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Remember When?
The Steamboat Pilot & Today is launching a community photo project called “Remember When?” We want you to dig through your old photos, go to the location it was taken in Steamboat and take a new picture of you holding the old picture. We’ll post your pictures to our Remember When photo gallery on our website and to our Facebook page. Email your submissions to share@SteamboatToday.com.
Remember when the first trails were cut at Steamboat Ski Area, before the base area development? Photo taken by Jim Temple in 1958, courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum.
Remember when the Depot Art Center used to be a train station? Photo dated 1914 courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum.
Remember when the Lorenz building became offices? It was the old Routt County Courthouse after first serving as a general store. Photo circa 1960s courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum.
Remember when the Old Town Pub used to be a doctor's office? Photo dated 1916 courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum.
Remember when F.M. Light & Sons wasn’t located in downtown Steamboat Springs? Neither do we. Photo dated 1920 courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum.
Remember when there used to be fountains in the middle of Lincoln Avenue? Photo dated 1920 courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum. The Steamboat Pilot & Today is launching a community photo project called “Remember When?”
Remember when the Lorenz Building on Lincoln Avenue in downtown Steamboat became an office building? It was the old Routt County Courthouse after first serving as a general store. This photo, circa the 1960s, is courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum. The Steamboat Pilot & Today has launched a community photo project called “Remember When?” We want you to dig through your old photos, go to the location they were taken and snap a new image of you holding the old picture. We’ll post your pictures to our Remember When? photo gallery on SteamboatToday.com and to our Facebook page. Email your submissions to share@SteamboatToday.com.
Remember when: There was no ski area on Mount Werner? There was no housing on the ridges between the mountain and town? Neon signs and awnings stuck out over the sidewalks? The Center Grocery (now Cantina) had its peak or pediment? The town's population stood at 1,848, as given on the sign outside the Skee Inn Cafe? This color slide was taken in September 1954 outside the door of the present White Hart Gallery by my maternal grandfather, Henry C. Wells. Submitted by: Bill Fetcher
Remember when Old Town Hot Springs was just a pool? This photo, circa the late 1930s, is courtesy of the Tread of Pioneers Museum.
Remember when it was possible to have a 4-H livestock show in the sunken vacant lot between the original old Pilot building and the present Old Pilot Building? At the left, on 11th Street, are Steamboat Motors (Jeep and Pontiac), now the Old West Building, and the Steamboat Laundry with its tall smokestack (Giovanni’s Ristorante/ The Laundry). A Standard station takes the corner lot. In the background the Royal Rest Motel, now the Nordic Lodge, shows its Spanish Colonial red tile and arches. Image from a color slide by Henry C. Wells dated Sept. 27, 1958. Submitted by: Bill Fetcher
Remember when the ski jump at Howelsen Hill was set on fire in 1972 in protest of Denver’s Olympic bid? In November of that year, Colorado voters turned down the 1976 winter games by a 59.4 percent majority. This photo is courtesy of DJ Edwards. Email your “Remember When?” submissions to share@SteamboatToday.com.
Remember when a Fourth of July rodeo could pack the concrete bleachers at the rodeo grounds? Photo dated July 4, 1963. Bill Fetcher submitted this photo as part of the Steamboat Pilot & Today’s “Remember When?” community photo project. Want to participate? Dig through your old photos, go to the location it was taken in Steamboat and take a new picture of you holding the old picture. We’ll post your pictures to our Remember When photo gallery on our website and to our Facebook page. Email your submissions to share@SteamboatToday.com.
Remember when there was no snowmaking or slope grooming? Remember when the Christie double chairlift and Headwall Pomalift were more than enough to carry what few skiers had paid $4.50 for a daily pass? Remember when orange was the area’s corporate color, the color the lift towers left the factory with? This image was taken from a color slide dated March 1964, Fetcher collection. The Christie lift had been in operation for 14 months. The Thunderhead expansion would open the following year. Submitted by: Bill Fetcher
