Editing Victor, Colorado (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Museums and other points of interest===
Victor is in the heart of Colorado's gold country,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://coloradopastandpresent.com/rtl-languages/townscities/victor.html | title=Victor | publisher=Colorado Past and Present | access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> home to two of the major gold mines in the [[Cripple Creek, Colorado|Cripple Creek]] mining district. Though the goldrush-era mines are closed, near the center of town the fortress-like remains of a wrought iron-gated mine entrance, shaft elevators (which carried the miners down), mine carts (now employed by the town as flower planters), barred tunnels, two outbuildings (an office overlooking the entrance and the building from which the miners set out), and other sites of interest from that era still stand. Several towering 'gallows frames', which house the antique elevator pulleys, can be seen on the hillsides.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} Victor has many mining and history related attractions:
* Gold Coin Mine<ref name="Varney p. 65" />
* [[Lowell Thomas]] Museum<ref name="Varney p. 65" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.victorcolorado.com/museum.htm | title=Victor Lowell Thomas Museum | publisher=Victor, Colorado | access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Victor Hotel]]<ref name="Varney p. 65" />
* [[Victor Downtown Historic District]], including the active First Baptist Church<ref name="Varney p. 65" />

Victor also lies along the [[Gold Belt Tour National Scenic and Historic Byway]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://byways.org/stories/46909 | title=Gold Belt Byway | publisher=US Department of Transportation | access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>
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===Arts festival===
"Victor Celebrates the Arts" is a judged painting contest held on Labor Day weekend,<ref>{{cite web|title=Victor Celebrates The Arts|url=http://www.victorcelebratesthearts.org/|access-date=December 28, 2015}}</ref> which began in 2000.

===Photography book===
A 2015 book, ''City of Mines'', by [[Anderson & Low]] ({{ISBN|978-1907893773}}), depicts the buildings and scenery around the town without showing the people.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Dan Damon|title=Colorado gold rush ghost town revisited|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35061177|publisher=BBC|access-date=December 28, 2015|date=December 12, 2015}}</ref>

=== World Record Home Run Distance Attempt ===
In 2022, youtubers The Baseball Bat Bros attempted to break the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for Longest home run hit, set by Babe Ruth in 1921 with a verified measurement of 575 feet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longest home run hit |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.de/world-records/64713-longest-home-run-hit |access-date=March 24, 2023 |website=Guinness World Records |language=de-de}}</ref> The attempt was made at The Gold Bowl baseball and soccer field. Victor, having one of the highest elevations in the United States was an ideal location as thinner air at high elevations creates less drag on a traveling baseball than at lower elevations, thus allowing it to travel farther in the air. Various high school, college, and former professional baseball players were invited to attempt to break the record but none were successful with elevated land beyond the outfield and unfavorable winds likely spoiling the attempts. The longest home run hit on the day was an estimated 534 feet.<ref>{{Citation |title=GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt for the FARTHEST BASEBALL EVER HIT {{!}} backed by @justbats |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eCWMOtVZc0 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>