James Carpenter:  

I was born in Goodland and left in 1967, after my freshman year. Many may remember me through my fathers business, BURDS OK RUBBER WELDERS (tire store), across from Central Grade School on Main St. In Goodland I was active in football & wrestling, rode a motorcycle and drove a jeep. Moved to Yuma, Colorado 68-69, where my Dad was in partnership in Yuma Motors, the GM & Harley-Davidson dealership. Craig, Colorado 69-70, Sreamboat Springs, Colorado 70-71. Mike Miller, a friend from Yuma lived with us and finished high school in Steamboat. Quit high school end of first semister senior year, 1971, to travel Europe for 6 months. Returned to Steamboat Springs and opened up the Husky Oil service station, next to Mazzolas Itilian Restaurant, with my Dad. In 1972, married a wonderful gal from Denver named Patti and we decided to live at Hahns Peak. We braved 450 inches of annual snow fall and -50 cold in a cabin with no running water or electricity. We stayed there for 4 wonderful years, loving the layed back life. 1972, Patti and I decided to throw a 4th of July party at our cabin in Hahns Peak. About 40 fiends showed up and stayed for 5-7 days, and this annual event continued to grow and lasted thru 1978 with up to 150-200 friends gathering for a week or more. These were great parties filled with live music, B-B-Q's, beer packed in snow gathered from Mount Farlwell, east of Hahns Peak, and hauled down to the cabin. June 1976 started selling real estate in Steamboat and was a Private Investigator in western Colorado for Reliable Investigations. 1978, after ...Expand for more