In honor of Black History Month: Barney Ford Museum
February is Black History Month, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to write about the Barney Ford Museum in Breckenridge, Colorado. The story behind this charming house museum is like something straight out of Hollywood, and a story you probably wouldn’t normally associate with a mining town in Colorado. Barney L. Ford was born into slavery in 1822. His father, who never recognized Barney as a son, was