The Corner Close to Heaven

There’s a corner, close to Heaven,
Where the clouds and mountains meet,
Where there’s trout in every stream
And the fields are full of wheat;
Where there’s cattle on the hillsides
And there’s coal beneath the plain,
And the hot springs rest the weary
And relieve the suff’rer’s pain.

Here the home folks fit the picture-
Once you meet ‘em they’re your friends;
Here life’s really worth the living,
So you feel when each day ends;
Here are trails where trouble ceases,
Here’s a new land, full of zest,
In our corner, close to Heaven,
Where the streams flow to the West.

Come to the Fair and you will surely realize then that
Life is worth living.

-Arthur Chapman (written for the Routt County Fair Association in 1926)