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Martin Itjen used showmanship, persistence and a good bit of ingenuity to capitalize on the legend of gangster Soapy Smith.

As you’re making your summer plans, don’t forget Creede. Located on Colorado’s Silver Thread, Highway 149, it’s a place where you can still see into the past. The Utes knew this land well. They had hunted the forests and valleys in the region for centuries. They frequented “Little Medicine,” the hot mineral springs on Goose Creek near Wagon Wheel Gap, as well as “Big Medicine” springs near present-day Pagosa Springs.

Still sifting and meandering through history after our Dec. 27 history edition. I was trying to find out exactly where Ohlwller Park was situated in Ouray. I'm pretty sure it was at the southeast corner of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue, and I probably need to just go spend a little time in the Ouray Library and ask Maureen and folks there if any maps exist showing the park.

My column published in the print edition of the News on Jan. 20 has elicited an unprecedented response from my readers. Never has an article led to so many people contacting me about something that I have written. This is reassuring; it confirms that somebody out there reads my column, but it is also complicated.

Ricky Jay, actor, author, scholar and fabled magician, was an energetic collector of all things strange, marvelous and magical.