Book Description

In the 1970s, the isolated semi-deserted Colorado mining town of Crested Butte unwittingly became a unique sociological experiment. The opening of a ski area on nearby Mt. Crested Butte in the late 1960s attracted an influx of the "hippy" generation (mostly in their twenties), who soon outnumbered the much older resident population of about 300 (mostly retired miners and their wives), and took over the governance of the community. Despite dire predictions, Crested Butte did not go off the deep end, but its character changed dramatically to the casual free-spirited lifestyle of its new residents. There is no better insight into this mutation than in the police blotter that appeared in the weekly newspaper, laced with humor and ribaldry from the collaborative effort of the Town Marshall and the editor-owner of the newspaper - both in their twenties or early thirties. "Law & Disorder in Crested Butte" presents some of the choicer entries from 1972-1983.