{"id":806559,"date":"2020-04-19T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381815"},"modified":"2020-04-20T07:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:48:28","slug":"summit-county-pioneers-bud-and-martha-enyeart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-pioneers-bud-and-martha-enyeart\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County pioneers: Bud and Martha Enyeart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bud and Martha Enyeart on Boreas Pass near Baker\u2019s Tank in 1999.<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 To Carl \u201cBud\u201d and Martha (Loomis) Enyeart, home was not just a place to hang your hat, but a community of family, friends and sense of belonging. They grew up in a time when being a member of a community meant more than just eating and sleeping there. It meant getting involved, looking out for your neighbors and taking stock in civic pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe grew up in a small community, raised our kids in a small community,\u201d Martha said.<\/p>\n

Civic involvement was nothing new to Bud and Martha. It all began with Martha\u2019s great-grandfather C.C. Warren, who graciously donated the land for the Dillon Cemetery, and her grandmother, who became the first telephone operator in Dillon. In 1940, Bud\u2019s father was elected Summit County sheriff followed by Martha\u2019s father in 1946. Her father also worked a number of jobs around Summit County, including painting, hanging wallpaper, mining on the dredge and finally serving as sheriff, where he died in office. <\/p>\n

Born on a ranch on the lower Blue in 1924, 17 miles north of Silverthorne, Bud Enyeart was the middle son of nine children. He attended Slate Creek\u2019s two-room school and helped with chores on his father\u2019s dairy, such as hauling hay to feed the cattle and milking twice a day. His family moved back and forth from the lower Blue to Breckenridge beginning in 1929. He later went to high school in Boulder because the only upper level school in Summit County was located in Breckenridge, which was an impossible commute for ranch children living in distant rural areas. In Boulder, he traded work with his uncle for room and board.<\/p>\n

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