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⌖ Manitou Springs and Ute Pass Gateway, Colorado
Fremont's Snow Compass
Fremont, Carson, Ute Pass travel, Manitou mineral springs, and the Pikes Peak gateway become a snow-line compass expedition.
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⌖ Fountain Creek and Pueblo-Colorado Springs Corridor, Colorado
De Soto's Lost Dominion
De Soto conquest myths are rerouted through Fountain Creek, Cheyenne Mountain shadows, and a city park corridor that rejects possession.
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⌖ Sawmill Trail and Belcher Hill Trail Loop, Golden, Colorado
Isabella Bird's High Road
Isabella Bird, Longs Peak ambition, foothill weather, and the Sawmill Trail and Belcher Hill Trail Loop become a high-road route.
04
⌖ Jackson County Road 6W, Colorado
The Lost Cache of La Ramie
La Ramie country, open road travel, and a curated Jackson County route become a compact five-checkpoint XP expedition.
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⌖ Cortez and Mesa Verde Gateway, Colorado
Wetherill's Mesa Ledger
Mesa Verde gateway ethics, Ancestral Pueblo continuity, and Cortez overlook routes become a ledger of what must be left whole.
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⌖ City Creek and Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
Escalante's Utah Valley Map
Dominguez, Escalante, City Creek, Temple Square, and Wasatch water become a city-grid map of promises and routes.
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⌖ Ogden Union Station Rail Corridor, Utah
Promontory's Missing Names
Union Station, Ogden rail yards, Chinese workers, Irish crews, and Promontory's photograph become a missing-names city route.
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⌖ Provo Canyon Trail Corridor, Utah
Joaquin's Lantern
A Timpanogos Ute guide, Provo Canyon water, Bridal Veil approach, and Utah Valley wetlands become a lantern of local knowledge.
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⌖ Virgin River Trail, St. George, Utah
Powell's Virgin River Gauge
John Wesley Powell, Virgin River water, Southern Paiute homelands, and St. George trail corridors become an arid-land gauge.
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⌖ Papago and Salt River Canal Corridor, Phoenix, Arizona
Swilling's Canal Claim
Jack Swilling, Hohokam canal inheritance, Oodham continuity, and Phoenix city water become a canal claim route.
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⌖ Santa Cruz River and Presidio District, Tucson, Arizona
Kino's Santa Cruz Star
Eusebio Kino, the Santa Cruz River, Tucson mission roads, Oodham agriculture, and presidio streets become a desert star line.
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⌖ Clear Creek Corridor, Golden to Black Hawk, Colorado
Gregory's Mother Lode
John H. Gregory, a Georgia prospector remembered among early Colorado's founding figures, follows the Clear Creek corridor toward the first lode discovery that helped turn mountain rumor into a gold rush.
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⌖ Prescott Historic District, Arizona
Pauline Weaver's Claim Seal
Pauline Weaver, Prescott mining claims, Yavapai homeland, courthouse authority, and creek approaches become a claim-seal expedition.
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⌖ Yuma Crossing, Arizona
Alarcon's River Door
Hernando de Alarcon, Quechan river power, Yuma Crossing, ferries, forts, and rail bridges become a river-door route.
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⌖ Historic Route 66, Kingman, Arizona
Beale's Camel Road
Beale, camel experiments, Hualapai country, wagon roads, rail, and Route 66 turn Kingman into a road cipher.
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⌖ Boulder City and Hoover Dam Gateway, Nevada
Six Companies Current
Hoover Dam labor, Boulder City rules, Black Canyon, and Colorado River power become a current-and-concrete route.
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⌖ Truckee River, Reno, Nevada
Sarah Winnemucca's Shadow Ledger
Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute survival, Reno river paths, Comstock wealth, and newspaper myth become a shadow ledger.
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⌖ Carson City Historic Core, Nevada
Carson's Unsent Dispatch
Kit Carson myth, Washoe homeland, Carson City streets, Sierra passes, and military dispatches become an unsent route.
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⌖ Sparks and Pyramid Highway Gateway, Nevada
Fremont's Star
Fremont, Pyramid Lake, Paiute homeland, Truckee water, and Great Basin dark sky become a star-map route.
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⌖ Cherry Creek and South Platte River Trail, Denver, Colorado
Kit Carson's Frontier
A frontier-themed sample expedition turns a real trail walk into a clue-first GPS/AR chest reveal for the Kickstarter demo.
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⌖ San Luis Valley, Rio Grande County, Colorado
Whispers of the Land
A hidden San Luis Valley passage, dry washes, volcanic ridges, and a high-desert crossing become a real-world expedition zone.
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⌖ La Alma Lincoln Park, Denver, Colorado
Carson's White House Errand
Kit Carson's frontier reputation, wartime Washington, a quiet presidential meeting, and a Denver park clue become a single hidden AR chest expedition.
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⌖ Gale Boulevard Sample Route, Thornton, Colorado
Old Spanish Trail: Valley Passage
The Old Spanish Trail's pack-route history, overland trade, and a compact Thornton sample route become a five-checkpoint XP expedition.