A toast to Colorado's Crystal Palace

We've heard Colorado is one of those places you visit and never come back from. It could be the breathtaking landscapes, but it sounds like Coloradans have their own intrigue. Take this story for example, used in our "A Toast to Colorado" print.

In 1895, the town of Leadville was struggling financially and in order to attract more tourists, townspeople proposed this:

The Crystal Palace, only took thirty-six days to build. Made solely of ice and housing a skating rink, restaurant, ball room, theater, carousel, gaming rooms and toboggan, Leadville's Crystal Palace brought in 250,000 visitors in the sole winter it lived.

It must have taken some very cool people to follow through with that idea, right? (pun definitely intended).

See our print inspired by this story - JHill's "A Toast to Colorado" here!