Tag: Tiny Town
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Volunteers give a makeover to Tiny Town’s century-old miniatures
When Dale Fischer’s grandkids returned from a class trip up to Tiny Town last month, they gave their granddad a mixed review on the century-old miniature municipality. The little town and its scaled-down railroad line off U.S. 285 in the foothills above Morrison were lots of fun, they reported, but the place was in bad…
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Man arrested after allegedly firing at JeffCo deputies
Two men were arrested Thursday night for allegedly stealing a vehicle and leading Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies on a brief pursuit that ended on foot, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies were sent to the area of U.S. 285 and Tiny Town after receiving a report from a man that his vehicle was stolen and…
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The good and bad times of Tiny Town, Colorado’s fantasy attraction returning this summer
MORRISON • Throughout last summer, the 71-year-old woman in charge of Tiny Town would come by the place she always knew as “happy and magical.” It was “a wonderful, miniature world,” Elvira Nedoma wrote in her book chronicling the roadside attraction’s 100 years. Nedoma started “If These Tracks Could Talk” like this: “Somewhere over the…
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LIFE | Tiny Town & Railroad
Take a look inside Tiny Town & Railroad, Colorado’s fantasy attraction that returns this summer. (Video by Katie Klann)