Where in Moffat County — April 8

Museum of Northwest Colorado
Where in Moffat
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This image looks southwest from the diversion dam for the Craig Ditch on Fortification Creek in April of 1949. Today this location would be just east of 1172 Yampa Ave. The creek channel has just undergone realignment.
Museum of Northwest Colorado/Courtesy photo
The Yampa River, formerly known as the Bear River, has carved a winding channel through beds of white and cream-colored sandstone. Here the stream doubles back sharply and goes around a hairpin turn.”
Museum of Northwest Colorado/Courtesy photo
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