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Steamboat Spring

Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Legend holds that three French trappers first noticed an unusual spring in the Yampa Valley. Its spouting water and accompanying chugging sound reminded them of a steamboat. From the early 1870s onward, trappers, guides, and miners came to recognize this future townsite as Steamboat Springs.
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado · United States

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