Biking https://breckhistory.org/tag/biking/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:53:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://breckhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-BreckHistoryLogo-1-jpg-32x32.webp Biking https://breckhistory.org/tag/biking/ 32 32 Recreation in Early Breckenridge https://breckhistory.org/the-history-of-breckenridge-co-recreation-in-early-breckenridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-history-of-breckenridge-co-recreation-in-early-breckenridge Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:02:05 +0000 https://breckhistory.org/?p=411 Men, women, and children in Breckenridge faced lives of hard work and danger.  Long hours laboring in mines or hauling freight over muddy, rutty roads--cooking, cleaning, sewing, or managing boarding houses--helping fathers on a farm or in a store or mothers with housework--all left little time for recreation but “recreate” they did--summer and winter, indoors and out, individually or with others.  Skiing, ice skating, hunting, cycling, fishing, card games, dancing, singing in choral groups, participating in club activities, hosting dinner parties and other social events--all provided respite from daily life.

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