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Photo courtesy John M. Motter Pagosa Bar on Pagosa Street downtown has been a popular meeting place for decades and once upon a time hosted a bare-knuckle fight featuring Jack Dempsey before he became world champion. By John M. Motter PREVIEW Columnist We’ve been quoting from an archaeological study of prehistoric human ruins and artifacts found on Chimney Rock by Dr. Frank W. Eddy of University of Colorado at Boulder during the summer of 1970. At the end of last week’s column, Eddy had estimated the human population at that time from 1,215 to 2,005 people. Continuing from last week, the ...

Photo courtesy John M. Motter Loggers had to improvise during the old days. This circa 1900 logger seems to be improvising with railroad ties and fence posts. The logs will roll down the fence posts from a flat rail car. By John M. Motter PREVIEW Columnist Dr. Frank W. Eddy, University of Colorado at Boulder, directed a more recent study of the Chimney Rock Indian ruins during the summers of 1970, 1971 and 1972. We rely primarily upon his monograph, “Archaeological Investigations at Chimney Rock Mesa: 170-1972” for the following description of the people who lived there. Cultural remains ...