San Juan Mountains
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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Alas, this year, not even the rugged San Juan Mountains that circle the picturesque town could keep the existential anxieties plaguing Hollywood entirely at bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
After he watches it stumble, then fall dead on the ground — this is in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado — he puts his head in his hand.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
Packer, a prospector and wilderness guide, led five men into the San Juan Mountains of Colorado in February 1874 in search of gold.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
Mine waste flows are unpredictable In the San Juan Mountains, where underground water flows through an interconnected warren of mine tunnels and natural faults.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2017
Before noon he was in the San Juan Mountains, thick with sturdy oaks, bending their heads before the madroño, that belle of the forest, with her robes of scarlet and her crown of bronze.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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