by HeySal
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I just watched The Christmas Gift. It made me homesick for that area again. Such a beautiful town. (Of course the ranch in the movie is in Frazier, but there really is something very special about Georgetown.

I went through there in 2007 again and it hadn't changed yet. The movie reminded me of when I lived in Empire and some corporation wanted to build a golf course on the sacred Indian land across the river from town and they were turned down because that wasn't what they wanted to end up like. Sometimes I wonder if that's where the idea for that movie came from.

Anyway - Christmas eve and I'm homesick for some of the most beautiful land in America.

I sure hope it stays that way.
  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    I finally saw it on YouTube a few months ago.
    Colorado is booming with tourists now, but you
    can't build much around here because of the steep
    mountains. It still looks pretty much the same as
    when you were here.

    A local owns the Busy Bee cab from the movie.
    They still do letter day every year - from the part
    in the movie where they sent letters to Santa.

    Dan
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Yeah? The kids in Empire used to get excited about going to the post office in Georgetown around Christmas when I was there, too. Empire has a lot more flat ground so I'm really glad they turned down that corp or you'd be getting the brunt of that crap, too. Hard to believe back in the 1860's that Georgetown held 25,000 people, huh? Of course that was a lot of mining tents that moved on later and not permanent construction. I'm pretty sure those stats probably covered N. Empire, Downieville, and Silverton, too - but maybe not. That area used to be packed.

    Interesting note for whoever is reading. That narrow road on the side of the MT between Empire and Georgetown that runs the N. side of the express way - was the first drunk driving hazard road in CO. The miners would take their horses and carts to Georgetown, get drunk, then drive their teams back on that road. Some people died doing that.

    Just saw a pic of Garden of the Gods at sunrise online, too. Sigh - it's time to think about another visit out there.
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