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Position: Looking Back
Position: Montezuma County Historical Society
Position: Montezuma County Historical Society
Position: As told to Eldon Zwicker
Position: February 1985
In February 1914 a sheepherder by the name of Juan Chacon had been herding sheep for some Colorado sheep men in the vicinity of East McElmo Canyon. He quit his job, drew all of his wages, and...
DATE: Nov. 24, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
Part 2 The first record of irrigation in McElmo was 1888, and four ranches hold this priority. Most all the McElmo Canyon ranches hold early water rights. About 1928, John Miller sold his holding...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
Editor’s note: Part 2 of Walter Hall’s McElmo History will appear in Looking Back article on Nov. 4. The first record of irrigation in McElmo Canyon was in 1888. Four ranches held this priority;...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
In 1919, it was decided that to have a more complete athletic program, a gymnasium was needed. Money for the gym was collected from pledges of students and interested citizens. Plays were given....
DATE: Sept. 1, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
Editor’s note: This article was provided by Pat Castle. It was printed in Volume Four of Great Sage Plain to Timberline “Our Pioneer History.” Castle’s grandfather was James Earl Lynton, son of...
DATE: Aug. 1, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
Editor’s note: The following was read by Mrs. A. W. Dillon at the Pioneers’ Reunion on Sept. 4, 1908. The glint of gold first lured the prospector with the pick, shovel and pan strapped on the back...
DATE: June 30, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
Editor’s note: This article is based on an interview Anna Florence Robison had with J.M. Rush Jr. and his granddaughter, Minnie Rush. J.M. Rush Sr. died in 1917. Montezuma County Historical Society...
DATE: May 31, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
Editor’s note: This article, the second of two parts, is based on an interview with Anna Florence Robinson on July 17, 1934. Part 1 was published April 3. From The Montezuma County Historical...
DATE: May 7, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
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 was born...
DATE: March 31, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
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 father, Charles Johnson,...
DATE: March 2, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
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 left Butte...
DATE: Feb. 6, 2020 | COLUMN: Looking back
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 assistance, the...
DATE: Dec. 30, 2019 | COLUMN: Looking back
