Snowmass history: Western tradition comes to the village
"Western Days" brought parade, horse races, other entertainment to town
Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Flyer Collection
“A crowd of approximately 1,500 people flocked to the mall at Snowmass-at-Aspen for Western Days,” The Snowmass Villager reported Aug. 8, 1968. People gathered “to watch and participate in a variety of planned events.”
“There was a parade of the old west, horse races, western entertainment, square dancing, a western movie, can-can girls, western snacks, a flapjack breakfast and dancing to western music.”
Snowmass history: Western tradition comes to the village
“A crowd of approximately 1500 people flocked to the mall at Snowmass-at-Aspen for Western Days,” The Snowmass Villager reported on August 8, 1968.
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