The question about the appropriateness of certain monuments and statues has been simmering for decades. It finally bubbled over in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. As civil unrest spread across the country, many statues and monuments were vandalized, destroyed or removed. In June 2020, three statues in Colorado […]
History
Posted inNews, Uncategorized
Carbondale Historical Society celebrates "Our Hattie"
Sue Gray, executive director of the Carbondale Historical Society (CHS), called it “a small gathering to celebrate our Hattie.” On the evening of June 9, the group gathered in the side yard next to the Thompson House Museum to celebrate Hattie Thompson Holland’s 155th birthday. Hattie was one of pioneer Myron Thompson’s eight children, of […]
Posted inNews, Uncategorized
A caboose comes to Carbondale
A caboose, you say? Here in Carbondale? Well, yes, right behind the big yellow house at the corner of 3rd and Capitol. So how did that get here and when? It’s a good story, but first … The house According to a survey of historic structures put out by the Carbondale Historic Preservation Commission in […]
Posted inNews, Uncategorized
Conserved ranch looks to future
At the end of 2020, a conservation easement that had been in negotiation for more than five years came to fruition. Sunfire Ranch, over 1,200 acres near the confluence of the Crystal River and Thompson Creek, sold a $10M conservation easement to Pitkin County Open Space and Trails (PCOST). Support also came from Great Outdoors […]
Posted inNews, Uncategorized
It all started with The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
When this reporter first arrived in Carbondale, the trains transporting Mid-Continent coal were still active, and automobile drivers would often have to sit in their idling cars for several minutes, waiting for a train to clear the crossing. But that minor inconvenience was destined to disappear. The “last hurrah” for the Roaring Fork Valley’s rusting […]