Early Colorado brewers celebrated the centennial with a commemorative bock beer

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: April 10, 2026

Words: 639

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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By early 1876, Lake City, one of the mining boomtowns recently sprung up in the Colorado Territory’s San Juan Mountains, was home to an organized school district, a dance hall and an amateur theater troupe, along with multiple blacksmiths, hardware stores, grocers and a busy lumber mill.

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