lang="EN-US">Its location at the confluence of the
Colorado River and the Roaring Fork River as well as gaining a stop on the
railroad historically made it a center of commerce in the area. The city has
seen famous visitors including President Teddy Roosevelt who spent an entire
summer vacation living out of the historic Hotel Colorado. Doc Holliday, a wild
west legend from the O.K. Corral gunfight, spent the final months of his
life in Glenwood Springs and is buried in the town's original Pioneer Cemetery
above Bennett Avenue. Infamous serial killer Ted Bundy was imprisoned in the
Glenwood Springs jail until he escaped on the night of December 30, 1977, an
escape which went undetected for 17 hours
