Frank and Jim Tipton settled in Las Animas, Colorado in 1886. Other properties were acquired in Garfield, Huerfano, Las Animas, and Pitkin counties. At Silverton, the river flows into the Animas Canyon. He is interred at the Las Animas Cemetery south of Las Animas, Colorado. Operations for the Animas River Railway were run out of Rockwood. Festus was patterned after "Cedar Jack" (Frederick Munden), a man from Curtis' Las Animas childhood. The highway runs north along the Animas River, under the Hermosa Cliffs. Water is a central issue in Las Animas. The highway continues on to Las Animas, Colorado, home of Boggsville National Monument, and Lamar. The remaining Mew Mews continue to eliminate the Chimera Animas left behind by the aliens. Thompson died of cancer in 1972 and is buried in his hometown of Las Animas. The original Cinco Animas could seat up to thirty passengers. Animas and Pine rivers, dating to around 1500. The schedule for the Animas River Railway remained the same. The mill's dismantling signalled the beginning of the end for Animas Forks.