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8 unusual facts about Breckenridge


Breckenridge, Colorado

Notable among the early prospectors was Edwin Carter, a log cabin naturalist who decided to switch from mining to collecting wildlife specimens.

Breckenridge was the film location of the 1989 comedy National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and some scenes in Dumb and Dumber (shots of Aspen in the movie are actually Breckenridge).

Possession was still illegal by state law, however, until the passage of Colorado Amendment 64 in 2012.

Edwin Carter

This creative film was an official selection of the 2009 Breckenridge Festival of Film.

KYRE

KYRE-LP, a defunct low-power radio station (92.7 FM) formerly licensed to Breckenridge, Texas, United States

Milligram Smile

Milligram Smile is an alternative metal band from Breckenridge, Michigan formed in 2005 by Jake Matthews, Ryan Burt and original drummer Steve Palmer.

Snow sculpture

The Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado began in 1990.

Snowcat

In 1973, in Breckenridge, Colorado, the term "Snowcat", derived from the snow grooming equipment of the same name, was coined to describe people who migrate to the mountains for the snow and skiing.


Bradley Tyler Johnson

Johnson was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1860 and joined the majority of his delegation when they withdrew from the convention and united with the Southern wing of the party, which supported Breckenridge and Lane.

Breckenridge Ski Resort

In the 1987-1988 ski season, Breckenridge topped one million skier visits, as it was sold to Victoria Ltd of Tokyo.

Candace Vogler

Vogler also sits on the Editorial Committee of the scholarly journal Public Culture and has co-edited two of its special issues, Critical Limits of Embodiment with Carol Breckenridge in 2002 and Violence and Redemption with Patchen Markell in 2003.

Chitrasena

Besides spearheading the revival of indigenous dance forms, Chitrasena also made his stage debut as Othello in the Ernest MacIntyre production of Shakespeare's ‘Othello' and Emperor Jones in the late Karan Breckenridge's production of Eugene O'Neill's 'Emperor Jones'.

Emile Cambry, Jr.

Cambry's films have shown at the Cannes Short Film Corner, the American Black Film Festival, San Francisco Black Film Festival, Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival, St. Louis Black Film Festival, Texas Black Film Festival, Canadian International Film Festival, Breckenridge Festival of Film, BlackStar Film Festival, and the Black Harvest Film Festival.

Keola Beamer

Keola Beamer (born Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer in 1951) is a Hawaiian slack-key guitar player, best known as the composer of "Honolulu City Lights" and an innovative musician who fused Hawaiian roots and contemporary music.

Knox Burger

Knox Breckenridge Burger (November 1, 1922 – January 4, 2010) was an editor, writer, and literary agent who lived in New York City.

Laura Breckenridge

In the fall of 2002, Breckenridge began her studies at Princeton University, soon joining the BodyHype Dance Company and getting involved in the theater scene on campus.

Morris Subdivision

U.S. Highway 12 closely follows the line between Willmar and Benson, while Minnesota State Highway 9 follows the line the rest of the way to Breckenridge.

Patricia Breckenridge

Breckenridge was one of three candidates Missouri's Appellate Judicial Commission proposed to governor Matt Blunt to replace retiring Judge Ronnie White on the Missouri Supreme Court.

Paul Lea

Paul Lea (born February 19, 1929, Breckenridge, Texas; died May 19, 2009, Raton, New Mexico) was an American football player and physician.

Pike's Peak Gold Rush

The first decade of the boom was largely concentrated along the South Platte River at the base of the mountains, the canyon of Clear Creek in the mountains west of Golden City, at Breckenridge and in South Park at Como, Fairplay, and Alma.

Sean Hood

Sean Breckenridge Hood graduated from Brown University, with a double major in pure mathematics and studio art, and then spent several years working in Hollywood as a set dresser, prop assistant and art director collaborating with filmmakers as diverse as James Cameron, David Fincher and David Lynch.

Texas State Technical College System

TSTC also operates campuses in Harlingen (with a branch in Ingleside), Marshall (with a branch in Red Oak to open in 2014), and West Texas (with campuses in Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, and Sweetwater), as well as TSTC Corporate College, which operates customized training programs for specific industries.

The Wacky Molestation Adventure

As the children await the return of their parents, and Mark and Linda drive up and reveal that Mark got the job that his "important call" was for: the manager of a Denny's restaurant in Breckenridge.


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