Though Barney Ford’s life was impressive, there’s still many local Summit County residents and Coloradans who don’t know much about him. That’s why the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance is taking this year, Ford’s 200th.
To kick off Black History Month, Gov. Jared Polis will proclaim Tuesday, Feb. 1, as Barney Ford Day. Barney Ford, whose 200th birthday was early in January, escaped slavery when he was 26 and endured…
To kick off Black History Month, Gov. Jared Polis will proclaim Tuesday, Feb. 1, as Barney Ford Day. Barney Ford, whose 200th birthday was early in January, escaped slavery when he was 26 and endured.
Breckenridge Ski Resort is getting up in age. The resort is celebrating its 60th anniversary Thursday, Dec. 16. Skiers and snowboarders know Breckenridge as an iconic Colorado ski resort that attracts thousands of people daily.
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Barney Ford is pictured in an illustration from the 1891 book History of the State of Colorado Volume III by Frank Hall. A new documentary on Ford’s life will premiere on the Rocky Mountain PBS YouTube channel Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Image from Sandra F. Mather Archives / Breckenridge Heritage Alliance
High on the wall behind the speaker’s desk in the House Chamber of the Colorado Capitol is a stained glass depiction of a man standing in front of a hotel on a boardwalk with a cane in one hand and a paper in the other.
Many might not know the story of the man whose name is adorned with columbines below his glass portrait, but that’s likely to change with the latest documentary in Rocky Mountain PBS’s “Colorado Experience” series.