July 22, 1915 “That dog is drinking out of the toilet!” Maggie replied, “Freshest water in the house, and he knows it.” Charlie left the water closest with only the slightest bit of water dripping from his muzzle. “Do you know who I am?” “You’re Fred C. Williams.” Looking up from the pot she briskly […]

July 2, 1915 The Steamboat Pilot reported, Dr. F.E. Willett has purchased the Steamboat Sanitarium. He is the kind, firm, knowledgeable physician who treated Corina’s broken wrist. The hospital was established a year ago and is a great benefit to the community. Unfortunately, the previous owner’s business management interfered with the complete success of the […]

July 25, 1915 “Rent a couple horses from the Whitecross stable. I’ll load up my pack horses with camping gear and a kitchen. We can ride to Dinosaur or Long Lake on Buffalo Pass. I bet the trout are hungry up there.” A.M. Gooding put his beer on the table and asked, “What do you […]

A Diary by Victims of Love Banished in 1914 to Steamboat Springs, Colorado A novel by Ken Proper   Fly fishing was therapy for a young Brit banished in 1914 to a booming, small, mountain town in western Colorado. Julius Brandon found it as a sort of mental house cleaning. He felt Henry David Thoreau’s […]