Little Church on the Colorado Prairie
Two historic Orthodox churches rise from the shortgrass prairie in eastern Colorado five miles north of Calhan. The humble churches...
Dateline 1911: John Otto Climbs Independence Monument
One of the chapters in the book of climbing stories that I've been writing is about John Otto and the first ascent of Independence...
Interview with Stewart Green on Colorado Public Radio
I visited Grand Junction in western Colorado for a few days in late June. On a Wednesday morning I met up with Ryan Warner, the host of the
Colorado Springs & Pikes Peak Avenue: 1890 and Now
One of my many projects is recreating the same scenes as old photographs of Colorado Springs. So much of the city's old ambiance and arc
Haunted Tunnels: Chasing Ghosts on Colorado's Gold Camp Road
Restless spirits have long haunted the Pikes Peak region. Cripple Creek, an 1890s gold mining town on the west side of Pikes Peak, is repute
Dateline 1978: Climbers at The Cobbler in Colorado Springs
Back in the late 1970s, the local climbers in Colorado Springs would congregate every day at the Cobbler Mountain Shop at 10 South 25th Stre
Dateline 1858: First Anglo Woman to Climb Pikes Peak
On August 5, 1858, 160 years ago this year, 20-year-old Julia Archibald Holmes reached the airy 14,115-foot-high summit of Pikes Peak, perha
A Pikes Peak Prospector Photograph by William Henry Jackson
This amazing portrait from 1900 by William Henry Jackson, entitled "A Pikes Peak Prospector," offers lots of detail of a miner'
A Pikes Peak Prospector: 1900 photo by William Henry Jackson
This amazing portrait from 1900 by William Henry Jackson, entitled "A Pikes Peak Prospector," offers lots of detail of a miner'
1912: Ute Indians Ride Through Garden of the Gods on old Ute Trail
The Garden of the Gods is a sacred place to the Ute Indians. The Mouache group used the area as a winter campground in the 19th century, roa
