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Where the Rockies end

Letter from Roger Kirkpatrick

Geography – January 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine

Hi,

While reading “There is Much to be Done, But Not by Me” in the Colorado Central Magazine for Nov.’02, I noticed a 200+ mile mistake!

Author Robert Rowley mentions watching “… Las Cruces destroy … the spectacular Organ Mountains, part of the southern Rockies.” Alas, the most southern point of the Southern Rocky Mountains is over 234 miles to the north northeast of the Organ Mountains, which are in the Basin and Range Province.

Where is John McPhee when we need him?

Cheers from the Colorado Plateau,

Roger Kirkpatrick

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