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One tough woman

Josie Bassett Morris, who grew up in Brown’s Park in Northwestern Colorado, spent the last 50 years of her long life living mostly alone in an isolated cabin near Dinosaur National Monument.

Here’s a link to the history column I wrote about her for The Daily Sentinel;

Josie on horse

This is her on horseback later in life. And below is a photo of her cabin as it appears today.

Josie cabin
bob silbernagel

bob silbernagel

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