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Author Archives: Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism

Posted inHistory

Ski area plans through the years in Aspen’s Little Annie basin

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism May 5, 2019April 21, 2021

Big plans on paper have yet to turn into ski lifts.

Posted inHistory

Hope delivers Pandora’s Box on Aspen Mountain

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism March 11, 2019April 21, 2021

The terrain to be added to Aspen Mountain comes with a history fitting of its name.

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Big mountain ski dream: Ski-Hayden was a pre-war vision of what could have been

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism December 17, 2017February 19, 2021

Andre Roch exclaimed, “Immense schusses, where your face freezes and clouds of powder rise behind you, make the skier feel like a rocket.”

Posted inHistory

The rich life of Aspen Mountain miner Billy Zaugg

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism April 25, 2017February 19, 2021

The last miner to live on Aspen Mountain, his life bridged the eras of mining and skiing

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Aspen’s first international ski race in 1950: true grit versus miners’ mess

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism March 12, 2017February 19, 2021

Tough terrain scarred by mining era tests ski racing elite at the 1950 FIS Alpine World Championships on Aspen Mountain

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Aspen’s skiing history: an evolving timeline

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism January 11, 2017February 19, 2021

In February 1880, B. Clark Wheeler ‘skis’ into town from Leadville on Norwegian snowshoes to complete the first survey of Ute City. He renames the town Aspen.

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Finding the Silver Queen: the abundant manifestations of Aspen’s Victorian nickname

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism November 28, 2016February 19, 2021

The original Silver Queen appellation was first coined in the 1880s by town pioneers who saw her reclining across West Aspen Mountain, now more commonly known as Shadow Mountain. Then came the silver statue, and the ski run.

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Boys of summer: Baseball stoked the passions of early Aspen

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism September 4, 2016March 25, 2021

During the 1880s the high number of hardy young men in town took to the new game, mirroring the rising popularity of the sport

Posted inHistory, Land Use, Wealth and Property

Portal into time: Mine owner wants to preserve Aspen Mountain history

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism June 30, 2016February 19, 2021

The Compromise Mine on Aspen Mountain is the site of a historic reckoning between populists and Gilded Age capitalists

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The Aspen Public Tramway: the first “bucket” on Aspen Mountain

by Tim Cooney, Aspen Journalism August 19, 2015February 19, 2021

The Aspen Public Tramway, rising from the bottom of Aspen Mountain to Tourtelotte Park, was a precursor to today’s Silver Queen Gondola, known by many locals as “the bucket.” The tramway, little known to local history buffs, was built to haul silver ore, but it also carried a few adventurous passengers.

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