When Lupita’s Bizarre Bazaar owner Susan Baker came to Ridgway in 1989, she saw potential in the little “cowboy town” to be what it is today.  And when Baker envisions something, things happen.

Maybe she didn’t set out to transform the sleepy town into an artistic community. But she saw the potential, and through her actions the town evolved.

Baker made her personal dreams happen here, too, despite the obstacles a single woman faced at the time in obtaining a construction loan and startin...