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Dead Rooster Gulch Monument

September 2012…

In order to tell the story correctly, we need to step back in time...

Back during the silver rush, an old prospector was working a claim in the area, and he was having a pretty good go. Whenever anyone asked how he kept coming up with the silver, when other mines in the area worked then dried up, he claimed it was because of his lucky rooster, Russel. One day, the prospector woke up, and Russel was dead. Sadly, he went to the mine, but found no silver that day. He was so mad (and so superstitious) that he threw Russel's body down into the gulch below the mine, and left the area, never to be heard from again. Years later when the railroad crews came through, they found the dried and mummified body of the rooster, and named the area Dead Rooster Gulch.

In the current day, the town fathers decided to spruce the area up a bit, and commissioned Chandler Foundry to make a large bronze monument to the town, and, of course to the rooster for which the town is named. The J&B Railroad delivered the monument on Friday, and Saturday there was a small dedication ceremony, attended by various dignitaries of the town.