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Creating a palace out of iceIn 1895, the town of Leadville, Colorado, US was in trouble. People were leaving and not coming back. The leaders needed to come up with a plan to keep people in Leadville. They also hoped others would come to visit or live there. After much , they planned to build something amazing to make people want to go to their town. They to build a very large palace out of ice!
On 1st January 1896, after only two months, the Leadville Ice Palace . That morning, members of different sports clubs walked Leadville's streets. Soon the whole town seemed to walk toward the Ice Palace.
For the next three months, Leadville celebrated at the Ice Palace. People of the town called it "Crystal Carnival". There were different kinds of activities, such as sports , parties and games. A dining hall was open all the time. Visitors came from as far away as Europe.
In the spring of 1896, the Ice Palace melted (融化) away. No one knows what happened to the palace's wooden frame (框架).
Today, you visit the small mountain town of Leadville on the first weekend of March, you won't see the Ice Palace. However, you will people celebrating at a modern palace.
And in other places around the world, you can still find wonderful ice palaces or ice hotels. You can even spend the night in those hotels!
