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Western Nitty Gritty
While some tales and facts from southwestern Colorado and the Four Corners
region are common knowledge (like Butch Cassidy robbing his first bank in
Telluride; filming westerns How the West was Won and True Grit in Ridgway; and
the Grand Mesa being the largest flat-top mountain in the world), tons of
others remain largely unknown. [more]
It Must be in the Water
This summer, Ouray-based company BIOTA™ Brands of America, Inc.
introduces its pristine bottled spring water called BIOTA.
[more]
Put the Pedal to the
Metal
Montrose is home to one of the most superb spots for BMX and
dirt bike riding. With about 40,000 rideable acres of rolling swells, soft
dirt, few trees and easily avoidable rocks, Adobe Hills (which extends from the
edge of the Black Canyon in Montrose to the North Fork of the Gunnison River
outside Delta), is a free-for-all for hill climbers, jumpers, huckers, trail
riders and moto-cross racers. [more]
TOWN HIGHLIGHT OF THE
MONTH:
CEDAREDGE
Cedaredge is
located in west-central Colorado on Highway 65 (Grand Mesa Scenic Byway) at the
foot of Grand Mesa, the largest flat-top mountain in the world. Grand Mesa
offers unspoiled spruce forests, quaking aspen glens and lush mountain meadows
with so many wildflowers it could easily be nature's private garden.
[more]