Colorado Central Magazine

Q & A with Eric Gilbertson, the man who showed Colorado, it had a hidden 14er
By Jordan Hedberg
We often forget that what we know might not actually be accurate. Human nature rests on a mountain of assumptions, and in ignorance, we often...
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Supreme Court and District Judge end Linda Stanley’s final attempt to avoid punishment
By Jordan Hedberg
The five-year saga of the rise and fall of Linda Stanley entered its closing chapter over the last week as the Colorado Supreme Court ruled...
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Burros, volunteers, and a mission to bring water to LT100 runners on Hope Pass
By Jordan Hedberg
We recently spent four days camped out at timberline up Hope Pass —about 11,800 feet in altitude — helping support the highest aid station for...
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A steam whistle blasts in the Wet Mountain Valley for the first time in 86 years
By Jordan Hedberg
In 1939, as the United States continued to struggle to fully recover from the decade-long Great Depression, places like Westcliffe were still far from experiencing...
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Rockfall at dawn: Two good Samaritans rescue a man struck in the head during rockfall on Little Bear Peak
By Jordan Hedberg
The dark blue, almost black, of the morning twilight was only punctuated by the headlamps of three hikers as they reached the polished granite chute...
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The Leadville Ice Palace, a tourist attraction that melted

By Staff on March 3, 1994

Article by Lynda La Rocca

Local lore – March 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine

Depressed metal prices meant that there might be more nostalgia than production in the Leadville Mineral Belt. Civic leaders decided to promote tourism; to draw free-spending visitors, they built a tourist attraction.