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The Branch Inn is history

When the building housing the Branch Inn exploded in Pueblo on Thursday, it not only took a life, it wiped out a piece of history. Although the building at 301 South Union, in the Union Street Historic District, had been empty for some time before new proprietors reopened the Branch...
By Patricia CalhounNovember 17, 2008
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When the building housing the Branch Inn exploded in Pueblo on Thursday, it not only took a life, it wiped out a piece of history.

Although the building at 301 South Union, in the Union Street Historic District, had been empty for some time before new proprietors reopened the Branch Inn last year, decades ago it was a popular hangout for some of the town’s more colorful characters, according to this report from KKTV.

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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.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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