Tag: Colorado Living
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5 quintessential Colorado festivals coming up
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a naturally beautiful state, Coloradans don’t need a reason to celebrate. And yet there are several — some of them surprising (and maybe creepy). Here’s a look at some upcoming festivals: Pueblo Chile &…
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The colorful, complicated life of Captain Jack, a Colorado Springs legend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save nce upon a time, in the mountains of Colorado Springs, there lived a woman who wore a candlestick atop her hat, who carried a pickax in one hand and a pistol in the other. She dug for treasure around these mountains, burros in tow. Otherwise,…
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Was the root beer float invented in Cripple Creek?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s how the story goes: In 1893 at a Cripple Creek brewery, a wandering entrepreneur named Frank J. Wisner was experimenting with carbonated water, roots and sweeteners that did not quite achieve the sweetness he…