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aspen

Any of several species of poplar tree. The European quaking aspen (Populus tremula) has flattened leafstalks that cause the leaves to flutter in the slightest breeze. The soft, light-coloured wood is used for matches and paper pulp. (Genus Populus.)

Aspen

Resort town in central Colorado, on the Roaring Fork River, lying at an altitude of 2,417 m/7,930 ft; seat of Pitkin County; population (2000 est) 5,900. Aspen offers winter skiing and summer river rafting, and is a cultural centre with an annual music festival.

History

Established as a silver-mining town in the 1880s (and named after trees in the area), Aspen was incorporated as a city in 1881. It was a booming silver-mining centre until the early 1890s, when the collapse of silver prices threatened its existence; the current resort city was developed after World War II by Walter P Paepcke, a Chicago industrialist.

Features

Aspen has 29 entries on the National Register of Historic Places, including a cemetery, church, and houses.



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The place fixed on for the stand-shooting was not far above a stream in a little aspen copse.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But the aspen poplar leaves are always shaking, even on the very calmest day.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
" A thousand times during that half-hour Rostov cast eager and restless glances over the edge of the wood, with the two scraggy oaks rising above the aspen undergrowth and the gully with its water-worn side and "Uncle's" cap just visible above the bush on his right.
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