Brief by Central Staff
Transportation – August 1997 – Colorado Central Magazine
GO BACK 60 years or so, and the arrival of a steam locomotive pulling a passenger train through Salida would not have been a special occasion — it happened several times every day.
But it certainly drew a crowd on June 22, 1997, when an excursion train powered by the Union Pacific’s No. 844 stopped for lunch on its way to Tennessee Pass after threading the Royal Gorge.
Article by Ed Quillen
Local Brewing History – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
As a member in good standing of the Western Rural Curmudgeon Association (dues $5 a year to General Delivery, Backwater, Wyo.), I can find much to bemoan in the current transformations of our communities.
Article by Hal Walter
Rural Life – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Most folks prefer to cook their food before they eat it. In Custer County, it soon may become fashionable to cook it afterward as well.
Article by Lynda la Rocca
Events – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
It’s approaching 4 a.m. in downtown Leadville, a city not exactly famous for its nightlife. Yet tonight — or is it this morning? — the joint is jumping.
Article by Tom Wolf
Fire – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Wildfire is burning in the Wet Mountain Valley. I smell the smoke before I see it. If I were alone here, I might be glad for a stirring burn; we’re a century or so overdue.
Sidebar by Ed Quillen
Anza’s Route – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
After crossing the San Luis Valley (they moved at night so Comanche scouts wouldn’t see their dust cloud), Anza’s 800 men and 2,400 horses camped near the summit of Poncha Pass on Thursday, Aug. 26, 1779. Journal entries for the next two days:
Article by Phil Carson
Local history – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
It is a fine summer day as Ron Kessler and I drive up Ute Creek just northeast of Salida, examining a possible route of the 18th-century Spaniard, Juan Bautista de Anza. Ahead of us in another vehicle, kicking up dust (it’s his job) is Ed Quillen, an editor of a small Colorado monthly magazine. Together we are seeking documentary clues in Anza’s 1779 journal of his decisive Comanche campaign and comparing them to the terrain on the southern end of the Mosquito Range, a/k/a the Arkansas Hills.
Essay by Ellen Miller
American Life – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
The nation is agog at the O.J. Simpson saga. All the news shows, the sports shows, the tabloids, and the trash TV “productions” are full of it. Whether he killed his ex-wife and her buddy remains an issue for the court. If he did it, the district attorney will have the evidence. Simpson has the capability of hiring the best lawyers in the country, and he has, and so the long court stuff will just, well, go along.
Brief by Central Staff
Around Central Colorado – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Mountain Bob emerges to bad news
BUCKSKIN JOE — Mountain Bob Leasure emerged on June 15 from the shallow San Isabella Mine at Buckskin Joe at the Royal Gorge.
Review by Ed Quillen
Publications – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Colorful Colorado Magazine Summer 1994 edition
Published by Colorado Magazine, LLC
P.O. Box 281246, Denver CO 80228-1246
Review by Martha Quillen
Short Fiction – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Where Past Meet Present – Modem Colorado Short Stones
Edited by James B. Hemesath
Published in 1994 by University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0-87081-331-5
Article by Diane Alexander
Quilts – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Quilting is no longer a half-forgotten skill relegated to old-fashioned grandmothers and dusty attics. At a recent organizational meeting for the eighth annual Chaffee County Quilt and Textile Show (June 25-July 4), the women were feisty and the talk was animated.
Article by Sharon Chickering
Performers – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
“I see you. I know you’re there. Come to stare at the old lady.” Baby Doe Tabor speaks at us with scorn.
Letter from Paul Martz
Government – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Just a short note to tell you that I enjoyed and agreed with Martha’s editorial in the July Colorado Central. My personal vote for the year things started going bad is 1965 too, and I’ll tell you why. It was the first time that I remember when a passerby who stopped to help was sued by the “victim” of an auto wreck. The driver responsible for the accident didn’t have insurance, but the innocent bystander did: Sue the passerby.
Essay by Ed Quillen
Colorado Central – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Being a rather vain fellow, I must confess that I enjoyed the few minutes of national notoriety after I was quoted in the June 20 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Essay by Jane Koerner
Outdoors – August 1994 – Colorado Central Magazin
I’ve been in a flood and three tornadoes. I nearly drowned in a lake when I was six, and I crashed my Dad’s car onto the front page of the Kansas City Star in college. Since moving to Colorado so I could be closer to the mountains I love to climb, I’ve bounced 40 feet down gravel and collided with a tree. I’ve turned upside down on a rappel off a mountaintop and contemplated destiny 2,000 feet beneath my bare head. But nothing terrified me half as much as car camping.
Review by Ed Quillen
Food – July 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Chili Pepper Fever: Mine’s Hotter than Yours
Text by Susan Hazen-Hammond
Photos by Eduardo Fuss
Published in 1993 by Voyageur Press,
P.O. Box 338, Stillwater MN 55082
ISBN: 0-89658-195-0