May 9, 2013
L.H. “Jug” Lowell. Buffalo Bill’s birthday party. Lookout Mountain. Buffalo Bill ‘s defunct                      who used to                      ride a watersmooth-silver                                                             stallion and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat                                                                                                                         Jesus he was a handsome man                                                             and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death —E.E. Cummings Preorder Colorado. $18: 

L.H. “Jug” Lowell. Buffalo Bill’s birthday party. Lookout Mountain.

Buffalo Bill ‘s
defunct
                     who used to
                     ride a watersmooth-silver
                                                            stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
                                                                                                                        Jesus
he was a handsome man
                                                            and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death

—E.E. Cummings

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May 9, 2013
Grave of Alfred Packer. Littleton. Stand up you man-eatin’ son of bitch, stand up. They wuz seven Demmy-crats in Hinsdale County, and you et five of ‘em. I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead. —Attributed to Judge M.B. Gerry, 1883, and inscribed on a sidewalk plaque in Denver Packer, who was accused of cannibalizing five prospectors in Colorado, was not in fact hanged. After his parole in 1901 he went to work as a guard at the Denver Post. According to local lore, he spent his last years as a vegetarian.

Grave of Alfred Packer. Littleton.

Stand up you man-eatin’ son of bitch, stand up. They wuz seven Demmy-crats in Hinsdale County, and you et five of ‘em. I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead.

—Attributed to Judge M.B. Gerry, 1883, and inscribed on a sidewalk plaque in Denver

Packer, who was accused of cannibalizing five prospectors in Colorado, was not in fact hanged. After his parole in 1901 he went to work as a guard at the Denver Post. According to local lore, he spent his last years as a vegetarian.

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May 8, 2013
Dave and Trish. Denver. Preorder Colorado. $18: 

Dave and Trish. Denver.

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May 7, 2013
Dottie. Denver. Preorder Colorado. $18: 

Dottie. Denver.

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May 6, 2013
Windy Saddle Park, just outside Denver. There are some small places around Denver which are good resorts, but there are no objects of interest in the immediate vicinity to drive or ride to, though the roads are good. If city life seems indispensable to the happiness of the invalid, or engaging in business be a necessity, Denver is the best place in Colorado; but even in this pure air man is vile when you get too many of him in a small space. —A.A. Hayes, Jr., New Colorado and the Santa Fe Trail. 1880 Preorder Colorado. $18: 

Windy Saddle Park, just outside Denver.

There are some small places around Denver which are good resorts, but there are no objects of interest in the immediate vicinity to drive or ride to, though the roads are good. If city life seems indispensable to the happiness of the invalid, or engaging in business be a necessity, Denver is the best place in Colorado; but even in this pure air man is vile when you get too many of him in a small space.

—A.A. Hayes, Jr., New Colorado and the Santa Fe Trail. 1880

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May 5, 2013
Katelyn. Marine recruit. Westminster. Katelyn is 19 years old and is originally from Texas. On the day we met her she was suffering through her first day in the delayed entry program at the Marine recruiting station in Westminster. “I always wanted to be a doctor,” she said, “but science is not my strong suit. I was looking for another way to help people and the Marines seemed like an awesome opportunity to do that.” I asked her how the first day was going. “It’s hard. Really hard,” she said. “Right now I can barely breathe.” Preorder Colorado. $18: 

Katelyn. Marine recruit. Westminster.

Katelyn is 19 years old and is originally from Texas. On the day we met her she was suffering through her first day in the delayed entry program at the Marine recruiting station in Westminster.

“I always wanted to be a doctor,” she said, “but science is not my strong suit. I was looking for another way to help people and the Marines seemed like an awesome opportunity to do that.”

I asked her how the first day was going.

“It’s hard. Really hard,” she said. “Right now I can barely breathe.”

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May 5, 2013
Jon. Boulder. Nineteen-year-old Jon is from Detroit and has spent much of the last two years traveling and hopping trains.  “I’m not running away from anything,” he said. “I was just looking for an adventure. So far I’ve been in half the States. I like Oregon the best, and lately I’ve been kind of going back and forth between here and there. I mostly sleep outside. Pretty much everywhere I go now I run into somebody I know from the road. I guess you know it’s time to go when you wake up and know it’s time to go.” Preorder Colorado. $18: 

Jon. Boulder.

Nineteen-year-old Jon is from Detroit and has spent much of the last two years traveling and hopping trains. 

“I’m not running away from anything,” he said. “I was just looking for an adventure. So far I’ve been in half the States. I like Oregon the best, and lately I’ve been kind of going back and forth between here and there. I mostly sleep outside. Pretty much everywhere I go now I run into somebody I know from the road. I guess you know it’s time to go when you wake up and know it’s time to go.”

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May 4, 2013
Chuck. Fort Collins. A wet, heavy snow had led to school closures on May Day in Fort Collins, but 55-year-old Chuck was trudging along on his mail route. He had only been in Colorado for two months after transferring from a U.S. Postal Service processing facility in Washington, D.C. “I’m a year away from retirement,” he said, “and wanted to transfer to a place that had a better standard of living. I’d never actual delivered the mail before; my whole career I was in processing. They gave me three weeks training, put me on a route, and turned me loose. I’ve been living at an Extended Stay America, but tonight I’m moving into my own apartment.”

Chuck. Fort Collins.

A wet, heavy snow had led to school closures on May Day in Fort Collins, but 55-year-old Chuck was trudging along on his mail route. He had only been in Colorado for two months after transferring from a U.S. Postal Service processing facility in Washington, D.C.

“I’m a year away from retirement,” he said, “and wanted to transfer to a place that had a better standard of living. I’d never actual delivered the mail before; my whole career I was in processing. They gave me three weeks training, put me on a route, and turned me loose. I’ve been living at an Extended Stay America, but tonight I’m moving into my own apartment.”

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May 3, 2013
Highway 14, west of Sterling. Those who are restless in their old homes, and seek to better their condition, will find greater advantages in Colorado than anywhere else in the west….The climate possesses peculiar charms for those in failing health, and invalids can find here a sure panacea for nearly every human ill. The poor should come to Colorado, because here they can by industry and frugality better their condition. The rich should come here, because they can more advantageously invest their means than in any other new region. The young should come here to get an early start on the road to wealth, and the old should come to get a new lease on life, and to enjoy their declining years in a country unequaled for its natural beauty and loveliness. In short, it is the Mecca for all classes and conditions, and we thoughtfully recommend it to the thoughtful examination of the public. —Territorial government pamphlet. 1872

Highway 14, west of Sterling.

Those who are restless in their old homes, and seek to better their condition, will find greater advantages in Colorado than anywhere else in the west….The climate possesses peculiar charms for those in failing health, and invalids can find here a sure panacea for nearly every human ill. The poor should come to Colorado, because here they can by industry and frugality better their condition. The rich should come here, because they can more advantageously invest their means than in any other new region. The young should come here to get an early start on the road to wealth, and the old should come to get a new lease on life, and to enjoy their declining years in a country unequaled for its natural beauty and loveliness. In short, it is the Mecca for all classes and conditions, and we thoughtfully recommend it to the thoughtful examination of the public.

—Territorial government pamphlet. 1872

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May 2, 2013
The LBM Dispatch heads to Colorado

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As of 7 a.m. on April 30th, Alec Soth and Brad Zellar (in a spanking new Honda Odyssey piloted by Brooklyn’s estimable Tim Carpenter) were hurtling west, headed for two weeks in Colorado and the fifth edition of the LBM Dispatch. The latest Dispatch trek will cover thousands of miles and visit dozens of Colorado towns and cities on both sides of the Continental Divide. Preorder your copy today and enjoy a taste of Springtime in the Rockies with Little Brown Mushroom.

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