Creede, Lake City & One Hungry Fella!

tamrock · May 12, 2015

Had a little business in Creede Colo. this morn and drove through Lake City over to Ouray here today. Stopped off at the site where a fella named Alfred Packard had dinner on a few of his comrades back in 1874. I think the summer time town celebration there in Lake City is called, Alfred Packard Days. I wonder what they all serve up during that event. :dontknow:

I'm thinking that's one way to make on wikipedia :laughing7:

Alferd Packer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ronwoodcraft · May 12, 2015

Very interesting piece of history Grant. Always enjoy your post's... Great job with the photo's!

rginn · May 13, 2015

And you know that CU's cafeteria is named 'Alferd Packer Restaurant and Grill'?

BosnMate · May 16, 2015

RGINN said:
And you know that CU's cafeteria is named 'Alferd Packer Restaurant and Grill'?

My daughter went to CU, and she told me that. I also heard that Kit Carson said, "In starving times, don't walk in front of Old Bill Williams." I think there is some history out there that
told exactly how it happened.

tamrock · May 17, 2015

BosnMate said:
My daughter went to CU, and she told me that. I also heard that Kit Carson said, "In starving times, don't walk in front of Old Bill Williams." I think there is some history out there that
told exactly how it happened.

I guess we'll never know the real truth of the story, because Packer was the only one left to tell it and he had more then one version of the event. I read once in a book of an eye witness description of Old Bill Williams. They described him as short in old tatted buckskins and he looked as if he was completely dipped in bear grease and he walked slowly like a waddling duck. I think that's how he was described if I recall correctly. I've wondered about this guy. He was known as the only game around in hundreds of miles of wilderness. Seems a fella like that could have amassed a small fortune from his little enterprise trading post of Hardscrabble. I can't say I've ever herd a story of a treasure hidden by Old Bill Williams, but he seems from what I've read of him as the type that would have a stash that only he would know about.