“Officials hope the new gondola will attract a top hotel to the area,” the Rocky Mountain News reported. “Denver has indicated it doesn’t believe the idea could be implemented by the time the water is needed,” the Trail reported. 60 years agoAug. 5, 1966A district judge had accepted a petition for incorporating the Vail area into a town, the Vail Trail reported, as the petition had met the statutory requirements for the creation of a municipality. “If the election vote is affirmative, another election will be held in late September for the election of the Board of Trustees and a mayor,” the Trail reported. 70 years agoJuly 31, 1956A freak accident involving a driverless car in the city of Walsenburg killed three people, including 28-year-old Red Cliff resident Jack L. Pacheco, the Pueblo Chieftain reported.