Three war attractions in the news: On Veterans Day, the town of Fruita, Colorado, unveiled its Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial Park. A centerpiece of the park is an old Huey helicopter mounted on a pole — a centerpiece seen at other memorials. But when visitors step on a platform beneath this Huey, according to […]
Public art doesn’t have to be dull, or so blandly abstract that it’s hard to look at. Just ask Bradford Rhea. Bradford, a professional sculptor, had created artwork for the town of Sterling, Colorado, before. The town — in a generous gesture — asked him to come up with something new. Anything he desired. “I […]
The rough real estate market appears to have dampened the prospects for the former World’s Largest Rocking Chair. Since 1990 the Chair has been a reason to visit Penrose, Colorado — even during the past two years, when the formerly sit-able rocker has been off-limits in a weedy patch behind a barbed wire fence. At […]
