Press
Press releases can be found on our press room page; while media, press coverage, and mentions in book acknowledgments are listed below:
B. Travis Wright, MPS & Kate Wright, MBA tour Colorado presenting Rollins Pass Rewind and Rollins Pass: What Matters Most? and write/speak on topics related to historic preservation, Rollins Pass, and the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado.
B. Travis Wright, MPS is “an extraordinary champion of the entire Rollins Pass region.”
“East Portal Cabins—history didn’t end when the tunnel opened,” The Mountain Ear (page 17)—June 8, 2023
Press for Rollins Pass and adjacent areas featuring work by the authors, 2024
• “Into the West: Retracing History and 12,000-Year-Old Footsteps on Rollins Pass, Colorado,” The Saturday Evening Post—March 11, 2024
• “Mile Post,” The Rocky Mountaineer onboard publication “Rockies to the Red Rocks” route (2024 season and only available on board)—March 13, 2024
• “Gilpin HPC looks at Winks Tavern,” The Mountain Ear (page 27)—March 28, 2024
• “Gilpin HPC looks at Winks Tavern,” The Mountain Ear—March 30, 2024
Press for Rollins Pass and adjacent areas featuring work by the authors, 2023
• “B. Travis Wright,” Past Forward Micro-Podcast—January 31, 2023
• “Acknowledgments,” Grand County: Images of America (ISBN: 9781467108973) by Penny Rafferty Hamilton, PhD and the Grand County Historical Association (page 6) | Arcadia Publishing—February 20, 2023
• “Public Notice: Notice of Public Hearing [regarding LM-23-1 East Portal Camp Cabins],” The Mountain-Ear (page 29)—May 4, 2023
• “Cabins at East Portal get historic designation,” The Mountain-Ear (page 21)—May 25, 2023
• “Cabins at East Portal get historic designation,” The Mountain-Ear—May 26, 2023
• “East Portal Cabins—history didn’t end when the tunnel opened,” The Mountain Ear (centerfold, page 17)—June 8, 2023
• “East Portal Cabins—history didn’t end when the tunnel opened,” The Mountain Ear—June 11, 2023
Press for Rollins Pass and adjacent areas featuring work by the authors, 2022
• “Book Launch,” Sky-Hi News (page 3)—April 29, 2022
• “Studio Spotlight,” KFFR 88.3 FM—April 29, 2022
• B. Travis Wright: State Honor Award—32nd Annual Dana Crawford & State Honor Awards Ceremony at the Denver Botanic Gardens | Clear Image Media, Inc. and Colorado Preservation, Inc.—June 9, 2022
• World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (Season 4, Episode 5) | Channel 5, United Kingdom—July 1, 2022
• “Event Will Benefit Grand County Historical Association,” Sky-Hi News (page 6)—August 17, 2022
• “Studio Spotlight,” KFFR 88.3 FM—August 19, 2022
• “Rollins Pass: A love story,” The Mountain-Ear (page 24)—December 22, 2022
• “Rollins Pass: A love story,” The Mountain-Ear—December 24, 2022
Press for Rollins Pass and adjacent areas featuring work by the authors, 2021
• “First Meeting Of The Year Also The Last For Current Board,” The Mountain-Ear—January 16, 2021
• “Rail Against Losing Track of Our History,” 75th Anniversary Edition of the Sky-Hi News (pages 30-32)—April 2021
• “Proposal for Rollins Pass reopening brings questions of safety, preservation,” Sky-Hi News—May 27, 2021
• “Proposal for Rollins Pass reopening brings questions: Commissioners, historical group promote safety, preservation,” Sky-Hi News (page 7)—May 28, 2021
• “Tales from the Tread: 2021 Brown Bag Storytelling Series,” Steamboat Pilot & Today—Thursday, June 17, 2021
• “2021 Brown Bag Storytelling Series,” Steamboat Pilot & Today (page 15)—Friday, June 18, 2021
Press for Rollins Pass and adjacent areas featuring work by the authors, 2018-2020
• “Local authors of Rollins Pass history book to hold launch party Saturday,” Sky-Hi News—May 10, 2018
• “Local authors of ‘Rollins Pass’ to hold launch party,” Sky-Hi News (page 9)—May 11, 2018
• “Rollins Pass focus of a new history book,” MMAC Monthly (page 12)—May 2018
• “Author-hosted event celebrates book release,” MMAC Monthly (page 12)—May 2018
• “Book It: The five best literary events this week,” Westword—May 7, 2018
• “Taking the pass,” Sky-Hi News (front page)—May 16, 2018
• “New book sheds light on diverse history of Rollins Pass,” Sky-Hi News—May 16, 2018
• “Library hosts Rollins Pass presentation, film screening, July 31,” MMAC Monthly—July 11, 2018
• “Rollins Pass – Rare images and Film screening,” The Weekly Register-Call—July 12, 2018
• “Indian Peaks Traverse: The Journey Continues,” Indian Peaks Traverse—January 8, 2019
• “Where we were: Rollins Pass yesterday and today,” The Mountain-Ear—April 20, 2019
• “20 Under 40: Kate Wright committed to betterment of Fraser Valley,” Sky-Hi News—June 11, 2019
• “Tales from the Tread: Brown Bag Storytelling Series returns,” Steamboat Pilot & Today—July 2, 2019
• “Couple that wrote book on Rollins Pass concerned after dirt bike drone video surfaces,” CBS4 News—July 31, 2019
• “Drone Video Captures Dirt Bikers On Rollins Pass,” MSN/Microsoft News—August 1, 2019
• “Where we were: Read in Ned: Rollins Pass Rewind,” The Mountain-Ear (page 9)—October 24, 2019
• “Colorado’s Most Endangered Places: East Portal Camp Cabins” documentary interview, CBS News—December 18, 2019
• “Rollins Pass: a rich history and a perpetual question to reopen or not,” Grand Gazette (page 8)—January 30, 2020
• CBS documentary premiere, “Colorado’s Most Endangered Places 2020: East Portal Work Cabins,” Colorado Preservation, Inc.—January 30, 2020
• “BOCC Workshop on reopening Rollins Pass Road,” Winter Park Times—January 30, 2020
• “BOCC Workshop on reopening Rollins Pass Road,” Winter Park Times (page 19)—January 31, 2020
• “A treacherous trail: County revisits discussions about reopening Rollins Pass,” Sky-Hi News (front page)—January 31, 2020
• “A treacherous trail: Grand County revisits discussions about reopening Rollins Pass,” Craig Daily Press—February 3, 2020
• “Hope for East Portal Camp cabins by Moffat Tunnel,” The Weekly Register-Call—February 6, 2020
• “East Portal Cabins to be preserved,” The Mountain-Ear (page 28)—February 6, 2020
• “East Portal Cabins To Be Preserved,” The Mountain-Ear—February 18, 2020
• “East Portal Moffat Tunnel,” CBS4 Denver—February 20, 2020
• “Pottery shard reflects on the history of Rollins Pass in Colorado,” Discover Vintage America—March 1, 2020
• “Colorado’s Most Endangered Places 2020,” CBS4 special hosted by Dave Aguilera—March 28, 2020
• “Dave Aguilera Hosts ‘Colorado’s Most Endangered Places’,” CBS4 Denver & MSN/Microsoft News—April 1, 2020
• “Colorado’s Most Endangered Places 2020,” CBS4 special hosted by Dave Aguilera—April 18, 2020
• “East Portal Camp Cabins, Part 1,” On the Rails with Forrest Whitman Podcast—TBD 2020
• “East Portal Camp Cabins, Part 2,” On the Rails with Forrest Whitman Podcast—TBD 2020
• “Rollins Pass Art: Karen Vance to donate a masterpiece for GCHA to raffle beginning September 1,” Grand Gazette (page 12)—August 27, 2020
• “Rollins Pass Art: Karen Vance to donate masterpiece for GCHA fundraiser,” Winter Park Times (page 16)—September 3, 2020
• “Karen Vance to donate masterpiece for GCHA fundraiser,” Winter Park Times (page 16)—September 4, 2020
• “From the Artist: Karen Vance on her newest creation for the Grand County Historical Association,” Grand Gazette (page 4)—September 24, 2020
• “GCHA to raffle off painting for history,” Sky-Hi News (page 2)—September 25, 2020
• “GCHA unveils painting to be raffled off in support of history,” Sky-Hi News—September 25, 2020
• “Karen Vance Donates a Masterpiece to Grand County Historical Association,” Winter Park Times (page 19)—October 2, 2020
• “From the Artist: Karen Vance on her newest creation for the Grand County Historical Association,” Winter Park Times—October 2, 2020
• “GCHA is Raffling Karen Vance’s Newest Masterpiece: ‘The Trestle on Rollins Pass,'” Grand Gazette (page 8)—October 29, 2020
• “The Significance of Setting on Rollins Pass,” Grand Gazette—November 25, 2020
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