1 year ago: Crowd rallies in downtown Frisco for ‘Hands Off!’ protest against Trump policies

A protest in downtown Frisco joined the more than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations scheduled to take place across the United States on April 5, 2025. A sizeable crowd rallied at and around the intersection of Colorado Highway 9 and Main Street in Frisco in broad opposition to policies of President Donald Trump’s administration. Summit County’s “Hands Off!” demonstration was organized locally by residents including Sara Furey, a Breckenridge resident, and Sheri Paul, a Silverthorne resident.

— From the April 7, 2025, edition of Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Blue River Horse Center finds new home north of Silverthorne thanks to Peak Materials

The Blue River Horse Center has found a new home after all thanks to a generous lease agreement from Peak Materials and Kilgore Cos. The 80-acre site is at 35405 Colorado Highway 9, 15 minutes north of Silverthorne. The auxiliary property of Peak Materials was known previously as the Hillyard Ranch before the company purchased the property from Julie Hillyard. The one-year lease agreement will allow the nonprofit organization to continue its equestrian-based emotional awareness and leadership training programs for the 2021 season. (As of 2026, the now-named Summit Valley Horse Center continues to operate out of the same location.)

— From the April 11, 2021, edition of Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Mamula elected mayor; Bergeron, Dudick, Wolfe take council seats

Following in his father’s footsteps, Eric Mamula will serve as Breckenridge’s next mayor, according to a preliminary vote that was tallied on the evening of April 5, 2016. He was elected by a 63.53% margin, for the town’s first contested mayoral election in 32 years. His father, Sam Mamula, served as mayor through 2004. Mamula, the owner of Main Street restaurant Downstairs at Eric’s, previously served two terms on Breckenridge’s town council in 2004 and 2008, helping establish the town’s recreation center and ice rink. Breckenridge voters also filled three town council seats Tuesday evening, electing Jeffrey Bergeron, Wendy Wolfe and Mike Dudick each to a four-year term.

— From the April 6, 2016, edition of Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Silverthorne eyes a new downtown design focused on 4th Street ‘core’

After town officials, business owners and citizens met with economic development and planning experts during Silverthorne’s town core assessment process, town officials say the have information they can use to develop a new downtown. A main recommendation that came out of the meeting was to use Fourth Street at a “core axis” for the area, meant to enhance pedestrian connectivity to the Silverthorne Recreation Center, Rainbow Park, the Blue River Trail, Silverthorne Pavilion and Silverthorne Transit Center. The group also recommended building a pedestrian-focused plaza east of the existing pedestrian bridge near the Silverthorne Pavilion.

— From the April 8, 2011, edition of Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Grant allows Breckenridge to add more lights to Kingdom Park ballfield

With help from a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, the Town of Breckenridge plans to install lights at a second ball field at Kingdom Park. On April 9, 1996, the council passed a resolution approving a grant agreement with Great Outdoors. According to Director of Leisure Services Bob Pfeiffer, the total cost of installing lights at Kingdom Park’s north bail field is estimated at $50,000. The grant will cover $14,000 of that cost.

— From the April 11, 1996, edition of Summit Daily News

125 years ago: Former Summit County clerk and miner dies of pneumonia in Cripple Creek

News of the death of Capt. George Ryan reached Breckenridge via telegram on April 6, 1901. Ryan died of pneumonia on April 5 in Cripple Creek, where he had been living and mining for the past year. Born in Canada in 1838, Ryan’s family eventually settled in Peoria, Illinois. In 1861 he enlisted in the Illinois Infantry to fight in the Civil War. He lost his left arm at the Battle of Spanish Fort and was eventually promoted to the rank of captain. He returned to Illinois to farm until reaching Summit County in the 1870s, where he made a “snug fortune” out of the Oro Mine — he was elected as the county clerk in 1883 and 1885. He and his family moved to Utah in 1891, where he had lived until returning to Colorado in 1900.

— From the April 13, 1901, edition of Summit County Journal