Glenwood Springs Timeline
1930-1939

1930
Census indicated the only drop in Glenwood Springs' population ever recorded.

1932
Citizen's National Bank closed into receivership.

1933
State Employment Office opens. 108 applicants show up the first day.

1933, Dec. 5
Prohibition repealed and bars opened in hotels and restaurants.

1934
Civilian Conservation Corps camp was set up for 240 men who worked on roads in the White River National Forest, cleared brush for a ski area on Lookout Mountain and built the Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport, among other projects. Camp located where Sayre Park is now.

1934
Red Mountain Ski Area established.

1934
The Grand Hotel on the corner of 8th and Cooper was demolished.

1936
Construction begins on the Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport

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