San Miguel County covers 1,289 square miles in southwest Colorado. Named for the river that flows northwest across its eastern flank, the county is bordered to the north by Montrose County, to the east by Ouray County, to the southeast by San Juan County…

Telluride is a small town located in the San Juan range of the Rocky Mountains. It is the county seat of San Miguel County. Like many other mountain towns, it was founded as a mining center in 1878. Originally, it was named “Columbia,” but in order to…