the Roaring Fork River valley - Mount Sopris - my ol' home.
    
 In 1946, "WE MOVED TO "THE WESTERN SLOPE"
NEAR Carbondale, CO.
My other old Colorado home !  

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   my other home of years ago.   
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   Here are views of MT. SOPRIS  
    and The CRYSTAL River near 
    THE ROARING FORK & FRYING PAN RIVERS 
     Sophomore & Junior School Years
  Mt. Sopris, photo by Paul Luttrell - on a clear day. <== A view from  high school !

And our house was 12-1/2 miles to the south (on the right) in a large forest reserve.

Our house is now a  "Bed and Breakfast"  named for its view of "Mt. Sopris & "Avalanche Mtn." 

            Roy Hungerford, our neighbor had Banny Chickens !

CLICK HERE FOR AVALANCHE RANCH BIG VIEW <==

Bed and Breakfast and cabins at Avalanche Ranch.    Antiques at Avalanche Ranch. Dan, Tom, The Road, the family and the barn. 
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Avalanche Ranch.    Tom with Dab - with Larry - at Avalanche Ranch.   Mount Sopris out our window. 
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Tom and Dan (L) and Mom and Tom - Dan's 1950 Studibaker.


   AVALANCHE RANCH   <== click OUR HOME was with 160 acres was
  west of  both "Maroon Bells' mountain and "AVALANCHE" MOUNTAIN ... and west of ASPEN, COLORADO  [40 miles away via highway].  
It is S.W. of the 13,000+ foot tall "MOUNT SOPRIS."  

The ranch is located 5 miles north  of Redstone, CO, home of the Redstone Inn. 
and is 12-1/2 miles  south of the nearest school at Carbondale, CO .  

The Osgood Mansion at Redstone, Colo. entertained the Belgium King. The OSGOOD Mansion

& Redstone Inn => There is a grand piano and player in tux - for dinner at the INN.

"On the farm on the Crystal River at Avalanche Creek"  Age: 14-16                    
 Did I live near Aspen?   SKIING   Yes, dear ! MY DAD  was building Liberty and Victory Ships in Richmond, CA.

Click ==>  to see many old Colorado scenes of many mountains 

 
The tip of Mt.Sopris as seen from behind from Red Mtn. near Aspen, CO.
We saw the 1948 Winter Olympics - Ski Jumping from Aspen Mountain - to end in the streets of Aspen!

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Many millionares now live in this valley. 

IN 1948, UNDER DURESS OF STEP-PAPPY, 
Glenwood Springs, Colorado - thanks to the bank and bus station! 
I "LEFT EARLY" FROM HOME AT AGE 16 Via Glenwood Springs TO :

My room in May 1948 was on the backside facing the Brown Palace Hotel.The Brown Palace Hotel was owned by Molly Brown's hubby.
The Denver "Y"  [Tim Allen's Dad Worked there for many years]  near the BROWN PALACE HOTEL

I worked at:  age 16 - 19  Great Western Sugar Co.     St. Joseph High School      Fitzpatrick Baking Co.       Remington-Rand

                                                                                                                  Several classmates worked at this cafeteria.
President Truman spoke from the steps here in 1948.Hoff-Schroeder Basement Cafeteria - Welton St. at 16th.
In 1948 Aron and I skipped school to hear President Truman's speech from the Capitol steps.

 The seats at Red Rocks ... I cut my thumb here . . .The stage at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Red Rocks Amphitheatre - West of Denver near Morrison and Golden.  Great night view of Denver, at midnight, too!   

                                                                               I then lived at about 1200 Pennsylvania Street on Capitol Hill.
            Daniels and Fisher Department Store at night.                            The Capitol building and bronco rider. 
Remington Rand in1950 was on Arapahoe Street at the sign "BILLIARDS" - before moving to Colfax Ave.

Cathedral - Capitol - Am. Baptist - Municipal Building - and the MINT! 
 One dark night in 1948, in a 1940 Ford Sedan, Aron, Esther, TC and Jeannette were lightly "beaned" by a drunken driver at this corner.

Get a loan here - THE US MINT - DENVER ! 
by the US Mint in Denver  

My first commuting in Denver The lit-up '42nd Street" of Denver in 1944 - Curtis at 16th Sts. was via Street Cars

The old "North Denver High School"    
There were School Wars - north vs. West - in 1944.    
My friend, Aron, dated Mary Ann from North Denver High School

I worked at (age 16 - 19)  Great Western Sugar Co.     St. Joseph High      Fitzpatrick Baking Co.     Remington-Rand.

Hangout: The Pig Parlor was at Colfax and Lipan Streets.  We could afford Lettuce and Tomato sandwiches and coffee.
Was coffee 5 cents? Songs in the juke box cost 5 cents !  Juke Box Songs 5 cents!
                           Where have the "Car Hops" (waitresses of yesteryear) gone ?  

VJ Sunken Garden and West High School. DAY
Car rooftops were overloaded with cheering young folks !  There was much evidence of lipstick; I did not fall off !


 Sunken Gardens at sundown ! 
Yes, memories of Sunken Gardens and West Denver High School !

Graduation - June 1949 . . .  
Graduation took place at "the City Auditorium - Sports Arena in downtown Denver." 
My diploma was blank until I later paid my tuition

A 1949 photo albumn page . . .
1948 - 1951

.Early Summer of 1950

Larry McGreevy and I adventured to OAKLAND, SF and EMERYVILLE,  CALIFORNIA - then  back to Denver: where I worked at Kistler Stationery Co. & 
The Denver Post.  

"GO WEST YOUNG MAN -
WHERE THE SUNSET KISSES THE SKY -
AND IT IS EASY TO LIVE - AND HARD TO DIE !"

You can hear a pin drop! 

Sherry Haws, where are you now ?

 Larry and I went to OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA in the summer of 1950  ...  I worked at E.E.Richter & Son in Emeryville   -   

Downtown OAKLAND, CA                
Downtown Oakland.                 

C O I T   T O W E R               
SAN San Francisco's largest fire plug. FRANCISCO'S
MEMORIAL TO THE 1906 ... FIREFIGHTERS.  
Cathy Brand's mother and friend showed us the city ! 
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We headed toward Denver via the Southern Route 
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - then on to 
HOLLYWOOD !

 Hollywood at sun-up.  

   Ah ! Hollywood ! 
GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE - HOLLYWOOD !  SUNSET BOULEVARD - LA
WE STAYED AT THE LOBBY OF  THE "LA" ROOSEVELT HOTEL

 
THEN ON TO NEEDLES, CA;  THE ARIZONA-NEW MEXICO DESERT;  SANTA FE 

then  Back to DENVER
They owe me bus fare !
I turned down a job as "busboy" at the The CHAT and CHEW Restaurant.  
I might have accepted "waiter," but not "busboy" on that day!

         WORK :  KISTLER STATIONERY -       

THE DENVER POST

THEN TO THE NAVY !

The Denver, Colorado post office . . . 
LARRY & I  JOINED THE NAVY - AVIATION !  HSAA -  at Denver Federal Building  

LATE IN 1950, WE TOOK THE TRAIN 
VIA "LA" TO BOOT CAMP AT SAN DIEGO. 

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