Underneath the surface of a resort town that pulls in hundreds of thousands of skiers per year lives a mining history that’s nearly a century deep. If it were not for historians and an interest.
Underneath the surface of a resort town that pulls in hundreds of thousands of skiers per year lives a mining history that’s nearly a century deep. If it were not for historians and an interest.
For more than 100 years, a small cabin stood on a steep, tree-covered mountainside in Keystone Gulch. When the 12-by-18 foot structure was first built in the early 1900s, it housed miners who would crawl.
The town of Breckenridge has long served as a highly sought-after travel destination. From a bustling main street that captures the tangible spirit of the American West to nearly 3,000 acres of ski terrain spread.
Pennies shimmered as dappled sun danced across the government-issued headstones scattered throughout Valley Brook Cemetery on Friday, May 26. American flags in hand, fourth graders from Upper Blue Elementary School spent the morning searching for.