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The Senior
December 2008
Local Attractions • Scenic Places • History • Money • Health • News
 
2• December 2008 • The Senior Voice
Sen. Wayne Allard
(Editor’s Note: Following is retiringU.S. Senator Wayne Allard’s last regularcolumn for the Senior Voice. We thank him for the many years he has shared information with our readers.)
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t was my honor to representnorthern Colorado in the ColoradoState Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives before my election tothe U.S. Senate 12 years ago.My wife Joan and I are lookingforward to a new chapter in our livesand serving in the private sector insome capacity. I have always enjoyedhearing from the many senior citizensin northern Colorado and appreciatethe opportunity to provide legislativeupdates and my thoughts on the newsfrom Washington.Over the years, I have worked hardto represent the healthcare, transporta-tion and defense needs facing ourregion. The opening of an Immigrationand Customs Enforcement office inGreeley and the transforming of Rocky Flats to a wildlife refuge,setting aside 6,400 acres with thepassage of the Rocky Flats NationalWildlife Refuge Act, were important.Leading the charge to establish ournation’s newest national park inColorado was an incredible effort, andI am so proud of the work we havedone regarding Rocky MountainNational Park.The authorization for the Cache laPoudre Heritage Area to become aNational Heritage Area is anotherimportant accomplishment weachieved in northern Colorado, and Iam grateful for the broad communitysupport many of you providedthroughout the process. The Cache laPoudre River played an important rolein the development of water law inthe western United States, and we allappreciate the invaluable waterresources in northern Colorado.President Theodore Rooseveltonce said, “While my interest innatural history has added very little tomy sum of achievement, it has addedimmeasurably to my sum of enjoy-ment in life.”I feel incredibly blessed to leaveCongress feeling both a sense of accomplishment and pride at theprogress we have made in preservingour heritage and protecting the beautyof Colorado.I have also valued the opportunityto work with the 60 Plus Association,the Senior Coalition and a variety of organizations representing our moreexperienced citizens throughout thestate. I deeply appreciate all thesupport from you over the years.In the end, it will be the town hallmeetings and the many great visitswith folks that I will miss the most asI leave the Senate. But I will leavewith many fond memories, and I lookforward to spending more time innorthern Colorado.________________
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f you drive Trail Ridge Road inRocky Mountain National Park,stop at the Gore Range Overlook.Some interesting stories are associ-ated with the mountains you seethere.The range was named for SirGeorge Gore, an Irish aristocratwho in 1855 organized a lavishhunting party through these moun-tains and into Wyoming.It was so lavish that Lord Goreprobably had the first outdoorcamper in the Rocky Mountains—his bedroom was built into awagon.Each day, his valet supervised abucket brigade of servants whofilled Gore’s bathtub. Some peoplesaid that, when he was hung overor lazy, Gore had his servants herdelk or deer toward the front of hisdining tent, where he shot themwithout walking into the woods.Early reports said that, in theevening around the campfire, Goreread Shakespeare to famous scoutJim Bridger, who served as guidefor the hunting trip. No one knowsif rugged frontiersman Bridgerenjoyed the readings.But we do know that Bridgernamed this mountain range forGore. Bridger also named GoreCreek for him; it runs through thetown of Vail at the south end of theGore Range.Early writers said Gore’shunting party included several of his wealthy friends, 50 servants,over 100 horses and mules, sixsupply wagons, and severalmonths’ supply of whiskey.He also had carpeted silk tentsand several young women along.According to the stories, Gore andhis group of “hunters” shot every-thing in sight, killing severalthousand animals and leaving mostof them to rot in the woods.One report said a band of Siouxbecame outraged when they sawthe slaughter. The Indianssurrounded Gore’s party while theywere hunting in the woods and tookall their horses.The Sioux also stripped the menof their clothes, according to thereport; and Lord Gore wanderedthrough the naked wilderness for awhile, until a friendlier band of Indians found him and his party.One of the highest peaks in theGore Range is Mount Powell,named for explorer John WesleyPowell. A Civil War veteran with
Early campers near Estes Park (not Lord Gore’s group). Hazel Johnson Collection.
only one arm, Powell was the firstto raft the Colorado River throughthe Grand Canyon, which is whyLake Powell is named for him.In 1868, Powell was also one of the first white men to climb LongsPeak near Estes Park. He andRocky Mountain News editorWilliam Byers followed an ancientIndian trail to the top of Longs.Powell realized Indians hadclimbed it before them, but doing itwith one arm was still quite a feat.Powell later served as the firstdirector of the U.S. GeologicalSurvey. When he and a companionreached the peak named for him inthe Gore Range, they left two itemsin a tin can on the summit—a pieceof paper with their names on it anda biscuit.The companion said Powell hadmade the biscuit and thought it asuitable memento to leave on themountain. They were sure it washard enough to last for eternity.________________
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