Here’s how miners celebrated Thanksgiving a century ago in Colorado’s mountains

Here’s how miners celebrated Thanksgiving a century ago in Colorado’s mountains

Well over 100 years ago, Colorado’s early mining communities celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday in a fashion that most modern mountain dwellers would recognize: a turkey feast with friends and family. Thanksgiving is a distinctly American holiday. According to interviews with local historians and a review of historic newspapers, Thanksgiving has been celebrated in the Colorado Rocky Mountains — including in Aspen, Breckenridge, Leadville and ot…

Here’s how miners celebrated Thanksgiving a century ago in Colorado’s mountains

Well over 100 years ago, Colorado’s early mining communities celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday in a fashion that most modern mountain dwellers would recognize: a turkey feast with friends and family. Thanksgiving is a distinctly American holiday. According to interviews with local historians and a review of historic newspapers, Thanksgiving has been celebrated in the Colorado Rocky Mountains — including in Aspen, Breckenridge, Leadville and ot…

Here’s how miners celebrated Thanksgiving a century ago in Colorado’s mountains

Well over 100 years ago, Colorado’s early mining communities celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday in a fashion that most modern mountain dwellers would recognize: a turkey feast with friends and family. Thanksgiving is a distinctly American holiday. According to interviews with local historians and a review of historic newspapers, Thanksgiving has been celebrated in the Colorado Rocky Mountains — including in Aspen, Breckenridge, Leadville and ot…