Editor’s note (2005): The Valley Journal debuts a new columnist this week, adding to our slate of local voices and divergent viewpoints. Roaring Fork Valley native Jeannie Perry’s “Ps & Qs” will appear monthly in the VJ. Jeannie was born in Aspen and grew up in the Valley — part of the Perry ranching family […]
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Historiography: ‘Stranger in Angel Town’
His·to·ri·og·ra·phy: the study of historical writing When Nancy Lester, a 22-year-old graduate of Middlebury College, Vermont, accepted a teaching job at Carbondale Union High School (CUHS) in 1950, she didn’t intend to put her experiences into print. But Lester, who grew up in New Jersey, found Carbondale’s mid-20th-century agricultural community so foreign and fascinating that […]
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Preservation Commission advances amid Dinkel sale
There is no doubt about it, Carbondale is bracing for change and many wonder at what cost. One particularly concerned group is the Carbondale Historical Preservation Commission (CHPC) which fears bits of the town’s history will continue to be chipped away. One significant motivator for such worry is the recent sale of the Dinkel Building […]