Aspen, Colorado
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Aspen is the home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States census. A
Downtown Aspen (April 2005)
Silver mines in Aspen (1898)
Aspen (1962)
Aspen Art Museum (2015)
John Denver
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Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., known professionally as John Denver, was an American country and folk singer, songwriter, and actor. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s and one
Aspen, Colorado
…popular retreat for celebrities. Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson worked out of a downtown hotel and ran unsuccessfully for county sheriff. Singer John Denver wrote two songs about Aspen after settling there. Both figures popularized Aspen among the counter-cultural youth of the 1970s as an ideal place to…
Denver in 1974
Denver's first guitar
Denver with Doris Day
Denver in 1973