CARBONDALE — Long before this town was known for its swanky restaurants or groovy Mountain Fair, it was known for its potatoes, and Eugene Grubb was the potato king, traveling the world to both gather and spread new varieties of spuds.
Until recently, Grubb’s century-old Victorian home stood on the edge of town as a reminder of those days. Then, several days ago, the 20th-century potato king’s home and adjacent barn were razed by 21st-century financial wizard Tom Bailey, the billionaire Janus mutual fund founder turned cutting horse impresario, known locally for moseying into town on horseback and tying up at his downtown lot while filling up at a local watering hole.
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