Thursday, May 7, 2026

Question: The co-founder of what notable magazine was born in Aspen in 1892?

Answer: Harold Ross, co-founder of The New Yorker, was born in the mining town of Aspen on Nov. 6, 1892. Ross launched the magazine in 1925 and remained its guiding force until his death in 1951, by which time the publication had attracted notable contributors such as E.B. White, Dorothy Parker, John Cheever, and Vladimir Nabokov.