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Watching for Wildfires

by Ted Alan Stedman

Billy Ellis trains his binoculars on the rugged, forested terrain surrounding his 9,748-foot mountain-top lookout in Colorado's Pike National Forest

first appeared: 6/29/2008

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

Restoring the Little Sisters of Lady Liberty

by Marti Attoun

All across America, towns are shining up a symbol of freedom—200 little sisters of liberty that were dedicated from 1949 to 1951.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

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

Acts of Kindness

How compassion makes us complete

first appeared: 12/22/2002

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

High School Memories Stitched with Love

by Laurena Mayne Davis

Community-sewn quilts for high school gradutates is a tradition in Gateway, Colo.

first appeared: 6/16/2002

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

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