Avalon Theatre turns 100
Grand Junction's great downtown theater, the Avalon, might have been called something else as a result of a naming contest in 1922. But...
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- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Japanese-Americans in Colorado
The first Japanese-Americans arrived in Western Colorado long before December 7, 1941, and its aftermath. They were farmers, business...
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
First settlement at Moab was failure
The first attempt by Mormon missionaries to settle the area now known as Moab, Utah, failed after just a few months, due primarily to...
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
Utes (and archaeologists) on the Uncompahgre
Had a great opportunity to talk with Curtis Martin about the work he's done at a site on the Uncompahgre Plateau where a small band of...
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Mother Jones was busy in Colorado
Infamous labor activist worked in Colorado several times, including 1903-1904. My recent history column talks about those times,...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
Palisade's new museum opens
After a remodeling effort that took the better part of 18 months, interrupted by COVID of course, the Palisade Historical Society opened...
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
A Monumental Undertaking
Members of the Plateau Valley Historic Preservation Society hope to work with the Colorado Department of Transportation to refurbish and...
- Feb 16, 2019
- 1 min
Shavano Valley rock art
Had a great trip to Shavano Valley west of Montrose with some friends recently to view the ancient rock art there. Because the rock art...
- Nov 30, 2015
- 2 min
Missionaries and the Maya
Last weekend, I was asked to contribute to a missionary couple working in Central America, building and ma Mayan women in Guatemala...
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