BOND — When Andrew McConathy founded the YarmonyGrass Festival in 2006, he originally intended to hold the event on his parents’ ranch at the time, Yarmony Creek Ranch, just north of State Bridge in Bond. The insurance company and McConathy’s parents advised him otherwise, and although the inaugural festival was held at State Bridge instead, the “Yarmony” name stayed the same. “The word ‘Yarmony’ comes from a Ute indian chief named Yarmony who lived in the Yampa valley,” McConathy said. “Yarmony Mountain is out there, and Yarmony rapid too — it just makes sense that the area is the home …
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