Colorado State Historian Talks Ski History At Aspen Historical Society Event This Week 5jc6m

Dr. Duane Vandenbusche was designated as Colorado’s State Historian this past Colorado Day, Aug. 1, 2020, a title that he will hold until Colorado Day this year. Vandenbusche is also the state’s longest serving professor; he started teaching at Western State University in Gunnison in 1962, and he has authored a handful of books that have become the go-to classroom texts for Western Slope history. This week, he will Aspen Historical Society for a virtual event covering Aspen and the state’s colorful ski history. 615137