Why 5,000 people risked “Oh My God Road” to see Lillian Gish in a Colorado ghost town

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Lillian Gish’s Triumphant Return to Central City’s Stage

In 1927, Central City Opera House shut its doors, one more victim of hard times. But three bold Denver women had other plans.

Ida Kruse McFarlane, an English professor whose father-in-law once owned the opera house, joined forces with Anne Evans to save the crumbling landmark…

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