- 4 days ago
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Rivers of dreams proved unnavigable
Many people thought they could navigate the Colorado and Green Rivers from the Gulf of California as far upstream as southern Wyoming....
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- 4 days ago
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Dotsero murder unsolved after 123 years
Charlie Johnson had a few friends and many enemies when he was murdered near Dotsero in 1901. My history column about him is linked below.
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- Mar 18
- 1 min
Long Walk of the Navajos
One hundred sixty years ago this month, Navajo Indians began a 400-mile forced march from their homeland in Western New Mexico, Arizona...
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- Feb 27
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Early autos sparked enthusiasm, angst
Just before the turn of the century, the first automobile appeared in Denver, Colorado, but it was a few years later before they arrived...
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- Feb 7
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Battle near Moab cost 22 lives
In June of 1881, as the U.S. Army was preparing to remove most Utes from Colorado to Utah, a group of Utes and Paiutes got into a battle...
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- Feb 7
- 1 min
Wobbly leader faced harassment and jail in 1927-28 Colorado coal strike
Conrado Avillar, a native of Arizona, became an important leader and Spanish-language advocate for miners in the important Colorado coal...
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