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Leavenworth, 1910, 1953, and 2005When local lumber mills closed in the mid-1960s, the town of Leavenworth neared extinction. Three views, beginning in 1910, document its conversion from a typical Western town to a Bavarian village. A controversial idea at first, more than a million tourists a year silenced the skeptics. Shopping, recreation, and festivals such as the popular Christmas lighting ceremony (below) draw crowds from across the state. —JS Book Samples |