One of the biggest parades in Steamboat history draws crowds
July 5, 2008 · 1 Comment
The city’s Fourth of July parade was designed for children, but most adults were smiling just as big as red, white and blue floats rolled down Lincoln Avenue on Friday for one of the biggest parades in Steamboat Springs history.
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Spending habits key to tourism tale
July 5, 2008 · 1 Comment
Summer tourism is up by about 200 visitors this weekend and next, but youth sports tournaments later this summer could be about 5 percent smaller than they were in 2007.
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Fireworks blast Steamboat
July 5, 2008 · 7 Comments
Fireworks rocked Steamboat Springs on Friday night, but questions remained about the finale.
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- Evans Hall wins Rotary award
- Many locals, visitors leave cars behind for the holiday
- Merrily’s restaurant closes
- Mountain Madness offers new course, challenges
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July 4
- At the movies
- Writers group to hold all-levels conference
- Steamboat swimmers dedicated to sport
- On Scene: Richie Havens and the universality of music
- Museum tells tale of railroad
- Personal history
- Screamin’ and hollerin’ the blues
- New voice to power rodeo
- CD review of Girl Talk, “Feed the Animals”
- An orchestra for youths
- Fire officials expect busy holiday weekend
- Capturing the rawness
- Lanning under fire again
- Margaret Hair: Team American pop culture
- Whistler Road construction prolonged
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Arts
Bigger-than-life bronze in the works
July 5, 2008 · 2 Comments
The railroad stockyards in Steamboat Springs were once one of the biggest shipping points for livestock in the western United States. In the first decade of the 20th century, the only way to get cattle from the mountain pastures of North Routt County to the railroad depot was to push them across a little bridge over the Yampa River.
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Liquor stores set for Sunday sales
July 5, 2008
Local liquor stores are ready to test the Sunday waters, though many aren’t thrilled about it. The Colorado General Assembly approved a measure this year allowing liquor stores to open for business on Sundays. The legislation went into effect July 1.
Sports
Roping up the holiday spirit
July 5, 2008
It seems ranching always has been a part of Steamboat Springs’ Fourth of July celebration. Dean Vogelaar and several other local families want to make sure that never changes.
Music
Blues musician finds comfort in life on the road
July 5, 2008
Roy Book Binder was not born into the blues. Growing up middle class in Queens, N.Y., Book Binder wasn’t far from the Greenwich Village coffeehouses that would give classic Piedmont bluesmen such as the Reverend Gary Davis a second life. When Book Binder picked up a guitar after being introduced to Davis’ gravelly country blues, the marriage seemed too natural to avoid.
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Today's events
- MainStreet Farmers Market at 8 a.m.
- 105th Annual Cowboys Roundup Days at 8 a.m.
- July 4th 2008 Events at 8 a.m.
- Social Gardening at 9 a.m.
- Mid Summer Madness Tent Sale at 9 a.m.
- Drawing lessons at 10 a.m.
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