WESTERN GATEWAYS
May 1969
Rocky Mountain Country Issue

A delightful vintage magazine for a look into history

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Colorado Rocky Mountain Grand Tour - by Curtis Casewit -
  A whirlwind tour of Colorado can turn up more than just names and places; it'll fill your mind with vacation ideas and get your wonderlust a-moving. From Pikes Peak, Durango, Mt. Evans and Mesa Verde National park--see it all in the Rocky Mountains.
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• Ambling Along the Animas by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk -
  Canyon of the Animas River. Leaving Durango, we caught he early morning Denver and Rio grande narrow gauge train. We chugged the mountains outside Durango.
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• Colorado National Monument - by Gaylord Staveley -
  Independence Rock and Grand Valley--Roan Cliffs and great Grand Mesa--its all there. The Chicago Natural History Museum has a huge Brachiosaurus skeleton taken near the Colorado Monument. The black rock is schist.
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• John Otto--The Man Who Married a Monument - by Gaylord Staveley -
  JOhn Otto--He showed up at Grand Valley, where Grand Junction stands and he Gunnison River joins the Colorado River about he turn of the century. John Otto built the original Serpent's Trail with its fifty-four switchbacks as one of his first projects. It is now part of the rim Rock Drive.
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• Ski Touring, The Old-New Sport by Bill Vincent -
  In the mountains of Colorado there is a new excitement during the winter. Ski touring is opening up whole new worlds of enjoyment.
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• Vallecito Lake, The Mountain Gem - by Jane McDermott -
  In the heart of southwestern Colorado's great San Juan Basin, surrounded by high granite peaks and vast forest of pine and spruce lies Vallecito Lake
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• Rocky Mountain National Park - by Kent Dannen -
  Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous highway in the United States, is the biological equivalent to taking a trip from the Great Lakes past the Arctic Circle. In these 24 spectacular miles of Rocky Mountain National park, Colorado, you pass through three different life zones.
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• The Estes Park Story - by Glenn Prosser -
  The gold wasn't removed from Colorado's Rocky Mountains before 1900. The enchanting valley of he Big Thompson and Fall Rivers was the happy hunting ground of roving Utes and Arapahoe. Presently the high country is known as Rocky Mountain national park.
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• Granny Can Make It - by Nathalie Wolf -
  Out assault on Longs Peak was made during a two-day expedition. Our first night was spent in a base camp near the half wa point.
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• Rocky Mountain Country Map -
  Points of interest include: Estes park, Breckenridge, Manitou Springs, Gunnison, telluride, Mesa Verde National Park, Arches National Monument, St Mary's Glacier Glacial ice Formation
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• Aspen - Camping, Culture and Kicks - by Tony Gauba -
  Peaks over 14,000 feet in altitude, Aspen scrapes at the sky in all directions. Trails on Aspen Mountain plunge right into town. Aspen is the undisputed ski capital of America.
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• Come and Get It! - by Margaret Crowley -
  The town of Eckert, Colorado features an annual turkey roast that has been going on since 1951. Originally the turkeys were barbecued in an open pit but today there is a giant outdoor oven which was built by 4-H Club members and adults from he community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 53


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