visited by prominent black entertainers such as count basie, louis armstrong, lena horne, soren neil hurston, langston hughes, and political and civil rights leaders like whitney young, who would come to lincoln hills on his way to aspen, colorado to be involved in a think tank. the entertainers were coming to five points to entertain on five points, then they would come to lincoln hills to recreate. when they came to lincoln hills they were not there to entertain, but to rest and enjoy the colorado wilderness. it was also supported by a number of black churches in denver. those churches would gather on memorial day, july 4, and labor day. a lodge that was built in lincoln hills was the crown jewel of lincoln hills. it has six bedrooms, the resort also had 17 cabins that were rented out between memorial day and labor day. you are probably asking the question, why only between memorial day and labor day? you saw the snowstorm yesterday. the roads were dirt roads going up to the mountain. up in that area during the wintertime, there could be three to four feet of snow. weeks lodge and winks ta