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The Last Hand Real blackjack arrives in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

It seems that while many Mexiand the Mexican custom service area cans are coming to the United States was packed with hundreds of tourists legally or illegally, many U.S. citizens restless to hit the hotels, beaches and are going to Mexico with passports, of cafes. It took about an hour and a half course. Maybe we should just open the to clear customs without any searches borders and let the two powerful coun– it was just one long weaving line tries just mingle back and forth? back and forth. Departing a week later, We need the workers and Ameriit was a piece of cake in the repaired cans would bring cash along to build part of the airport that was dismantled new homes and provide higher paying by the hurricane that struck the city jobs. The average wage in Mexico, ac- By Bob Sweeney last fall. cording to street talk, is $8 a day.

Damage throughout Cabo was extensive and It is obvious that some of the waiters, taxi driv- debris has been cleaned up, but roofs are still being ers, bartenders, and time-share sales folks make repaired and the new mall is undergoing extensive some pretty good wages. But overall wages are very remodeling and repairs. low and create the stampede to the U.S. for higher Casinos are sprouting up around the town and pay and at least minimal health benefits, in some in the past, they have had only slot machines. This cases.

It sounds rather silly, but if we can enforce the year, they have installed two real blackjack tables borders, maybe we really should open them up with dealers and one roulette table.

The PlayWin Casino slot machines were busy and let the traffic flow both ways. Mexico has all on a late Saturday afternoon and the dining room of the natural resources that exist here in the U.S., except they don’t have the best form of governance, was full of special promotion customers.

They were serving free margaritas at the ena Constitution or Bill of Rights that have served us trance to the main street location in downtown so well.

One other highlight, we must praise our public Cabo.

The live blackjack games opened at 5 p.m. with education system that has created the best country in the world. While our teachers and public schools a dealer and six-deck shoe around the standard receive plenty of criticism, we have by far the best- gaming table. All of the chips were in pesos with educated population in the Western hemisphere. a limit of five pesos to 1,000. There had to be two So teachers, take a bow. We also have mandatory players at the table for the dealer to play. As the sole customer, I had to put two, four peso chips on two education for all of our children.

I recently spent a week in Cabo San Lucas and spots in order to play.

I’m trying to figure out why it took two to tango, it was very enjoyable and the weather was perfect.

Eight planes landed at once on our Saturday arrival but the only explanation might be to discourage

card counting, or make it more difficult. But with six decks and a real speedy dealer that would be very hard to accomplish, if indeed it really does make a difference.

Maybe, they just think it is a waste of time to deal to one player that might be the simple answer?

Soon other players came and joined in the game. The rules are the same worldwide except there was one exception. The dealer offered insurance on an ace showing, but didn’t show his blackjack until the end of the hand taking all bets. He did offer even money on opposing aces.

All of the players who joined in the game were locals and they didn’t know how to play very well.

They were hitting 13, 14, 15, 16 sometimes with a dealer bust had showing. Since blackjack is so new to the Mexican public, they were missing splits and double downs that favor the players. They all lost small amounts of peso chips.

On the other hand this old player just kept betting a few pesos on the two spots and the cards were favorable. Using the Colorado casino experience, I was able to scratch out a small profit before my wife came and said it was time to go to dinner.

I cashed out and received a 13 peso-to-one U.S. dollar, a very good exchange rate. It paid for dinner and the cab fare with the peso currency and I enjoyed the peso play.

One last note…the brand new cards coming out of the shoe were very good and better than in an old shuffled deck when the dealer just seems to win all the time.

I liked the fresh cards, and the new gaming and this it is good for Mexico.

At the little outdoor Cabo Cantina Alonso, the www.coloradogambler.com waiter, taught me some Spanish, the words were “buena suerte,” meaning “good luck.”

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2015 Outback maintains grip in Rockies One of the vehicles most closely associated with our state and its rugged terrain is the Subaru Outback.

The Outback wagon has been the staple of Subaru’s unqualified success in Colorado over the past

By Bud Wells 20 years.

Subaru’s outstanding symmetrical allwheel-drive system with active torque vectoring kept me going through recent deep snow and icy surfaces with the 2015 Outback 3.6R Limited model. The Subaru’s 8.7-inch ground clearance is much appreciated.

The 3.6R’s outdated 5-speed automatic transmission of the past has been replaced by an improved continuously variable transmission to go with the wagon’s boxer 6-cylinder engine.

As for wagons, when it comes to handling, I prefer the Audi allroad; for fuel mileage, none

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of the other wagons can match the mpg of the Volkswagen Jetta Sportswagen TDI diesel, and, perhaps the nicest of leather and comfortable interiors is that of the Volvo V60.

Still, for all-around, everyday service, dependability and durability, the Outback can compete with any of them. It’s been a winner of long standing.

I remember the first Outback, introduced in 1995 as a variant of the Legacy wagon.

Wagons were going nowhere at that time.

The Outback, though, with its boxer engines and sturdy all-wheel-drive structure and heavy side cladding, endured among a rush of SUVs and more modern crossovers, and found favor with lots of outdoors persons.

The first one I drove back in ’95, with a sticker price of $24,500, weighed 3,250 pounds on a wheelbase of 103.5 inches. Its 150-horsepower, 2.5-liter horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engine produced surprising low-end torque.

The Outback has grown in 20 years – its wheelbase by 5 inches and curb weight by 550 pounds.

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The 2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R has undergone a transmission switch.

including a more rakish windshield in which the base has been moved forward 2 inches, and it is a bit longer, taller and wider than last year’s version. Noticeable atop the wagon is a sturdy luggage rack.

I’ve not been a fan of CVT transmissions in 3,800-pound vehicles; however, this one in the 3.6R is a much stronger higher-torque unit than those I’ve tested in the past for Subaru.

Under certain acceleration levels, the driver even feels simulated “gear steps” like a conventional 6-speed automatic, and it is quickened with manual-mode and paddle-shift control switches. All this while attaining the better fuel economy of a CVT on regular-grade gasoline. The review model averaged 23.9 miles per gallon; its EPA estimate is 20/27.

The flat-6 boxer engine develops 256 horsepower and 247 lb.-ft. of torque, with adequate performance. Standard engine in the Outback wagon is a 175-hp, 2.5-liter boxer-4-cylinder with CVT, which is EPA rated at 25/33 mpg.

Acceleration is increased with the bigger 3.6R powerplant, complemented with responsive steering and the torque vectoring, which applies brake pressure to a front wheel for improved cornering ability. The Outback Limited rides on Bridgestone Dueler 225/60R18 tires.

Highlighting the interior, in addition to perforated-leather heated seats, is a 7-inch touch-screen display with voice-activated controls, navigation, Harman/Kardon audio system with 12 speakers, backup camera, SiriusXM, text messaging, Bluetooth and dual USB ports.

The navigation, moonroof, keyless access and push-button start pushed sticker price to $36,040.

The Outback 3.6R Limited is equipped with eight airbags, including new front seatcushion bags to keep occupants in place during frontal collisions. Blind-spot detection, lane-change assist and rear-cross-traffic alert are other safety enhancements.

The rear seating area boasts lots of legroom

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and headroom, with added comfort from rear heat/air vents. Seatbacks recline for passengers in the back row. Cargo-carrying capability behind the second row of seats, 35.5 cubic feet, is a favorite feature for many buyers of the Outback.

2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited specs Capacity: 5-passenger wagon Wheelbase: 108.1 inches 189.6 inches Length: Width: 72.4 inches 66.1 inches Height: Curb Weight: 3,810 pounds Track: 61.8 inches front, 62.2 rear Ground Clearance: 8.7 inches Turn Circle: 36.1 feet Drivetrain: All-wheel-drive Engine: 3.6-liter boxer 6-cylinder Horsepower/Torque: 256/247 Transmission: Continuously variable Steering: electric power Suspension: MacPherson strut front, double wishbone rear Fuel mileage est.: 20/27 Fuel mileage avg: 23.9 Fuel Tank: 18.5 gallons, regular unleaded Wheels: 18-inch Tires: Bridgestone Dueler

225/60R18 tires 35.5 cubic feet Cargo Volume: Warranty: 3 years/36,000 miles basic,

5/60,000 powertrain Competitors: Volvo V60, Volkswagen

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BMW 3 series Assembly Plant: Lafayette, Ind. Parts Content: U.S./Canadian 50%, Japan 40% Base Price of Lowest Model: $24,895 Base Price of Review Model: $32,995 Destination Charge: $850 Sticker Price: $36,040

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From 10 - 11 p.m., each Saturday night, three guests will be drawn to smash a giant cookie and win up to $500. Qualify weekly by playing table games.

Mystery Penny Multiplier

Every Thursday, visit Guest Services between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to spin the penny point multiplier wheel for up to 12X penny points. Stop by the wheel before you play.

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Guests 50 and over reap the rewards every Monday and Tuesday at Saratoga. Earn 4X points on slots and 2X points on video poker. Take advantage of our discounted menu items in The Café or $10 off with 50 base points earned. Plus, receive a $20 bus refund when you earn 200 base points.

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Happy Fortunes Pyramid

Work your way up Lady Luck’s Happy Fortunes Pyramid. From 2 – 10 p.m. you could be chosen to win some green. Win up to $500. Receive one free entry and additional entries with play. See guest services for rules and additional details.

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Sundays through Thursdays earn a free room in the Lady Luck Hotel Tower. To earn play 450 unadjusted points on your Lady Luck Player’s Card. Poker and table games guests can earn a free room, too. Visit guest services or speak to a table games supervisor for restrictions and additional

details. Offer subject to availability.

Excludes holidays and blackout dates.

Club 40

We’re multiplying the fun Mondays and Wednesdays. Join us twice a week for Club 40. All guests age 40 or better will receive 6X points on slots and 2X points on video poker. Guests will also receive a free entrée at Otis & Henry’s once they earn 25 unadjusted points on their Lady Luck Player’s Card. Make sure to check out Otis & Henry’s brand new Blue Plate Specials menu. Breakfast is available all day, too!

See guest services for rules and additional details on all promotions.

Happy Hot Seats

Discover your happy place every Tuesday in February. Three random hot seat winners will be chosen every hour from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. You could win up to $250.

Simply play on your Fan Club player’s card to enter.

Social Media

Make sure to like Lady Luck Black Hawk on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Stay up to date with all promotions, events and special contests! Also, make sure to register your email with Guest services to receive special promotion emails.

Delicious New Treats

Try the newest mouthwatering menu option in Otis & Henry’s, the grilled pork chop. It’s a slow cooked 12oz double bone, spiced-rubbed pork chop served with brown gravy and tobacco onions! Start your day off or finish your meal with an espresso, latte or a cappuccino. For details stop by Otis and Henry’s, located on the 2nd floor of Lady Luck next to table games.

Fan Club

Make sure to stop at Lady Luck Guest Services to get your new players card. The new five tier Fan Club has lots of perks for members. Get double, triple, or quadruple points by reaching the gold, platinum or millionaire tiers. Whether your tier is club, select, gold, platinum or millionaire, the more you play, the more you earn! Plus more rewards, more coupons and more food!

Bus Fare Redemption

Guests who play with a Fan Club Card can receive up to $22 cash back on bus fare

every day. Earn 350 unadjusted points on Lady Luck Player’s Card to receive cash back.

Poker and table games guests can earn too!

Just play 3 consecutive hours at Table Games or 4 hours in a Live Poker Game. Guests must redeem bus ticket at Guest Services. Limit one bus redemption per person per day.

chance to walk away with up to $1,888. Pick the winning fortune cookie, and you could win $88, $888 or $1,888. The drawings will be held from 7 -11 p.m. Guests will receive one free entry and additional entries with more play.

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There are now even more chances to win in the Lady Luck Poker Room. The new Monte Carlo Jackpots are up and running with 12 individual progressive prizes! There are jackpots for Royal Flushes, Straight Flushes and any 4 of a kind. Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room, located on the 2nd floor, for details and updated jackpot amounts.

Lady Luck Poker

It’s easier than ever to win BIG in the Lady Luck Poker Room! The Bad Beat Jackpot now includes decreasing qualifier element.

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Table Games

Up your odds with the best table games crew in Black Hawk. Play at Craps, Roulette, Buffalo Blackjack Bonus and Double Deck Blackjack every day of the week. There are 20X odds on Craps everyday. There are multiple $5 games open every day and $2 craps Monday through Thursday.

Every Tuesday in February, you will have a chance to win up to $750. Drawings will be held randomly from 3 – 7 p.m. Winners will get to test their memory for a chance to win big. You will receive one free entry each promotional Friday and additional entries with more play.

50+ Perks With age come big bonuses every Sunday in February from 8 a.m. – midnight.

Everyone 50 or better is invited to stop by for 5X points on slots and 2X points on video poker. You will receive one free buffet after earning 100 unadjusted points and free soft serve ice cream will be available from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Cannot be combined with any other point multiplier.

10X Points Penny Slots Receive 10X points on penny slots each Thursday in February from 8 a.m. midnight. You must register at the Player’s Club or Cashier Services prior to playing. Not valid on video poker. Penny Point multiplier cannot be combined with any other offer.

Bus Fare Refund Do you ride the bus to Black Hawk?

The Isle will refund your bus fare up to $22.

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Table Games and Poker players will receive their bus fare back with four hours of consecutive play.

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Play And Stay

Play 450 unadjusted points on your IsleOne club card Sundays through Thursdays between 8 a.m. and midnight and stay the night on us. Or on Friday play 750 unadjusted points and your hotel stay is FREE. Check with the Player’s Club or Cashier Services once you have earned your points to receive your hotel offer. This offer is valid only on the day the points are earned and is based on availability, blackout days may apply.

Table Games

The Isle has all your favorite table games including Blackjack, Craps with 10 times odds and Roulette. Also available at the Isle, Three Card Poker, Bonus 6, Buffalo Blackjack, Double Deck Blackjack, 21+3, Mississippi Stud, Ultimate Texas Hold’Em and Let-It-Ride.

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Tradewinds

Tradewinds at the Isle has a new menu that features what we believe to be the best hamburgers in Black Hawk.

Whether you try the classics, a green chili and chipotle, the black & blue or mushroom and Swiss burger you will not be disappointed. Tradewinds® even offers a mouthwatering cheeseburger burrito.

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You can win cash, QuickPlay and other prizes every Tuesday, in our Sweetheart Swipe Kiosk Game. Swipe your A-Play Club Card at any promotion kiosk with no point requirement for the first swipe and get an additional swipe after earning 200 base points on slots after 3 a.m. on the day of the promotion.

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$20,000 Dollar Dash

Play the $20,000 Dollar Dash Point chase and catch some cash on Sundays in March. The top point earner for the month wins $5,000. Top 10 point earners each Sunday win $100 in Free Slot Quickplay.

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Celebrate Mardi Gras at the Mardi Gras on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 17. Enjoy authentic Cajun dishes, king cakes, live entertainment and our $5,000 progressive drawings. All the fun kicks off at noon with drawings starting at 3 p.m. Don’t miss Fat Tuesday, only at Mardi Gras!

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Play your way to a warm Eddie Bauer Fleece this February. You have two chances to play for your gift: Sunday, Feb. 15, through Wednesday, Feb. 18 and again Sunday, Feb. 22 through Wednesday, Feb. 25. Simply earn 1500 base points or 15 hours of tracked table games play with a $10 average bet. You have all four days each week to earn your fleece jacket so grab one each week and stay warm with us!

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February 17 - March 2, 2015

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Mildred won $2,738 playing progressive Triple Diamond at Century Casino in Central City.

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February 17 - March 2, 2015

Colorado History

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Jim Beckwourth, Colorado’s legendary frontiersman

By Linda Wommack

Mountain man, scout, frontiersman, honorary Indian chief, and the first to pen an autobiography. And what a story it was. He was legendary in his own time, although early historians largely discounted him.

James Pierson Beckwourth was born in 1798 in Frederick County, Va., to an African American slave mother.

His father, Sir Jennings Beckwourth, owner of a large plantation, raised young Jim as his own son, although, according to the law, Jim was legally considered a slave. His father appeared in open court on three separate occasions and “acknowledged the execution of a Deed of Emancipation from him to James, a mulatto boy.”

A few years later, the Beckwourth family moved to Missouri, where young Jim was later apprenticed to a blacksmith in St. Louis. Beckwourth, unhappy as an apprentice, had a falling out with the blacksmith, and left the area for a better opportunity. At the age of 24, Beckwourth signed on as a scout for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Ashley’s Rocky Mountain Fur Company was the first to depend primarily upon trapping the beaver rather than buying them from Native Americans. William Ashley’s ad in the Missouri Gazette, not only drew in Beckwourth, it also brought in future legends in the industry, such as James Bridger, Tom Fitzpatrick, Jedediah Smith, and William Sublette. And business boomed, setting forth the way for Westward Migration.

For several years, Beckwourth hunted, trapped, and scouted for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, as well as the American Fur Company, where he became proficient

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Nevertheless, Beckwourth spent the next eight years with the Crow, and even married into the tribe, taking Pine Leaf as his bride.

Beckwourth even said that he rose within the tribal ranks to the level of a war chief.

During the later part of the 1830s, the beaver were becoming scare Jim and fashion trends in Beckwourth the East and in Europe were changing.

Beckwourth returned to St. Louis in an effort to seek employment.

As luck would have it, something Beckwourth seemed to have plenty of, he ran into his trapper friends, Andrew Sublette and Louis Vasquez. Vasquez told Beckwourth of the Bent brothers and their monopoly on trade with the westward travelers and Indians along the Arkansas River in southern Colorado.

Vasquez, an experienced Colorado trader in the frontiersman skills he would himself, told Beckwourth that his use for the rest of his life. It was also experience with the Indian people during this time that he became would be of great service at Bent’s acquainted with other well known Fort in Colorado. mountain men such as Kit Carson, By 1840, Beckwourth proved to Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, and be invaluable to the Bent brothers, Jim Clyman, to name a few. as well as a trusted friend to the Beckwourth was present at the Arapaho and Cheyenne who frefirst Mountain Man Rendezvous at quented the fort, including Black Henry’s Fork on the Green River in Kettle. Beckwourth’s skill with 1825. A tradition lasting for several Indian negotiations, as well as his years, the yearly rendezvous, oc- friendship and loyalty to the Bents, curring at various sites, became the enhanced the peaceful existence social and trading event of the en- along the Arkansas River. tire season for the mountain men Beckwourth had relocated, of the West. along with Charles Bent to Taos, In 1828, while trapping in the N.Mo. While Charles Bent went high Rocky Mountains with Jim into politics, becoming territoBridger, Beckwourth was captured rial governor of New Mexico, Beckby a party of Crow warriors. Al- wourth operated a successful tradthough Bridger later confirmed the ing post, and eventually remarried. kidnapping, Beckwourth’s account In 1847, with the Mexican Ameriis a strange tale. Beckwourth later can War in full force, Taos was a wrote that he was mistaken for the boiling pot of hostility. The Mexilong lost son of Big Bowl, a Crow can revolt of 1847 erupted in Taos. tribal chief, and was then adopted Militants of the Mexican faction into the tribe. However, several invaded the town, burning homes, historians claim that Beckwourth’s buildings, and terrorizing citizens. time with the Crow Indians was Although Gov. Charles Bent pleadactually arranged by the Rocky ed for calm, the violence turned to Mountain Fur Company in an ef- murder and the murderers turned fort to gain trust and further the toward the governor. trade business.

When Beckwourth learned of

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the murderous plot of the governor, he hurried through the burning streets to help his friend. He was too late. Nearly 300 Mexican revolters had stormed the home of Governor Bent and shot him in the head. murdered him.

After the murder of Charles Bent, Beckwourth left New Mexico.

Returning to his love of scouting, in 1850, he ventured west toward California. As he traveled through the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Beckwourth spotted a pass through the area, “far away to the southward that seemed lower than any other.”

Beckwourth later wrote, “We proceeded in an easterly direction, and all busied themselves in searching for gold; but my errand was of a different character: I had come to discover what I suspected to be a pass.”

Beckwourth felt that the pass “would afford the best wagon-road into the American Valley approaching from the east.” A year later, he had developed the trail, now known as Beckwourth Pass.

A decade later, Beckwourth had

returned to the Colorado Territory, gaining employment at Bent’s Fort.

Beckwourth happened to be at Fort Lyon on Nov. 28, 1864, when Col. John Chivington and his volunteer army suddenly arrived at the fort.

Beckwourth was forced to serve as a guide for Chivington, taking him and his troops to Black Kettle’s camp on the banks of Sand Creek.

Chivington’s surprise attack on the village the following day became a massacre of innocent men, women and children. Beckwourth witnessed the atrocity, including the murder of a prisoner, interpreter John Smith’s son, Jack.

Beckwourth’s testimony during the government trials concerning the actions of Chivington, led to Beckwourth’s appointment by the U.S. government as an advisory toward peace negotiations with the Indians.

Beckwourth told his life story to J.D Bonner who published The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, the first biography of a celebrated frontiersman.

Trappers and traders in the Western Frontier Photos courtesy of Denver Public Library

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A Ranch in Wyoming and Utah

T

Strawberry Jam Part III: The Shootout

he following is a list have jurisof some diction in of the elUtah, and ements of this story that Stagg was are solidly backed up: from Sum1) On July 11, 1895, mit County, Patrick “Patsy” Coughso there lin and Fred George was a quesstole strawberries from tion about a Park City, Utah, ven© Anna Lee Ames Frohlich Near, or at, the location of the shootout. dor, petty larceny. whether he 2) Sheriff Harrington of Park had jurisdiction in Rich City vowed to punish them for their County where the Palmer cabin was. They found the outlaws’ sadly worn out horses and decided not to even frequent pranks.

The four lawmen traveled in a 3) Patrick and Fred progressed light wagon, leaving Evanston in the waste bullets by putting the poor to horse stealing, grand larceny, early morning at about 1:30 a.m., to beasts down.

There was quiet around the then took off up Emigration Canyon a spot one-fourth or one-half mile cabin until about 5:30 a.m. when to avoid problems with Sheriff Hardistant from the cabin. Before day- Taylor, feeling very thirsty, crept up rington. light on the morning of July 30, they to the spring for a drink. From here 4) There was an inevitable meethad quietly surrounded the cabin accounts of the story vary. Some of ing with Patrick and Fred encounon foot to about 100 yards away these accounts are as follows: tering Harrington with his deputy on July 27 or 28 at Crandall Creek. Harrington received minor injuries and would have shot back had his gun not jammed. Patrick and Fred galloped off to the north.

5) They bought 300 rounds of ammunition in Wanship and ended up stopping for the night of July 29 at Palmer’s shack in Rich County, Utah, west of Evanston.

The continuation of this story follows …

An acquaintance of the fugitives named Alliston ran across the fugitives near Palmer’s line-shack on the evening of July 29, 1895. He knew that there was an effort going on to catch these horse thieves, so he rode to Wasatch to spread the word about their location. The telegraph operator wired Evanston. The message reached Constable Thomas A. Stagg of Echo who asked Deputy City Marshal Taylor of Evanston, Special Deputy Edward Dawes of Evanston and Deputy Sheriff Calverly of Uinta County to join him. Three were from across the border, so they did not really

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Coughlin: “We were asleep in the cabin when they commenced shooting on us. Why didn’t they come up and ask us to surrender?”

Calverly’s testimony: “(I) had fired the first shot just as Coughlin was drawing a bead (from the doorway) on Taylor who was about to drink from the stream.” “No shot had come from the doorway.”

Calverly’s testimony: “The men in the cabin had fired six or eight shots before (Dawes) fired at all.”

The News Register - Evanston, 1896: “Eleven shots had been fired at the cabin window by Dawes before he was struck by the ball that caused his death.”

Coughlin: “They just commenced sending the volleys into the shanty. I told the kid (George) that we must fight for our lives.

So we started in.”

Coughlin: “I didn’t kill Stagg.” “I guess that he was killed by those other fellows over there.”

George’s testimony: “Coughlin first killed Dawes and then crawled out of the window of the shanty and along a ditch until he got right behind Stagg, who was crawling in the grass toward the cabin … Stagg heard something behind him and turned.

As he did so Coughlin fired and Stagg died immediately afterwards.

“After Stagg and Dawes had been shot, Taylor and Calverly were out of ammunition, and both had minor wounds. At Coughlin’s arrest he said, “When we did come out of the cabin and the two deputies were running away, we might have put bullets through them. But we thought we had done enough of that kind of Map of the shootout that was probably used in court. The spring was 552 feet from the work. And we were no cabin; Stagg 325 feet; Calverly 360 feet; Dawes 290 feet. longer in danger...”.

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Taylor and Calvary retreated to Wasatch and reported what had happened by telegraph.

The outlaws were held up awhile because their horses had wandered away. Meanwhile they claimed to have tried to care for the dying Dawes who had been lung-shot.

They gave him water and changed his position a few times so that he could rest easier in his pain.

Patrick Coughlin and Fredrick George then headed to the northwest. The story continues with the longest manhunt in Utah’s history up until that time.

February 17 - March 2, 2015

The Gable House Durango’s Victorian Diamond

By Linda Wommack

James Schutt was a wealthy businessman by the time he built his grand home in 1892. When the town of Durango was established, Schutt established one of the first of the three mercantile stores, as well as a flour mill.

The Victorian mansion, located at 805 5th Ave., was designed and built by George S. Barber. Built in the popular Queen Anne style of the era, the three-story home was a prominent structure in the new residential area. Constructed of deepred brick, kilned in Pueblo, the exterior of the home featured a wooden wrap-around porch with ornate banisters. Two decorative balconies enhanced the second floor. A fabulous turret crowned the corner of the third floor. There were four gables that joined the steeply pitched main roof, each of which featured fishscaled shingles with ornate fascia at the gable ends.

The interior of the home featured a formal parlor and dining room on the first floor, with bedrooms on the second floor. Hardwood floors, made of oak, graced the mansion.

James and Eliza Schutt, who never had children, enjoyed their home for the next few years, despite the economic disaster of the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1893. It is quite possible that Schutt felt an economic downturn was in the making, as he had signed over the deed to the mansion to his wife, Eliza, prior to the Silver Crash.

Following the repeal, Durango, as most of Colorado, fell into an economic depression. As mines closed overnight, the effect rippled across the state. In Durango, 15 businesses failed by early summer. Schutt’s various businesses suffered through what came to be known as the “worst depression of the century,” and he and Eliza eventually liquidated many of their holdings, including their home. In 1898, the mansion was sold, ironically enough, to J. L. Rachofsky, Schutt’s mercantile competitor.

The Famous lived up to its name.

Selling everything from beans and flour, to hammers and nails, and clothing, shoes and boots. While it was not the only mercantile in town, it was the most “famous” for catering to the common working family.

Tragedy occurred in 1913, when fire engulfed The Famous, destroying Rachofsky’s business. Financially

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ruined, Rachofsky sold the mansion to its most illustrious owner.

Dr. Benjamin J. Ochsner was renowned as one of the finest physicians in southwestern Colorado. He left his medical practice in Telluride, moving to Durango, where he practiced at Durango’s Mercy Hospital.

After a disagreement with the hospital board over a variety of issues regarding medical practice, Ochsner purchased the mansion from Rachofsky for the sole purpose of running his own hospital.

Ochsner oversaw an extensive conversion of the home. The first floor rooms were opened to create a larger area, which Ochsner used as a patient ward for needy patients.

The former parlor was used as Ochsner’s private office. The second floor rooms were private patient rooms, with a few two-bed rooms. The third floor, which had never been completed by either of the previous owners, was transformed into the operating room. The glass in the windows was replaced with leaded prismatic glass tiles, which actually diffused the sunlight coming into room, eliminating any reflection on the operating table.

The Ochsner Hospital, which opened in 1913, became Durango’s first private hospital. Ochsner and his hospital served the community quite admirably. Lives were saved

by Dr. Ochsner’s renowned medical expertise and his surgical skills.

Ochsner furthered his practice by installing the first X-ray machine in the county.

Seven years after the hospital was opened, county health regulations required Ochsner to install linoleum flooring, as it was easier to clean for sanitation purposes. Complying with the new regulation, Ochsner installed the required flooring over the original oak flooring.

When Ochsner retired in 1937, Drs. Leo Lloyd and Christopher Martin purchased the facility. They continued Ochsner’s hospital practice for the next five years. In 1942, the doctors sold the property to La Plata County officials who operated the hospital as the county’s first public hospital, later known as the Community Hospital, for the next 20 years.

In 1962, the county officials deemed the hospital outdated and opened a new facility. The property was then sold to the JAME Corporation. An acronym for four wealthy

investors, one of the investors, Marvin Dale, eventually purchased the property outright in 1966. For the next five years, Dale operated the mansion as a rooming house to students attending Durango’s Fort Lewis College.

In 1971, Jeffrey and Heather Bryson purchased the historic edifice from Dale. The Brysons began a lengthy and painstaking restoration process, the ultimate goal being to return the mansion to its original condition. It would take years.

Broken windows throughout the house were replaced. Layers and layers of paint were painstakingly stripped from the walls. Through their research, the Brysons were then able to find period-correct paint matches for the walls. The linoleum was torn up from the floors. Sadly, the original oak floors underneath were in sad condition. With hard work, golden oak flooring was eventually refurbished to the original condition.

The second and third floors of the mansion had suffered considerable damage from a roof that had apparently been leaking for years.

“It was sheer neglect,” said Heather Bryson.

The water damage affected several walls, floors and the ceilings.

The entire roof was replaced. This proved to be quite a daunting task.

From the corner turret to the steeply pitched points, attention was paid to historic accuracy. The four gables also received careful consideration in an effort to duplicate the fish-scaled shingles at the gable ends. It may have been serendipity, for the Brysons chose to name their bed and breakfast inn, “Gable House.”

In 1994, the Brysons opened Gable House to the public as a bed and breakfast inn. Today, the Gable House Bed and Breakfast not only offers a true Victorian experience for their guests, but a warm and friendly atmosphere as well.

Heather said, “The Gable House is an intimate B&B. You come in contact with me not a desk clerk. I truly care about my guests and want them only to go away glowing, rested, rejuvenated and telling their friends what a wonderful time they had.”

This is an excerpt from the author’s latest book, Colorado’s Historic Mansions & Castles. It is available in bookstores, at www.amazon. com, www.barnes&noble.com or www.lindawommack.com.

Trail’s End

The Gable House.

Photos courtesy of Benjamin Martinez

The kitchen has been fully restored to its original appearance.

The music room of the Gable House

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Humor

AQUARIUS - (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) This is a good transit for social interaction, new friends, new contacts. If you have a creative project it will flourish as long as you don’t give into the tendency to relax too much. Lucky Numbers: 2, 9, 12, 20, 47, 51

PISCES (Feb 20 - March 20) This transit is good for research and looking deep into whatever you have been curious about. People are helpful to you at this time.

Also good time for promotions particularly management positions.

Lucky Numbers: 3, 15, 21, 39, 41, 42

email her at navamsa9@q.com LIBRA - (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) There are tensions and disruptions around you in your life at this time. And yet you are the calm in the storm. Yours can be the voice of reason. You may let go of some of your friendships at this time.

Lucky Numbers: 6, 12, 20, 23, 27, 43

SCORPIO - (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) This transit is good for managerial or leadership positions, you can be promoted. You are feeling optimistic and maybe a bit self indulgent. This is not a good time for financial speculations or other such excesses. Lucky Numbers: 12, 13, 14, 24, 33, 46

SAGITTARIUS - (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) This transit is good for financial speculation of any kind as you have a Midas touch. You have a silver tongue as well and people want to hear what you have to say. Overall this is a fortunate time for you.

Lucky Numbers: 5, 9, 10, 12, 19, 32

CAPRICORN - (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) With all the changes that have been happening in your life are not much in the mood for talking to people. You are busy and have things to do. This is a good transit to do a time out with people.

Lucky Numbers: 6, 7, 21, 24, 27, 50

GEMINI - (May 22 - Jun. 21) This is a fortuitous time for you in general. You have the golden tongue and can charm people at this time. Good for romance, finance, career, a good time in general. Lucky Numbers: 17, 19, 22, 23, 43, 61

CANCER - (Jun. 22 - July 22) There is a tendency for you to retreat from others at this time Perhaps you need to look out for yourself, perhaps you need a little downtime from others. Regroup, re-plan and you will succeed.

Lucky Numbers: 2, 6, 13, 15, 27, 64

LEO - (July 23rd – Aug 22) This is a good transit overall. You are fortunate in money matters, accumulating money of speculations. This transit is also good for relationships in general, and of course, romance. Lucky Numbers: 7, 10, 16, 20, 54, 59

VIRGO - (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) You are feeling positive in general. You may feel this is a good time to make changes in your life. Not only in your environment but within yourself as well. You are correct, you will be successful in your plans. Lucky Numbers: 4, 7, 12, 17, 24, 63

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37. Is 38. IRA 39. Patted 41. Tease

42. Shoe 44. No deal 45. Gratis

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ARIES - (March 21 - April 20) Things seem to be going well for you. Your work or career seems to be on track. Only from time to time you are not willing to listen or accept authority. Lucky Numbers: 4, 6, 27, 29, 32, 44

TAURUS - (April 21 - May 21) You are feeling good. You feeling optimistic and full of energy. And yet there is a tendency to do nothing, literally. Effort is required on your part to move forward with this positive transit. Lucky Numbers: 8, 31, 42, 45, 47, 62

ACROSS

Horoscopes

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ning o f f at the mouth and jumping to conclusions.

Where I work, the printer is 50 steps from my office.

I print a lot and now that I have a Fitbit, I don’t get so frustrated when I walk all the way there and realize I forgot to hit print.

I’m racking up steps every time I walk into a room, can’t remember why I’m there, leave, and have to come back when I do.

I get credit for all the steps I take when I’m hunting all over the house for my car keys.

I never used to appreciate that I have to carry my laundry down two flights of stairs. I still don’t. But I do get a lot of steps on laundry day.

My grocery store moved everything around a few months back and I still haven’t caught on. But that’s OK. Wandering all over the store looking for canned tomatoes and dishwashing liquid racks up steps.

I even get credit for steps I take heading to the kitchen for a snack. And at work, I notice I get a lot more steps on days when there are treats in the break room.

I’ve set my daily goal at 15,000 steps and when I hit it, which I do almost every day, my Fitbit vibrates on my wrist.

That makes me jump, and that’s always good for a couple more steps.

(Dorothy Rosby is the author of the humor book I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better.

Contact drosby@ rushmore.com or see www. dorothyrosby.com.)

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prizes based on our steps.

We decided not to base our competitions on sleep, because that might not be good for productivity.

I’m not normally a gizmo gal, but I recomm e n d s t e p trackers. Just wearing one helps you make good choices. You decide to take the stairs instead of the elevator. You decide to walk on the treadmill when you’re watching TV. You take a parking spot farther from the entrance, leaving the space by the door for me.

I’m joking!

Seriously though, a steptracking device gives you a whole new perspective on movement. You get credit for every move you make, except for run-

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I come from a in the 1960s were long line of pacers. marketed under the With 10 kids in my name “manpo-kei.” family, we had more Or something like children than chairs that. My Japanese is when I was growa little rusty, but aping up. Our motto parently that transwas “On your feet, lates to “10,000 lose your seat.” Plus steps meter.” It’s a I walked uphill both nice round number. ways to school every By Dorothy Rosby People went for it, drosby@rushmore.com day, including home maybe because 9,999 and back for lunch. just doesn’t have the It was so far, it’s a wonder I had ring to it. time to eat.

And studies conducted since I’m sure I was getting the then suggest that those who daily-recommended dose of increase their steps to at least 10,000 steps a day, but no one 10,000 do experience benefits, was counting back then. These like reduced blood pressure and days it’s a little harder. I don’t glucose levels, improved carwalk home for lunch; I walk 25 diovascular health, and better steps to the fridge in the break counting skills. I’m no expert, room. I sit at a computer all but I think those who step it up day. And I have plenty of chairs to 10,002 or 9,758 do too. in my home.

Some of my fellow employees Ten thousand steps seems and I started out the new year like a lot. It is about five miles, with Fitbits, one of the many depending on how long your gadgets on the market these legs are. And why 10,000 any- days that tracks steps. The Fitway? Turns out isn’t even scien- bit also tracks weight, calories, tific. Pedometers sold in Japan even sleep. We’re competing for

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Step it up!

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Contact Mary Nightstar at marynihtstar@yahoo.com and type “horoscope” in the subject line.

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Going Green

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Be green—don’t waste food

America is the land of plenty where food is piled high on tables in homes and restaurants, but what’s leftover gets thrown in the trash. The National Resources Defense Council estimates the average American household throws away close to 20 pounds of food each month. According to NRDC, reducing waste by just 15 percent would be enough to feed 25 million people annually.

Much of our food “waste” should not be wasted at all.

That’s not being green. Perhaps we overestimate the amount of food we could prepare and eat when we went grocery shopping. Or we tossed outdated food that was stamped “sell by” a certain date. Most likely it was not spoiled, but just not as fresh tasting, as we would prefer.

I applaud the Colorado farm-to-table efforts to give us fresh healthy food, but I wonder if we aren’t cancelling these green efforts by our plate-to-landfill tendencies for leftover food. It’s good that health laws prohibit restaurants from saving bread products left in the basket. That’s why I always take home any leftover bread because I know it has to be thrown out. I feel guilty if I waste food.

Bread is one of our most wasted foods, especially in this dry Colorado air where it soon becomes dry and stale even though it is perfectly good to eat and can be fixed in so many different ways.

Here are some tips on ways to avoid wasting bread.

Compost pile. Never use moldy bread; but instead of trashing it, put it in a compost pile.

Breadcrumbs.

Grate or whirl it in a blender, then freeze or store your breadcrumbs in an airtight container. Perfect for toppings on macaroni and cheese and casseroles, putting in meatballs and coating fish and meat. Add herbs and salt if you want a savory mix.

Bread pudding.

There are many versions of this recipe, but essentially it’s buttered slices of bread, layered and baked with a mixture of eggs, sugar and milk for a dessert. For a tasty main course, add cheese, spinach or chopped meats and bake in an ovenproof dish.

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Stuffing.

Mix breadcrumbs with onions, herbs and seasoning for a simple stuffing. Add beaten egg to hold it together. Experiment with extra ingredients such as squash, spinach, sausage, nuts and dried fruits such as cranberries.

French toast. Dip thick bread slices into a mixture of milk and beaten eggs mixed with vanilla, cinnamon and sugar if desired.

Feed the birds. Stale bread can be a lifesaver for hungry birds in the winter.

Pizza toast. Cover bread slices with chopped tomatoes, herbs and grated cheese, and pop under the broiler.

Salad croutons. Dice your bread and fry it quickly in olive oil for homemade croutons.

Brown Betty. Butter a baking dish and arrange alternate layers of chopped apples and stale breadcrumbs. Start and end with a breadcrumb layer. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on each layer of apples. Bake until golden brown and serve with cream.

Fruit Charlotte. Dip fingers of bread in melted butter and line a cake mold. Pour in fruit compote of your choice. Seal the top with some more bread slices and bake for about 30 minutes until golden brown.

Great served with custard.

Fried sandwiches. Fry bread slices and put together with your favorite fillings, like ham and cheese.

French onion soup. Use toasted bread cubes with grated cheese for a delicious onion soup topper.

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