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Inside the walls of time: In Hermosa, Fisher house carries 1890s legacy

In grocery stores today, we can buy fruit from all over the world. A century ago, farm products were local, and a thriving orchard business had begun in the Animas Valley at Hermosa under st...

DATE: Sep 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

The sublime Yampa: Quiet canoe miles on a wild river

Imagine being on a Colorado river in the heart of the summer and seeing no one else on the water for 32 miles, three days and two nights. I couldn’t believe it, but there we were...

DATE: Aug 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Sheep wagons: Old West function, New West fashion

From Old West function to New West fashion

DATE: Jul 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

A search for truth: Albert Pfeiffer, Kit Carson and the Long Walk

Roadside plaque tells only part of the story of Albert Pfeiffer, Kit Carson and Navajos’ Long Walk

DATE: Jun 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Putting Ruess to rest: An end to a desert mystery?

Perhaps a final conclusion to a 1934 mystery of the desert

DATE: May 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

American artifacts: Collectors build museums to benefit local economies

Two Colorado collectors build museums to benefit local economies

DATE: May 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

American artifacts: Two Colorado collectors build museums to benefit local economies

“We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give,” Winston Churchill said. Now, two Colorado native sons are practicing that wisdom by giving back to their hometowns. Both...

DATE: Apr 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Looking at the life of prospector Cass Hite

In the desert at twilight, as the heat slowly dissipates, the sky turns cobalt blue and stars peak over canyon walls, I think about lone prospectors who spent years of their lives looking fo...

DATE: Aug 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Living

19th-century fur trapper Denis Julien traveled against the current

The mystery of 19th-century fur trapper Denis Julien

DATE: Dec 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

A century old, Dinosaur National Monument deserves additional protections

River, canyon country deserves additional protections

DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Where pioneers are buried: La Plata County’s historic cemeteries

She was dying as she took her place on the wooden wagon. Wrapped in quilts and an oil cloth against the cold pelting rain, her relatives spoke urgently, encouraging the team of horses. But i...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Where rocks have names: Running rapids on Western rivers

A rock is a rock is a rock, unless it is in the middle of a fast flowing river and you are about to smash into it with the front of your boat. In which case, you’re apt to give it a name. Ri...

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels