WOODY CREEK — Hunter S. Thompson’s widow is planning on opening on the Aspen-area farm he lived on for more than 35 years.
Owl Farm was the home to Thompson, the father of gonzo journalism who lived on the Woody Creek compound from 1969 until his death in 2005. The farm is normally closed to the public, because it is still widow Anita Thompson’s private residence.
But fans of Thompson’s legendary writing — including “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and “The Rum Diary” — will get to experience it for themselves when part of the famed property opens as a museum dedicated to Thompson’s writing and singular way of life.
“I’m working to make it a museum,” Anita Thompson said , part of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’ annual meeting in Aspen.
“That’s why these rooms have remained the way Hunter left them,” she said.
“I’ve kept it this way simply because it is history.”
