Mount Holy Cross & William Henry Jackson: A lifelong connection

Famed Western photographer William Henry Jackson took the first photo of Colorado's Mount of the Holy Cross in 1873. Sixty-three years later, when he was 93 years old, Jackson was producing new paintings of the iconic mountain. My Daily Sentinel column is linked below.

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Stymied by Canyonlands

An 1859 military survey expedition sought to find an easy route from Northern New Mexico to Southwestern Utah. What it found, instead, was what we know today as Canyonlands National Park. My column about the Macomb Exploring Expedition is linked below.

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Bob Meldrum is still missing

Lawman, strike-breaker, artist and killer Robert D. "Bob" Meldrum Bob Meldrum on his horse, with fancy tack disappeared in Wyoming 100 years ago this autumn. There's still a reward for anyone who can find him, or his remains. My Daily Sentinel history column about Melrum is linked below.

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When Harry met Conan in Denver

In the spring of 1923, Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle met by coincidence in Denver, Colorado. They were one-time friends turned antagonists over the issue of spiritualism and contacting the dead. The two men and their wives seemed friendly as they met in Denver, but the animosity remained. My history column from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

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Historian tracks history of Western Slope travel

David Bailey has been researching and writing about the history of western Colorado for decades. His latest book, just released in August, continues that effort by examining the evolving story of travel on the Western Slope. The drawing on this page is from one of the mid-19th century expeditions across western Colorado to the Pacific. My history column about Bailey's book is linked below.

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Cavalry to the rescue at Yellowstone National Park

One hundred forty years ago this month, Troop M of the United States Cavalry Members of U.S. Cavalry display bison heads recovered from a poacher in Yellowstone marched into Yellowstone National Park to assume administration and protection of the park. It may have saved both Yellowstone and the entire National Park system. My column from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

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Path to Colorado statehood was rocky

There was plenty of opposition to allowing Colorado Territory to become a state in the 1870s. But after numerous attempts the Colorado Statehood proclamation was signed by President Ulysses S. Grant on August 1, 1876. My Daily Sentinel column about that effort is linked below.

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William Henry Jackson wrote two autobiographies during his long life, with the assistance of cowriters: Pioneer Photographer and Time Exposure. You should be able to find both of them online. There are also numerous biographies and books of his photos. I chose this book for Bob's Book Pick because it is unique. It is the journal of the young man in New York in the 1930s and early 1940s, who befriended Jackson when he was in his 90s.

Jackson told the author stories from his past, but also kept the author up to date on Jackson's travels and ongoing projects. He was amazingly active almost until he died at the age of 99.

ABOUT ME

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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Mount Holy Cross & William Henry Jackson: A lifelong connection

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Path to Colorado statehood was rocky

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Bob Meldrum is still missing

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Cavalry to the rescue at Yellowstone National Park

Path to Colorado statehood was rocky

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