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First in Boating the Arkansas – FIBArk Turns 70

First in Boating the Arkansas – FIBArk Turns 70

By Mike Rosso on June 1, 2018
Spectators enjoy the FIBArk competition on the south bank of the Arkansas River after embarking from the Denver Rio Grade Railroad sometime in the mid-1960s. Courtesy of the author.

By Christopher Kolomitz
Photos by Mike Rosso

Salida’s signature summer event celebrates its 70th anniversary this month when hundreds of athletes and thousands of spectators descend on the event known as FIBArk.