1,000-year-old flute player a hit today
Kokopelli, the hunch-backed flute player seen in rock art throughout the Four Corners region, is also present in a great deal of 21st...
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Jan 10, 20231 min
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...
Dec 27, 20221 min
Hole in the Rock was no match for stubborn Utah pioneers
The Hole in the Rock expedition of 1879 and 1880 has long fascinated me, especially since the LDS pioneers could have chosen an easier...
Dec 16, 20221 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 30, 20221 min
Leroux left his mark on West
Antoine Leroux was a friend of Kit Carson and other famous mountain men and guides. He may have even surpassed them when it came to...
Feb 21, 20221 min
Soldiers in 1857 Utah War trekked through Western Colorado
The war that almost was between the Mormons in Utah and the United States.
Jan 25, 20221 min
Palisade High building has long history
Palisade High School demolished to make way for new medical clinic.
Dec 28, 20211 min
Hanging Lake Trail tough to maintain
Efforts to maintain and improve Hanging Lake trail from the 1970s until now.
Nov 29, 20211 min
Electric streetcars edged out horses
This was my second post about the history of streetcars in Mesa County. The Interurban provided great commuter service between Grand...
Oct 11, 20211 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,...
Sep 24, 20211 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...
Aug 24, 20211 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...
Jul 5, 20211 min
Pressing onward
The Daily Sentinel’s Goss Headliner press frequently ran near its top speed — around 50,000 pages an hour.
May 31, 20211 min
Dart's demise courtesy of Tom Horn
Here's the second column in my Isam Dart saga. This one is about his murder -- and that of his good friend Mat Rash -- at the hands of...
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