The Town of Telluride was founded in 1878 and was originally known as Columbia. It was renamed in 1881 to avoid confusion with another mining camp.
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When the Telluride Ski Resort opened in 1972, the character of the community changed, and the town spun back into high gear. Born of the same spirit as skiing, ...
The town was founded in 1878 as "Columbia", but due to confusion with a California town of the same name, was renamed Telluride in 1887 for the gold telluride ...
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Telluride, a former Victorian mining town in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, is set in a box canyon amid forested peaks at the base of a popular ski-and-golf resort. The town’s historic district houses landmarks like the Sheridan Opera House, a...
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Founded shortly after John Fallon filed a claim on his Sheridan Mine in Marshal Basin in 1875, the Town of Telluride has lived through many booms and busts.
Telluride history has transformed over the years; from a sacred Ute Indian valley, to a booming mining town, to the Ski area and tourist town it is today.
Telluride was founded as a mining center in 1878. San Miguel County Courthouse ... Telluride is a small town located in the San Juan range of the Rocky Mountains.
Isolated in Colorado's rugged San Juan mountain range, Telluride's past began with the Native American Ute tribe and mining. The Utes found it first, ...
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Telluride Ski Resort's history officially begins in 1972, when the resort opened its doors with just five lifts in what is now Mountain Village.
Telluride was back on the map and when two Colorado natives, Ron Allred and Jim Wells purchased the ski area in 1978, their ideas of a European world class ski ...
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