Breckenridge, Colorado is a great place for a vacation home! 

Located in Summit County, Breckenridge is a popular ski resort during the winter months, servicing multi-difficulty ski slopes on the Rocky Mountains. In the summer, the town turns into an outdoor lover's paradise with great hiking trails, beautiful wildflowers to see, fly-fishing in the Blue River, and nearby Lake Dillon for boating.

Early in its history, the town wanted a post office. The townspeople decided to name their town after the United States' Vice President at the time, John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky. The youngest Vice President ever, elected at the constitutional minimum age of 35, John Breckinridge served under President Buchanan from 1857-61.

This worked, and the town of Breckinridge got its post office.

When the Civil War broke out in 1861, the 40-year-old former vice president sided with the Confederates (as a brigadier general) and the pro-Union citizens of Breckinridge decided to change the town's name. The first i was changed to an e, and the town's name has been spelled Breckenridge ever since.