A Frozen Good Time
by Vicki Cox
With coffin races, a polar plunge, costume party and frozen turkey bowling, Frozen Dead Guy Days is residents' weekend farewell to the area's harsh, snow-filled winter.
first appeared: 2/24/2008
Hunting the Yule Log
by Marti Attoun
With red and green capes flying, hundreds of children and adults dash into the snowy woods near Palmer Lake, Colo.
first appeared: 12/2/2007
Sharing His Harvest
by Leanna Skarnulis
Farmer Tony Madone, 53, can only imagine the smiles on peoples’ faces when they discover sweet corn, acorn squash, cabbage and other farm-fresh produce at food banks and soup kitchens in and around Salida, Colo. (pop. 5,728).
first appeared: 4/1/2007
Easter Memories
Easter is remembered in an array of colors, from new purple dresses, yellow bonnets and black patent-leather shoes to multicolored eggs hidden in tufts of green grass and fragrant white lilies surrounding the Sunday church altar.
first appeared: 4/1/2007
Climb Every Mountain
by Marti Attoun
From atop Mount Everest, a summit so high that he could see the curvature of the Earth, Sean Swarner radioed base camp on May 16, 2002, and asked his brother to call their parents and share the news: “Your son made it to the top of the world!”
first appeared: 3/25/2007
Plowing Mountain Passes
by Marti Attoun
Ray Mumford’s snowplow twists around hairpin curves on its way up U.S. Highway 6 over Loveland Pass in the Colorado Rockies, one of the nation’s highest passes kept open to traffic year-round.
first appeared: 2/4/2007
Windmills Turn and Return
by Leanna Skarnulis
In 1998, Kees Verheul drove to the Aermotor Windmill Co. in San Angelo, Texas (pop. 88,439), in search of parts to repair an aging windmill on his Spur (pop. 1,088) ranch.
first appeared: 1/14/2007
Enabling Disabled Skiers
by Karen Karvonen
Nothing thrills ski instructor Hal O’Leary more than seeing a dozen empty wheelchairs parked at the base of the ski slopes in Winter Park, Colo.
first appeared: 12/17/2006
Father & Son Look-alikes
Just as we featured look-alike mothers and daughters in our Mother's Day edition, American Profile celebrates Father's Day with photos sent in from fathers and sons with uncanny resemblances.
first appeared: 6/18/2006
Acts of Kindness
by Carol Davis
When American Profile asked readers to tell us about acts of kindness done for them, we received hundreds of letters about kind souls who went miles out of their way or took hours from their day to make someone’s journey a little easier.
first appeared: 12/21/2003
Saving a Grand Hotel
by Carol Davis
When Dan and Mary King bought the old boarded-up Beaumont Hotel, part of its roof was collapsed, layers of paint hid exterior brickwork, and shattered glass panes littered the floors.
first appeared: 10/5/2003
Pet Tales
by Hannah Wolfson
The bond between animals and people
first appeared: 2/23/2003
Sweetheart City
by Judith D. Miller
Loveland, Colorado’s Valentine’s Day tradition began in the mid-1940s by stamp collectors.
first appeared: 2/2/2003
Rope 'N Wranglers
by Karen Karvonen
Rodeo dreamers from 8 to 18 earn their way in the Little Britches circuit
first appeared: 7/7/2002
The Ride of a Lifetime
by Michael Nolan
The Great Race meanders across the nation, retracing westward trails of pioneers, cattle drives, and gold seekers, cruising America's mother road, Route 66.
first appeared: 9/16/2001
Still Home on the Range
by Alan Ross
The scene was colorful and idle and quiet, in keeping with the lonely, beautiful valley.
first appeared: 3/4/2001
The Music of the Folks
by Michael Nolan
Stroll downtown in Mountain View, Ark., any day of the week and you’re likely to hear live music floating in the fresh Ozark air.
first appeared: 2/25/2001
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