Chronicling my obsession with all things Rio Grande and my little piece of paradise within the Gorge. 5 acres in Costilla County. 4 acres up top. 1 acre down in the Gorge itself.
Monday, January 26, 2015
In Search of John Dunn's Hotel
So I recently found and purchased a small orgiginal snapshot ca. 1913 showing a long structure in what appears to be the Rio Grand Gorge. On the back, written in pencil it reads "Hotel or 'Halfway' house between (Taos) and Servietta (sp.) on the Rio Grande river to Milton, Utah" I felt fairly certain it was a picture of Dunn's famous hotel next to his equally famous river crossing. Decided to do some research to confirm this and was surprised to discover that no photo of the hotel seemed to exist on the internet. Snooped around the John Dunn Bridge via internet photos and could not identify any photos of ruins identified or otherwise that matched the photo. Was I crazy or was this photo what I thought it was. Next I arranged for a romantic overnight with my wife in Taos. Unbeknownst to her, part of the itinerary was to drive down a sketchy ice covered hill to John Dunn Bridge and tramp about in sticky clay and weeds looking for the structure in my photograph.
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