Eastern Mojave Vegetation Sapinero, Gunnison County, Colorado.
 
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The community was named after Chief Sapinero, a Ute Indian.[3] Sapinero's original location was on the north bank of the Gunnison River, just downstream from the mouth of Soap Creek, at approximately (38.47042, -107.30600), about one mile north of its current location. Sapinero was originally a stop on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad's narrow gauge main line between Denver and Salt Lake City. The narrow gauge's final abandonment came in 1955. In about 1963, when Blue Mesa Dam was built on the Gunnison River below Sapinero, the town was moved and re-established in its present location, prior to the area's inundation by the water of Blue Mesa Reservoir.


Elevation: 622ft, 2323m.

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:36:55 PM, 11/3/2024.