As I travel the backroads of the west and explore the past of the old roads, the stories take me to other stories and yet other stories. The first time I traveled Imogene Pass out of Telluride, Colorado I found such a story. The Pass itself is magnificent. The road is a sight, and to …
Pearl Pass, Colorado, near Aspen, at a summit of 12,705' . Cira 1872, miners from Crested Butte built a make shift road from Crested Butte over Pearl Pass to the mining town of Ashcroft, and eventually made the road to Aspen. The road is one of the most difficult we driven. The boulders, the steepness, and the …
La Veta is nestled at the base of the Spanish Peaks, two mountains at the southern most border of Colorado near I-25. The Spanish Peaks have been among the most important landmarks of the southwestern United States, guiding Native American tribes, trappers, and American settlers. The Ute, and other, earlier Indian tribes held the Peaks …
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Tomichi Pass, takes us to a site of an old mining town. The town had a population of 1500 during the boom years of the 1880s. The silver crash of 1893 brought an end to the town. In 1896 a few prospectors returned, but most were killed in 1899 when a snowslide destroyed the town. …
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