Fiction by Kathleen Thomas
Angels – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
The old saw has it that seeing is believing, and I believe that’s true. I myself have seen more than a few things that could go unexplained, unrelieved, except that, well, I saw them. But my stories, until today, have paled in comparison to a woman I knew. Her name was Lucy.
Poem by Lynda La Rocca
Christmas – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
The week after Christmas, the streets are all lined
Article by George Sibley
Geography – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Last spring, Colorado Central issued what sounded like a challenge: to find some meaningful “mountain conquests” that involved something more than trudging up big mountains just because they are “Fourteeners.” So here is a candidate for the category of “mountain adventures that require more research than muscle.”
Sidebar by Allen Best
Transportation – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
When people talk to Stephanie Olsen about scenic excursion trains between Avon and Leadville, she has one question: Who’s going to subsidize them?
Article by Allen Best
Transportation – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Standing on the Southern Pacific tracks at the entrance to the 2,000-foot Tennessee Pass tunnel, the highest point of main-line rail in the country, you can see a small but distinct light at the far end.
Article by Leah Lahtinen
Local Artists – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Being an artist is not a very practical way to earn one’s living. It may be fine for those who don’t have to live in the real world, who can exist on whimsy, and who only need to eat when inspiration strikes them. But souls raised on rules, order, and common sense have a tendency to see whimsy and inspiration as quirks in an otherwise practical nature, and thus go on to follow more prosaic paths.
Review by Martha Quillen
Books – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Bear Attacks by Stephen Herrero. Better than watching videos of Klondike and Snow, and you get a real understand of how bruins view us.
Review by Michael Dzubinski
Books – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
1. Trails Among the Columbine: Salida, D&RG Railroad Town. The most comprehensive book on the history of Salida. 320 pages, 250 historic photographs.
Review by Lynda La Rocca
Books – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
My taste in books is all over the map. Often, that map is not in any atlas. I love books about mystical, magical beings from other times or worlds.
Review by Ed Quillen
Transportation – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Railroad Tall Tales (And Other B.S.)
by Samuel A. Dougherty
No ISBN
Published in 1992 by the author
Review by Steve Voynick
History – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Ghost Towns of the American West
by Bill O’Neal
Published in 1995
by Publications International, Ltd.
ISBN 0-7853-1241-2
Essay by Ed Quillen
Communications – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
For the past year or so, I felt as though I lived on Saturn every time I picked up a newspaper or magazine. There was all this breathless prose about the wonders of the Internet (Hypertext! World Wide Web! Net Surfing! Lurid Pictures Useful to Campaigning Republicans!) and here I was in Salida, where it was about as convenient to surf an ocean as to surf the Internet.
Article by Richard Harris
Business – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
It’s about staples.
When I first saw Waggener’s Pharmacy in 1978, it was a tiny, dim place with fading paint and worn carpet. It had too much inventory sitting in neat rows like little soldiers at parade rest, long past any hope of a profitable sale.
Article by Steve Voynick
Recreation – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Nick Stenick was a dean’s list junior at Rutgers University (that’s in New Jersey) when he surprised his fraternity brothers by announcing that he wouldn’t be back in September to begin his senior year.
Brief by Central Staff
Wildlife – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Major export?
First it was whirling disease, which now infects trout throughout Colorado.
Brief by Central Staff
Politics – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
And now for ’96
There’s no time to go into recovery from the ’95 election; we’ve got a general election coming up next year.
Brief by Central Staff
UFOs – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Lost In Space
On Nov. 12, Fox TV’s Sightings featured UFO activity in both Salida and the San Luis Valley — although UFO researchers never seemed to note the difference.
Brief by Central Staff
Politics – December 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Election spin
When they wrote about the mountains, the Denver papers seemed to interpret last month’s election returns as anti-growth and anti-tax.
Sidebar by Ed Quillen
Golf – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
98 RETIRED: Teachers, farmers, construction workers, judge, business men, engineers, state employees, nurses, utility workers, social service workers.
Article by Ed Quillen
Salida Golf Course – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazin
In this municipal election, Salidans will vote on two questions related to expanding the municipal golf course from nine to eighteen holes: 1) Can the city sell 4.6 acres and use the proceeds for golf-course expansion? and 2) Can the golf course be used as collateral for a loan of up to $1.4 million to build nine more holes?
Review by Ed Quillen
Churches – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Faith in High Places: Historic Country Churches of Colorado
by Jean Goodwin Messigner and Mary Jane Massey Rust
Published in 1995 by Roberts-Rinehart
ISBN 1-57098-013-6
Review by Ed Quillen
Local History – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Frontier Eyewitness: Diary of John Lawrence, 1867-1908
Edited and Annotated by Bernice Martin
No ISBN
Published by the Saguache County Museum
Review by Sharon Chickering
Leadville novel – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
All for Love: Baby Doe and Silver Dollar
by John Vernon
Published in 1995 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN 0-684-80731-2
Article by Martha Quillen
Judicial System – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Last month, as soon as we finished the magazine, Ed and I started watching Salida’s trial of the century.
— Or at least we can hope there will be no more like it.
Letter from John D. Krugman
NomeNclature – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Editor:
We would like to ask for your correction of an error noted in your July issue, No. 17. On page 21 in the article entitled “The Pass Between the Rockies” by Ed Quillen, it states, in part, “Saguache, for instance, is green place.”
Letter from Lisa S. Dolby
Environment – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Mr. Quillen,
I certainly enjoyed your article, “The Pass Between the Rockies” [in the August, 1995, edition of Colorado Central]. We don’t appreciate enough, the history and geological origin of the world around us. The forces that created this geological make-up are certainly nothing to scoff at.
Letter from Lindell Cline
Book Review – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Ed Quillen:
Although I truly appreciate your review or critique of my book Me and the Law [published in the September, 1995, edition of Colorado Central], I must take issue with its obvious implication that anger is some unacceptable and does not allow me to be reasonable.
Article by Lynda La Rocca
Local Site – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
“Things that go bump in the night” must feel right at home in Leadville’s historic Evergreen Cemetery.
Article by Marcia Darnell
Local Artists – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Crestone artist Maggie Houston-Smith says she creates out of a “sense of futility.Green Acres<170> reruns, drives her to paint and sculpt.
Brief by Central Staff
Business – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Before a single copy of Colorado Central had ever been printed, Richard Harris bought an ad for his Waggener’s Pharmacy, “the corner drugstore serving Central Colorado since 1887,” and he stayed with us ever since.
Brief by Central Staff
1995 Election – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
If there’s a theme to this off-year election in the mountains, it might be “Growing Pains.”
Brief by Central Staff
New Age – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Tar Heel State of Consciousness
Even if UFOs keep popping up in the sky over Salida, our state could be losing its attractiveness to some segments of the population.
Brief by Central Staff
Mining – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
With much publicity, the Climax Mine atop Frmont Pass re-opened on April 1 as an open-pit operation. Without much fanfare, the mine closed in August.
Brief by Central Staff
Tourism – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
The feeling that your town is being overwhelmed by tourists is not unique to Central Colorado. National Public Radio recently carried a report from Juneau, Alaska, a popular destination for cruise ships. On a summer day, the city’s 30,000 people can be joined by 10,000 visitors fresh off the boat.
Brief by Central Staff
Land Use – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Sangres: Spine or Barrier?
Traditionally, the Sangre de Cristo range has served as a barrier between two basins — the San Luis Valley, and the Wet Mountain and Huerfano valleys.
Brief by Central Staff
Transportation – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
A year ago, Allen Best of Vail and our own Ed Quillen were collaborating on an article about possible abandonment of the Southern Pacific rail line through Central Colorado, local consequences, and uses for the corridor.
Brief by Central Staff
Climate – November 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
As we went to press, the days were clear and warm, and if history is any guide, then this winter should be among the warmest on record.
Why?
Essay by Sharon Chickering
Mountain Humor – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Noel and Crystal:
It was great hearing from you! We’re excited you’re moving to the Colorado Rockies. We know you’ll love it — we do.
Essay by Diane Alexander
Mountain Humor – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
by DIANE ALEXANDER
Moving from a metropolitan area to a town of 1,700 souls is a bigger change than this life-long city dweller anticipated. Since other city folks are moving to this area, I’ve got some advice to ease the transition.
Sidebar by Ed Quillen
Printing – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Thirty years ago, almost every newspaper in America was printed with the same “hot-lead” technology that remains in daily use at The Saguache Crescent.
Article by Lynda La Rocca
Old Technology – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
“To love what you do and feel that it matters — how could anything be more fun?”
Article by John K. Andrews, Jr.
Local History – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
We who live here on the roof of the continent have gotten used to the smug assumption of our coastal compatriots, especially those on the Atlantic end, that they are at the center of things and we’re at the outer edge. But in at least one respect it is the other way around, as two illustrations of names-in-common will show.
Review by Ed Quillen
Local History – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Among the Eternal Snows – The First Recorded Ascent of Pike’s Peak: July 13-15, 1820
by Phil Carson
Published in 1995 by First Ascent Press
2012 W. Kiowa, Colorado Springs CO 80904
No ISBN
Review by Jeanne W. Englert
History – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Bacon, Beans, and Galantines: Food and Foodways on the Western Mining Frontier
by Joseph R. Conlin
University of Nevada Press
ISBN 0-87417-105-9
Article by Ed Quillen
Local Artists – October 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Reality takes some odd turns when you glance at one of Stuart Andrews’s paintings. All the components look realistic, and you’re tempted to nod and think, “Hmm, another landscape,” or “interesting still life,” when something out of place catches your eye. Then you notice a lot of juxtapositions, and finally you realize that you’re looking at an exquisite visual pun.
