teens when this happened. I am not, however, familiar with how the land is currently being used, as I have not been there since the cabin was sold. I doubt the cabin is even there anymore, it did not have electric or water service. Only a Propane stove with about a 60 gallon propane drum and an outhouse. Rural extremist-cabins have taken hold in the area surrounding Dillon, CO since the ea...

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