Charles Forster, the former president of Buena Vistaâs Collegiate Peaks Bank, was a Salida resident, but his commitment to the townâs businesses and community outreach affected the Buena Vista area as well.
âHe certainly had his eye out for the community up here,â said Joel Benson, who worked with Forster while he was Buena Vistaâs mayor. âHe was just a brainstormer. He was always trying to come up with a way to help contribute economically to the northern end (of Chaffee County), and the whole county. He was always trying to think of ways to make things work for the good of town.â
Better known as “Charlie” to his coworkers and friends, Forster has been involved in community affairs and civic improvements in Salida, Buena Vista and Poncha Springs from the time he
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1. Marketing genius Charles Forster noticed young boys outside his hotel selling small sticks made of Spanish willow on his trip to Brazil. He returned to Boston in 1870 and set up a mass production factory to make this item using birch as a material, because it was tasteless. What did Forster start selling on a large scale that humans had been using since the times of the Neanderthals?