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Crested Butte and Gunnison History

Written on September 1, 2021. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Live, Visit.

Crested Butte and Gunnison have a rich history beginning hundreds of years ago with the Ute people all the way to the present.

Town Profiles: Whitepine

Written on August 15, 2019. Posted in Blog, Live, Visit.

Visit Whitepine: In this series of town profiles, we’ll highlight the history and current stories of several smaller towns around the valley. Some still exist with year-round residents, while...

Town Profiles: Tincup

Written on July 10, 2019. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Live, Visit.

Visit Tincup: In this series of town profiles, we’ll highlight the history and current stories of several smaller towns around the valley. Some still exist with year-round residents, while others...

dog on fairview mountain pitkin colorado

Town Profiles: Pitkin

Written on June 11, 2019. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Live, Visit.

Visit Pitkin: In this series of town profiles, we’ll highlight the history and current stories of several smaller towns around the valley. Some still exist with year-round residents, while others...

Town Profiles: Powderhorn

Written on May 20, 2019. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Live, Visit.

Visit Powderhorn: In this series of town profiles, we’ll highlight the history and current stories of several smaller towns around the valley. Some still exist with year-round residents, while...

Hiker approaching Augusta Mine near Crested Butte, Colorado

Mountain Manners: A Scenic Hike Through Crested Butte’s History

Written on June 3, 2017. Posted in Blog, Summer, Visit.

Crested Butte’s Mining History Crested Butte was founded in 1880 as a supply town for the hard rock mines in the surrounding mountains before becoming a coal mining town in its own right as the...