Mancos 1884: The big snow and other travails
James Martin Rush Jr. recounts the big snow and the travails of the canyon and Four Corners
DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back
June Head
Position: Staff reporter
James Martin Rush Jr. and the quest for a lost mine
Editor’s note: This article, the first of two parts, is based on an interview with Anna Florence Robinson on July 17, 1934. Part 2 will publish May 1, barring unforeseen circumstances.I ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back
The ranch at Big Bend, and trouble with builders and Native Americans
Editor’s note: This article is based on Anna Florence Robison’s interview with Hattie Johnson Porter of Dolores on March 26, 1934.By Montezuma County Historical Society
My fat...
DATE: Mar 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back
My experiences as a pioneer in the Mancos Valley
Editor’s note: This article is based on Anna Florence Robinson’s interview with Mrs. Jack J. Wade dated March 21, 1934. In the summer of 1879, my father, J. M. Rush, and my husband lef...
DATE: Feb 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back
Looking Back: Planes drop food to 10 marooned on rail bus in Colorado Rockies
Editor’s note: Information on the article has been furnished by Wendy Usher Wheaton, daughter of Rollin Usher and by Sharon Van Dusen, great niece of Walter Virden. Without their assista...
DATE: Dec 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
Pioneering in Southwestern Colorado, part 3
Editor’s note: This column, the last of three parts, was written by Fred Taylor based on an interview with Anna Florence Robison in 1934.By Fred Taylor
The first fight was on ...
DATE: Dec 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
Pioneering in Southwestern Colorado
Editor’s note: This column, the second of three parts, was written by Fred Taylor based on an interview with Anna Florence Robison in 1934. Part 3 of Pioneering in Southwestern Colorado ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
Looking back: Pioneering in Southwest Colorado in 1882
Editor’s note: This column, by Fred Taylor, was based on an interview with Anna Florence Robison in 1934. Part 2 of Pioneering in Southwestern Colorado will be published Nov. 1 in The Jo...
DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
New school launches a new century in Cortez
Editor’s note: Following are two articles about the Calkins Building, published by the Montezuma Journal, that were written at the beginning of the school year and after the first class ...
DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
Moving from Texas to Big Bend
Editor’s note: The following is based on a Anna Florence Robison interview of Alice Henderson Akin on March 13, 1934.I was born at Millville, Rust County, Texas, Sept. 25, 1855. My early...
DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
Elbert Nunn weaves a colorful history and legacy
Editor’s note: This column about the life of Elbert “Al” Nunn is based on an interview by Anna Florence Robison in March 1934. The first three parts were published the first Friday of Ap...
DATE: Jul 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
A shootout and the legendary racehorse Jim Douglas
Editor’s note: This column about the life of Elbert “Al” Nunn is based on an interview by Anna Florence Robison in March 1934. The first two parts were published the first Friday of Apri...
DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back
