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Show i - i 1 ," ' ".: ' , ' : -'.' ' l v ' a- -X r ' " i J - I ' 3 I f -i ! r ,i J L J . ....... j O Aspen, once the boom town of silver and gold miners, is fast becoming one of the culture centers of "culture - conscious" Colorado. Set in a magnificent mag-nificent section of the Rocky mountains, it offers of-fers tourists the natural facilities of mountain streams and lakes, skiing, and other outdoor sports. Above summer visitors enjoy a ride. Special guided pack - trips into the high country are a favorite summer activity. Fishing for the elusive rainbow trout is another popular sport. The stream (right) is the famous Roaring Fork river where gold was panned in the '80's. I - 1 i , . -1 , ). I '"', ti I f s 'Cv'' I I n ' - I JT TTa SFSXJ" O But not to be outdone by other western towns, Aspen has scheduled an eleven-week program featuring fea-turing the theme "Great Books, Great Men, and Great Music" as an added add-ed attraction for tourists. During the weeks, June 26 to September 10, great books and great men will be discussed daily by outstanding authorities, au-thorities, interspersed with a series of concerts by the Denver symphony orchestra. Q A group of tourists (above) loaf on the sun-deck sun-deck when not hearing lectures or concerts by such artists as Lauritz Melchoir and Helen Traubcl. The Saarinen tent (right) was designed especially for Aspen musical mu-sical and cultural events, by the Finnish architect, Eero Saarinen. Inside, it is an acoustically perfect amphitheater. The tent was first used for the successful suc-cessful Goethe bicentennial bicenten-nial celebration at Aspen last summer. . j 1 . " r - l '. .... wiSMi-j ' " "IT V -fV - rf - " -x v r , , , i S."... .s ... j - ......v..' " . " - '- i-. .... . i; 'j The Four Season Club tennis court (above) is the scene of a hot tennis game between tourists. tour-ists. Even in midsummer it's almost always cool enough for tennis. Immediately behind the clubhouse rises one of the foothills of the Rockies' valley of the Roaring Fork. |