steamboat
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
steamboat see steamship .
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A LESSON FROM AN OLYMPICS CHAMP AT STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. - "Look like a pro," the Olympic medalist ... attend the day's "Ski with Billy Kidd" session at the Steamboat Springs Ski Area. For a half- hour, we glean tips from ... are that more snow-riding competitors will hail from Steamboat Springs than any other single town in the world. When ...
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DEEP FREEZE STEAMBOAT LOCALS WORRY THAT AMERICAN SKIING CO. WILL MAKE A MOLEHILL OUT OF THEIR MOUNTAIN
Rocky Mountain News; 11/16/2002; David Kesmodel ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS; 1515 words;
... model really helps benefit ultimately the Steamboat brand," Wirth said. Still, locals say ... 2 million in capital improvements at Steamboat this season, the largest sum in three ... had pledged to pump $10 million into Steamboat over the first two years of ownership ... Mango clothing store here and a former ...
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Ski Steamboat: 'Champagne powder' and legendary Billy Kidd bring skiers to the slopes in northwest Colorado
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- By January, the snow lies steep and deep on the slopes at Steamboat Ski Resort in northwest Colorado. m m m m mWhich is just ... in his yard this morning on the hill 10 minutes from Steamboat Springs, but he doesn't give it a second look. Instead ...
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Steamboat knee-deep in Olympians
Denver Rocky Mountain News; 2/4/2006; David O. Williams, Special to the News; 952 words;
Steamboat knee-deep in Olympians For Colorado winter sports fans who can't afford ... Just make the 3 1/2-hour drive up Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 40 to Steamboat Springs, dubbed Ski Town USA for its legacy of landing athletes in the Games. Steamboat ski area touts the following facts on its Web site: 56 ...
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Steamboat Springs, Colo. Town's spirit shapes ski adventure.(TRAVEL)
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Steamboat Springs likes to call itself Ski Town USA. People there ... arrived at the airport in tiny Hayden, just outside of Steamboat Springs, I suspected that the Olympians were shaped as ... years ago to ski and does whatever he can to make money. Steamboat's ski heritage dates to the late 1800s when ...
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Steamboat Springs a real town
Chicago Sun-Times; 7/20/1986; Michael Carlton; 552 words;
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. At the Cowboy Mercantile on Lincoln Street ... who are mostly ranchers, of the valleys surrounding Steamboat Springs. There are saddles for horses, hats for cowboys ... tourist if he so desires, but the store, like many in Steamboat Springs, lives and dies with the ranchers who raise ...
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&type=1 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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JUMPING-OFF POINT AS A BREEDING GROUND FOR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS, STEAMBOAT TOPS LIST.(Sports)
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Byline: Paula Parrish News Staff Writer STEAMBOAT SPRINGS -- It's 7:25 a.m., much too early to be dissecting logarithms. Outside, fat snowflakes are falling in the gray, early-morning light. Inside, the basement classroom at Steamboat Springs High School is a pocket of woozy concentration. Most of the other ...
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Steamboat Springs sells heritage
Chicago Sun-Times; 3/23/1989; Bob Diddlebock; 552 words;
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. No Colorado town cultivates its bronco-bustin', cattle-drivin' heritage like Steamboat Springs where Stetsons, neckerchiefs and denim are the rule of fashion. As Barbara Jennings of the Steamboat Ski Corp. puts it, "What we're trying to sell is the ...
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STEAMBOAT EAGER FOR A LIFT FEW IN TOWN WILL WEEP WHEN AMERICAN SKIING CO. SELLS THE RESORT.(Business)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 9/8/2001; Kesmodel, David; 2158 words;
Byline: David Kesmodel News Staff Writer STEAMBOAT SPRINGS -- When American Skiing Co. completes the sale of the venerable Steamboat ski resort, few in this close-knit town will shed a tear for the departed owner. Newry, Maine-based American Skiing rankled ski-ar ... residents shortly after buying the resort ...
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The Western River Steamboat.(Book Review)
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The Western River Steamboat. By Adam I. Kane. Foreword by Alan ... 1-58544-322-0.) In The Western River Steamboat, Adam I. Kane aims to build upon the ... by Louis C. Hunter in his classic Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic ...
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The Western River Steamboat
The Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2005; Allen, Michael; 588 words;
The Western River Steamboat. By Adam I. Kane. Foreword by Alan ... 1-58544-322-0.) In The Western River Steamboat, Adam I. Kane aims to build upon the ... by Louis C. Hunter in his classic Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic ...
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Steamboat resort, town to doll up Ski area's owner, developers aim for high end.(Business)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/31/2007; Kelley, Joanne; 824 words;
Byline: Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News STEAMBOAT SPRINGS -- The big ski area here boasts of having Champagne Powder on its slopes, but the rest of the resort has been far less refined for years. That's all starting to change this summer as Steamboat's well-financed new owner and a host of other ...
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SKI TOWN USA STEAMBOAT SPRINGS WILL HAVE A HIGH PROFILE AT SALT LAKE OLYMPICS
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00-00-0000 SKI TOWN USA STEAMBOAT SPRINGS WILL HAVE A HIGH PROFILE ... Olympic red, white and blue like Steamboat Springs. The city of about 10,000 ... Olympic tradition that dates to 1932. ``Steamboat Springs embraces their athletes so ...
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Steamboat Springs, Colo., Ski Area Leans Heavily on Corporate Sponsors.
The Denver Post (Denver, Colorado) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 12/26/2003; 616 words;
... they ended up in Palm Springs instead of Steamboat Springs? The ski resort name was repeated ... in a campaign that experts say brought Steamboat about $11 million in exposure. Sprint was Steamboat's first major partner. Their deal was ... needs, including 336 phone lines into Steamboat's central ...
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WATCHLIKE GADGET KEEPS TABS ON SKIERS STEAMBOAT DEPLOYS FAMILY-FRIENDLY TRACKING SYSTEM
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Steamboat is betting skiers will pay to strap on a Dick Tracy ... on at other ski resorts is an open question. But the Steamboat Ski Area is the first in North America to deploy a wireless ... Corp. of Laguna Hills, Calif., developed the technology. Steamboat's system involves: a watch-like device that emits ...
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