The Summit Daily published its first issue Aug. 21, 1989. We have released the following stories in celebration of our history in Summit County.
Summit County mining history runs deep after prospectors first struck gold near Breckenridge in 1859
Adventurers and fortune-seekers made a mad dash across a wild country with nothing but a dream to keep them going.Read more
Creation and growth of Summit County’s ski areas shaped the mountain sports community
Breckenridge Ski Resort co-founder Trygve Berge once dreamed of Breckenridge resort offering skiing all the way north to Peak 1 in Frisco with a monorail connecting the two towns.Read more
The history of notorious outlaw Pug Ryan and the robbery at the Denver Hotel in Breckenridge
Just before midnight Aug. 11, 1898, a group of heavily armed robbers entered the Denver Hotel in Breckenridge. The target was the hotel safe, or rather the thousands of dollars owner Robert Foote was holding inside for others in safekeeping.Read more
How Dillon residents moved an entire town three times before the reservoir was filled
In 1956, nearly 100 years after Summit was founded as one of Colorado’s 18 original counties, the construction of Dillon Reservoir officially began, a singular event that would change Summit County forever.Read more
30 years of Summit Daily front pages
See the front pages of the Summit Daily throughout history.Read more