Photos: The Wonders of the Wonder View Tower on Sale This Weekend

At 10 a.m. today, Bruhns Auction Gallery began selling off the contents of the Wonder View Tower, the amazing roadside attraction that C.W. Gregory built on the plains a hundred miles from Denver back in 1926, and that subsequent owner Jerry Chubbock turned into an amazing museum stuffed with...stuff. Chubbuck...
By Patricia CalhounSeptember 19, 2014
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At 10 a.m. today, Bruhns Auction Gallery began selling off the contents of the Wonder View Tower, the amazing roadside attraction that C.W. Gregory built on the plains a hundred miles from Denver back in 1926, and that subsequent owner Jerry Chubbock turned into an amazing museum stuffed with…stuff.

Chubbuck passed away last year, and now the family is selling all that stuff — and, perhaps, the tower itself. Keep reading for a look at the building and its contents.

See also: The Wonders of the Wonder View Tower Are on the Block

The auction will continue on Saturday, September 20, and Sunday, September 21. Find more information here.

Going, going, gone….

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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