Apartment Canyon When I first visited the Crystal River Valley in November of 1986, the old ranch building behind Sopris Lighting/Ajax/Basalt Ski and Bike was in its original state — without the brick addition surrounding it. There was no roundabout at the “old, old” City Market that cashed a check that I forgot to sign. […]
Ted Frisbie
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A living local legend: John Waldo Tripp
By Ted Frisbie Special to The Sopris Sun In response to the National Geographic cover story, “The Last Voices of World War II” (published June 20, 2020), I felt compelled to draw attention to one of our Valley’s last surviving members of the 10th Mountain Division. Born July 28, 1919 in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Waldo […]