Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 970-453-2085;
www.tibetanoceanmassage.com
;
111 S Main St, 2nd fl; 60min massage $65-80; by appoint-
ment)
Not your average mountain massage joint, this healing center was started by
Wangkho, a Buddhist monk, born in Amdo (northern Tibet). In 2000 he walked for 26
days over Himalayan passes out of China and into exile. He opened his first center in
Dharamsala and now offers astrology readings, yoga classes and deep bodywork at his
Main St studio.
Tours
Historic Walking Tours
WALKING TOUR
( 970-453-9767;
www.breckheritage.com
;
203 S Main St; adult/child $10/5; tours 11am & 1:30pm Tue-Sun)
There are 250 historic structures in Breckenridge, making it one of the oldest surviving
cities in the Central Rockies. On this tour, which meets 10 minutes ahead at the Welcome
Center, you'll visit old miners' cabins, a saloon boarding house and a few museums too.
Other walking tours include the Haunted Breck Tour, Saloon Tour and the Preston
Ghost Town Hike. Check the website for seasonal schedules.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Once gold was discovered in the Pikes Peak and Idaho Springs areas in the late 1850s, it didn't take long for pro-
spectors to make their way to Summit County. George Spencer officially founded the town of Breckenridge in
November 1859 as something of a market town and base camp to support, and profit from, the efforts of miners
in the local mountains.
Spencer originally named the town 'Breckinridge' after the sitting vice president, John C Breckinridge of Ken-
tucky. It was sheer flattery, of course. Spencer wanted a post office, and politicians being politicians, he was re-
warded with the first post office between the Continental Divide and Salt Lake City, UT. But when the Civil War
broke out in 1861, and the vice president became a brigadier general in the Confederate army, the decidedly pro-
Union citizens of Breckinridge decided to change the town's name. An 'i' was changed to an 'e', and the place
became Breckenridge forever after.
Festivals & Events
Quirky parades, feats of athletic, creative and culinary agility and ingenuity, and plenty of
night music: Breckenridge knows how to throw a party.
Breckenridge Music Festival
MUSIC
