The Daily Sentinel | Bob's History Quest

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...

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...

Japanese-Americans in Colorado

The first Japanese-Americans arrived in Western Colorado long before December 7, 1941, and its aftermath. They were farmers, business...

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...

Soldiers in 1857 Utah War trekked through Western Colorado

The war that almost was between the Mormons in Utah and the United States.

Palisade High building has long history

Palisade High School demolished to make way for new medical clinic.

Hanging Lake Trail tough to maintain

Efforts to maintain and improve Hanging Lake trail from the 1970s until now.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Pressing onward

The Daily Sentinel’s Goss Headliner press frequently ran near its top speed — around 50,000 pages an hour.

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...