Winks Lodge Renovation

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Cheryl Armstrong, president of the James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club, talks to Dan Meyers about the club's purchase of the 80 year-old Winks Lodge near Pinecliff.During its heyday from the 1920s to the 1960s, the lodge played host to Count Basie and Langston Hughes. Beckwourth Mountain Club members plan to restore it as a place to learn about African American contributions to Colorado history.