It Always Cost More to Live in Crested Butte?

It Always Cost More to Live in Crested Butte?

Even with the arrival of The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, prices were always higher […]

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Baseball and Skiing Were the Big Sports in Crested Butte?

Henderson Fossett logged the first football injury in town with a dislocated shoulder in 1890. […]

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Women Were in Short Supply in Crested Butte?

Mary Willison, typical wife and mother of the times, moved here in 1882. She immediately […]

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They Sold Crested Butte for Two Dollars?

The Ute Indians, only about 10,000 in number, were an unusual and fragmented tribe. These […]

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Shots were Fired in Crested Butte?

“RIOTING!” was the headline in the Rocky Mountain News on December 12, 1891. “Five men […]

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