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17 unusual facts about Telluride


Black Bear Road

The road descends over a set of infamous switchbacks as it navigates the heights above Telluride.

Bulkeley Wells

He moved to Telluride, Colorado, and joined the executive board of the Telluride Mining Association, and headed up the San Miguel County Citizens' Alliance (SMCCA).

Detroit-style pizza

Outside of Detroit, Detroit-style pizza can be found in Austin, Texas, at Via 313 Pizza; Telluride, Colorado, at Brown Dog Pizza, which was founded by former Birmingham, Michigan, native and University of Michigan football player Jeff Smokevitch.

Dustin Yellin

When he was five years old, he and his mother moved to Telluride, Colorado.

Gale Anne Hurd

In 2003, she was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology at Telluride, Colorado along with Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

History and use of instant-runoff voting

As of September 2013, American cities currently using IRV to elect at least one office include Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oakland, California; Portland, Maine; St. Paul, Minnesota; San Francisco, California; Takoma Park, Maryland; Berkeley, California; San Leandro, California; and Telluride, Colorado.

Hungry Hoboes

Hun­gry Hoboes re-debuted in Telluride, Colorado as part of a special animation shorts program presented by leading film historian and restoration expert Serge Bromberg at the 39th Annual Telluride Film Festival.

Kim Jin-hi

Plunged into the American avant-garde music scene, she was invited to the Composer-to-Composer festival in Telluride, Colorado in 1989 and joined the one week residency with John Cage and selected leading composers.

Kimiko Zakreski

In December during the 2009-10 FIS Snowboard World Cup season she achieved her second ever WC podium finishing third in Telluride, Colorado.

Mitch Morgan

The Mitch Morgan is a popular beverage at the Oak the New Fat Alley Barbecue in Telluride, Colorado, where the drink originated.

Sandra Will Carradine

In 1991, she left California and founded the "Sheridan Arts Foundation" to save and restore the historic Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado

Sievert Allen Rohwer

Sievert Allen Rohwer (22 December 1887, Telluride - 12 February 1951 was an American entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera

Telluride

Telluride Film Festival, a film festival that takes place in the Telluride, Colorado

"Telluride", a song from Josh Gracin's second studio album, We Weren't Crazy (2008); a cover of the Tim McGraw song of the same name

Telluride, Colorado, the county seat of San Miguel County in southwest Colorado

Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Telluride Bluegrass Festival is an annual music festival in Telluride, Colorado hosted by Planet Bluegrass.

To Hell You Ride

Simultaneous informative and symbolic, the title recalls a supposed etymology of the Telluride toponym.


Colorado Mineral Belt

In the San Juan Mountains the major finds were at Ouray, Silverton, Mount Sneffels, and Telluride where over 10 million troy ounces (311 t) of gold was mined.

George Riddell

George W. Riddell, Pinkerton labor spy who infiltrated the Western Federation of Miners in Telluride

Jess Klein

After independently releasing her first two albums, winning the Telluride Troubador Songwriting Contest, and garnering several Boston Music Award nominations, she was signed to Rykodisc in 2000 by then-president George Howard.

L. L. Nunn

Many of these students went on to study at Cornell University, where they resided at Telluride House, managed by Telluride Association, which Nunn founded.

To staff the power plants Nunn created a work study program called the Telluride Institute, headquartered in Olmstead located in the Provo Canyon near Orem, Utah.

Okeewemee, North Carolina

The Carter Mine is one of the oldest mines in North Carolina.It is described as being on a vein that contained much lime carbonate and a rare telluride of gold.

Ski Lift International

SLI chairlifts can still be seen at ski areas such as Telluride and Heavenly.

Telluride Regional Airport

Telluride Regional Airport is the destination in the "Telluride Landing" mission supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

Vincent Saint John

Bulkeley Wells, a Telluride mining company president and manager who was "born to privilege... and was convinced laborers were beneath him," was intent upon hanging St. John.