Meezie Keyes. Interviewer Bob Hult. July 15, Meezie, where were you born? I was born in Canon City. What brought you into Park County and when? Pete Smythe and my husband and Ernie Keyes were roommates at Colorado College so they were good friends and then we went to a travel show in Chicago, then the dude ranches had a booth there.
Get me to Colorado! Get me back to Colorado! BH You really were impressed! Now you had been to Colorado just one time before, in Estes Park?
We had been to just one dude ranch there, but my mother-in-law lived - - was born in Central City so we went to Central City a quite a few times.
Ah, okay. So you had some family ties into Colorado. So he - - Quigg Newton had the place and was taking care of the estate of James Newton. The had lunch with Quigg; he was mayor of Denver at that point, and Pete and Ernie and Quigg Newton all had lunch together and they just hit it off fine because Quigg Newton was going to Yale law School at the same time my husband went to Harvard Law School, so they were just kinds of in the same league and they could talk well and all.
Now what did it consist of at that time? Well, the main lodge was there with eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms, laughter. Oh, my goodness. And then there was a second building that was where the caretaker stayed I think and there was bedrooms upstairs and a living room downstairs and a kitchen and then attached to it was a barn and hay loft.
