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dc.date1950?-1959?
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:54:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T09:21:12Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:54:18Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T09:21:12Z
dc.identifierlibimagesNMHFM215
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11124/8759
dc.descriptionBurro race practice 50's.
dc.descriptionDate scanned: 2001-03-27.
dc.descriptionIdentifier: NMHFM-215.
dc.descriptionRelated photographs: NMHFM-214.
dc.descriptionUnmounted; text on verso.
dc.descriptionHeld in the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum.
dc.descriptionDonor: Charles Burgess.
dc.description.abstractPhotograph showing a young woman with her burro practicing for the annual Rocky Pack-Burro Championship Race (It is now called the World Championship Pack-Burro Race) over Mosquito Pass. 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.sponsorshipSponsored by the Colorado State Library, the regional library systems of Colorado, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
dc.publisherColorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
dc.rightsRights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.html
dc.subjectAnimals, pack
dc.subjectPeople
dc.subjectRecreation and sports
dc.titleBurro race, practice
dc.typeStillImage
dc.contributor.institutionColorado Digitization Project
dc.contributor.institutionNational Mining Hall of Fame and Museum


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