Gulliford's Travels - The Journal

Pioneering passion for plants: Botanist Alice Eastwood explored the Southwest

Famous botanist Alice Eastwood explored the Southwest a flower at a time

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

A failed attempt to remove the Southern Utes to San Juan County, Utah

Whenever I hike in Bears Ears National Monument, I think about how it almost became an Native American reservation. Over a century ago, Durango businessmen actively campaigned to...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

On the trail of tiny tubers This Four Corners potato was a staple of Native American diets

For years, we’ve learned that ancestral Puebloans depended upon corn, beans and squash, nicknamed The Three Sisters, for sustenance. Well, move over sisters. Little brother spud ...

DATE: Jan 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Helper’s new riches: Utah railroad, coal mining town reinvents itself as artistic haven

Soiled doves are visible from hotel room windows in Helper, Utah, but now they are just mannequins. This gritty coal mining and railroad boomtown has embraced its diverse ethnic past. A new ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Pendleton blankets inspired by Navajo designs benefit Center of Southwest Studies

Babies get wrapped in Pendleton trade blankets. At Native American ceremonies and giveaways, the gift of choice is usually Pendleton blankets. Pendleton blankets are given to returning veter...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

The case of the stolen stove doors: Couple gives mining history to San Juan Historical Society

Couple give mining history to San Juan Historical Society

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Through the Grand Canyon before Major Powell?

This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Major John Wesley Powell’s daring expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. But was he the first? Another story exists with...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Canadian Rockies by rail

History Colorado explores the West, up north

DATE: Aug 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

When a killer wore a deputy’s badge in Telluride

When a killer wore a deputy’s badge and a golden smile

DATE: Jul 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

On the woolly trail

Sheep stories in the West run from the high country into canyons

DATE: Jun 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Hunters and artists: Glen Canyon rock art created by an ancient culture on the move

As I walk the trail between cliff and river, I search again for the face. It’s 10 inches tall. The eyes and mouth are distinctly pecked, two antenna rise above the head. I almost walk past i...

DATE: May 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Roosevelt in Colorado: Stained glass honors president who cherished the West

Stained glass honors president who cherished the West

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels