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Buckskin Joe’s Frontier Town and Railway - Canon City, Colorado
Step Back in Time at Buckskin Joe’s Frontier Town and Railway. Canon City, Colorado has a number of different attractions that visitors will enjoy. One of the most popular of these attractions is Buckskin Joe’s Frontier Town and Railway, created in 1958. A trip to the town will make you feel as though you have stepped back in time to the Old West, when gunslingers ruled the dusty streets. Read more
Academy Riding Stables - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Academy Riding Stables - Colorado Springs, Colorado
When you go "out west" for a vacation you probably want to do some horseback riding. It’s part of the American West and certainly a part of the great Colorado Vacation experience.
The Academy Riding Stable offers something from the oldest to the youngest. The youngsters that are not ready for a ride on a full size horse have the opportunity to do the pony rides. The older riders will ride one of the more mature horses on the trail rides.
This stable wants you to be there 30 minutes before the scheduled ride time so they can match you with a horse that will fit your experience. You will be on a one or two hour ride. There will be a cowboy with you to assist you with any questions you have or fear you may feel. Riding horse is one of the most pleasurable experiences you can possibly have so enjoy the experience. Read more
Mike the Headless Chicken - Fruita, Colorado
Mike the Headless Chicken Sculpture - Fruita, Colorado
Ever heard of the headless chicken? Well, actually there was one that lived for 18 months in the 1940’s when Lloyd Olsen, who, in an attempt to please his finicky mother-in-law, lopped off the chickens head at the base of the skull, intending to leave as much of the neck as possible. The strangest thing that happened is that following his beheading, the chicken (Mike) fluffed up his feathers and continued life as a normal chicken - minus his head.
Of course he could only go through the notions of pecking for food, and when he tried to crow, a gurgle came out. Olsen started putting feed and water directly into Mike’s gullet with an eyedropper when he was still alive the next morning. Now, being concerned about how this could happen, Olsen took the chicken to the University of Utah scientists. They theorized the chicken (Mike) had enough of a brain stem left to live headless.
He headless chicken was taken on tour around the country and pictured in a Life magazine and of course, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He was a popular attraction until he choked to death on a kernel of corn in an Arizona motel.
Mike has been memorialized in metal by artist Lyle Nichols, who grew up in Fruita. "I made him proud-looking and cocky," said Nichols, who noted with a laugh that he gave the Fruita chamber a discount on the piece because it didn’t have a head.
On the corner of Mulberry and Aspen in Fruita is a statue of Mike, maybe five feet tall. But it is an "artistic" rendition, made of old metal implements like horse shoes and hand tools.
The Mike The Headless Chicken Festival is held annually.
Pike’s Peaks - Manitou Springs, Colorado
A visit to Colorado’s famous mountains
Of the many tourist attractions that this state has to offer, its mountains are the number one in the list of most visited places. Many vacationers are attracted by the scenic views that these mountains offer. With heights that range from its lowest peak of 13, 123 feet to the highest peak, which is Mt. Elbert that stands at 14, 400 feet. These snow capped mountains have the reputation of true winter wonderland. Read more
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