Where: Colorado · approx. 37.17, -104.5 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Purgatoire River (Rio de las Animas Perdidas)
What turns up: 1880s to 1910s saloon, brewery, druggist, soda and immigrant trade bottles and ceramics in privies and river-terrace fill behind the historic brick commercial district
Access: Gray area.
The Trinidad townsite is private and the Purgatoire bed is not open to public digging, so riverbank work needs the adjacent owner's permission; nearby land is a mix of private ranch and BLM parcels where century-old sites are federally protected.
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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.
Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.