Apr 151 minRivers of dreams proved unnavigableMany people thought they could navigate the Colorado and Green Rivers from the Gulf of California as far upstream as southern Wyoming....
Apr 151 minDotsero murder unsolved after 123 yearsCharlie Johnson had a few friends and many enemies when he was murdered near Dotsero in 1901. My history column about him is linked below.
Mar 181 minLong Walk of the NavajosOne hundred sixty years ago this month, Navajo Indians began a 400-mile forced march from their homeland in Western New Mexico, Arizona...
Feb 271 minEarly autos sparked enthusiasm, angstJust before the turn of the century, the first automobile appeared in Denver, Colorado, but it was a few years later before they arrived...
Feb 71 minBattle near Moab cost 22 livesIn 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...
Feb 71 minWobbly leader faced harassment and jail in 1927-28 Colorado coal strikeConrado Avillar, a native of Arizona, became an important leader and Spanish-language advocate for miners in the important Colorado coal...