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Hike of the Week: Follow a Phantom Railroad to a Ghost Town and Abandoned Rail Tunnel in Colorado’s High Country

Growing up in Leadville, Colorado, I took a lot of the area’s history for granted. You’re surrounded by it when you venture into the mountains around town. At a certain point, the rusting mining equipment, deserted structures, and phantom railroads start blending into the scenery. But as an adult, I’ve started revisiting the old trails…

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Books

The Underground Railroad turns 10 by Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead attends the table in 2016 underground RailroadA work of fictional historical fiction in which enslaved people use a real railroad running beneath the South to escape to freedom. The novel is one of only eight books to win both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. When Whitehead wins the

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