Going Back to the Source

I’m honored to be part of the Elati Design Guild and as a photographer, I get to fully appreciate the end result of all the hard work the builders, craftsmen and design team put into a project. I recently had an experience seeing the opposite end of the process I want to share.

This past March, my girlfriend and I went to Breckenridge and stumbled upon the Breckenridge Sawmill Museum. It was a beautiful snowy day and a great context to take photos.

From Summitthisweek.com
“The historic homes, stores, and mines still standing in Breckenridge today could not have existed without the sawmills that processed trees cleared from local hillsides. One of our newest attractions, the sawmill museum offers a self-guided tour of the equipment used by the frontiersmen to cut and prepare timbers for construction.”

It made me think about the Guild – the start of a chain of workers and craftsmen who built historic mountain towns like Breckenridge. I also felt an appreciation of the conditions these frontiersmen must have worked in during the cold winter months.

I hope you enjoyed viewing this intriguing museum through my camera lens. Next time you’re in Breck, have a look in person!

David Lauer

David Lauer Photography