Colorado / BACKROADS CULTURE
Aspen
A mining town finds a different purpose.
Dedicated town story
Aspen’s narrated short follows a silver-mining boom, decline and a renewal associated with artists, writers and people drawn to the mountains. Its historical account asks what happens when the work that built a place changes, and another reason to live there begins to take shape.
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Aspen: from mining to a creative mountain town
Backroads Culture
Open original film ↗Begin with silver
The film traces the industry that brought the town its early boom.
Follow the change
Artists, writers and the mountain setting enter the account of a different chapter after mining.
About this story
An editorial account drawn from Backroads Culture’s original reporting and project material. The coverage label describes what is available here. Original media and collaboration credits accompany the work. Dates and offers in archive reels belong to their original publication.
