![]() Despite their concern for him, and his gradual triumph over the usual schoolhouse bully, Carlos never feels completely comfortable in his new environment. The orphanage is run by a curt but considerate headmistress named Carmen (Marisa Paredes) and a kindly Professor Casares, both of whom are sympathetic to the doomed Republican cause. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos (Fernando Tielve), the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. Ghosts Synopsis It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. Subscribe to Colorado Life Magazine and receive thoughtful stories and beautiful photography featuring travel, history, food, nature and communities of Colorado.Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo, Francisco Maestre, José Manuel Lorenzo, Junio Valverde ProducerĬo-production Spain-Mexico Genre Horror. “Even on a day when it’s busy, you’re still able to get some quiet. “You almost can’t measure the value of this environment so close to Loveland,” said Larimer County Commissioner Tom Donnelly. Visitors now take advantage of an opportunity to conveniently enjoy nature near one of the county’s largest cities. The statewide fund Great Outdoors Colorado was so impressed with how well Larimer communities cooperated to share tax dollars that it also contributed grant money for additional trail construction. Since 1996, Larimer County has protected more than 44,000 acres. The Devil’s Backbone became a template for other open spaces that followed. The county purchased an area of the Indian Creek property on the north end of the space from a Florida real estate company that lowered its sale price only after a bankruptcy and nearly 10 years of negotiations. Some acquisitions came quickly, while others required patience. After the vote, the county took up the task of finding landown ers who were willing to sell their swaths on the east end of the formation. In a time of population growth on Colorado’s Front Range, open land is becoming rare.ĭevil’s Backbone was the first Larimer open space and it was made possible by a 1995 voter-initiated sales tax that passed by a 65 percent margin. This connection was made possible by an extraordinary amount of community support, more than a decade of careful land purchases and a little bit of luck. Hikers can start at the Devil’s Backbone Trailhead and travel 15 mil es to Lory State Park west of Fort Collins without leaving Larimer County land. Its trails are connected to others in a series of adjacent open spaces, creating a natural break between the urban zones of Loveland and Fort Collins. Though it rises along Highway 34 in stark contrast to the land around it, the Backbone is no island. It makes perfect sense, she said, that a place like Devil’s Backbone should be open to the people who can appreciate its complex beauty. “Outdoor recreation is a symbol of the quality of life of people in Colorado,” said Kerri Rollins, program manager for Larimer County Open Lands. ![]() This human habitat offers recreation options for hikers, bikers, horseback riders and trail runners. Today, nearly 2,200 acres on the east side of the formation are preserved under Larimer County law as the Devil’s Backbone Open Space. Prehistoric fossils are discovered here, too, including an ancient elephant with 5-foot-long tusks now on display at Chicago’s Field Museum. ![]() Early summer visitors are privileged to find a yellow flower of the rare Bell’s twinpod, which grows her e and in a few isolated spots in Boulder and Jefferson County – and nowhere else in the world. Keen eyes might even spot lizards sunning themselves on rock outcroppings. Mammals like mule deer, elk, bear and mountain lion lurk under its slopes. The Backbone’s crags are safe haven for nesting raptors like red-tailed hawks a nd great horned and barn owls. Pinnacles rising more than 200 feet above sur rounding valleys are eroded into angular arches the most famous portal is the Keyhole. Like its sister hogbacks common along Colorado’s Front Range, including Roxborough State Park and Garden of the Gods, this Larimer County landmark has its own ghoulishly beautiful character. The Backbone is a beloved, two-mile strip of Dakota sandstone that rises from the rock and soil in a buffer zone between mountains and plains west of Loveland. This unusual geological formation between Loveland and the Rocky Mountains instead attracts solace-seekers to find their own version of heaven on Earth. November/December 2012 CL issue of Colorado Life Magazine)Ī place named Devil's Backbone may conjure images of a hellish landscape to be avoided at all costs. ![]()
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