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excellent stone and brick buildings standing tall from the skill of the immigrant craftsmen who built them more than a century ago.

Visiting these mountain towns is such a treat, whethIt feels so good to walk into er one gambles or not. The almost any casino in Central buffets are inexpensive with City and Black Hawk and see beautiful presentations. The people reading The Colorado history, along with the scenic Gambler. The racks are full of newspapers and I see people By Bob Sweeney drive is splendid, especially in pouring over the pages at dinthe fall with the changing colner tables. orful leaves.

This is not new, as we have been pubAnother educational trip is to drive lishing The Gambler since gaming began down to Cripple Creek and see the almost 23 years ago. We’re approaching another anniversary of this newspaper sprawling mining town with great buildings and historic homes next to one of in November.

It hasn’t ever been easy for us, or for the greatest gold mines in Colorado histhe gaming industry. We’ve had an al- tory. most complete turnover in management The original courthouse is still in opand ownership of most of the mountain eration, along with museums and hiscasinos. torical displays.

Running a casino is a challenging Mining is a great part of early day business venture and most of the smaller mom and pop casinos have given up the Colorado history that still lives on today. good fight, as only a few original people Just make sure to not drink the mine and places remain. water.

I can recall going to Central City before gaming and there were actually tumbleweeds blowing down the deserted Main Street. As an Elks Club member, I went upstairs to the Lodge and had a customary complimentary guest member drink.

One small café was still open on Main Street. As I recall, everything else was closed and deserted. The Opera House was operating and summertime crowds were still enjoying the “face on the barroom floor” on the Teller House floor.

A Swedish gaming firm took over the bar, leasing the building from the Central City Opera Association and had a large benefit grand opening that we attended. They spent thousands of dollars remodeling the Teller House facility. I can remember watching a prominent Denver lawyer aggressively spinning the wheel on a $1 slot machine.

A few years later, they closed the door on the casino operation, but the opera group had a remodeled building and some lease money in the bank.

B.T. Galloway A few attempts have been made to re303-773-8313 x301 open the restaurant, but have been failsubscribe@villagerpublishing.com ing efforts unfortunately. I think it’s too hard to compete with the excellent food found right down the streets. Maybe Bud Wells Crook’s Palace café will rise again with the great building and location.

The Opera had a good season this year and is such a cultural pearl for Central City that enjoys such a great cultural ambience. I love the restored Victorian Maverick Sharp Tony Thorpe homes and the way the town tucks into the mountain enclave.

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Wife Appreciation Day

Sunday, Sept. 20, happy wife, happy life! Win one of 10 designer purses from 6 – 8 p.m. Earn entries with every 50 base points starting at 9 a.m.

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Guests receive 5X points on slot machines on Monday, Sept. 21 and 28, 8 a.m. – midnight. You must register at the Player’s Club or Cashier Services prior to playing. Receive a free buffet after earning 100 tier points. Not valid on video poker. Multiplier cannot be combined with any other offer.

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Saturday, Sept. 26, the rich will get richer. Guests who have hit a hand-paid taxable jackpot of $1,200+ between now and noon on Sept. 26 will receive an entry. We will be giving away $2,000 at 3 p.m., $5,000 at 5 p.m., $1,500 at 7 p.m. and $1,500 at 9 p.m.

New Member Play

In September, all new members of the Fan Club will receive a free buffet after playing 30 minutes on their new Players card. Guests who provide an email address at the time of enrollment will receive $5 cash back in Fan Club points.

drawing at 9 p.m. when two guests will win $1,000 and one guest will win a Chevrolet Silverado. Stop by promotions for one FREE entry every day and earn even more with play. Plus, you get two times entries every Sunday. See guest services for rules and additional details on all promos and giveaways.

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Win a 55” Samsung Curved LED TV just in time for football season.

Drawings will be held from 7 – 11 p.m. each Friday in September. Guests will receive one free entry and additional entries with every 100 unadjusted points.

Earn 500 unadjusted points on your IsleOne club card Sundays through Thursdayss between 8 a.m. and midnight and stay the night on us. Or on Friday earn 800 unadjusted points and your hotel stay is FREE. This offer is valid only on the day the points are earned and is based on availability, blackout days apply. You must register prior to playing.

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Every Tuesday in September, you have the chance to play our Wink & Win game board and win up to $500.

Drawings will be held randomly from 3 – 7 p.m. Receive one free entry each Tuesday and additional entries with every 100 unadjusted points earned.

50+ Perks

With age comes big bonuses. On Sunday, Sept. 20 and 27, 8 a.m. – midnight, everyone 50 or better is invited to stop by for 5X points on slots and 2X points on video poker.

Receive one free buffet after earning 100 unadjusted points from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Cannot be combined with any other point multiplier.

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Whatever your taste, Calypso’s Buffet is sure to satisfy your appetite any day of the week. Enjoy all-you-can-eat breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner buffets. Featuring delicious breakfast spreads, crisp salads, freshly baked breads, tender chicken and beef entrées, wood stone-baked pizzas and savory side dishes.

Receive 10X points on penny slots each Thursday in September 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

The Isle will refund your bus fare up to $22. Simply earn 450 unadjusted points on your player’s card and present your return bus ticket to the player’s club or cashier services. Table Games and Poker players will receive their bus fare back with four hours of consecutive play.

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We’re celebrating Oktoberfest Lady Luck style Sept. 11 – Oct. 3. Stop in for Lucktoberfest! Lady Luck will have fun Lucktoberfest promotions and so much more for you to experience. There will be great food specials at Otis & Henry and O&H Express. And don’t miss out on the delicious Oktoberfest beer on tap at the Zephyr Bar. Enjoy yourself at our Lucktoberfest celebration party on Saturday, Oct. 3. There will be great giveaways and a live Polka band!

Lucktoberfest Gifts

To celebrate Lucktoberfest Lady Luck is giving you gifts. Join us Tuesdays, Sept.

15 and 22, to pick up your Lucktobefest glassware. Play 350 tier score points for one or play just 550 tier score points for two. Hurry in! Available while supplies last. No rain checks.

Barrel of Smiles

It’s time to put on the Lederhosen & roll into some Lucktoberfest fun. We’re playing Barrel of Smiles Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 11 through Oct. 3. You could win up to $500 from 2 – 8 p.m. when we pick 3 winners every hour.

Draw cards to move a happy barrel up our mountain game board. The higher you go the more cash you win. But don’t go too far, you might fall off the mountain! Receive one free entry and additional entries with play.

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Jackpot payouts just got a whole lot sweeter. Earn an entry into Lady Luck’s next $10,000 Jackpot Frenzy. Guests will receive one free entry for every jackpot $1,200 or better won from Sept.

13 through noon on Oct. 24. On Oct. 24, place your entries in Lady Luck’s Jackpot Frenzy drawing that takes place from 2 – 7 p.m. You could win up to $1,000!

A total of $10,000 in cash prizes will be given away.

Lucktoberfest T-shirt Surprise Inside

On Tuesday, Sept. 29, receive a free T-shirt after playing 30 tier score points. Make sure to check inside your T-shirt to see if you won a cash prize.

That’s not all, wear your new T-shirt to the Lucktoberfest celebration party on Saturday, Oct. 3, and pick up an additional prize!

New Member

There has never been a better time to sign up for the Fan Club at Lady Luck.

Join the club today. When you’re a fan, you get better rewards faster than ever.

For all new members, just play $10 and receive $20 in Otis & Henry’s Bar & Grill.

Sign up your email address, receive $5 and start raking in those rewards.

Win Win Mystery Point Multiplier

Earn up to 20X Points every Thursday in September. Drop the puck from noon – 8 p.m. in the promotions area and try to score up to 20 times points on slots.

Plus you get 5 times points on video poker.

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.

Play and Stay

Earn 500 Tier Score points Sunday through Thursday between 8 a.m. and midnight for a free room in the Lady Luck hotel tower. On Fridays, play 800 Tier Score Points between 8 a.m. and midnight for a free room in the Lady Luck Hotel tower. On Fridays, play 800 Tier Score Points between 8 a.m. – midnight for a free room. Make sure to register at guest services prior to play.

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 from 8 a.m. – midnight. Guests will also receive a free

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entrée at Otis & Henry’s once they earn 25 Tier Score points on their Lady Luck Player’s Card.

Bus Fare Redemption Ride in style to Lady Luck. 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! Ask Supervisor for details.

Guests must redeem bus ticket at Guest Services. Limit one bus redemption per person per day.

Monte Carlo 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.

Lady Luck Poker It’s easier than ever to win BIG in the Lady Luck Poker Room. The Bad Beat Jackpot now includes a decreasing qualifier element starting at Aces full of Kings.

And make sure to check out the new Bounce Back Bonus offers—now every day of the week.

The first 10 players in a game before 10 a.m. will receive up to $30 in Bounce Back Coupons.

• $10 after 3 hours • $20 after 4 hours • $30 after 5 hours *If a second game starts before 10 a.m., players will not be eligible for the $30 Bounce Back Promotional Offer.

Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room, located on the 2nd floor, for additional details.

Table Games Play at craps, roulette, and buffalo blackjack Bonus and Double Deck Blackjack every day of the week. There are 20X odds on Craps everyday. $5 games open every day and $2 craps Monday through Thursday. See Table games, located on the second floor of Lady Luck, for additional promotions and details.

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Central City Nuggets and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

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Who wants a discount on gas?

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BLACK HAWK CASINOS INCREASE EXCITEMENT THIS FALL Just two years after its 8,000-square-foot expansion and remodeling, Black Hawk’s Golden Mardi Gras, Golden Gates and Golden Gulch casinos are shaking things up once again. With exciting new promotions, around-the-clock food and drink specials, and unmatched customer service, the three casinos have something for everyone.

At Golden Mardi Gras, Golden Gates and Golden Gulch casinos, players can choose from more than 1,100 slot machines, 19 exciting table games, including blackjack, craps, roulette, three-card poker, crazy 4 poker and ultimate Texas hold ‘em. The Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlor includes more than 18 state-of-the-art poker tables and daily tournaments.

In addition, it’s also home to the Heartland Poker Tour, Mid-States Poker Tour and the Colorado Poker Championship. At Golden Mardi Gras, the New Orleans-themed three-story casino offers over 750 slot and video machines, which also include a selection of traditional pull-handle slots. The Golden Gulch Casino is one of the last remaining all-coin casinos in Black Hawk.

With promotions designed at rewarding loyal players as well as drawing new guests, all three casinos offer a variety of opportunities to win big. The “Stash of Cash Giveaway” gives players a chance to win their share of $75,000. There will be one winner per drawing with drawings Fridays and Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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With multiple food and beverage outlets, guests are able to choose from a wide-variety of delicious and diverse options. The Bourbon Street Café and Buffet offers themed buffets seven days a week with prices starting at just $7.99 per person. Bourbon Street, Lucky’s Restaurant and Full House Café are now serving Pho, a popular Vietnamese dish. For those looking for a quick pick-me-up, stop by Dunkin’ Donuts

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Entertainment

‘The Book of Mormon’ – the musical Its third time through Denver, The Book of Mormon is still packing the house, after recordbreaking engagements in 2012 and 2013. The “funniest musical of all time” was written by Trey Parker, Bobby Lopez and Matt Stone. It debuted in 2011 and won nine Tony awards as well as a Grammy. Parker and Stone, who met in a film class at the University of Colorado, are the creators of the audacious, vile cartoon television show South Park that debuted in 1997. Bobby Lopez wrote the music for the amazingly popular cartoonstory, Frozen.

What type of a spin will the South Park creators put on this topic? How will they portray the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, the mysterious religion that settled Salt Lake City just like the gold rush birthed Denver?

Most of us have indeed been visited by the pair of young Mormons at our front door, asking to share the Book of Mormon and how it can change our life. Will the musical take us for a ride? Hold onto your seats, folks!

I went to see the worldwide smash hit with my 30-year-old nephew Dylan. I knew what to expect, kind of. I had only seen one of the 257 South Park TV show The colorful journey of a pair of Mormon missionaries is told in the zesty, shocking Book of Mormon, the musical.

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episodes. But, I had seen Parker and Stone’s musical about Colorado’s Alferd Packer, Cannibal!

The Musical! in 2008 at a small theater in Las Vegas, so I knew what I was in for – kind of.

The Book of Mormon starts right out with charismatic zesty songs. “Hello” has a clean-scrubbed crew of white-shirted, neck-tied, jubilant doorbell-ringing missionaries – singing and cavorting and leaping. “Two by Two” presents the earnest young men eagerly departing in “companion” pairs to exciting places like France and Norway and Orlando, Florida. The initial setting and backdrop are familiar - the Mormon Tabernacle and the Salt Lake City airport from whence missionaries depart for their twoyear evangelizing assignment required of every Mormon male.

The scenario quickly takes a turn toward the dark side. Our hero and anti-hero are dispatched to Uganda, much to superstar Elder Price’s great disappointment.

The “companion pair” is laughably mismatched: Elder Price, a gleaming over-achiever, and Elder Cunningham, a skulking lad whose wayward way with the truth creates an unlikely turn of events...

The frenzied scene of pep and gusto shifts to the dire and deadly

The awkward but endearing Elder Cunningham converts some of the Ugandan natives to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (most commonly called the Mormon Church).

Photo courtesy of Denver Performing for the Arts Complex

dreariness of Uganda, as scarily but humorously depicted by Parker, Lopez and Stone. The African country and its people are so cursed by the afflictions of poverty, hunger, violence and AIDS that the natives’ ultimate motto is “Hasa Diga Eebowai” translated as “F* You God” (song and dance!). Into this dark scene plops our pair of dazzle-eyed missionaries, joining a dozen of their brethren all of them intent on converting and baptizing the locals.

Tasked with interpreting the Book of Mormon and its fantastical story to the Ugandan natives,

our unlikely hero, Elder Cunningham, stray his preaching from the already hard-to-believe Book to win the natives’ interest and faith.

He secures the first Ugandan convert to the Church - a peppy young woman, Nabulungi, who embraces the fantastical faith consummated in Cunningham’s first baptism (song and dance!).

A little Internet research reveals the dark depiction of Uganda is somewhat exaggerated. Although the country is wracked by AID, but 6 percent not 80 percent of the citizens are afflicted. Daily wages of $1.25 contribute to wrenching poverty and disease. Sodomy is illegal, punishable by two years in prison.

This gives you the flavor of the topics portrayed by the musical in its lively, shocking, scatological style.

The darkness is lightened up with songs like, “I Believe,” which pokes fun at Mormonism but could probably apply to other religious faiths. “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream” presents with verve and color the imagined fiery underground possibly imagined not just

by Mormons but by maybe many of us raised in a Christian faith.

As in all good musicals, the underdog triumphs. Rather than the over-achieving Elder Price, it is awkward bumbling Elder Cunningham who steps forward to convert and baptize a number of natives, after he opts to “Man Up” (song and dance!) like Jesus Christ.

Meanwhile, Elder Price attempts to convert the local despot-general resulting in disturbing consequences.

Remember – brought to you by the dudes who created South Park!

When the head of the Mormon Church visits his Uganda missionaries, Cunningham’s converts prepare a campy, vampy play-within-

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a-play to demonstrate their version of the seemingly ridiculous beliefs they have embraced, putting an over-the-top spin on the already misinterpreted Book of Mormon and a faraway promised paradise they call “Salta Laka Citeeee.”

The musical explodes the menacing elements of a struggling third-world society into an entertaining farce that pulls from a range of American pop culture, from Star Wars complete with Darth Vader and Yoda, to pop-singer danceking Michael Jackson.

The three creators of The Book of Mormon amply illustrate their credo that “a good musical is moving and powerful.” As you might expect, the raunchy romp delivers profanity, absurdity and nonstop shock value, bundled with maybe metaphor and meaning. Nonetheless, you wouldn’t want to take mother to this musical, but my nephew Dylan was the perfect companion.

This review won’t go into detail about many scenes, songs and jokes. I don’t want to be a spoiler, but also it’s not fit to print in a family publication. As my daughter reminded me, “Mom, it’s meant to be offensive to everybody.” And it succeeds – with gusto and flair and song and dance.

How does the Mormon Church view the religious satire? As a vehicle to engage possible converts.

The Deseret News, Salt Lake City’s major Mormon newspaper, called it “profane and hysterical.” The Church ran three full-page ads in the show program encouraging, “You’ve seen the play… now read The Book.” 1. The colorful journey of a pair of Mormon missionaries is told in the zesty, shocking Book of Mormon, the musical.

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Octoberfest

By Rosemary Fetter

One of Denver’s favorite fall celebrations, Oktoberfest, is a spirited celebration of the city’s German heritage, featuring food, music and, of course, beer. Along with a stein-hoisting contest, brat eating and polka, the annual festival even includes a Long Dog Derby, which determines Denver’s fastest dachshunds. (Slower wiener dogs can also compete in the Long Dog Derby Costume Contest or the Wiener Wanna-Be Race.)

And, although they are separate events, the last weekend of Octoberfest coincides with the Great American Beer Festival at the Colorado Convention Center (greatamericanbeerfestival.com). It’s like Christmas for beer lovers.

The Octoberfest celebration began in 1810, when Bavaria’s Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen shocked their parents, as teenagers are wont to do, by inviting Munich’s commoners to their wedding. The five day gala was such a hit that the couple repeated it yearly on their anniversary. The Denver celebration began in 1969 at the newly opened Larimer Square, when merchants Fred and Hertha Thomas served beer and pretzels at their shops to honor the tradition.

Germans relocated to the U.S. in modest numbers until Chancellor Otto von Bismarck’s unification of Germany, 1862 – 1871, which strongly motivated political dissidents to seek greener pastures. The massive wave would be joined by another group called the Volga-Deutsch, originally commissioned by German-born Catherine the Great of Russia to settle in Russia’s Volga Valley. After the Czarina died and the Teutonic population was forced to adopt the Russian language and inducted into the Russian military, a large contingent left the country. Many relocated to the southern Platte Valley.

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Germans were one of the first ethnic groups to settle in Denver, making their mark in the brewing industry (Adolph Coors and Philip Zang), banking (Charles and Luther Kountze, founders of the Colorado National Bank) canning business (Maximilian and J.C. Kuner) and real estate (Walter von Richthofen) A number of local firsts can be attributed to the German pioneers, including Henry Reitz, Denver’s first baker and Otto Baur, who built one of the city’s largest candy factories.

The Germans and their Austrian brethren became the city’s most prosperous and populous ethnic group, eventually owning a third of the city’s saloons. By 1870, they could boast more large fortunes (above $4,000) than the English, Irish, Swedes and Scots combined.

Germans were such a powerful political force that they convinced the Colorado legislature to pass a law in 1877 requiring that both German and gymnastics be taught in the public schools. From 1877 to 1889, laws were printed in both German and English, and a movement late in the century to make German Denver’s second language failed by only a small margin.

Teutonic political power in Denver would be broken by the combination of World War I and Prohibition. Germans owned the majority of the saloons in Denver, and when statewide prohibition became a law on Jan. 1, 1916, many lost their jobs or their businesses.

Nearly 400 Denver saloons closed and most never re-opened. AntiGerman sentiment raged during World War I, to the point where Germans were fired from their jobs, denied access to certain establishments and even attacked.

The Denver Public School District even forbade the teaching of the German language classes.

Today, persons of German ancestry (or mixed Germanic heritage) still make up a significant population in the metro area. Oktoberfest provides an opportunity to kick up their heels and tap a keg in a merry salute to the old country.

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German-born Countess Katarina Murat sewed an American flag out of her trousseau when the first stage rolled into Denver in 1867.

Octoberfest Sept. 18 – 26

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Larimer Street, downtown Denver Between 21st and 22nd streets The Turnhalle at 22nd and Arapahoe, sometime between 1890 and 1910, was a meeting place for Germans. The building burned to the ground in 1920s.

BELOW: Denverites celebrate Oktoberfest.

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Go explore the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Now is the perfect time to explore all our great state has to offer. Arcadia Publishing, based in Charleston, S.C., recently produced a number of local history books featuring various regions of Colorado.

The most recent of these histories is The Fraser Valley. This beautiful mountain valley, where the Fraser River flows, has a unique history. Isolated by mountain ranges, fraught with subzero winter temperatures, the area earned the moniker, “Ice Box of the Nation.”

Author Charles Clayton writes, “The first account of the Fraser Valley does not show up in the historical record until 1860, a fantastically late date compared to almost every other corner of the Rocky Mountains.”

Indeed, long before the rush for gold brought thousands to the Colorado Territory, hardy, rugged mountain men and trappers roamed through the area, trading with the local Indians. The population steadily increased over the next few decades, as ranchers found the valley suitable for cattle and sheep.

In 1874, to increase travel and encourage trade, Fraser Valley pioneer Lewis Gaskill built a wagon road over Berthoud Pass, an elevation of 11,314 feet. By the end of that year, a stagecoach service made regular trips over the pass and into the valley. Not long after this, a new industry brought prosperity to the mountain valley. Logging camps and sawmills were erected in the nearby forests.

As the Fraser Valley gained in both population and economic prosperity, railroad companies began to show an interest.

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completed, and numerous projects started, no railroad topped the mountains west of Denver until the tracks of David Moffat’s Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad crossed Rollins Pass, at an elevation of 11,600 feet, in the summer of 1904.”

Clayton recounts the glorious arrival of the railroad: “The railroad arrived via a torturous crossing of the Continental Divide, ending the isolation and ushering in a ranching and logging boom.”

The author also recounts the building of the Moffat Road: “Timber was removed, roads graded, chasms bridged, and 33 tunnels dynamited through the igneous rock.”

Not long after the completion of the railroad, George Eastom established the Middle Park Lumber Company.

For the next few decades, the Fraser Valley enjoyed immense prosperity. The hardy souls of the valley endured the Great Depression years as best they could, as did the rest of the nation.

“Hard times in the 1920s and 1930s were tempered by the

construction of US Highway 40, a major coast-to-coast route that bisected the valley, as well as the completion of the Moffat Tunnel, a six-mile bore that eased the passage of trains and the diversion of precious valley water.”

What sets this book apart from most of the regional history books, is the obvious intimate knowledge the author possesses. Charles Clayton was raised in the Fraser Valley and has deep ties to the area. The book is enhanced by the many photographs obtained from his relationship with many long-time residents of the Fraser Valley. It must have been a labor of love for Clayton writes, “At times during this process I felt as if I were standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Located in the far northwest corner of the state is the small town of Craig. The area, known as the Yampa Valley, was the summer hunting ground for several bands of the Ute Indians. Later, trappers and traders entered the area. Two of the famous annual mountain man rendezvous occurred in this region. The 1833 rendezvous was held at Horse Creek near Green River in 1833. The rendezvous held on the banks of Green River in 1837 was attended by famed mountain man, Christopher “Kit” Carson.

That same year three independent trappers, Craig, Thompson, and Sinclair, built a fort and trading post of adobe and cottonwood logs

on the north bank of Green River approximately three miles upstream from the gates of Lodore Canyon. The establishment was named Fort Davy Crockett, in honor of the Texas frontiersman killed the previous year at the battle to defend the Alamo.

William Craig, who helped build the fort, is not the same William B. Craig who established the town of Craig, Colorado, in 1889. In the book, Early Craig, put together by the Museum of Northwest Colorado, chronicles the history of the town.

Homesteaders arrived in this remote area in the mid1870s. The flowing Yampa River provided lush grazing land for cattle and sheep.

Within a year, the new town of Craig soon boasted a variety of businesses.

Although the new town had a school, church, hotel, saloon and newspaper, residents of Craig were still cut off from the outside world. This changed when David Moffat’s Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad reached the town in 1913. Although Moffat died in 1911, his legendary railroad company remained.

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a railroad to the remote corner of Colorado became a reality.

The railroad brought investors seeking to develop the region. Coal mining was a main driver for these investors and coal remains a major industry in the region today.

The storied history of Durango is explored in Durango, by Frederic B. Wildfang. The reader is taken through the early history of the area where the Puebloans, the ancestors of the Southern Utes, first roamed the land, where the Animas River flowed freely. The narrative is enhanced by the history of Spanish explorers, arriving in the late 1500s.

Following the 1859 Pikes Peak Gold Rush, a steady stream of miners ventured west for the chance to strike it rich. Later, under the Homestead Act of 1862, westward pioneers began to settle in the Animas River Valley of southwestern Colorado.

In 1880, Gen. William Jackson Palmer brought his Denver and Rio Grande Railroad to the Animas River Valley, to transport the rich ore mined in the surrounding mountains. By the following year, the town of Durango was established by Palmer, as a railroad depot for his Silverton branch of the D&RG railroad.

The book adequately depicts the growth of the town to the modern era. The vibrancy of the town of Durango is shown in historic photographs.

Today, Durango boasts a variety of restored and remodeled historic buildings.

From the elegant General Palmer Hotel, the storied Strater Hotel, and the famed Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot, this book captures the story of Durango, one of Colorado’s favorite travel destinations.

Colorado is resplendent in scenic beauty, abundant with natural trails for hiking and exploring.

These books provide the history lover a tool to explore Colorado.

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Gemstones & Minerals

Obsidian: Earth’s natural glass

Horoscopes

CAPRICORN - (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) This is has been a time where you are sorting out a financial gain either through inheritance, marriage, business partnership or corporate relationship of some kind. These financial arrangements should be sorted out by now. Relatives or friends may sort you out at this time for consolation. Lucky Numbers: 8, 17, 31, 45, 51, 56 AQUARIUS - (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) This has been a very socializing transit for you. You may have met a romantic partner but socializing isn’t necessarily romantic, many friends and family may have come back into your life. This is the time to reconcile with those you’ve had a falling out with. Lucky Numbers: 2, 9, 12, 27, 39, 42

PISCES (Feb 20 - March 20) During this transit you make friends in all kinds of places, the supermarket, the laudrymat, and of course the gym. Perhaps this is because you have taken a new interest in your appearance and health.

This makes you feel better and in turn makes you more attractive person to others. Lucky Numbers: 3, 6, 8, 39, 47, 59 ARIES - (March 21 - April 20) Romantic questions you’ve been mulling over seem to be answered by now. Even if you don’t seem to be able to articulate to others, you now know what and who you want in your life. You may try to go back to a relationship you rejected just a month or so ago. Lucky Numbers: 4, 29, 39, 42, 51, 64

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VIRGO - (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) You may have been to a retreat or some other secluded place. Perhaps you wanted to see the beauty of this secluded place, but there could be many reasons for you to be there. You may have had a secret romance that is coming to an end. Lucky Numbers: 2, 6, 26, 47, 51, 52

LIBRA - (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) You may have had issues with friends in your life as of late. This is the time to reconcile your differences and make peace. You may even make new friends at this time who prove beneficial to your life. Lucky Numbers: 12, 27, 29, 33, 38, 53

SCORPIO - (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Your thoughts about a career change may be ongoing or you’ve made a decision about what you would like to do at this time. You may have been indulging yourself at this time as well. Be careful not to overindulge, as you will regret it later. Lucky Numbers: 8, 29, 40, 42, 44, 57

SAGITTARIUS - (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) If you haven’t been on trip out of the country, you will as traveling is there for you. Could be for a vacation or you may travel for work. This is a good period for you, you are fortunate in financial speculations of all kinds. Lucky Numbers: 3, 5, 23, 25, 42, 65

email her at navamsa9@q.com TAURUS - (April 21 - May 21) If you have been contemplating changes in your home or a move now would be the time to make the changes. If you made changes in the last month, you may now not be happy with what was done. Be careful not to overindulge yourself at this time. Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 12, 44, 59, 62

GEMINI - (May 22 - June 21) Even if you are not a writer, you may have been suffering from writers block in your communications. Now that has passed you are able to communicate easily, even able to deftly ask for a raise. You have the golden tongue at this time. Lucky Numbers: 15, 16, 20, 29, 39, 59

CANCER - (June 22 - July 22) You may have been considering different ways to make money. You may have been involved with conferences, writing of all sorts trying to figure out projects or just looking for a different way. Perhaps you have settled on a plan of action, it may take time. Lucky Numbers: 31, 33, 38, 39, 51, 55

LEO - (July 23 – Aug 22) You may have been considering a change to your appearance, or just working on your health. Whatever changes you may have made will be getting you attention in the social arena. This is also a good time for financial speculations of all times. Lucky Numbers: 2, 4, 6, 18, 23, 52

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Black, brown or golden obsidian can help in eliminating bad habits by reducing the cravings. Mahogany obsidian can make one feel sexier and more at ease with one’s sensuality. Rainbow obsidian can aid in balancing and stabilizing energy.

Obsidian is used in modern surgery. Although using a rock as a cutting tool might sound like “stone-age” equipment, obsidian continues to play an important role in modern surgery. Obsidian can be used to produce a cutting edge that is thinner and sharper than the best surgical steel. Today thin blades of obsidian are placed in surgical scalpels used for some of the most precise

surgery. In controlled studies, the performance of obsidian blades was equal to or superior to the performance of surgical steel.

Obsidian was widely distributed throughout Mesoamerica by trade. Its importance to Mesoamerican societies has been compared to the value and importance of steel to modern civilization. In Mesoamerica, the value of obsidian was considered highly variable. It was an important trade item. It was an item that had frequent, common and ritual use. Obsidian was available to all households and was found in hunting, agriculture, and many other everyday situations.

Obsidian can be found anywhere that volcanic activity has occurred. Some of the important sources today are South America, Japan, Mexico, Afghanistan and parts of the United States. The San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona is where the interesting banded variety of obsidian known as “Apache Tears” is found.

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tears solidified and turned into this stone. It is said that anyone who has an Apache tear will never cry again.

In the Hawaiian Islands there is a type of obsidian called “Pele’s Hair” which is named after the Polynesian volcanic goddess Pele. The ancient Polynesian culture believed that Pele, who kept the souls of the dead in her underworld realm, sent them back to the earth along with her lava in the form of obsidian, so they could be reincarnated.

The Romans and Greeks used obsidian to make cameos and other jewelry. The Roman historian, Pliny, wrote that obsidian got its name from a man called Obsidius, who discovered it in Ethiopia.

Obsidian, is said, helps to protect the very sensitive against depression. It is the stone of the soft hearted and gentle people of the world. It is said that obsidian helps to block negativity of any kind. As a black gemstone, it symbolizes self-control and resilience.

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its ability to be worked to razor-sharp edges for arrow points, knives and spear points. It has been used since prehistoric times for making tools, masks, weapons, mirrors and jewelry. Ancient cultures in Mexico called the stone “itztli.” They fashioned obsidian into images of their gods. Mesoamericans made a type of sword with obsidian blades mounted in a wooded body, combining the sharp cutting edge of an obsidian blade with the ragged cut of a serrated weapon. Obsidian was also used in graves, at sacrifices, and in art and jewelry such as ear spools, beads and necklaces. Other Native American cultures used this stone in their ceremonies.

The “Apache Tear” is a small black obsidian stone sometimes shaped like a tear. It comes from a legend of the Apache warriors.

After a great defeat in battle and the death of many brave warriors, the Apache women mourned over their bodies. The women’s

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bsidian is an igneous rock that forms when molten rock material cools so rapidly that atoms are unable to arrange themselves into a crystalline structure. It becomes a material known as a “mineraliod.” The result is a volcanic glass with a smooth uniform texture. Although its most common color is black, obsidian can also be found in light brown, brown mottled with black, and black with a beautiful golden or silver sheen. Snowflake obsidian is dotted with white patches that look like snowflakes. Mahogany obsidian looks just like the wood when held up to the light. The most prized obsidian by gemologists is the rainbow obsidian variety with purple, green and gold bands of sheen.

Obsidian was prized by ancient cultures. It was one of the major bartering materials and used for

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