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Demonstrating a “can-do” spirit.
By Linda La Rocca
A few years ago, the 1895 schoolhouse in Twin Lakes was little more than a reminder of the days when this southern Lake County village, nestled in a scenic glacial valley near two sparkling, sub-alpine lakes, was the hub of a small gold-silver-lead-zinc mining district and the main stop for freight wagons and passenger stagecoaches traveling the Leadville-to-Aspen route over 12,095-foot Independence Pass.