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PINKERTON HOT SPRINGS5 Even though this land was Ute territory, the upper Animas River Valley was first settled by prospectors in the spring of 1860. Charles Baker, returning from the mines north of Silverton, established “Old Animas City” and built the first bridge across the Animas River. The community lasted less than a year before it was abandoned. During . . . The post The Hot Spring Post-Pinkerton first appeared on Reckoning.