Rocky Pack-Burro Championship Race, contestant on the road
| dc.date | 1952? | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-03T05:53:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-03T09:27:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-01-03T05:53:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-03T09:27:03Z | |
| dc.identifier | libimagesNMHFM138 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11124/7702 | |
| dc.description | Trudging up the pass 1951. | |
| dc.description | Date scanned: 2001-03-13. | |
| dc.description | Identifier: NMHFM-138. | |
| dc.description | Related photographs and negatives: NMHFM-5, NMHFM-133, NMHFM-136, NMHFM-137, NMHFM-139, NMHFM-143, NMHFM-144, NMHFM-197, NMHFM-198, NMHFM-199, NMHFM-200, NMHFM-264, NMHFM-266, NMHFM-267, NMHFM-268, NMHFM-274, NMHFM-275, NMHFM-683, NMHFM-684, NMHFM-686, NMHFM-688. | |
| dc.description | Unmounted; text on verso. | |
| dc.description | Held in the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum. | |
| dc.description | Donor: Charles Burgess. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Photograph taken on the west side of Mosquito Pass showing a contestant competing in the Fourth Annual Rocky Pack-Burro Championship Race in 1952 (the date on the verso of the photograph is probably incorrect). The burro is wearing a banner for the Fairplay Chamber of Commerce. The Race was started in 1949 as part of the town of Fairplay's Gold Days Celebration. It was originally a grueling 22.9 miles starting in Leadville, Lake County and traveling over Mosquito Pass to end in Fairplay, Park County. The burros carry a thirty-three pound pack saddle loaded with traditional mining equipment. Contestants can pull, push or chase their burros, but must stay tethered to them by a fifteen-foot rope and are not allowed to ride. In the 1950s, the winner of the race received $500 and a trophy presented by the Rocky Mountain News. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored by the Colorado State Library, the regional library systems of Colorado, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library | |
| dc.rights | Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.html | |
| dc.subject | Animals, pack | |
| dc.subject | People | |
| dc.subject | Recreation and sports | |
| dc.title | Rocky Pack-Burro Championship Race, contestant on the road | |
| dc.type | StillImage | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Colorado Digitization Project | |
| dc.contributor.institution | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum |
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