Profile for Aspen, Colorado, CO

Aspen is on the Roaring Fork River, in the Rocky Mountains

Former and merged names include:
· Ute City

Settled by silver prospectors in 1880

The WPA built a ski run in the 1930s. Development of modern resorts began after World War II

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 16. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 2.7 per 1,000 people.

Ranked No. 4 in Worth magazine's list of 250 Richest Towns, 2002

Aspen received national attention for 1976 shooting death of champion skier Spider Sabich, by Claudine Longet, ex-wife of singer Andy Williams

Filming location for:
· 1956 movie, "The Searchers"
· 1999 movie, "For Love of the Game"

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Starbucks

Local festivals include:

• Aspen Arts Festival - July 21-22, 2007

Historic sites and museums: Aspen Art Museum, Wheeler-Stallard House Museum

Colleges and universities: Colorado Mountain College

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Quotes:
Nobody's fat in Aspen, everybody's so damn?healthy.
-- Nobody's Fat in Aspen
Christine Lavin

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Airports (1)

Archives (1)

Cemeteries (3)

Communities (1)

Hotels (42)

Libraries (1)

Museums (1)

Ski areas (3)

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15% of Aspen residents report German ancestry, and 11% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Aspen ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Aspen
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Post a query on a message board:

• Pitkin County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - CO data
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• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
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• Aspen : The History of a Silver-Mining Town

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• Crime in Pitkin County
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• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Aspen was $40,680, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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61% of Aspen residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Aspen festival dates:

• Aspen Arts Festival - July 21-22, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Aspen festival web sites:

• Aspen Music Festival

• ePodunk festival listings
• Colorado county fairs
• Colorado festivals (Colorado tourism department)
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• Post history questions in Pitkin County genealogy forum

Median rent in Aspen, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $897.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,975.

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Libraries in Aspen include Pitkin County Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Aspen include Aspen Daily News, Aspen Times

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by KAJX.

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Pitkin County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Aspen political report.

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Aspen restaurants taking online reservations include Hotel Jerome Restaurant, Montagna at the Little Nell, Poppies Bistro Cafe, Range ... View restaurants

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The average commute time for Aspen workers is 13 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

Hotels in Aspen include 210 Cooper Condominiums, Ajax Condominiums, Alpenblick Aspen, Aspen Meadows, Aspen Mountain Lodge, Aspen Townhouses East, Boomerang Lodge, Carriage House Inn at Sardy House, Chateau Aspen Condominiums, Chateau Blanc Condominiums ... More hotels.

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