Johnson’s Corner speaks to life’s poetry

A traveler leaving Denver and heading for points north (or vice versa) passes Johnson’s Corner. It looks conceptually like one of those old outposts once situated on the cusp of the then-untamed West.
A weary driver on the tail-end of an 18-hour highway journey will feel the same sense of comfort approaching this neon oasis as our predecessors must have felt parking their prairie schooners inside the safety of the fort.
Although it overtly functions as one, don’t mistake Johnson’s Corner as just a truck stop. It has faithfully served the local community and I-25 travelers alike for…