Episode 5: Finding Beauty in Nederland: From Dead Guys to Carousel Guys

Welcome to the Carousel of Happiness Podcast. On today's episode, we try to explain the town of Nederland. A town the size of 1.6-square miles, with no stoplight, and a population of around 1,500 miners, hippies, and other assorted mountain folk. You'll learn what miners, dead guys, and Elton John have to do with Nederland's beauty and the Carousel of Happiness.

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Check out the carousel on the CBS national news! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carousel-daydream-helped-marine-get-through-vietnam-war-he-then-made-that-carousel-a-reality/

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Special thanks to songwriter, performer, and friend of the carousel, Darryl Purpose (https://darrylpurpose.com/), for sharing his song, "Next Time Around," as ou...