LEADVILLE, COLORADO, STRIKES PAYDIRT AS A TOP TEN WESTERN TOWN BY TRUE WEST MAGAZINE!

In 2011 alone, Leadville’s focus on history was evident with the renovations of the Delaware Hotel and the 1878 Healy House (next to the log cabin of one of Colorado’s first millionaires). Colorado Mountain College’s local campus offers a preservation degree with hands-on experience restoring the 1872 Hayden Ranch. Tabor Opera House is working to restore its theater sets dating back to 1879, even while it entertains with musical performances and Silver Boom lectures. And every March, horse and rider teams still pull skiers down Harrison Avenue, like the cowboys who started the tradition in 1949.

“Leadville is the smallest town on our 2012 list, but in this case size doesn’t matter.,” says True West Executive Editor Bob Boze Bell. “The residents take their heritage personally, and their efforts have resulted in a magical place where visitors step back in time some 120 years. And that is worthy of recognition.”

This is the seventh year True West has presented this annual award. Editors base their selection on criteria demonstrating how each town has preserved its history through old buildings, museums and other institutions, events, and promotions of historic resources.

True West magazine is in its 59th year of leading the way in presenting the true stories of Old West adventure, history, culture and preservation. For subscriptions and more information, visit TWMag.com or call 888-687-1881.

Contact: Mark Boardman

765-491-4063 mboardman@twmag.com

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Chamber E-News - February 2011

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