- Oct 11
- 1 min
Murder in Unaweep Canyon
The 1885 murder of Samuel Jones is one of the earliest recorded in Mesa County. The fact that his partner was convicted of the murder,...
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- Sep 24
- 1 min
Western Expansion in two directions
After a delay while I was traveling, I'm back with a post about my two most recent columns: The 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail...
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- Aug 24
- 1 min
Modern technology and old irrigation
This column from The Daily Sentinel discusses how officials with the Mesa County Irrigation District and Palisade Irrigation District use...
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- Aug 9
- 1 min
Grand Valley Water War, 1909
In this drought-stricken summer of 2021, with the possibility that rationing of irrigation water could occur, it's worth recalling that...
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- Jul 28
- 1 min
Horning in on Eagle ranch history
The Horn Ranch, between Eagle and Wolcott, Colorado, played important roles in several eras of our region's history. And it offers some...
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- Jul 13
- 1 min
Presenting the past
I'm scheduled to do a presentation for a number of local groups in the coming weeks, including next week to the Redlands Rotary Club. I'm...
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- Jul 5
- 1 min
Pressing onward
The Daily Sentinel’s Goss Headliner press frequently ran near its top speed — around 50,000 pages an hour.
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