There are those who simply do their jobs, and then there are those who go above and beyond their duties. City of Burnside employees Brian Watson and David Staley belong
The so-called hippie-artist-builder paved the way for other women to lead. Heather Balogh Rochfort •
La Veta isn’t really on the way to anywhere. Tucked against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it has just one main road that serves a population of less than 900. At first glance, it seems like any small town except it’s not.
Of the 29 businesses in La Veta, nearly 70 percent are owned by women. (The national average is 39 percent.) One of the few statues in the state honoring a specific woman Doris Tracy, a former resident who served as a pilot during World War II sits in the city center. La Veta High School’s class of 2020 was all girls, so the homecoming court boasted two queens. Some have suggested that La Veta’s feminine mystique is a product of the area’s geography. (The Ute people call the Spanish Peaks, which tower just south of town, the Breasts of the Mother.) Others say it has to do with the rhythms of rural life. The truth is that any explanation has t