Archaeological and historical records indicate at least ve hotels and one boardinghouse helped form the main t. Due to the harsh rwell Mill Boardinghouse business distric environment at high altitudes, all that The Fa remain are a few buildings and 59d 0 me we PW 0 5 S collapse in the late 1970s a once Chris Cassaulmage. depressions along what w Top image: Looking east 8mg Aspen < , Aspen Avenue. Avenuelaler ndependence Hotel, ' In 1946- mpnphspzscomgwa. 001.; ' Lower image: First-class llccnmmmlalions. . . . Advertisement Snail and Clean Beds. The depression located here Is believed to be Theo. from me Aspen mum j 0'! 1- Ackerman's establishment, formally known as the n 1.1. 1 l'l. "AV. Independence Hotel. During the early 18805 the hotel : claimed to have Firstclass Accommodations." 5 charged of patrons. Hotel ns superior to boardinghouses by ' " ' ew travelers expecting to pay high 7 . ' ' 7 -' 'V ver, encouraged .3 J 7: 2 a ~F ike accommodations. . ,. :-,.;,~aw.:r: 5 served meals but no . J ._ _/ . 1 , manent workers H cabin of their own. ' ' J _, 'y erved different types ategories of lodging s d accommodatio premi serving meals and libations. Thus, hotels dr ' . Boardinghouses, howe and provided dorml lies, boardinghouse e favored by semiper g to invest time in a dence at lower rates often run by fami dinghouses wer or were unwillin longterm resi Because they were alcohol. As a result, boar - . who lacked the resources ., 3