Chuck Bartley served in the storied 10th Mountain Division that fought against the Germans in Italy. He founded a successful drilling and pump business and was a close friend of the late cartoonist Charles Schulz.
The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson compiled the following information on the events leading up to Vail’s opening six decades ago from talks with longtime locals and from books, “Vail: Triumph of a Dream” by Pete.