Edwin was an adventurous young man and had climbed several mountains, including Longs Peak, and had stayed at the YMCA of the Rockies in 1916 when he attended the YMCA Student Conference. Afterward, Edwin and his father worked exceedingly hard to build a cabin on land given to the family by A.A. Hyde, the man who invented mentholatum. The land is an inholding on YMCA of the Rockies property. Even water for cement was manually hauled up to the building site within the YMCA of the Rockies grounds. When Edwin was killed in an automobile accident in Nebraska, on his way to his brother's wedding, his father requested the body be taken to Estes Park where the funeral was conducted. YMCA of the Rockies employees carried the casket from the Assembly Hall to the top of Buena Vista where Edwin was buried.Tradition holds that visitors place a pinecone on the grave and/or write a prayer to place in the mailbox nearby.
Edwin was an adventurous young man and had climbed several mountains, including Longs Peak, and had stayed at the YMCA of the Rockies in 1916 when he attended the YMCA Student Conference. Afterward, Edwin and his father worked exceedingly hard to build a cabin on land given to the family by A.A. Hyde, the man who invented mentholatum. The land is an inholding on YMCA of the Rockies property. Even water for cement was manually hauled up to the building site within the YMCA of the Rockies grounds. When Edwin was killed in an automobile accident in Nebraska, on his way to his brother's wedding, his father requested the body be taken to Estes Park where the funeral was conducted. YMCA of the Rockies employees carried the casket from the Assembly Hall to the top of Buena Vista where Edwin was buried.Tradition holds that visitors place a pinecone on the grave and/or write a prayer to place in the mailbox nearby.
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