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Editor’s note: The following is based on a Anna Florence Robison interview of Alice Henderson Akin on March 13, 1934. I was born at Millville, Rust County, Texas, Sept. 25, 1855. My early childhood...
DATE: Aug. 1, 2019 | COLUMN: Looking back
The Galloping Goose No.5 is based in Dolores but has been in Durango waiting for spring trips up the Animas Valley on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Because of avalanche danger,...
DATE: April 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Slowly but surely, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is digging out of the onslaught of snow and avalanches to clear the tracks for the first ride to Silverton in May. Jeff Johnson,...
DATE: April 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Editor’s note: This column about the life of Elbert “Al” Nunn is based on an interview by Anna Florence Robison on March 28, 1934. Part 2 of the article will appear in the May 3 issue of The...
DATE: April 1, 2019 | COLUMN: Looking back
Instead of fake news, how about real news? Instead of political posturing and name calling, how about a project to unite us as a region and a state? How about a Mesa Verde National Park license...
DATE: Feb. 13, 2019 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels
For the third winter in a row, the Dolores-based Galloping Goose No. 5 will run winter excursions up the Animas Valley on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. On Feb. 15 and Feb. 18,...
DATE: Feb. 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Journal Staff Writer The 128-year old McElmo Creek Flume – a relic of pioneer ingenuity that operated until 1991 – was nearly swept away by flood waters in 2006. But today the historic irrigation...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Stories of a famous Dolores River rapid and how it got its absurd local nickname – the Chicken Raper – were shared with a packed house of boaters at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez last week. The...
DATE: Oct. 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
On Wednesday, Cortez Cultural Center executive director Rebecca Levy announced that the center was awarded a $10,000 grant from the History Colorado State Historical Fund to conduct a historic...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Cortez, the metropolis of the grand and vast valley of the Montezuma, is situated in the very center of the western half of La Plata County. Cortez is already a rapidly growing town and will be the...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2018 | COLUMN: Looking back
“Otzi, the 5,300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman and the World’s Oldest Tattoos,” will be the topic of the second annual John W. Sanders Lecture by Aaron Deter-Wolf, a prehistory archaeologist, on Sept....
DATE: Aug. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
In Middleburg, Virginia, students from across the country find a home in a 35-day history camp. The camp, named the National History Academy (NHA), offers a history curriculum with classroom...
DATE: Aug. 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education
