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101st Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival

This is Steamboat’s 101st Winter Carnival. What a wonderful legacy! The carnival began in 1913, when folks were tired of Colorado’s long, cold winters. They wanted a way to join together as a community to celebrate the winter and enjoy each others company. This makes our Winter Carnival the oldest, continuous winter carnival west of the Mississippi. And […]

A Visitor’s Memories

Steamboat is a wonderful town. It’s such a beautiful, friendly place that people keep coming back throughout the years. Thus, lasting memories are created. Since we have been in business since 1905, F.M. Light and Sons remains in the minds of many people. Here is one such memory, recalled by a Facebook fan named Linda: […]

Happy Anniverary Month

107 years ago a new business was opened in downtown Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It was November 9, 1905 and the weather was blustery. With about a foot of snow on the ground and a severe cold enveloping the small community, it wasn’t an especially unusual day; but history was made. On that day Frank Light […]

F.M. Light: Who Painted all those Yellow Signs?

[scrollGallery id=1 thumbarea width=540] How many are there? What are the stories behind them? What is the history? Who paints them? How old are they? You have so many questions. And it’s about time we started answering. Today, we’re going to tackle one of the top queries: Who paints the signs? Chris and Lindsay (the […]