Tractors began to supplant horses in 1920

There were more domestic horses in the United States in 1920 than at any time in our history, but there were also more tractors. And more than 100 companies were selling tractors in the U.S. in 1920. My column about tractors versus horses in 1920 is linked below.

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Finding longitude a long, hard job

This column is a about a subject that has fascinated me for a long time: the historic efforts to find the best ways to compute longitude, both on land and sea. Determining latitude has always been much easier. There's a link below to my column June 6 in The Daily Sentinel.

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Memorial Day train wreck was not unusal during early 20th century

A train derailment near Grand Junction on Memorial Day weekend, 1920, This photo shows a 1918 train wreck in Tennessee that is believed to be the deadliest in U.S. history, killing more than 170 people. took the lives of the train's engineer and fireman. Such accidents weren't unusual in the early decades of the 20th century, but railroad safety was beginning to improve. Below is a link to my history column in The Daily Sentinel.

May 281 min read

GJ train depot opened with a quake

Grand Junction's Union Train Depot is 120 years old this spring. And it opened just a day before a massive earthquake struck San Francisco, sending hundreds of refugees through Grand Junction. This photo shows what the depot looked like about 1914. My column from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

May 121 min read

Grand Junction gets mountain water

After several decades of dealing with muddy water from the Grand (Colorado) and Gunnison Rivers, This sign at the base of Kannah Creek shows the Kannah Creek drainage. the city of Grand Junction finally achieved its goal of obtaining clean mountain water from the Kannah Creek drainage on Grand Mesa on July 4, 1912. My history column from The Daily Sentiinel is linked below.

Apr 271 min read

Trying to answer questions about GJ Indian School

Officials from History Colorado will be in Clifton April 21, seeking public assistance as they attempt to find more information about the cemetery at the old Grand Junction Indian School on D Road east of Grand Junction. But the location of the cemetery is just one of many questions regarding the school. Below is a link to my Daily Sentinel history column discussing those questions.

Apr 161 min read

I don't have any good tractor books to recommend to go with my column this week, so I thought I'd go with something entirely different. Because Bears Ears National Monument has been in the news lately, I want to recommend this book, by my friend, Andrew Gulliford.

The book is an in-depth look at the landscape an the history of the area that became Bears Ears National Monument. It was published in 2022, so it doesn't discuss the current controversy and President Trump's efforts to reduce the size of the monument, but it does include information on earlier efforts to gut the monument.

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I retired as editorial page editor of The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2014. Since then, I've continued to write a twice-a-month history column for the Sentinel, while seizing every opportunity I can, with my wife Judy or my horses, to enjoy the beautiful outdoors of the Colorado Plateau.

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Tractors began to supplant horses in 1920

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Finding longitude a long, hard job

Memorial Day train wreck was not unusal during early 20th century

GJ train depot opened with a quake

Grand Junction gets mountain water

Trying to answer questions about GJ Indian School

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Finding longitude a long, hard job

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GJ train depot opened with a quake

Grand Junction gets mountain water

Trying to answer questions about GJ Indian School

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