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.
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
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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 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
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