Experience Colorado’s History & Cultural Heritage | COME TO LIFE operated out of the Minturn Saloon in the Vail Valley over the decades, but the current iteration has been open since 1976. Tuck into a plate of ribs and wash it down with a tasty margarita. The Buckhorn Exchange in Denver owns the first liquor license issued in Colorado after Prohibition and is a National Historic Landmark. Enjoy a stiff pour and a steak in a museum-like setting adorned with memorabilia and taxidermy. Colorado.com/HistoricSaloons Cultural Heritage Find Black History & Heritage Colorado’s past often calls to mind images of splashy Spaghetti Westerns filled with wind-burned, blonde cowboys galloping across the dusty plains. But there’s more to the picture than that. Drala Mountain Center CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: MILES/ANDREA BUROLLA; DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER; BETH SCHNEIDER. Colorado not only boasts a rich history of Black civic engage-ment and entrepreneurship; it’s also home to numerous com-munities of color that round out the real picture of the state. At the Black American West Museum & Heritage Center in Denver (reopening soon; call first), learn about Colorado’s many early Black cowboys — including the famous Bill Pickett — and the tremendous role they played in America’s big Western expansion. Then take a Five Points Walking Tour to step into monumental footprints left by jazz legends and the local artists’ community in this historical neighborhood. COLORADO . COM 55
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