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Living in the foothills of the Front Range, you can’t escape the history of Colorado’s Gold Rush. Old mines abound as you hike local trails near Caribou, Eldora and Ward and old mining roads dot the Forest Service land around Nederland. So, I listened with interest when Colorado Public Radio…
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I remember the first time I saw Nederland. Well, actually, there was the first time I saw Nederland in the light of day and the night-time version. We accidentally “stumbled” upon Nederland trying to take a short cut from Idaho Springs to Boulder. Traffic became gridlocked on I-70 and looking…
Continue readingAs an avid skier and part-time ski instructor at Winter Park Ski Resort, I spend lot of time driving on the Peak to Peak highway through the towns of Blackhawk and Central City, Colorado, a mere 30-minute drive south of Nederland. Their histories are complicated, founded as mining boom towns…
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