Featured Author
Amy J. Born
Biography
As a longtime Evergreen resident and contributor to Colorado Serenity, Amy has interviewed many local characters over the years. If you are one or know one who’d like to be featured, Amy would love to talk to you. She also writes for fun and profit as a freelancer, helping businesses and professionals enhance their online presence through website content, blogging and more.
ARTICLES
A Father’s Gift of Love
Wyoming native Gail Woodrow was born in Worland, Wyoming on a bitter cold day in February 1913. His mom, Edna, left England and sailed to America for reasons unknown. She trekked her way to Worland via covered wagon, where she fell head-over-heels for tenant farmer...
Creativity and Courage Define Pem Dunn
Pem and Jo Ann standing before Pem’s painting of their grandchildren, Kevin and Katrina, hiking in Elk Meadow over 20 years ago. From Pem Dunn’s childhood to traveling the globe as a pilot for the Navy and United Airlines, the passions in his life have been the love...
The Legendary Dan Lincoln
In 1919, Owen LeFever, a prominent Denver judge, purchased 40 acres of mountainside, located on Evergreen’s Upper Bear Creek Road. LeFever’s friend, another prominent Denver judge, was selling because his daughter, Nellie Whitney, who preferred living on the gorgeous...
Deep in the Heart of Evergreen: Pete Anderson and the Anderson Family
Gustav and wife Matilda Anderson left Sweden in 1881, made their way to Evergreen, and homesteaded 160 acres in Clear Creek County on Yankee Creek. Son Frank arrived on May 22, 1884. Soon thereafter, Gustav and Matilda leased their land, worked on the railroad in...
Evergreen’s Most Notable Character: The Little Bear Saloon Part 2
When Kenny Jeronimus purchased the Little Bear from Patty Mintle in 1976, he knew instantly that the now 128-year-old historic building that housed the beloved bar must also be his. This came to be when he struck a deal with The Ross Grimes Trust, who sold Kenny the...
Evergreen’s Most Notable Character: The Little Bear Saloon Part 1
Little Bear Saloon’s renowned reputation is just as expansive as the rumors that former Evergreen resident, Willie Nelson, often seized Little Bear’s stage unexpectedly and unannounced. Also rumored is that Willie’s famed friends, Robert Redford, Rita Coolidge and...
Suzie DeDisse’s Historic Family Legacy
Evergreen Lake is iconic, but to fourth-generation Evergreenite Suzie DeDisse, it embodies her family’s history and heritage. “My great grandfather, Julius Caesar DeDisse, left France in the mid-1800s, met and married his wife, Mary Ann, in New York, then arrived in...
Nothing’s Impossible for Kevin Woodard
If you’ve lived without social media longer than living with it, you might be leery of socially engaging online. Then, without intention, someone posts that their dog or cat is missing in your neighborhood, or even beyond, and you find yourself driving, calling, and...
Gail Sharp: Once Driven by Ambition—Now Led by Compassion
After weeks of coaxing Gail Sharp to permit me to interview her, she conceded with a humble proclamation: “I’m one within thousands of incredible people who live in Evergreen, and I’m certainly not unique.” My opinion greatly differs from the owner of TallGrass Spa...
Marsha and Bill Manning: Community Caregivers
Bill and Marsha Manning are known throughout our mountain communities as an investment advisor/financial planner and doctor of internal medicine, respectively. If you think they allowed their careers to define them, think again. Because of their life experiences as a...
Jimy Murphy Defines Legend
Jimy King Murphy is a third generation Evergreenite known for his energetic persona, boundless creativity, and a passionate drive. The Oklahoma Dust Bowl, combined with the depression, forced Jimy’s grandfather, Beth King, to leave his family to seek work anywhere he...
Marilyn Sandifer: A Woman of Character
Fun-loving, charismatic and empathic are but a few character traits possessed by Marilyn Sandifer. During Halloween, she dresses like a pumpkin and delivers flowers to her doctor’s and dentist’s offices, friends, and other service providers. Upon meeting her, she...