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Tiny Town

By Lauralyn Duff
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Every year 120,000 visitors walk, crouch, and crawl through the streets of Tiny Town. In the foothills near Morrison, Tiny Town isn't just small, it's miniature.

A century ago, George Turner's daughter was so ill she couldn't go into public spaces, so he brought the town to her with scaled down replicas of local businesses, including his own, Turner Moving and Storage. Turnerville became tiny town and open to the public in 1921.

Today, Tiny town tourists peek in the windows of over 100 mini buildings, including Colorado landmarks like Bent's old fort, the Molly Brown House, and the Central City Opera House. There's even a little train that takes passengers large and small on a short ride around the property that has survived fires and floods, booms and busts. For a time it even became a miniature ghost town. A mirror to much of the state's history, Tiny town leaves a big impression.

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