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After claiming his freedom, Barney Ford made and lost several fortunes in the American West and was a tireless champion for abolition and civil rights.
Summit Daily 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 adorn...