{"id":1312336,"date":"2019-07-11T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T03:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/ghosts-of-glenwoods-past-to-inhabit-hotel-colorado\/"},"modified":"2019-07-12T09:01:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T15:01:46","slug":"ghosts-of-glenwoods-past-to-inhabit-hotel-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/ghosts-of-glenwoods-past-to-inhabit-hotel-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ghosts\u2019 of Glenwood\u2019s past to inhabit Hotel Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Fulton as Walter Devereux inside the Hotel Colorado.<\/strong>
Glenwood Springs Historical Society<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Ghosts will come alive at the Hotel Colorado every weekend through Labor Day this summer.<\/p>\n

The Glenwood Springs Historical Society will begin offering guided tours, called \u201cWalk Back In Time,\u201d starting this weekend at the famously haunted hotel by the \u201c\u2018ghosts\u2019 of colorful characters from Glenwood Springs\u2019 past,\u201d according to a flyer put out by the organization.<\/p>\n

The tours, which will happen each Saturday evening at 7 p.m. and Sunday morning at 10:15 a.m., will be guided by portrayalists who will inhabit \u2014 or be inhabited by \u2014 the spirits of Walter Devereux, the visionary builder of the Hotel Colorado; Jasper Ward, Town Marshal of New Castle; and frontierswoman Eleanora Malaby, among others.<\/p>\n

This weekend, Devereux, portrayed by David Fulton, will lead the tours that will begin in the hotel\u2019s lobby and move to the courtyard with a talk about the connection between the hotel, the Hot Springs pool, what used to be the hydroelectric plant, and the Yampa Hot Springs, which at one time were all owned by Devereux.<\/p>\n

Fulton, as Devereux, will talk about his vision for Glenwood, which included the town becoming a tourist mecca for European aristocrats, prompting him to pattern the hotel\u2019s design after an Italian villa.<\/p>\n

From there, the tour will move back inside and throughout the hotel where visitors will hear about some of the hotel\u2019s most famous residents, such as Teddy Roosevelt, Al Capone and \u201cDiamond\u201d Jack Alterie.<\/p>\n

But of course, it wouldn\u2019t be a \u201cGhost\u201d tour without actual ghosts. No problem there. The Hotel Colorado is frequently listed among the most haunted places in the state of Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s just a lot of unexplained phenomena that have gone on there that make for interesting stories,\u201d said Bill Kight, executive director of the Glenwood Springs Historical Society, who will portray Jasper Ward. \u201cPeople believe or don\u2019t believe; it doesn\u2019t matter, because the stories are still there, and people have told them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kight said that the author of an out-of-print book called \u201cApparition Manor: True Ghost Stories of the Hotel Colorado,\u201d named Kathy Rippy Fleming, didn\u2019t believe in ghosts until she started checking into all the stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most interesting stories that David Fulton tells as Devereux is, there have been many times people have seen a young lady bouncing a ball in the hallway dressed in period clothing, and we think that it\u2019s his daughter,\u201d Kight said.<\/p>\n

The tour will also visit the infamous basement of the hotel, which served as a morgue for the Navy during World War II, and was also used as a brig.<\/p>\n

Visitors also will get to see the secret tunnel leading from the basement to an outbuilding that Capone used to smuggle liquor into the hotel during prohibition. The gangster is also said to have used the tunnel to sneak ladies of the night into the hotel.<\/p>\n

The basement was also used as stables for polo horses \u2014 a hydraulic lift carried the horses up and down \u2014 because in Devereux\u2019s time they held polo games on fields located where Glenwood Springs High School now sits.<\/p>\n

Kight said that the Historical Society may eventually parlay the ghost tours at the hotel into a revival of the popular ghost walks at Linwood Cemetery. But more portrayalists are needed in order for that to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people are interested and want to try out, we\u2019d be glad to help them,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s fun, so we want people to have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

jbear@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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