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I know many of my readers have detailed knowledge of Aspen Mountain. In winter, we have skied every run and some unofficial runs. We have hiked and jeeped front and back, enjoyed the fabulous views,...
There was a chicken-and-egg conflict when horse and buggy switched to automobiles. Cars could go faster and did not need a grazing area, but appropriate roads were a prerequisite. As an example, it was long...
Passing through a bookstore, I spotted a book in the featured new-fiction section that had cover artwork showing Maroon Bells. Titled “Gilded Mountain” and written by Kate Manning, the story begins in 1907 with the...
During the Great Depression, the Midnight Mine hired several unemployed drifters to work at the mine. Few stayed for very long, but this helped them save enough to move on to another opportunity. Most of…
Driving from Aspen to Crested Butte in the winter is a long journey, by plane only a few minutes. In the mining era, when travel was slower and more arduous, travelers improvised.