A Historical Timeline of Snowmass, Colorado's Development and Milestones, Lecture notes of Statistics

Download A Historical Timeline of Snowmass, Colorado's Development and Milestones and more Lecture notes Statistics in PDF only on Docsity! A Brief Timeline of Snowmass History Pre-1850s The Utes use the valley as part of their summer range. 1853 First non-natives explore the Elk Mountains as part of the Gunnison Survey. 1870s During the Hayden Survey, several prominent Snowmass peaks are named. Mt. Daly with its prominent granite stripe is named for then-president of the National Geographic Society, Augustus Daly. Distinctive triangular Capitol Peak is named to pay tribute to the Washington, D.C., building. The mountain after which Snowmass is named (which actually is located in the next drainage over) was renamed from the Ute’s preference for “Cold Woman” (because the mountain often was enshrouded in clouds and believed to cause bad weather) to “Snow Mass” because of the abundant year-round snow between its two summits. 1890s Ranchers and settlers first move into the valley. 1894 The Brush Creek Frontier School (later known as the Little Red School House, which still operates as an early childhood center) opens. 1900 The BJ Adams Victorian Farmhouse on Brush Creek Road is built by the Hoaglunds as the original hub of this 160-acre sheep ranch and is considered one of the oldest homes remaining in Snowmass Village. 1910 The Hoaglund Ranch (now the Anderson Ranch Arts Center) is built as a cattle and sheep outfit in the Brush Creek Valley until the mid-1930s when their eldest daughter Hildur marries Bill Anderson. The Andersons continued to work the land until the mid-1960s. 1955 Pitkin County zones the Snowmass Village area as agriculture, forestry and residential and establishes a minimum lot size of two acres. 1958 Seventeen years after first visiting Aspen to compete in the National Alpine Championships, William Janss, a former ski racer and land developer, becomes interested in Snowmass and purchases the majority of the land at its base, including Hoaglund Ranch. The first organized skiing on Snowmass begins with Aspen Skiing Corporation offering snowcat powder tours on the Big Burn and Sam’s Knob. 1960s The Aspen Skiing Company begins offering guided snowcat skiing on the Big Burn. 1964 The US Forest Service grants approvals of the Snowmass-at-Aspen Ski Area. 1964 The Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness area is formed by the 1964 Congressional Wilderness Act at 174,000 acres. 1966 Ceramic artist Paul Soldner founds Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village. 1967 Then called Snowmass-at-Aspen, Snowmass opens December 16 as a joint venture of Aspen Skiing Corporation and the Janss Corporation. There are five chairlifts and 50 miles of trails, including Big Burn, Sam’s Knob, Coney Glade and Campground. Lift tickets are a whopping $6.50 and ski school costs $8/day. The Silvertree Hotel opens as does the Snowmass Village Mall, which was designed as a cutting edge European-style village by architect Fritz Benedict, who was trained by Frank Lloyd Wright. 1972 The Snowmass Rodeo debuts in Snowmass. 1976 Krabloonik’s dogsled operations open in Snowmass. 1977 The Town of Snowmass Village is officially incorporated as a Home Rule Town. 1978 Alpine Springs lift and High Alpine restaurants open at Snowmass. 1982 Snowmass celebrates its first official Mardi Gras celebration 1992 Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series is started by locals. 1993 The ski area begins running weekly snowcat dinner rides to the Burlingame Cabin. This historic cabin was built by the Erickson family who dragged all the logs to the site and used it as a summer ranch around 1900. Later it was used by Dr. Burlingame as a base for hunting and it was moved slightly to its current location in the 11980s. 1994 The Little Red Schoolhouse celebrates its 100-year anniversary. 1995 Two Creeks base area at Snowmass opens, offering a second gateway to the mountain. Located 10 minutes closer to Aspen than Snowmass Village