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The name of Steamboat Springs is thought to have originated around the early 1800s when French trappers thought they heard the...
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Natural Mineral Spring

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

The name of Steamboat Springs is thought to have originated around the early 1800s when French trappers thought they heard the chugging sound of a steamboat’s steam engine. In reality what they heard was the sound of a natural mineral spring. Photo © copyright by Debbie McCulliss.