The stories of Pitkin County, CO
7 narrated audio stories from across Pitkin County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Maroon Bells
Beauty Built on Breakable Stone
How ancient red rock made the Maroon Bells stunning, unstable, and protected.
Pitkin County
From Ute City to Silver Boom
How a mining camp became Aspen almost overnight.
Aspen Meadows campus
How Goethe Helped Reinvent Aspen
A festival for ideas turned a former mining town into an intellectual crossroads.
Wheeler Opera House
When Aspen Built an Opera House Before It Grew Up
How Jerome B. Wheeler gave boomtown Aspen a cultural stage in 1889.
Maroon Creek Valley
When Maroon Creek Turns to Gold
A mountain road where autumn reshapes traffic, attention, and the meaning of riches.
Independence Pass
Independence Pass Before the Guardrails
A mountain crossing that carried miners, freight, and risk into the upper Roaring Fork Valley.
Pitkin County
When Silver Gave Aspen a County
How a mining camp became the center of its own county.
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