In
a collection
of over 30,000 keys, we can be quite certain that there are many keys
here holding stories of joy at being found. Most stories of keys being found
include the owner searching quite intently for them, and in fact The Baldpate
Inn staff has assisted many people in finding the keys that they are searching
for in the vast collection. Read the story of an amazing find in our previous
blog, Six
Degrees of Separation in the Seven Keys.
Here are two additional stories from our Key Collection that
were quite unexpected.
Our first story from Innkeeper Lois, who recalls a woman visiting the Key Room for the first time, who initially seemed
unimpressed by our Key Collection. Browsing the keys, she suddenly screamed!
She had found a key that had belonged to her grandparents. She didn’t even know
they had been to Colorado. The woman, now clearly fascinated with the
collection, said it was like seeing a ghost from her past.
In this second story, The Baldpate staff were the ones who
were surprised at the finding of a key of their own – 6o years after it had
been lost! In 1952, young Timothy Johnson “borrowed” the key to Room 7 of The
Baldpate Inn, while visiting with his family. He returned it 60 years later,
finding the key to a clear conscious.
Imagine the stories and potential joy these keys hold! Could
one of them be yours?
Do you have a story of a key lost and found? Perhaps one that
now hangs in The Baldpate Inn’s famous collection? Please tell us about it!
Written
by Liz Rodgers
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