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History and culture
Mining towns and railroads, landmarks and museums, festivals, food, and the local-color stories that make each corner of Colorado make sense.
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History and culture - June 10, 2026
Why the county is called Custer
Custer County was carved out of Fremont County in 1877 and named for George Armstrong Custer, who had died the year before at the Little Bighorn.
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Why the county seat is named Delta
The City of Delta takes its name from the delta-shaped land where the Uncompahgre River meets the Gunnison, and it became the county seat when Delta County was carved from Gunnison County in 1883.
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Why the North Fork Valley Eats So Well
Around Paonia, a tight cluster of organic orchards, farms, and high-altitude vineyards turns a short growing season into one of Colorado's richest farm-to-table valleys.
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Windsor grew up around the railroad and the sugar-beet factory
Windsor took shape after the railroad arrived and a Great Western Sugar factory drew families and farms to grow and process sugar beets.
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Winter Park Resort began as Denver's city-owned ski hill
Winter Park Resort opened around 1940 as a ski area owned by the City and County of Denver, and much of its ski terrain sits on Arapaho National Forest land in Grand County under a Forest Service permit.
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You can still find Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts in southern Baca County
The Cimarron Route of the Santa Fe Trail crossed about 14 miles of southern Baca County, and on the Carrizo Unit grassland you can still walk out to faint wagon ruts and old markers.
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