From the moment it first opened its doors in 1891, The Western in Ouray has hosted history. High rollers and miners visited the place where proper impropriety was allowed if not encouraged. It was a place where guests felt they belonged with a sprawling ballroom and bar, set in a revered Old West town, among some of the most spectacular mountain landscapes on earth. The Western was a place of imagination and possibility; it did and now continues to turn experiences into memories.