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Episode 31: Rocky Mountain Legacy Revisited – 1916 & 2022

(To hear this episode, scroll to the bottom)

Hazel Ramsey Koenig and her son Orion, as she looked when writing her 1916-1917 diary. Photo hanging inside the Ramsey Cabin.

We first told the story of Hazel Ramsey Koenig in #6- Rocky Mountain Legacy. In this episode we talk about actually setting foot in the Colorado home Hazel lived in when she wrote the diary.  We revisit her story with additional insight acquired from our wonderful visit there.
Jess and Lance from Colorado State U’s Mountain Campus generously gave us a tour of the historical site now part of the Mountain Campus.
Stay to the end to hear about a man named Charlie Jones who we met in Salida, Colorado as he played his 1870’s era fiddle.

The view as you enter Colorado State University Mountain Campus.
Campus with the Ramsey/Koenig Homestead center left.

Our wonderful tour guides Jess and Lance and us standing in front of Hazel’s Cabin.

Inside Hazel and Frank Koenig’s Cabin.

Hazel in the living room of her cabin in her later years.

Bear Trap, School House, and the Cellar.

The precious gravesites of the Ramsey/Koenig children and Hazel’s diary.

St. Elmo, Colorado General Store
St. Elmo, Colorado Ghost Town Worth the visit!
Charlie Jones playing his vintage fiddle in Salida, Colorado.

To hear this episode:

https://www.sallysdiaries.com/podcast/episode/7b415762/31-rocky-mountain-legacy-revisited

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