This home site on Marmot Drive within Fairway Pines on Log Hill Mesa is one of several under construction in the area northwest of Ridgway. Nearly half of the 99 real estate transactions that occurred in Ouray County through mid-August involved properties on Log Hill, reflecting the growing popularity of the area. Erin McIntyre â Ouray County Plaindealer
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THE HILL THEY WANT TO LIVE ON
When Jack Rairden first bought land in Ouray County, cars were few and far between on that part of County Road 1.
The quiet, wide open spaces were exactly what he and his wife, Barbara, were looking for as they planned to move from upstate New York.
They drove away from the subdivisions and toward the sprawling, open space on the northern end of Log Hill Mesa, when they found the Realtors’ sign for the 15 acres that became their home.
That was back in 1988.
Now, when the 91-year-old Rairden looks ...