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Breckenridge is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Summit County, Colorado, United States. [1] [7] The town population was 5,078 at the 2020 United States Census. [4] Breckenridge is the principal town of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town also has many part-time ...
The elevation of the county seat of Breckenridge is 9,602 feet (2,927 m), making it one of the highest cities in the state of Colorado and the United States. [6] Much of the county has an alpine climate (ET in the Köppen Classification ) characterized by tundra vegetation.
James Breckenridge Speed was born on January 4, 1844, in Boonville, Missouri to Marry Ellen (née Shallcross) and William Pope Speed, son of John Speed. His mother died when he was an infant. [ 1 ] He came to Louisville as an 11-year-old, James B. Speed was raised there by aunt Lucy Fry Speed, thus always considered a Louisvillian.
Breckenridge, Colorado. Breckenridge Ski Resort, an alpine ski resort in the western United States, in Colorado at the town of Breckenridge; Breckenridge 100, annual bike race
Breckenridge Brewery was founded in Breckenridge, Colorado, by Richard Squire in 1990. [2] It was Colorado's third craft brewery. [3] In 1991, Squire brought on Todd Usry, who took over as brewmaster in 1994. Usry became director of production and sales in 2008, and was ultimately named the company's president. [4] [5]
Breckenridge and other ski resorts faced a severe drought in the winter of 1980-1981 and installed snowmaking systems the following year. In 1981, Breckenridge installed the world's first high speed detachable quad chairlift, the Quicksilver Quad running from the Village base area to near the bottom of Lift B. The lift was constructed by ...
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Alexandra Breckenridge drew on her own personal experience with her son as she approached a tragic story line in season 5 of Virgin River. In the new season of the ...
The work of The Jesus Seminar continued after the death of its founder (2005) and was succeeded by two seminars: The Seminar on God and the Human Future and The Christianity Seminar. The latter published its first report in 2022, After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements. [7]