Published April 2026

Sylvia Smith was a notable early 20th-century Colorado journalist, and her landmark legal victory against the Colorado-Yule Marble Company. Sylvia arrived in Crested Butte in 1904, where she edited the Crested Butte Weekly Citizen until 1907. She was an unmarried, controversial figure known for her advocacy of women's rights and opposition to powerful corporations.  Click on the link to read more about her story