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Q & A with Eric Gilbertson, the man who showed Colorado, it had a hidden 14er
By Jordan Hedberg
We often forget that what we know might not actually be accurate. Human nature rests on a mountain of assumptions, and in ignorance, we often...
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Supreme Court and District Judge end Linda Stanley’s final attempt to avoid punishment
By Jordan Hedberg
The five-year saga of the rise and fall of Linda Stanley entered its closing chapter over the last week as the Colorado Supreme Court ruled...
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Burros, volunteers, and a mission to bring water to LT100 runners on Hope Pass
By Jordan Hedberg
We recently spent four days camped out at timberline up Hope Pass —about 11,800 feet in altitude — helping support the highest aid station for...
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A steam whistle blasts in the Wet Mountain Valley for the first time in 86 years
By Jordan Hedberg
In 1939, as the United States continued to struggle to fully recover from the decade-long Great Depression, places like Westcliffe were still far from experiencing...
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Rockfall at dawn: Two good Samaritans rescue a man struck in the head during rockfall on Little Bear Peak
By Jordan Hedberg
The dark blue, almost black, of the morning twilight was only punctuated by the headlamps of three hikers as they reached the polished granite chute...
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Posts published by “Staff”

Gunnison Kid, by Phil Klingsmith

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Review by Martha Quillen

Local History – January 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine

Gunnison Kid
by Phil Klingsmith
Published in 2004 by Dunsmith Publishing House Ltd.
ISBN pending

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Dragons in Paradise, by George Sibley

By Staff on January 1, 2005

The Best of Arlene’s Cuisine, by Arlene Shovald

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Mission Wolf: sanctuary and education in Custer County

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Are wolves making a comeback?

Are wolves making a comeback?

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Church and State and School

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Cactus Jack’s View

Cactus Jack’s View

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Regional Roundup

Regional Roundup

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Sprawl isn’t just for cities

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Gunnison won’t get superstored

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Even in 1911, our state constitution was cluttered

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Park County shooting site closed

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Briefs from the San Luis Valley

By Staff on January 1, 2005

SouthArk Funnies

SouthArk Funnies

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Uranium is making a comeback

By Staff on January 1, 2005

A big improvement on a gold watch?

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Our not-so-public lands

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Western Water Report: January 4, 2005

By Staff on January 1, 2005

Locked out in the New West

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Searching for Pahlone, Paron, Cotoan, and Friday

Searching for Pahlone, Paron, Cotoan, and Friday

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Other Sawatch Peaks have their legends

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Tracing the source of the Angel legend

By Staff on December 1, 2004

The legend of the Angel of Shavano

The legend of the Angel of Shavano

By Staff on December 1, 2004

The downsides of parking the monument

By Staff on December 1, 2004

New roads to old lands?

New roads to old lands?

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Sand Dunes by the Numbers

By Staff on December 1, 2004

And now, Great Sand Dunes National Park

And now, Great Sand Dunes National Park

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Democracy running wild

By Staff on December 1, 2004

The problem with those sacred places

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Loving the terrarium

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Now a peacemaker?

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Kick out the Bay State

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Honest science will be none the worse off

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Orders to kill, not keep

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Changes on the High Plains

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Some personal favorites

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Colorado Moments in Time, by Grant Collier

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Nicholas Creede and the Amethyst Vein, by Mary F. Shroeder

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Almost Native: How to pass as a Coloradan, by Linda Murdock

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Cactus Jack’s View

Cactus Jack’s View

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Where to find the biggest one

By Staff on December 1, 2004

WACs at Camp Hale were hardly a secret

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Regional Roundup

Regional Roundup

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Recent encounters at the Yellow House of Maysville

Recent encounters at the Yellow House of Maysville

By Staff on December 1, 2004

Why use 2 wheels when you can break teeth with just 1?

By Staff on December 1, 2004