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Soldiers in 1857 Utah War trekked through Western Colorado
The war that almost was between the Mormons in Utah and the United States.
Feb 21, 20221 min read


Palisade High building has long history
Palisade High School demolished to make way for new medical clinic.
Jan 25, 20221 min read


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,...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


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...
Aug 24, 20211 min read


Grand Valley Water War, 1909
In this drought-stricken summer of 2021, with the possibility that rationing of irrigation water could occur, it's worth recalling that...
Aug 9, 20211 min read


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...
May 31, 20211 min read


Fake history hurt Dart's reputation
Isam Dart was a talented Black cowboy who lived in Brown's Park Colorado in the last decades of the 19th Century. But a book published 25...
May 19, 20211 min read


A Monumental Undertaking
Members of the Plateau Valley Historic Preservation Society hope to work with the Colorado Department of Transportation to refurbish and...
May 3, 20211 min read


Grand Junction's Socialist Mayor
This column, published in The Daily Sentinel online on April 19, is a follow-up to my column of April 6, about Grand Junction's City...
Apr 19, 20211 min read


Chartering change in Grand Junction
In 1909, Grand Junction voters adopted a city charter that was among the most innovative in the country, including a new system of voting...
Apr 6, 20211 min read


Trains on the West Slope
Attached are a couple of history columns I’ve written recently about the Denver & Rio Grande Railway’s work in the 1880s to cross the...
Jan 27, 20201 min read
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