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Image #”s A58-108,109; I captured these images of this castle, bomb shelter or bunker where many bombs have been dropped.
Coronado Heights is a prominent, isolated hill overlooking the Smoky Hill River valley. It is the last of a row of erosional hills extending to the north which are capped by the sandstone of the Dakota Formation. It is 300 feet above the surrounding valley floor, offering sweeping vistas of the surrounding countryside. The area has mixed prairie grasses with numerous wildflowers. Yucca, spiderwort and butterfly milkweed are just a few of the species that may be seen there.
Legend has it that Spanish explorer Coronado in 1541 came to this area looking for the cities of gold and when he did not find them he turned back to return to Mexico after reaching this high point.
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