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It's Not the Fine Arts Guild's Fault

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The real reason the Labor Day art show in Bond Park keeps catching rain, and it isn't who you think.

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Estes Park's second mayor sold eggs, candy and camera film

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And made some of the first color photographs of the American West.

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Tonight: the darkest Perseids in years

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Best window is midnight to 4 a.m. Here is the plan, plus the dome behind the high school.

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He almost owned your view

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He couldn't legally own a single acre.

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She Was Told Not to Stay in the Car. She Listened.

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Fifty years later, a survivor's own words still double as a warning

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The First Rodeo Really Was on the Fourth of July

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118 years of the Fourth in Estes Park, the fireworks postponed, and why the rodeo is still the better story.

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A Man, Some Flip-Flops, and the Reason This Town Has a Reservation System

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Why summer in Estes Park looks the way it does, plus a real warning about this week's most protective mothers.

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Congress Subsidized Goat Hair for National Security. Also There Are Alpacas This Weekend

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"Exciting updates on Wool Market, Bighorn sightings, Canned Mutton, and Government-paid Goat Hair in the latest edition of The Mountain Thread newsletter!"

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This Idea Is 5,000 Years Old. It Nearly Got Killed by a Refrigerator.

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Five thousand years of farmers markets, one California peach protest, and the parking lot on Big Thompson Avenue that opens this morning.

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The road you're waiting on exists because the first one was nearly undriveable

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Convict labor, horses, cars in reverse, and the nine-mile dirt track that started it all.

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They Climbed an Unclimbable Cliff in the Dark. Then They Built Vail.

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The 10th Mountain Division trained in Colorado, fought at Riva Ridge, and came home to build the American ski industry. This is their Memorial Day story.

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That red car above town has a WWII story you haven't heard

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A 10th Mountain Division engineer, one free-span cable, and 70 summers above Estes Park.

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The Valley Finally Got Its Snow. Also, Meet the Women Who Built It

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Two feet in May, the biggest storm since 2003, and the Mother's Day story Estes Park has never fully told.

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Four Guys Had Coffee in 1989. Ten Thousand Ducks Followed.

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The story behind the Great Estes Park Duck Race and why the river runs yellow this Saturday.

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He Did Not Wait for Earth Day. Nobody Had Invented It Yet.

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The story of the kid who saved Rocky Mountain National Park.

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What Did Your Taxes Actually Buy You This Year?

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Rocky Mountain National Park. And the story of the people who built it before the government had any claim on them.

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"A Doctor, a Local, and a Woman Alone on Storm Mountain"

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None of them were looking for this. All of them filed a report.

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He Was 73 Years Old. He Built the Highest Road in North America.

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Colonel Colt started on the Erie Canal in the 1870s. Trail Ridge Road was his last job.

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Grandpa Bredo Has It Better Than You Think

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Bedford got a garage. Williams got an airport. Bredo got Estes Park.

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Two Old Men Got on a Train in Wyoming.

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What they remembered when they got to Estes Park changed the name of everything.

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There Is a Frozen Dead Norwegian at The Stanley Hotel

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He has been there since 2023. There is a festival. This is the full story.

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He Never Changed His Sheets. Presidents Kept Coming Back.

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The story of the most famous guest ranch in Rocky Mountain National Park history.

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Two Lawyers. One Shotgun. Zero Gold.

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The con that accidentally built a Colorado town is wilder than you think.

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She Spent the Week in a Cabin. Nobody Knew.

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The biggest con in Rocky Mountain National Park history

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A True Estes Park Love Story

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Love, Loss, and Hard Lessons from 1873 Estes Park

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Chocolate & Chicken Wings, Oxen Trades, and Super Sunday

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Why the Estes family traded the valley for livestock

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Chocolate, Frozen History, and Three-Dollar Park Fees

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Why Abner Sprague paid $3 to enter the park

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Just Getting Started

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A Harley, a skid steer, and a few things happening around town

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Checking In on Those New Year’s Resolutions

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Some are holding strong. Some are already being renegotiated.

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Last Night of the Year in Estes Park

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New Year’s plans, winter notes, and a look ahead.

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