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 1929 County courthouse was completed. 1930.First road paving was begun, with Grand Avenue completed.1932 The Citizens National Bank closed into receivership.1933 The State Employment Office opened and 108 applicants showed up the first day.1934 CCC camp set up for 240 boys who worked on the roads and White River National Forest project building campgrounds and forest roads.Brush cleared for Red Mountain Ski Area. 1935 Prohibition repealed and bars opened in hotels and restaurants.The Old Timers held 50th Anniversary for pioneer founders of Glenwood. |
 1934 Red Mountain Ski Area |
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1936 Airport construction at Cardiff began using WPA labor; Karl Von Rosenberg supervised.August 1,1938 Highway 6 & 24 opened after two years of construction to replace the Taylor State Road and Highway 40.Sept. 3, 1941 Senator Edward T. Taylor dies.Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor; the U. S. enters W.W.II.1943 Hotel Colorado and Hot Springs Pool commissioned as a Navy hospital during W.W.II.1944 Local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organized. Local Kiwanas Club formed. Sept. 14, 1945 Mass meeting to honor those who never returned from war; celebration of V. J. Day.Dec., 1945 Hotel Glenwood burned to the ground.Feb. 28, 1946 Last U.S.O. Dance held at the Hotel Colorado; Navy terminated their lease.1948 Oil tanks on the west side of town exploded.Holiday Hills ski area became popular; later becoming Sunlight Ski Area. 1951 New ski lift placed on Red Mountain ski area.Modern mercury-vapor lighting came to Glenwood streets. 1953 Present bridge across Colorado River replaced the one designed by Theodore Von Rosenberg. |
Aug., 1955 Valley View hospital established. June15, 1960 City's 17,000 gallon oil tank exploded and burned.1963 Holy Ghost Novitiate formed to train young Catholic men to enter priesthood.1964 Frontier Historical Society formed.Jan. 15, 1967 Fire destroyed Glenwood Restaurant and Lounge.1967 Glenwood was designated as sight for Colorado Mountain College with campus six miles south of town.1974 U. S. Department of Interior opens bids for 20 year leases on oil shale in northwestern Colorado ushering in another oil boom. May 1, 1982 Black Sunday; Exxon closed its Colony Oil Shale project in western Colorado, leaving 2, 200 people without employment outright, and resulting in an estimated 10,000 job losses in the state.1984 UPL Lumberyard destroyed by fire.Steve Kaminski moved to Glenwood Springs 1985 Rocky Mountain Natural Gas explosion killed 12 people.October 4, 1992 BLM dedication ceremony for the Ute Trail Dotsero Trailhead.1992 Interstate 70 was completed through Glenwood Canyon.July 6, 1994 Fourteen firefighters killed on Storm King Mountain.1994 Completion of Glenwood Canyon Trail.1995 Glenwood Health Spa torn down.Peter Shoebridge moved to Glenwood Springs 1997 Citizens of Glenwood Springs vote to retain airport. |
 1948 Holiday Hills Ski Area |
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