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100th anniversary of entering into World War I

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photo Grand County Historical Association archive In the late 1920s, Knight Ranch sported a 28-room main house and an airfield built for Charles Lindbergh. Before the Granby Reservoir was built, the Knight Ranch was nestled on the Colorado River South Fork. Today it is under the chilly water of Lake Granby.

Lindbergh spirit lives on

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Some players in the Doc Susie documentary. From L to R: Clarissa Guy of Rocky Mountain PBS, the co-owner of Adolfs Gigi Dominguez, Tim Niklas and Ida Sheriff of the GCHA, and program manager for the office of Colorado Film and Media, Taylor Tschida.

Doc(umentary) Susie Anderson

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photo by Kim Cameron Hot Sulphur Springs Pioneer Museum Executive Director, Tim Nicklas, navigates the museum's storage to retrieve files. Nicklas is taking a new position in Encampment, Wyoming.

Tim Nicklas saying good-bye to Grand County Historical Association

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photo by Jim Yust

1913 steam crane and boom car at Railroad Museum

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Shirley Johnson recalls her summers at the Hotel Eastin with her Aunt Marie and Uncle Lum. She is pictured holding their picture with Maryann Van Lue, who currently owns the Hotel Eastin with her husband Walt. Shirley also gave the Van Lues many other pictures to display in the hotel.

Fond memories of summers at the Hotel Eastin

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photo by Kim Cameron Serena Fanning, new Pioneer Village Museum Manager

Grand County Historical Association updates and events

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photo courtesy of Jason M. LaBelle, PhD collection | Rollins’ wagon road switchbacks on Guinn Mountain are showcased in this 1873 stereogram. Interestingly, the story of Rollins Pass begins more than 55 centuries before the invention of the wheel

Rollins Pass: a rich history and a perpetual question to reopen...

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