It's a place to bring the kids and others who are bored by natural beauty. BJ's hangings are part of a Wild West show, acted out by semipro gunslingers and seasonally underemployed ski instructors. The crowd is nervous with anticipation. A jackrabbit darts from beneath the gallows and hightails it to the hills. Vacationing retirees stake out good seats from the porch of the Undertaker's storefront.
More energetic tourists cram into two upright coffins for photo opportunities.
A good guy is shot in the leg and then killed as he begs for mercy. All of this takes about three minutes. Buckskin Joe's, Canon City, Colorado. Bishop's Castle Beulah, CO R oadside regulars will remember that Jim Bishop, man of vision and lifter of rocks, had been battling the federal government ever since he began building his dream castle on a mountainside overlooking CO 165 south of Canon City twenty-five years ago. Now the government loves Jim Bishop.