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5 unusual facts about Estes Park


Christy Nockels

Christy met Nathan Nockels in 1993 at the Christian Artists Seminar in Estes Park, Colorado.

Gospel Music Association

Annually held in Estes Park, Colorado, since 1974 "Music in the Rockies" (formally Seminar in the Rockies) is a showcase event for aspiring (often unsigned) songwriters and artists in the Christian music industry.

Group Workcamps Foundation

The organization was established in 1977 by Thom Schultz in response to a devastating flood the year before near Estes Park, Colorado, which killed 143 people and destroyed hundreds of homes.

Snogo Snow Plow

The National Park Service gave the plow to the city of Estes Park, Colorado in 1952, which used it until 1979, when it was damaged by water entering through the exhaust.

Tom Hornbein

In 2006, he moved from the Seattle area to Estes Park, CO, where he lives with his wife, Kathy Mikesell Hornbein, a retired pediatrician and young adult novelist.


Colorado-Big Thompson Project

Today, the "C-BT" serves over 33 cities and towns in northeastern Colorado, including Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Estes Park, Boulder, and Sterling, encompassed by 7 counties, providing a secondary source of water for around 830,000 people and an irrigated area of 650,000 acres (2,500 km²).

Jess E. DuBois

He showcased it in his successful DuBois Gallery in Estes Park, Colorado until he was forced to close following the town’s devastating 1982 flood.

KHOW

The longtime morning team of "Hal & Charley" can be heard in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining when one of the characters is attempting to reach the Overlook Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.


see also

KRKY

KRKY-FM, a radio station (102.1 FM) licensed to Estes Park, Colorado, United States

Mark Muir Mills

Prior to college he attended Estes Park High School and then moved to Ft. Lauderdale High School, Florida.

McGraw House

McGraw Ranch, Estes Park, Colorado, listed on the NRHP in Larimer County, Colorado