On Saturday, Jan. 11, 1947, a landmark date and event – chronicled prominently on the front page of The Aspen Times – forever altered the landscape of Aspen. The event signaled rejuvenation and a ...
AYER — To paraphrase novelist Cormac McCarthy, the Ayer Ski Hill is now myth, legend, dust. But, oh, what might have been. The ski hill had a short life — lasting about three months, from January to ...
Above: Farm machinery lies buried in dust in Dallas, South Dakota, on May 13, 1936, encapsulating the destruction of the 1930s Dust Bowl across the Great Plains. This photo was taken just weeks before ...