Growing out west: Colorado’s early homesteaders, ranchers lay the foundation for High Country communities
Agriculture, ranching and lettuce booms helped replace mining as families built schools, supply centers and cattle shipping hubs.
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Growing out West: Early Colorado homesteaders, ranchers lay foundation for High Country communities
From open space, a Western way of life to modern-day agriculture and events such as Glenwood Springs’ Strawberry Days and Steamboat Springs’ Winter Carnival, the impacts of Colorado’s early homesteaders and ranchers exist across today’s mountain communities. “We haven’t always been a resort community,” said Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society. “We were a community of really hardworking and homesteading ranchers who w…
Growing out west: Colorado’s early homesteaders, ranchers lay the foundation for High Country communities
From open space, a Western way of life to modern-day agriculture and events such as Glenwood Springs’ Strawberry Days and Steamboat Springs’ Winter Carnival, the impacts of Colorado’s early homesteaders and ranchers exist across today’s mountain communities. “We haven’t always been a resort community,” said Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society. “We were a community of really hardworking and homesteading ranchers who w…
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