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Visit ghost towns full of adventurous people. See marble mining back in business after a 50-year hiatus. See a rotary snowplow that clears high-altitude railroad tracks. Learn about the restoration of 100- year-old stained glass windows ...
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See how a Colorado Blue Spruce became the Millennium Christmas tree in the nation's capitol.
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Weave your way through a cornfield maze on a pumpkin farm in Erie County. See a game of vintage baseball on Rock Ledge Ranch near Colorado Springs. Ride your horse to the snow polo field in Aspen. Kayak at a whitewater park in Golden. ...
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Meet a three-legged burro that helps kids cope with their disabilities. A man thins the forest with the help of his horses. Follow a search and rescue dog on a training mission, and visit yaks and llamas.
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Meet a craftsman who carves flutes and learn why Colorado is a great place to grow sunflowers. Visit a goat dairy for handmade cheese and a mountain bee farm for high-altitude honey. Learn how bison ranching helps with land conservation. ...
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Join us for trips to the Delta Pow Wow, the Renaissance Festival in Larkspur, a freezing New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge & the Trinidad Santa Fe Trail Festival. Learn about the heritage of the Buffalo Soldiers of the American West.
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Learn about the volunteers who maintain and repair the Colorado Trail, the people and dogs of SARDOC (Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado), the crew of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad steam engines, timbermen at South ...
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This 45 minute musical video travelogue combines spectacular video photography with a variety of music, creating an homage to our great state of Colorado. Think of Colorado and what comes to mind? Snow-capped Rocky Mountain peaks, ...
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Enjoy harvest celebrations for melons and cantaloupes in Rocky Ford, sweet corn in Olathe, and peaches and wine grapes in Palisade.
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Head to Leadville Airport, North America's highest altitude airport where the British military tested its Super Lynx helicopter. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is the highest altitude steam locomotive in the country, running ...
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Colorado has more historic mountain railways than any other state. See the Galloping Goose on the Cumbres-Toltec line, the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, the Ski Train, the Cripple Creek Railroad, the Manitou and Pikes Peak ...
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Ranchers, cowboys and Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell examine the resurgence of buffaloes in Colorado. Visit with ranchers of animals who have made their new home on the range: alpaca, llamas and ostriches. Enjoy a talk with a teacher ...
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Animals are special in Colorado for a lot of reasons. It's easy to understand the importance of things like sheep ranching and 4H, but in this program we'll learn some more about Colorado's critters. Spend a day in the mountains with ...
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"And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it, and created the horse." This Bedouin legend immortalizes Colorado's most noble and useful animal. Journey with Spirit of Colorado, into our own Horse Country.
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Horses are an essential part of Colorado's rich heritage. Breaking wild horses, racing with burros, and playing polo all require teamwork between man and the beast. Meet Denver Nuggets Coach Dan "The Horse" Issel, Cowboy poet Baxter ...
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Discover some of Colorado's most unique career opportunities: Leap into the spotlight with Cleo Parker Robinson and her internationally renowned dance ensemble. Keep up with a Denver milkman as he works through the night delivering ...
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Inner city kids rappel down 100-foot cliffs; eagles soar with help from the Raptors Education Foundation. Go snow tubing, search for the perfect pumpkin at Venetucci's Pumpkin Patch, and hang on for some mutton busting.
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Competitions, races, and games in Colorado are something special. Experience the outrageous excitement of the Kinetic Sculpture Challenge, the grandeur of The Grand Lake Yacht Club Regatta, the extremes of the Fairplay Burrow Race, ...
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The cheeseburger and the Denver Boot are Colorado inventions. Other products made here at home are hand-made Native American art, and custom-made fly fishing rods.
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Explore the many ways Coloradans house themselves: tipi traditions at the Delta pow wow; an eco-friendly, natural, straw bale house in Crestone; cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park. Visit the Dushambe Tea House in Boulder, ...
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Half of Colorado is covered by the rugged, wonderful Rocky Mountains. Visit a Mountain Man rendezvous and re-live the days when the first white men traveled west of the Mississippi. Veterans of the 10th Mountain Division tell tales ...
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Listen to Irish reels in a pub in lower downtown Denver (LoDo). A jazz riff echoes through mountains near Aspen. Feel the beat of an ancient drum at a Native American pow wow in Delta. Visit a Grammy award maker in Ridgeway.
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Mysteries, legends and tall tales abound in Colorado. Hear about the web-footed horses of the sand dunes, the ghost of Charlie Eagle Plume, the disappearance of the Anasazi from Mesa Verde, the cemetary at Cheeseman Park, and the ...
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The stock show is one of Denver's most popular annual attractions. Listen to cowboy poet and former veterinarian Baxter Black explain the appeal of it. See the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza, including " El Charro de Corazone " Jerry ...
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Visit Native Americans throughout the state, including Gene Poor Bear,who discusses the " Medicine Warrior " drum group. Artist Frank Howell, model Stormy Hollingsworth, and the art appraiser Nico StrangeWolf-Hunt examine Native American ...
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