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Glenwood Springs is home to the world's largest Hot Springs Swimming Pool and some of the most spectacular scenery, mild to wild outdoor adventures, and the friendliest people in the country.
Some people believe that Glenwood's hot sulfur springs have healing properties. Dubbed "Spa In the Rockies", Glenwood Springs attracted the rich and famous of the day. The prestigious guest list included President Theodore Roosevelt, Baby Doe Tabor, President William Taft, the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, the Mayo Brothers and gangster Al Capone. One of Glenwood Springs' most infamous citizens appeared on the scene around this same time. Doc Holliday, gunman-gambler-dentist, headed west after the famous shootout at the OK Corral, where he hoped that soaking in the hot springs would cure his advanced tuberculosis. But the mineral-rich waters could not dissipate the ravages of the disease. Doc Holliday died at the Glenwood Hotel in November 1887. His gravesite in Linwood Cemetery remains a popular attraction today. From the economic depression that gripped the entire country in the late 1920s to the impacts of World War II on Glenwood Springs and tourism in general, as well as the rise and fall of a substantial oil shale operation nearby, Glenwood Springs, like many Colorado towns, has experienced the boom and bust syndrome.
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Sep 03, 2006
My parents came for a little visit over Labor Day to spend the weekend with Mike (the evil ex) and me. We decided to head up to Vail on Saturday for the afternoon and dinner. Normally, we wouldn't do too much except just sending time with each other, but we decided to be kind of active during the first boyfriend - parent meeting. Well, first meeting since we were teenagers and they barely knew him. Anyway, although Vail is beautiful, we were a little bit bore...
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Aug 26, 2007
My mom and I hiked to Hanging Lake in August of 07 because I'd heard so many people talk about how beautiful it was, and they were right. If you ever find yourself traveling along I-70 through Colorado and you have a couple hours to kill, definitely stop and do this hike. It only takes about 2 hours round trip, going at an easy pace, and you may want to consider how much time you'll want to spend at the actual lake. It is a climb the whole way up (but mostly shaded!), a...
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Jun 15, 2007
Glenwood Springs is my hometown and I enjoy sharing it with visitors. Glenwood has world class fly-fishing on the Roaring Fork River and Colorado Springs River. Sunlight Mountain is our local ski area. There are a dozen nice hiking and biking trails and lots of nice restaurants, hotels and B&Bs
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Jul 04, 2006 - Jul 26, 2006
Today we get to drive through an area of Colorado where a special highway was constructed in a manner that would make it as friendly to the environment as possible. The old two lane road needed to be made into a modern expressway, but the local government didn’t want to upset the beauty of the mountain or the canyon the road passed through. They set up very strict rules, with heavy fines attached, regarding trees being cut or surfaces changed. Today, the new highway travel...
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