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Article: At home in a yurt. (Attitude at Altitude).(tents from Advanced Canvas Design LLC)
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- October 1, 2002
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"YURT IS A RUSSIAN WORD FOR A PORIABLE MON golian tribal structure save Dar Kigan president owner of Montrose based Advanced Canvas Design LLC one of three yurt makers in the country. "Genghis Khan conquered the known world in a yurt."
Kigar has taken on the larger known world. Were shipping yurts all over the world now he said speaking of his 20 employee company that produces about 200 yurts 900 tipis and 500 hunting tents annually.
Kigar and his wife Emma went into business ad Brecken ridge based Earthworks in 1975 launching a mall order operation for their handmade tipis and hunting tents. We were a mom and pop outfit literally, said Kigar. We started ...