Tag: Main Street Colorado
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Enter ‘the soul of the Rockies’ in this beachy town | Main Street Colorado
At last visit to Grand Lake, we happened upon Bob Scott’s Authentic Indian Jewelry. This was the man’s 51st summer in town, and he was cheery as ever. He answered phone calls with the usual line. “It’s a beautiful day in Grand Lake, Colorado. Don’t you wish you were here?” It’s easy to wish. Bob…
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A gem for shopping, eating west of Denver | Main Street Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anyone who has lived in Colorado long enough knows about Pearl Street. But no one knows the namesake — not exactly. Pearl is thought to have been wife to one of the creators of the Boulder City Town Co. This was the company of 54…
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A poet’s dream in historic Creede | Main Street Colorado
The man known as the poet laureate of the Rockies found inspiration in a nook of southwest Colorado. Cy Warman was moved to write a poem that would be memorized by local school kids generations later. “It’s day all day in the daytime,” goes the famous line. “And there is no night in Creede.” For…
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Mountain vibes rule this remote town | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 150 years ago, you might’ve seen two Silvertons. Reads the history kept on the local chamber of commerce website: “From the very beginning an imaginary line ran down Greene Street, dividing the town between the law-abiding, church-going residents and the gamblers, prostitutes, variety theaters,…
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Telluride a feast for the shopper, eater and sightseer | Main Street Colorado
Along Telluride’s main street, Colorado Avenue, you might not look twice at the brick and white-trimmed building that blends together with its commercial and residential neighbors. This is called the Mahr Building, standing in the place of the old San Miguel Valley Bank. A legend was born here. It was the morning of June 24,…
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The old and new unite for spoils in Steamboat Springs | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Steamboat Springs, the local icon is the skiing cowboy. He captures the essence of this town in northwest Colorado — the past, present and future symbolized by those jeans, Stetson, belt buckle and latest and greatest boots and bindings. Steamboat as we know it…
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Like wildflowers, Crested Butte’s Elk Avenue pops in summer | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About the series Main Street Colorado is a summer series spotlighting downtown stretches of mountain towns that altogether give the state its undeniable character. Once during a visit to Crested Butte, we had pen and notebook in hand, ready to relay in this newspaper whatever…