TODAY MOST FREQUENT VISITORS AND RESIDENTS OF ASPEN KNOW THE NAME JEROME B. WHEELER, i.e. THE JEROME HOTEL, AND THE WHEELER-STODDARD MUSEUM.
THIS BOOK SEEMS TO FOLLOW THE HERD OF THOSE THAT THINK JEROME IS THE HERO OR FATHER OF ASPEN.
B.CLARK WHEELER IS THE FOUNDER OF ASPEN. THERE IS NO RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO WHEELERS, YET TODAY JEROME TAKES ALL THE CREDIT TODAY IN ASPENS HISTORY. B. CLARK WHEELER BUILT THE ROAD TO ASPEN AND PLOTTED AND NAMED THE SITE, ASPEN. 1880.
B. CLARK WHEELERS FATHER-IN-LAW, WAS SOON TO BE GOVERNOR DAVIS H. WAITE; a.k.a. BLOODY BRIDLES. THE HISTORY OF WAITE AND WHEELER TOGETHER IN ASPEN IS MISSING CONTENT AND DETAILS.
JEROME WHEELER WAS A RICH INVESTOR WHO HAD A HOME BUILT IN ASPEN, BUT HIS WIFE REFUSED TO MOVE IN IT. AFTER THE DE-MONITIZATION OF SILVER IN 1893, B.CLARK WHEELER HUNG ON IN ASPEN FOR MANY YEARS, WHILE JEROME B. WHEELER DESERTED ASPEN LIKE A RAT ON A SINKING SHIP.
IF YOU VISIT THE JEROME WHEELER-STODDARD MUSEUM, ! YOU WILL BE TOLD THAT JEROME IS A HERO. YES THE MAN DID CONTRIBUTE AND INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCT URE OF ASPEN, BUT A HERO ??? PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH............WHEELER AND WAITE, NOW THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH WRITING ABOUT, REAL HEROES.