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Pioneer signatures preserved in Garden of the Gods chamber of secrets
A snowstorm ended Indian summer in the first week of November 1848. Four feet of snow blanketed the Garden of the Gods, breaking branches...
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NEW RELEASE! Hiking Colorado's Hidden Gems
I’m happy to announce the release of my newest book HIKING COLORADO’S HIDDEN GEMS from FalconGuides. I not only like this book with its...
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NEW! Hiking Colorado's Hidden Gems out April 1
I locked the final cover of my newest book HIKING COLORADO'S HIDDEN GEMS with FalconGuides a month ago. The 256-page book, generously...
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The Cliff Cities of the Ancient Ancestors
The ancient Ancestral Puebloan people inhabited southwest Colorado over 1,000 years ago. Learn about the old ones, their cliff cities.
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NEW EDITION of 1878 BOOK! "Colorado: Bits of Travel at Home" by Helen Hunt Jackson
I’m happy to announce the release of my newest book: Colorado: Bits of Travel at Home by Helen Hunt Jackson on Kindle.
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The Black Canyon: Colorado's Deepest Gorge
One of my favorite places is the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in western Colorado. It's a forbidding, elemental place of raw nature, a...