Column by Hal Walter
Coffee – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
One thing I’ve noticed is that it takes water to make coffee.
Now this surely is a less-than-astute observation. But it’s one that takes on a certain irony here in Central Colorado, right in the heart of what early explorers like Major Stephen H. Long called the “Great American Desert.”
Review by Ed Quillen
Attractions – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Colorado’s Hot Springs
by Deborah Frazier
published in 1996 by Pruett
ISBN 0-87108-875-4
Review by Ed Quillen
Outdoor recreation – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Arkansas River Guide – Granite to Cañon City, Colorado
by Thomas G. Rampton
Published in 1996 by Blacktail Enterprises
ISBN 0-9634799-1-1
Review by Ed Quillen
History – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
People of the Red Earth – American Indians of Colorado
by Sally Crum
Published in 1996 by Ancient City Press
ISBN 0-941270-88-2 paper
0-941270-89-0 cloth
Article by Lynda La Rocca
Leadville – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Leadville continues to cling defiantly to its image as a miner’s mining town. Despite some polishing around the edges from a few trendy cafes and fern bars, it pretty much remains a rugged, blue-collar community where a handful of men and women still make their living drilling, blasting, and mucking metal ores from the earth.
Letter from John Walker
Trapping – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Trappers don’t perturb only urbanites
Colorado Central:
Re: “Require geographic diversity…” by Ellen Miller in the July, 1996, edition.
Ellen Miller’s condemnation of anti-trapping initiatives sounds like the work of an urban-dweller (Grand Junction) trying to ingratiate herself to people who work the land. She assumes only city folks disapprove of trapping.
Letter from Sam Mamet
Politics – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Local control fares ill at Statehouse
Dear Ed:
I continue to enjoy the magazine greatly. Lots of great stuff, and always well written.
I’ve enjoyed the past few articles on the problems facing small community law enforcement agencies, especially the one recently written by Clint Driscoll. Peace officer training, especially for reserves and part-time officers, has been a major concern for many of our smaller communities around the state.
Article by Steve Voynick
Mountains – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Most of us climb 14ers for reasons that are, at best, abstract. All we bring back are memories, feelings of accomplishment and, for those of us approaching middle age, the comforting reassurance that we can still do it.
Article by Dick Dixon
Local History – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
The Jasper mine, near the hopeful gold camp of Turret, was about five years old and headed for its heyday when tragedy struck shortly after the turn of the century. Miner Frank Carpenter frantically tried to climb the greasy cable of a stalled mine bucket and fell about 70 feet down the shaft to be “blown to pieces by the explosion of seven shots.”
Article by Lea Lahtinen
Local artists – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Legend has it that glass was first discovered on an otherwise unlucky Mediterranean voyage of antiquity. The ship wrecked and the travelers swam to shore amid the flotsam. They built a fire on the beach, and some of the fuel included crates from the cargo — crates that included potash. Heat potash and sand together, and you get glass.
Brief by Central Staff
Transportation – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
The train keeps a-rollin’
for a while, anyway
Despite opposition from the Anti-Trust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the merger between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads was approved July 3 by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board. On Aug. 12, the board will issue a written report explaining its decision, and the two systems will start combined operations on Sept. 12.
Brief by Central Staff
Media – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
New Paper
Lake George now boasts a new weekly free-distribution newspaper, The Mountain Independence, which started May 1.
Brief by Central Staff
Transportation – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Get to the pile-up faster
The Colorado Department of Transportation has proposed raising the speed limit from 55 mph to 65 on U.S. 24 and U.S. 285 between Buena Vista and the Colo. 291 junction.
Brief by Central Staff
Salida politics – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Back to the planning board
Salida’s proposed comprehensive master plan (the one reviewed in the July Colorado Central) was turned down by the planning commission at a July 8 hearing.
Brief by Central Staff
Invasion – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
Shopping for Cool Mountain Towns
The August edition of Men’s Journal featured “America’s 25 coolest mountain towns.”
Brief by Central Staff
Climate – August 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine
We’re not cool. We’re a Disaster Area.
Although afternoon thunderstorms are no longer a novelty, they haven’t cured the effects of a dry winter and spring — a drought.