Along the Ute’s River of Lost Souls (today’s Animas River), you’ll find “water town,” first labeled as Urango by the Basque and later named after...
Durango, Colorado
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Travel & Preservation
Bookin’ It
Granville Stuart was a lot of things—merchant, miner, rancher, diplomat, vigilante—and an avid reader. His Montana cabin was filled with books...
Walk the Read
Do you know the history behind...the pedometer craze sweeping across the nation? Look to the Old Order Amish, who naturally log more than the...
Geocaching Adventure
Rain had fallen for more than 24 hours, so it was not a typical morning in Phoenix, Arizona—cold, wet and the air thick with the smell of crushed...
Casper, Wyoming
Wild Bunch outlaw Tom O’Day may not have entered Casper willingly (in 1903, he was tried and jailed for stealing a herd of horses nearby), but many...
Northern Pacific’s Peaks and Valleys
St. Paul, Fargo, Jamestown, Bismarck, Glendive, Billings, Livingston, Bozeman, Missoula, Sandpoint, Spokane, Yakima, Tacoma. These are some of the...
Death Valley 49ers Centennial
Jimmy Stewart left Bedford Falls and headed to Death Valley in Nevada and California. He wouldn't need the help of a guardian angel there. The actor...
Who Killed the Train?
RAILROAD, n. The chief purpose of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are better off. For this purpose the...
Cowhorse Tango
If you've ever gripped your seat on a roller coaster, then you have an inkling of what it feels like to ride a cutting horse. My first time riding a...
Trinidad, Colorado
Trinidad, Colorado, is one town that can boast the town founder's home is not only still around, but also maintains the Victorian style of its...
Grand Stations
Railroad depots need their own Ada Louise Huxtable, even though the woman at the forefront of the historic preservation movement, and a...
Garrett’s Death Site Saved
Between Las Cruces and the San Augustin Pass, off U.S. Route 70, a historical marker commemorates the site of Pat Garrett’s death. The actual spot...