Salida, Colorado
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Salida is the statutory city that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The population was 5,666 at the 2020 census.
Palace Hotel and Hotel Manhattan (background) in downtown Salida, 2026
The Sandusky Block in downtown Salida (2026)
Kent Haruf
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Alan Kent Haruf was an American writer born and raised in the US state of Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains, mostly in the fictional town of Holt.
Salida, Colorado
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In later life, Haruf lived with his wife Cathy near Salida, Colorado.
Yuma, Colorado served as inspiration for Haruf's fictional town of Holt.
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