History – The Journal

Dolores museum restores narrow-gauge freight cars

Goal is to showcase prosperous railroad history in Dolores

DATE: Apr 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Edge of the Cedars archaeologist named employee of the year

Jonathan Till is a long-time archaeologist in Four Corners

DATE: Apr 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Remodel complete for Montezuma Heritage Museum

Next step is exhibit plan and installation

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Colorado scenic byways get national designation

Routes bring billions in revenue statewide

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo Nation calendar highlights work of mystery photographer

A mysterious box of century-old photographs depicting Navajo culture and Western pioneers has been brought to life by two old friends from Dolores. A calendar project called “Hogb...

DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate approves bill to expand Yucca House

If Trump signs bill into law, public access would move off private land

DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas Museum launches online exhibits during pandemic closure

Old schoolhouse building remains closed to in-person visits

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Living

Bayfield author draws ‘eerie’ similarities between 1918 and 2020

‘History, of course, repeats itself,’ says Curt Brown

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Historical inventory recalls Cortez’s past

Post office, McPhee transplants highlighted in latest edition

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

100 years of Farmers Telephone: From bean farmers to the Wi-Fi age

Farmers Telephone Co. pushes celebration to next year

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

J.M. Rush of Mancos: A life forged in young America

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 Historic...

DATE: May 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Mancos Common Press featured in PBS documentary

‘Press of the West’ stars local voices, newspapers’ role in shaping the West

DATE: May 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News