About Estes Park's Mr Estes Park

Continueing with Buel Porters artwork and Christmas designs and displays that he donated to Estes Park, here is "The Old Lady Who Lived In A Shoe". This piece is about 20 feet in height and is located near Timberline Medical Center on Highway 7.

If you have not been to Estes Park during the Christmas season, you should put it on your "To Do" list.

Here is another one of Buel Porters gifts to Estes Park. Christmas in Bugville is located in Bond Park, downtown Estes Park. I can't imagine all of the hours that this man spent cutting out plywood figures, assembling them and painting them.

I know from experience how long it takes to put up one of the less complex displays that he donated to the town. The amount of time to actually make them and put them up was a huge commitment.

We all get to enjoy the work that Buel did years ago - today.

Buel Porter's Santa Claus has been flying over Estes Park for many years. For those of you that visit Estes Park on a regular basis you will remember the jolly old guy flying above the library's parking lot.

What a wonderful place Estes Park is, and what a richer place it has been with the gifts that Buel Porter gave to our community, all of its residents and visitors throughout the years.

Buel Porter was a retired Coca Cola sign painter when he arrived in Estes Park, Colorado. I'm sure that many of you can remember the billboards that lined the highways across our country in the 40's and 50's. There are a few remaining billboards today, but he technology is significantly different.

In the 40's and 50's there were actual artists that were hired to paint the billboards with real paint. No paper glued up, or today we have the plastic wrap with the picture on it.

Mr. Porter painted and donated several scenes to the town of Estes Park decades ago, and they are still being displayed today. I will be showing you more of his work in future articles. Hope you had a Merry and safe Christmas with your families.