| I'm back from vacation! Had too good a time, because I overdid a little and had to limp back home early. The few times we did end up somewhere with wifi, I couldn't manage to stay awake long enough to do much more than check my email. That's why I didn't do an answer post until now.
Now I am home and in half-catch up, half recuperate mode. So I'm taking the week off for the Colorado Pop Culture Trivia. I'll try to make next Friday's twice as fun to make up for it.
So, on to the answers and star answerers!
GreenChiliDem was first to ID #1, the location of Buffalo Bill's grave. She also identified the Four Corners marker and knew it was the Navajo people in charge at the park (#5). Then she got an honorary bonus point for suggesting Pikes Peak for #3, the place you can see six states from. I believe that was a correct answer, even though it wasn't the one I was thinking of.
Frankenoid knew #2, that Colfax is the longest street in the US.
The answer I was looking for for #3, was this site:
the Wonder Tower in Genoa. It's about 10 miles east of Limon, and it's AMAZING! If you like oddball and old stuff as much I as I do, anyway. If you want a taste, here's a link to a photo essay page I did on our visit last year.
CLICK ME!
Question #4, about Steve Canyon, was touched on by Frankenoid. She knew he was a character in the Sunday comix years ago, but not the Colorado connection.
Here's the short version. In 1947, a neighborhood of Idaho Springs decided to change its name from Squirrel Gulch to Steve Canyon. (Hey, seems like an improvement to me!) Then they somehow wangled $12,000 in Federal funds to get a big statue of the character carved. And it's still there today, because we SAW it on the way home from vacation!
You can go HERE to read more, and learn about many other zany roadside attractions all across America!
Happy 4th, everyone! |
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