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== Probable location ==
== Probable location ==
[Ayn Rand]] herself wrote to a friend<ref name=faq>"[http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/books/rand/atlas/faq.html#Q4.4 Atlas Shrugged FAQ]," ''Objectivism Research Center.'' Retrieved 7 February 2012.</ref> that the real location of Galt's Gulch was the town of Ouray, [[Colorado]].<ref name=ouray>[http://www.ouraycolorado.com/ Ouray, Colorado] Welcome Center. Retrieved 7 February 2012</ref> At present, and in the time that Rand wrote her novel, Ouray is and was a thriving town, though its chief industry was tourism. Presumably the town had lost most of its people, and Midas Mulligan would have acquired it quietly, piece by piece, until he was ready to retire to it.
[[Ayn Rand]] herself wrote to a friend<ref name=faq>"[http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/books/rand/atlas/faq.html#Q4.4 Atlas Shrugged FAQ]," ''Objectivism Research Center.'' Retrieved 7 February 2012.</ref> that the real location of Galt's Gulch was the town of Ouray, [[Colorado]].<ref name=ouray>[http://www.ouraycolorado.com/ Ouray, Colorado] Welcome Center. Retrieved 7 February 2012</ref> At present, and in the time that Rand wrote her novel, Ouray is and was a thriving town, though its chief industry was tourism. Presumably the town had lost most of its people, and Midas Mulligan would have acquired it quietly, piece by piece, until he was ready to retire to it.
Ouray has four roads heading into and out of it: US Highway 550 (north-to-south, through-and-through) and County Roads 17 (Oak Street, north), 361 (southwest) and 16 (southeast). For Midas Mulligan to cut them all off, the town would definitely be a "ghost town" before he moved in. He would likely allow only the southwest or southeast road, and camouflage that.
Ouray has four roads heading into and out of it: US Highway 550 (north-to-south, through-and-through) and County Roads 17 (Oak Street, north), 361 (southwest) and 16 (southeast). For Midas Mulligan to cut them all off, the town would definitely be a "ghost town" before he moved in. He would likely allow only the southwest or southeast road, and camouflage that.