{"id":2441443,"date":"2019-03-07T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/staying-out-of-a-rut\/"},"modified":"2019-03-11T10:26:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:26:24","slug":"staying-out-of-a-rut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/staying-out-of-a-rut\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying out of a rut"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/history-atw-030719.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/history-atw-030719.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/history-atw-030719-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>One b\/w photograph of a man driving a sled pulled by a team of two horses on a road through the mud, 1910-. Written on the back: &#8220;E. Powell Sr. west of Emma with Duke and Dick.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cThe road from Aspen down!\u201d declared a headline in The Aspen Times on March 2, 1928. The article detailed a trip from Aspen to Glenwood and back, noting that \u201cSaturday the Times force motored to Glenwood Springs and return \u2014 and it was some trip. The road from the city to the junction of the Canyon road with the Midland was tip-top and we rolled over the snow with all the comfort possible. But from there to Basalt, with the exception of an occasional stretch of a mile or so, the road was one mass of foot-deep ruts \u2014 11 miles of ruts \u2014 and on the return trip it was 11 miles of mud, ruts and misery. It was a fright, that\u2019s all. If the County Commissioners are paying two men a monthly salary to plow the snow off the county roads, why can\u2019t they keep these men busy rolling or scraping out the ruts on the roads as well as pushing the snow off? The snow-plowing work only comes by jerks or following snowstorms. In the interim why not keep \u2019em busy on rut and mud work? In any event something should be done to alleviate the misery now endured by all who travel the highway \u2014 and the travel is extensive! The highway from Basalt to Glenwood is in perfect condition but the highway from Aspen to Basalt \u2014 Oh, Mama!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The photo at left shows a horse-drawn sled on a road in the Emma area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Shirttail\">This photo and more can be found in the Aspen Historical Society archives at aspenhistory.org.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/staying-out-of-a-rut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One b\/w photograph of a man driving a sled pulled by a team of two horses on a road through the mud, 1910-. Written on the back: &#8220;E. Powell Sr. west of Emma with Duke and Dick.&#8221; \u201cThe road from Aspen down!\u201d declared a headline in The Aspen Times on March 2, 1928. 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