Summit County pioneers: Alf Tieze
Alf Tieze always knew “the hills” as a place of refuge. He often escaped to be alone with his thoughts and to explore vacant mines in the High Country of Summit County, and he remembered...
This week in history: Thousands expected at 1920 Dillon ski tournament
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of January 17, 1920. THOUSANDS COMING TO DILLON SKI TOURNAMENT If reports from the recent ski meet in Denver are true, the...
Summit County pioneers: Karl and Jean Knorr
A ranch in the valley of the Lower Blue, halfway between Silverthorne and Kremmling, is perhaps the last place on earth anyone would expect to find a zebra, lion, gazelle or 16-foot, striped blue marlin....
This week in history: Ski tournament may be Feb. 29
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of January 10, 1920. WELLINGTON IS RUNNING BOTH MILLS AT MINES The Wellington Mines company has now both of the concentration mills...
Forty years ago, the Eisenhower and Johnson Memorial tunnels became the state’s transportation linchpin
EAGLE COUNTY — During the busy holiday season, an important Colorado milestone passed. Dec. 21, 1979, was a historic day for the entire state, and particularly for Colorado’s Western Slope. That’s when the eastbound bore...
Summit County pioneers: Helen Foote
FRISCO — Even with fewer than 70 people once living in Frisco, Laura Helen Foote was always in the heart of the town’s social center. For 53 years, Helen lived at 510 Main St., which...
This week in history: Wellington Mines resume operations
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of January 3, 1920. WELLINGTON NOW IN FULL OPERATION The falling price of spelter (a zinc alloy) early in the year caused...
This week in history: Western Slope towns after Colorado tourist
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of December 27, 1919. MOST PLEASANT DECEMBER WEATHER IN MEMORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY OLD TIMERS December weather in Summit County this year,...
This week in history: Colorado population now estimated at over 1 million
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of December 13, 1919. Colorado’s population is now estimated at 1,100,000 Reports received by the Immigration department of the state indicate that...
This week in history: Only 6 trains a week for Breckenridge
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of December 6, 1919. Only 6 trains per week for Breckenridge As a result of the coal famine in Colorado, the train service...
This week in history: Men die in mine near Keystone
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of November 29, 1919. JOHN WINTERS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR PARTNERS Carl Olson, 30, and John Winters, 27, met with death while...
This week in history: Mines, mills to resume full operations
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of November 22, 1919. MILLS AND MINE OPEN FULL TILT IN THREE WEEKS Manager Henderson of the Wellington Mines company gave assurance...
This Week in History: $135 Raised In Roosevelt Memorial Campaign
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal 100 years ago. Summit county has raised $135.68 with one district yet unreported, for the Roosevelt Memorial fund, according to Campaign Manager S.S. Fry,...
This week in Summit County history: Hoodlums, possible ski tourney and more
This week in Summit County history as reported by the Summit County Journal, Saturday, October 25, 1919. HOODLUMS CONTINUE TO COMMIT CRIMINAL ACTS; CHURCH IS DESECRATED Breckenridge boys, believed to be the same ones who...
This week in Summit County history: Firetrucks crash, silver vein discovered
This week in Summit County history as reported by the Summit County Journal, Saturday, October 11, 1919. Montezuma Group, A Former Bonanza, Is Now Being Worked The Montezuma Consolidated Mines Company Reopens Property That Paid...
This week in Summit County history: Cafe sold, man found dead and more
This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal, the week of October 5, 1919. E.S. CAFÉ SOLD TO MRS. WM. FORMAN The E.S. café has been transferred by purchase from the possession...
Looking back on 30 years of Summit Daily publishers
Jim PavelichPublisher 1989-1993(Not pictured) Bob BrownPublisher 1993-1999 Points of pride One of the most remarkable efforts was accomplished by the Summit Daily management team and our production manager, Doug Bart: In 1995, this group coordinated...
158 years of Summit County history
30th Anniversary TimelineInfogram
Looking back on 30 years of Summit Daily editors
Curtis RobinsonEditor 1989-1990(not pictured) Mike KirschbaumEditor 1990-1994 Memorable stories One is “Assault by burrito” chronicling the exploits of an obviously angry fellow who didn’t like something about his order at the Frisco Taco Bell. Being...