Sidebar by George Sibley
Community – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Berry, Wendell. Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community. A collection of essays from America’s post-urban Jeremiah, the best of which refute traditional arguments about the smallness of small communities. But don’t read it for the sex.
Article by George Sibley
Community – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Two factors make the idea of “community” almost impossible to talk about intelligently today: 1) everyone thinks he or she knows what it is (and that it’s quaint), and 2) everyone thinks he or she is part of one (or wouldn’t be caught dead in one).
Review by Ed Quillen
Mining History – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Rocky Mountain Mining Camps: The Urban Frontier
by Duane A. Smith
University Press of Colorado
ISBN 0-87081-266-1
Review by Lynda La Rocca
Local History – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Leadville’s Ice Palace: A Colossus in the Colorado Rockies
by Darlene Godat Weir
Ice Castle Editions
ISBN 0-9637431-0-4
Article by Marty Rush
Part 2 of a 3-part series.
Local History – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
In the summer of 1970, the first cabin was built at Slaughterhouse Creek.
Article by Jeffrey Keidel
Federal agencies – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
“Who are those guys?” asks a rider peering through the dust of the valley floor. Behind him lay the rugged terrain of desert and river, mountain and plain. Squinting into the distance for a uniform, a hat, or anything to identify the authorities below, his partner replies, “I dunno… I just don’t know.” They mount their horses and head for the hills.
Essay by Martha Quillen
American Life – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Like Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett, some things just keep coming back.
Essay by Ellen Miller
Growth – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Another symptom of Colorado’s growth is upon us. There’s a new area code going in for the Western Slope and northern Colorado. It will be 970. The southern part of the state got its new code 719, several years ago. Now U.S. West, with its headquarters in Denver and its so-called service operations pulling back to the metrocentric area even more, has decided to leave only the metro zone in the 303 code.
Brief by Central Staff
Local issues – April 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Unfunded MOA Mandate provokes closed airspace
MORGAN COUNTY, W.Va. — Those concerned about the proposed Military Overflight Area (MOA) for Air National Guard fighter-jet training over the Wet Mountain and San Luis valleys might pressure their county commissioners to follow the lead of Morgan County, W. Va.
