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- The Lone Tree Cemetery
- A brief history of the Lone Tree Cemetery: The first recorded burials in Telluride’s Lone Tree Cemetery were in the mid-late 1800’s, during Telluride’s mining boom era, when avalanches, flu epidemics, mining accidents and labor strikes took many lives. Families would usually bury their loved ones by themselves, and care for their graves. There was no Cemetery District in place until 1956, when a female civic group named the Commonweal Girls circulated a petition to the voters. The measure passed, and the first Cemetery Board was appointed by the County Commissioners. A mill levy of 1.0 was imposed for the cemetery’s upkeep. The 1996 Lone Tree Cemetery Survey, photo documented by Telluride’s Historic Preservation Planner, Kaye Simonson, and prepared for the Town of Telluride and Western Slope Historic Services, stated that at that time, “The Cemetery Board estimated that there are more than 2,000 burials in the Lone Tree Cemetery, many without headstones or markers.” Today, as the community has grown, so has the number of souls whose final resting place lies in the Lone Tree Cemetery. In it’s early days, the Lone Tree Cemetery appeared to be a Christian Cemetery, with no Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, or other major world religions in evidence. Today, the Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark, an ecumenical, secular resting place for Telluride area residents of all faiths. The Lone Tree Cemetery is Telluride’s most invaluable historic asset. A visit to these hallowed grounds will give one an idea of Telluride’s past mining history, and how the community has thrived and morphed into one of the most spectacular resort towns in America. The Telluride Historical Museum’s guided tours of the Lone Tree Cemetery provide a unique look into Telluride’s history and the iconic people who lived, worked and were buried here. To learn more, log onto www.telluridemuseum.org. The Lone Tree Cemetery District is a county cemetery taxing district located within the eastern part of San Miguel County, Colorado. As a taxing district it is subject to the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, Article X, section 20, of the Colorado Constitution, a/k/a TABOR as well as provisions of the Gallagher Amendment. We are funded, in part, by limited property tax revenues as well as funds derived from the sale of interment rights to cemetery plots, plaque spaces on the Memorial Wall, and donations. The boundaries of the Lone Tree Cemetery District are shown on the Cemetery District Map, as prepared by the San Miguel County GIS department Please refer to your San Miguel County Property Tax Statement to determine if your property lies within the Cemetery District's boundaries. Property tax assessment records are available on the San Miguel County website, www.sanmiguelcountyco.gov. The Cemetery is governed by a three member, volunteer board, appointed by the San Miguel County Board of Commissioners, and operates in accordance with rules authorized by the Colorado county cemetery district statute, C.R.S. 30-20-801 to 808. The mission of the Board is to preserve, protect and maintain this historic asset and insure the past, present and future history of Telluride have representation in the Lone Tree Cemetery. --Taken from http://www.lonetreecemetery.org/history.html
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- The Lunch Box
- Started by Jane Romberg and Cathy Borland, The Lunch Box was the first food service at the Old Town Hot Springs pool in Steamboat Springs. From a 10-foot trailer parked outside the hot springs pool, young swimmers could purchase lunch and snacks in the summers between 1974 and 1978.
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- The Morning Sun newspaper (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- A Grand Junction newspaper founded by Dan Thornton, Grover Sanders, Alan Leperdink, Loyd Files, and Lyle Mariner in the 1940’s. It provided competition to The Daily Sentinel for a short time before folding.
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- The National Audubon Society
- A non-profit environmental association dedicated to conservation. Audubon is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world and uses science, education and grassroots advocacy to advance its conservation mission.
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- The Plaindealer newspaper (Ouray, Colorado)
- A newspaper in Ouray that began in 1877 and later merged with the Ouray Herald.
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- The Reviewers Club (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- Early Grand Junction social organization and literary society. According to Lucy (Ferril) Ela, The Reviewers Club rose from the ashes of the Twentieth Century Club, a women’s organization that was formed by Harriet (Dyke) Ottman around 1901, after her arrival from the Midwest. The Twentieth Century Club was short lived and Ottman left Grand Junction for two years. In another version of the Twentieth Century Club's history given at a "Women of Western Colorado" presentation at the Palisade Library on June 24, 1982, the club was founded by a Mrs. Ogilivy from Boston in 1892 and renamed the Twentieth Century Club in 1894. In 1897, a subscription library founded by the organization became the foundation of the Grand Junction Public Library. Upon her return in 1904, Ottman and a Mrs. White formed the Summer Club, a women’s group that met to study various topics. Fifteen former members of the Twentieth Century Club joined them. In the fall of 1904, the organization changed its name to the Reviewers Club. It continued to be led by Ottman until 1947, when she died. The club met every Monday afternoon at 2 pm, with no time limit set. In the early days, no refreshments were served and members did not present written papers (in later years, refreshments were sometimes served). Instead, members gave presentations on different topics using notes. According to Ela, Ottman had a wide knowledge of world literature, art, drama, religion, and of topics such as the women’s movement. This made the organization’s programs well-balanced. Sometimes the club had musical performances. Other times it put on plays. Topics covered included the Bible as literature, psychology, psychiatry, and the countries of the world. The organization continued to meet at least until 1982. The club suspended meetings during World War I. During this time, members donated to a fund named for Harold Aupperle, a local boy who had died during the war. Because Aupperle was concerned about the plight of Armenian orphans displaced by the Armenian Genocide, the club created a fund that gave money to this cause. Ottman was the programming chairperson during that time. Early members included Harriette (Dyke) Ottman, Mrs. White, Elizabeth Adams, Mrs. Vickery, Mrs. Beeson, Charlotte Baylis, Maude Winifred (Price) Bull, Pauline Mast, Josephine Biggs, Sue Gallagher, Estelle Davis.