According to Arthur R. Railton, who wrote The History of Martha’s Vineyard, the history of the Grand Illumination dates back to 1868, when Erastus Carpenter, the developer responsible for the construction of Cottage City, as Oak Bluffs used to be called, asked several cottage owners to hang Asian paper lanterns from the eaves of their […]
4 Great (and Unexpected) Places to SUP Around Boulder, https://rootsrated.com/stories/places-to-sup-around-boulder Located on top of Flagstaff Mountain, Gross Reservoir is short 14 mile drive from Boulder. The reservoir is named for Denver Water former Chief Engineer Dwight D. Gross, the reservoir was completed in 1954. It serves as a combination storage and regulating facility for water […]