The A's have it (and some of the B's)

Listed below is a portion of the entries in the 1966 Estes Park telephone book (I'm starting to learn that while Alphabet's blog is free, the space provided for each post is limited).  I would list the entire group of 2100 telephone numbers in one entry, but Blogger won't allow it, and you all wouldn't be that interested anyway.

The point is, just from the (I hope) initial 10% of 2100 that space allows, you can barely recognize any of these names.  In the A's, I saw only one surname that still has a living representative in town, and it was somewhat discouraging that the only still-functioning A business is Alcoholics Anonymous.  We like our drink here, and have come to depend on it use as social lubricant and escape from self-examination.  The B's are some better, four families with obvious offspring still rooted in Estes Park, plus Baldpate Inn (on the auction block) and Blue Spruce Cottages (now condos) doubling the A business stalwarts.  I promise, the remaining 90% is no different:  Estes Park is clearly in a constant state of change, population-wise, with very few "anchor" families or stable business enterprises.

I wonder if the average life-span in Estes Park (ignoring the people who move here in their golden years) is shorter than that of Colorado in general (because of Alcoholics Anonymous, thinner air, and the increased exposure to radiation), or if small mountain communities just don't allow for the establishment of familial "dynasties", because neighboring bigger cities offer more opportunity to advance, no matter how hard our EC-DC blathers otherwise.

Those people (generally newcomers) who complain that anyone fighting their pet project is against change simply haven't been here long enough to realize that Estes Park is the definition of change.  "Imagine a place constantly in motion" was Wallace Stegner's encapsulation of the west, and Estes Park, last I looked, was among that direction.  This phone book is only 50 years old, for gosh sakes, and none of these folks are around anymore, and their few offspring that put down permanent or summer-season roots have chosen, for better or worse, not to involve themselves much in local politics.

This, among other reasons, is why people who have just moved here get elected to our town board, because the majority of folks on the voting rolls have likely just arrived as well.  This, among other reasons, is why Uncle Jimmy writes books imbued with nostalgia about an Estes Park that likely never existed, except pressed flat in PC newspapers and dry, expurgated diaries that doubled as inventory records of egg production.  Note that all of Jimrod's works predate anyone currently alive, or any subject that took place after World War II.  This is not a coincidence.  Not only does JP not know how to write living, breathing history, he is handicapped by a strong distaste for most of the lower caste he is force to include as backdrop.  If I'm wrong, tell me how much of his research takes place over breakfast at the Other Side, on alternate Saturdays.

So yes, I'm against change for the sake of change, change that doesn't seem to produce true progress or help us crawl out of our boggy reputation as a tourist trap.  Because I'm living amidst the swirl of change, with people constantly coming and going, most promoting some cockamamie notion like Soapy Smith reincarnate before hopping the midnight train to Georgia, and businesses constantly opening and closing, some of which you can look at from the outside, from the name on the awning, and predict, correctly, "6 months, tops".  If you don't believe me, or think I'm promoting some small-minded agenda, look more closely at the individual names below, really look at them and count how many are part of your Rotary, maybe call some of the numbers and see who answers.


August 1966 Mountain States Telephone Directory – Estes Park

A

A-Dor-Ed Trailer Park                                      586-3743
A A A Authorized Wrecker Service                 586-3122
A & W Root Beer Drive-In                              586-3479
August F. Abel                                                 586-4383
Mary Adams                                                    586-4558
Pearl Adams                                                     586-4350
Raymond R. Adams                                         586-3950
Tom Adams                                                     586-4683
Alan D. Addleman                                           586-3245
R.E. Admire                                                     586-4880
Dwight S. Adrian                                             586-4655
Adrian Electric                                                 586-4655
Graydon C. Adrian                                          586-3408
Aerial Tramway Company                               586-3675
J.E. Ahif                                                          586-3060
Charles H. Albers                                             586-4734
Alcoholics Anonymous                                   586-3613
Norbert L. Aldrich                                           586-3467
James G. Alfring                                              586-4273
Don H. Alldritt                                                 586-3060
Mrs. Edith L. Allen                                          586-3739
L.E. Allen                                                        586-4664
Worth Allen                                                     586-3893
H.B. Allsebrook                                               586-3908
Alpine Pharmacy                                             586-3401
          Norbert L. Aldrich                                 586-3467
Alpine Shop                                                     586-3542
Alpine Village                                                  586-3594
Don Alps                                                         586-3134
Harold Alps                                                     586-3667
Ernest E. Altick                                               586-3558
Robert L. Altick                                               586-3102
Al Alzheimer                                                   586-3741
Amahami                                                         586-4543
American Legion Club Number 119                586-9860
Mrs. E.C. Ames                                                586-4900
Lawrence Amicarella                                       586-3490
Mary Gaskins Andersen                                   586-4547
Charles N. Anderson                                        586-3189
Delbert Ghosty Anderson                                 586-4718
E.R. Andy Anderson                                        586-4158
Eti Anderson                                                    586-4692
Florence E. Anderson                                      586-4813
George Anderson                                             586-3684
Russell Anderson                                             586-4140
Anderson’s Grocery                                         586-4692
Anderson’s Wonder View Cottages & Motel    586-4158
John E. Andrews                                              586-4385
Mary York Andrews                                        586-4095
B. Andrus                                                        586-3142
Ann’s Western Waffles                                     586-9813
Rudy Anspauch                                                586-3635
Phillip G. Apel                                                 586-4562
Arabian Horse Association                               586-9958
D.F. Archer                                                      586-4886
Archers Cottages                                              586-4990
Strawn Armstrong                                            586-3277
Dr. C.H. Arnold                                                586-4758
Maurice E. Arnold                                           586-4817
Arnold Palmer Enterprises                               586-3150
Arnold’s Auto Service                                     586-4254
Pat Ash Cameras of Colorado                           586-3139
Aspen Lodge                                                   586-3744
Aspen Lodge Stables                                        586-3058
William S. Aspinall                                          586-3632
Darrel N. Atwood                                            586-4372
Vernon E. Autry                                              586-4223
Avis Beauty Shop                                            586-3667
Avis Rent A Car                                               586-9844
S.G. Ayers                                                       586-3808
Ernest V. Azzi                                                  586-3217

[70 distinct entries]


B

B & D Texaco Service Station                          586-9947
Ralph V. Bachman                                           586-4382
Bacon Agency                                                 586-3331
Joel N. Bacon                                                   586-4229
Agnes Bahrenburg                                           586-4395
Carl C. Bailey                                                   586-3600
The Baird Gift Shop                                         586-3495
Vivian Baird                                                    586-4400
Charles E. Baker                                              586-4979
Raymond C. Baker                                           586-4333
Robert M. Baker                                              586-4219
Virginia Ruth Baker                                         586-4285
Cliff Baldozier                                                 586-4379
Baldpate Inn                                                    586-4148
W.E. Baldridge                                                586-4658
Roy Baldwin                                                    586-3489
Virginia M. Ball                                               586-4070
Band Box Cleaners                                           586-3650
E.O. Banks                                                       586-4546
Eddie Banks                                                     586-3497
Jay C. Banta                                                     586-3584
L.D. Banta                                                       586-3060
W.H. Barclay                                                   586-4972
Stefan Bardas                                                   586-4916
A.S. Barnes                                                      586-3141
James B. Barnett                                               586-3407
G.H. Barnwell                                                  586-3264
William K. Barr                                               586-4953
Margaret Barrier                                              586-4027
Charlie Barta                                                    586-4237
ClarAlee Bartels                                               586-3179
N.L. Bartlett                                                     586-3477
W.B. Bastien                                                    586-3690
W.R. Batchelder                                               586-3545
Mrs. Zelda Floy Bateman                                 586-3214
William L. Beach                                             586-3410
Forrest Beardmore                                           586-3625
Clayton Bearly                                                 586-3803
Beaver Point Conoco & Service Station          586-4860
Beaver Point Livery                                         586-3187
The Beavers Lumber Company                        586-3610
Mrs. Albert E. Beck                                         586-3211
Edna Mae Becker                                             586-3171
Mrs. Frances Becker                                         586-3413
Leonard Beckman                                            586-3568
Robert Bee                                                       586-4054
Mrs. O.A. Beech                                              586-4996
Miss Grace Beede                                             586-4936
Floyd C. Beelman                                            586-4920
T.H. Beels                                                        586-4815
Glendyne Beemer                                            586-4036
L.R. Beery                                                       586-3250
Louise Belknap                                                586-4736
Bell Telephone Company                                 See Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Herman Beltz                                                   586-3759
Mitchell Benedict                                             586-4775
M.M. Benfer                                                    586-3010
Bertram W. Bennett                                          586-3621
Edward E. Bennett                                           586-4177
George Bennett                                                586-3716
D.F. Bentley                                                     586-3940
Val P. Bernard                                                 586-4684
E.I. Berner                                                       586-4746
Jerome C. Berryman                                        586-3798
Berthoud Dale Cottages                                   586-3710
C.W. Besel                                                       586-3726
Mrs. Mabel Bessemer                                       586-4304
Carl E. Best                                                      586-3304
William Bever                                                  586-3655
Goldie L. Bezold                                              586-4576
Big Bend Motel                                                586-3875
Big Owl Cabins                                                586-4709
Big T Smorgasbord                                          586-3952
Robert H. Bigler                                               586-3768
Clair G. Billings                                               586-3221
E.E. Bilyeu                                                      586-3446
Gertrude Bina                                                  586-3928
Arthur W. Binns                                               586-4901
Vernon Birkholz                                              586-4058
James R. Bissell, Jr.                                          586-4574
Rev. Silas P. Bittner                                          586-4004
Black Canyon Ranch                                        586-4648
Black Canyon Ranch Dining Room-Lounge    586-4020
Duane C. Blair                                                 586-4584
Madeleine Blair                                                586-4607
Elmer B. Blanchar                                            586-4766
Howard Blanchard                                           586-4930
Kenneth Blanchard                                          586-3380
Blazon Arms                                                    586-4688
Mrs. Clark Blickensderfer                                586-4250
Richard P. Blight                                              586-4935
C.A. Blocker                                                    586-4554
Helen Luby Blodgett                                        586-3441
Rev. David Bloomquist                                    586-4598
George Blubaugh                                             586-4934
J.C. Blue                                                          586-3040
Blue Spruce Cottages                                       586-4393
Arthur V. Boand                                              586-3813
Bob’s Gateway Standard Service                     586-4320
A.E. Boekel                                                     586-4864
Boettcher and Company                                 Dial the operator and ask for Enterprise 711
                                                                        No charge on Enterprise calls
H.J. Boge                                                         586-4152
E.F. Bohmfalk                                                 586-3920
Ethel M. Bolling                                              586-3575
Bon Appetit Coffee Shop                                 586-9843
The Bond Agency                                            586-4453
Florence Bond                                                 586-3283
Fred A. Bonelli                                                586-4765
George S. Bones                                              586-4666
Claude Bonnel                                                 586-4769
Barton Boothroyd                                            586-4405
Tom Boothroyd                                               586-3705
Borca Photo Studios                                         586-4528
E.W. Borland                                                   586-3075
Edward Bos                                                     586-4888
D.S. Bosworth                                                  586-3791
Boulder Valley Volkswagen Company, Inc.     586-1644
Boulder Veterinary Hospital                             Dial the operator and ask for Enterprise 309
                                                                        No charge on Enterprise calls
C.O. Bourk                                                      586-3018
Fred F. Bowen                                                 586-4858
Mrs. Winifred E. Bowen                                  586-4311
Ralph Bower                                                    586-3904
Sally Bowers                                                    586-3730
Mrs. W.G. Bowers                                           586-3238
James S. Bowie                                               586-4852
Mrs. O.J. Bowman                                          586-3368
Mrs. Ray H. Bradshaw                                   586-4240
Bradshaw’s Blue Chip Cottages                     586-4240
A. Gordon Bradt                                             586-3934                                                                    
T.C. Brady                                                       586-4793
F.E. Brainard                                                   586-3871
Branding Iron Motor Inn                                 586-4108
Paul Branstine                                                  586-4808
Martha Lee Brauneis                                        586-4069
E.M. Breuch                                                    586-4525
Erwin J. Briber                                                 586-3030
Mrs. Irene Brinkley                                          586-3197
Ronald C. Brodie                                             586-4479
Brodie’s Super Market                                     586-3647
                                                                        586-4174
Mrs. Allen Bronston                                         586-4408
Mrs. Lorraine N. Bronston                               586-3639
Brookside Bungalows                                      586-4669
Gene Brough                                                   586-4442
C. Tom Brown                                                 586-4230
Harry P. Brown                                                586-3837
Tom N. Brown                                                 586-4555
Morris Brown                                                  586-3917
Walter R. Brown                                              586-3944
Dr. Willard H. Brown                                       586-4175
Gerald F. Brownfield                                       586-4514
Brownfield Leather Shop                                 586-3275
Charley Browning                                            586-3518
W.W. Brubaker                                                 586-4733
Emma Bruns                                                    586-3851
Dawson C. Bryan                                             586-4715
Russell L. Bryant                                              586-4784
Samuel Buchanan                                            586-4677
Richard D. Buck                                              586-4257
Edmond Bucknall                                            586-3707
Buckskin Bo’s Livery Stables                           586-4824
Johnnie E. Bufkin                                            586-3085
Charles Bullock                                                586-4019
Mrs. R.E. Burger                                              586-4657
Robert E. Burgess                                            586-4322
William E. Burgess                                           586-3325
Willis E. Burgess                                              586-4147
Wallace Burke                                                  586-4476
Ivan R. Burket                                                 586-3491
Orin F. Burks                                                   586-3533
Edward Burns                                                  586-4210
James R. Burrow                                              586-4656
Donald J. Buser                                                586-3877
Alva Bussell                                                     586-4118
F.D. Butler                                                       586-4962
Lee Byerly                                                       586-9877
Mrs. David Byers                                             586-4983
Doris Byrd                                                       586-4519
Byxbe Art Gallery                                            586-3406
Lyman Byxbe                                                  586-4693

[179 distinct entries]

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