Welcoming Welsh homesteaders ran Estes Park as a mountain retreat

Evidence

The ranchman, who is half-hunter, half-stockman, and his wife are jovial, hearty Welsh people from Llanberis, who laugh with loud, cheery British laughs, sing in parts down to the youngest child, are free hearted and hospitable, and pile the pitch-pine logs half-way up the great rude chimney. There has been fresh meat each day since I came, delicious bread baked daily, excellent potatoes, tea and coffee, and an abundant supply of milk like cream. I have a clean hay bed with six blankets, and there are neither bugs nor fleas. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 93

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Isabella Bird’s Estes Park lodging was a rough log cabin with an unfinished roof. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 129; A rough Estes Park cabin offered Bird ideal comfort and health. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 203

Broader Connections

• A rough Estes Park cabin offered Bird ideal comfort and health. #complicates (0.78) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 203
• Isabella Bird’s Estes Park lodging was a rough log cabin with an unfinished roof. #qualifies (0.72) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 129