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* Buckskin Joe Frontier Town & Railway
P.O. Box 8 ,
Canon City,
Colorado
USA
81215
719-275-5149
Type: Other
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Canon City,
Colorado
USA
81215
719-275-5149
Type: Other
Comments ( 0 )
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I am not a big one for places like this but it wasn't bad. If you have kids and just want them to have a bit of fun it is worth it. If you want to see what a frontier/mining town looked like-South Park City in Fairplay is far better. We got the combination ticket which entitled us to a tour of the town and its entertainment, a horse drawn wagon ride and a trip on the narrow gauge railway out to Royal Gorge. (Because it was mid-July-when rainstorms in the afternoon are pretty much a given-we spent part of the time running through the rain and were not able to have our wagon ride.) However, we all enjoyed the "gunfights" and the magic shows.
Each summer, theater students, from all over the country, work at Buckskin Joe as gunfighters and hotel workers and do a good job at it. The first gunfight we saw was a recreation of a real story and pretty well acted. The second one was a comedy and we all laughed until our sides hurt. After each "fight" there is a magic show in the theater on the street. Our son attended both and had a wonderful time. (One was enough for his parents though it was very good.) We had drinks in the saloon (draught beer and sarsparilla) and spent some time talking to some of the kids who work there. The town is OK. Some of the places are stores with quasi-authentic items but mostly tourist junk, but it was interesting to see some of the memorabilia from the many westerns that have been filmed there.
However, so many of the displays were dusty and not well kept that I was a bit disappointed. Then again, this is a place that is just for fun. The last part of our trip was spent in the narrow gauge railway that took us to the edge of Royal Gorge. We had opted not to see more of Royal Gorge than this and we were pleased with our decision. You get a good view of the gorge and the bridge in the distance as well as the river below and it seemed that most of the people on the train with us felt the same way. One note-the gift shop at the train station was tacky and overpriced!
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