Article by Kirby Perschbacher
Construction – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
MOVE RIGHT IN Secluded mountain home with great view.
Rustic exterior, large decks …
1994 October
Bear Encounters
Article by Hal Walter
Wildlife – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
It was by no cosmic coincidence that I went to sleep reading The Grizzly Years by Doug Peacock and awoke to the sound of low growling. It was not a bear.
In Search of the Old Spanish Trail, by C.G. Crampton & S.K. Madsen
Review by Phil Carson
History – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
In Search of the Spanish Trail – Santa Fé to Los Angeles, 1829-1848
By C. Gregory Crampton & Steven K. Madsen
Published in 1994 by Peregrine Smith Books,
ISBN 0-87905-614-2
Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Hiking Trails, by Lora Davis
Review by Lynda La Rocca
Recreation – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Hiking Trails in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area
by Lora Davis
Published in 1994 by Pruett
ISBN 0-87108-847-9
Please come/don’t come to Gunnison County
Article by Bill Perry
Cottonwood Pass – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Once again, Gunnison County is trying to profit from others’ efforts to get the western approach to Cottonwood Pass upgraded to a paved surface consistent with its major connecting roads.
There are better ways to spend money than paving it
Article by Marija B. Vader
Cottonwood Pass – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
“What lasts longer, dirt or pavement?”
-Susan Gore, Taylor Canyon resident
A short history of Cottonwood Pass
Article by Ed Quillen
Cottonwood Pass – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
As the scars of old routes above timberline clearly demonstrate, 12,126-foot Cottonwood Pass has been in use for many years. Doubtless it was employed for centuries as an Indian trail, since the Utes enjoyed the hot springs on the east side and the hunting on the west side long before white settlement.
The nature of the hunt
Article by Chas S. Clifton
Hunting – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Lit from behind by the rising sun, a big mule deer buck trots up one of Poverty Mountain’s shoulder ridges. When he stops, the sun transforms his breath into glowing fog. Braced against a boulder, I try to find him in the rifle scope, the optically focused sun exploding into my eye.
Profitable organic farming at 8,000 feet
Article by Christina Nealson
Agriculture – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
You don’t sit and interview Lillian McCracken. You follow her around while she walks, waters, picks, feeds, and weeds. Rabbits, ducks, turkeys, and chickens were part of the rounds this particular morning.
Notes and Commentary for October 1994
Brief by Central Staff
Various – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
Saving South Park
PARK COUNTY — Park County strikes us as a land divided. For one thing, it has two telephone area codes. For another, it serves as a bedroom community for three urban zones: Denver metro around Bailey and Summit resort around Fairplay, with some commuters venturing to Colorado Springs from the Lake George area.
Do we really benefit from municipal rivalries?
Essay by Ed Quillen
Local government – October 1994 – Colorado Central Magazine
For the past three years, I’ve been working off and on at a big project called Is Denver Necessary? It started as a long article in the May 3, 1993, edition of High Country News, and schedule permitting, it will conclude as a book published next year by University Press of Colorado.